ESP32-Cam

[HerbOtto]

Have you considered integrating the camera characteristic, specifically for the ESP32-Cam modules?

Also it would be great to have the option to set host name to a fixed [no random suffix] value such as esp-hk.local rather than something like esp-hk-xxxxxxxx.local.

[HomeSpan]

Adding a camera in HomeKit is a fairly big lift - lots of specialized code required. It's something I'll consider for the future but don't have any immediately plans (though the ESP32-Cam modules do look quite nice).

Changing the host name is an easier task 😀. I'll add a new method to do so in the next patch update, and will let you know when it's available in dev for testing. Note the suffix itself reflect the HomeKit Device ID assigned to the device. This itself is a random number, but it's used by HomeKit to identify the device and is incorporated into the encryption keys. However, it is separately broadcast through MDNS and does not need to be included as a suffix in the hostName, which can be anything provided it is unique across your network.

[HomeSpan]

Per above, I've added to new methods to HomeSpan: homeSpan.setHostNameSuffix(const char *) and homeSpan.setPortNum(uint16_t). The first allows you to override the 6-byte AccessoryID that is appended to the hostName broadcast by HomeSpan. A blank string is allowed, which effectively eliminates the suffix entirely. The domain ".local" will however continue to be appended in all cases. The second method allows you to override the port number, which otherwise defaults to 80 (the HTTP port).

Both methods will be included in the next full patch release but have been added to the development branch if you'd like to test them in advance.

[Tobse2207]

Hi, did you planned now to integrate Webcams to Homespan ?
Thanks the Library is quite nice and helps me a lot.
regards

[HomeSpan]

Glad you like the library. Unfortunately I don't have any current plans to add webcams given their complexity.

[patricktsidina]

Did someone manage to make esp32 cam work under homespan?

[timreichen]

@patricktsidina there is https://github.com/maximkulkin/esp32-homekit-camera. I made that work, but it was a real hassle. It would be amazing if homespan supported esp32 cams.

[Hellangel1987]

Me 2 unfortunately live View is Broken

[Hellangel1987]

@HomeSpan im also Looking to deploy this to my 4x ESP32 Cam to deploy wecams Outdoors - i think we Can make all a donation to help you integrate Webcams

[PnsDev]

I would definitely pitch in as well. This would be a fantastic feature.

[anlpereira]

Yes, it would be a very interesting feature of Homespan Library including ESP Cam.