Hello everyone, I wanted to share my recent experience with configuring my Dahua IPC K35 camera with OpenHAB. It was a bit of a learning curve, but I managed to get everything working smoothly, and I thought I’d document the process for anyone else who might be going through a similar setup.
First off, I had my Dahua IPC K35 camera up and running on my local network. I knew I wanted to integrate it into OpenHAB to have a unified control panel for all my smart devices. I started by checking the OpenHAB documentation and found that the Video element in the sitemap was the way to go for live camera feeds.
I configured the camera in my OpenHAB sitemap using the Video element with the appropriate URL, encoding, and icon. Here’s a snippet of what my configuration looked like:
Video
item=Camera1
icon=“camera”
url=“http://admin:password@192.168.1.108/axis-cgi/mjpg/video.cgi/”
encoding=“mjpeg”
To my delight, the camera feed worked perfectly in the OpenHAB Android app. However, when I tried accessing it through Habpanel Viewer on my tablet, the video feed didn’t load. This was a bit puzzling, as the configuration seemed correct. I spent some time troubleshooting, checking the URL, ensuring the tablet had the right permissions, and verifying the network settings.
After some research and reaching out to the community, I discovered that Habpanel Viewer has some specific requirements for video streams. I found that adjusting the video stream settings on the Dahua camera and ensuring the Habpanel Viewer app was updated to the latest version helped resolve the issue. It was a bit of trial and error, but persistence paid off!
Now, I have a seamless video feed from my Dahua camera integrated into my OpenHAB setup, accessible both on my phone and tablet. It’s incredibly satisfying to have everything working together so smoothly. I’d like to thank the OpenHAB community for their invaluable support and resources. If anyone else is looking to integrate their Dahua camera, I highly recommend checking out the OpenHAB forums and documentation for guidance.
Happy automating everyone! 