Hi @Jimbo.Automates, I just installed the Camect NS.  I use 'Sign in with Google' to access my Camect.  Those credentials don't seem to work.  Is there a preferred method to access Camect?  I tried using my regular email (not gmail) but the log in process sends a link to my in box, no password required.  Thanks.

Sorry, I should add this to the instructions: Please open https://local.home.camect.com/ in browser, sign in as admin and accept TOS before you proceed.

 

I actually just got in.  I recalled a screen within the app.  I found the admin user, I guess I set it up sometime ago.

 

All good, thank you!

Glad you got it working, feel free to post your experience with it and let me know if you have suggestions are questions.  There are very few using this NS.

 

@Jimbo.Automates, Camect's built in connectivity to Telegram has been enough so I couldn't really see a need for the NS in my automation.  That just changed!  I built a bird/squirrel deterrent a while back that uses compressed air to scare unwanted birds and squirrels out of my feeder, see photos of setup.  I use the guts from a cheap wifi plug and a time delay relay to create a nice short pulse of air pointed at the feeder.  I used Alexa to trigger the air blast.  This week I added a camera and your NS.  With the Camect set to detect squirrels the blast is now automatic when there is a squirrel.  I attached a video of it in action.  The response is a little slow because the wifi plug does not connect directly to an NS so I have to send the command to Alexa first.  Now if I could just get the Camect AI to distinguish kinds of birds.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/40lt83xrevbauoq/Video Apr 03 2023%2C 5 23 00 PM.mp4?dl=0

 

 

Edited April 4, 20232 yr by tmorse305

LOL, that video is awesome!  Love it.

 

Hi @Jimbo.Automates, I tried to add another camera but I couldn't get it to show up in the AC.  I have 6 cameras currently active in Camect.  I deleted the NS and started over thinking it would pick up the new camera.  Now it doesn't find any cameras.  The controller node shows up in the AC but that's it.  I tried the DIscover button in both the NS and the AC but no luck.  Log attached, it looks like the user and PW are not set but they are saved in the configuration.  Thank you.

 

 

Edited April 7, 20232 yr by tmorse305

This error in the log can be ignored, I need to fix that.  It's just printing the defaults:

2023-04-06 15:10:15,992 Thread-3   udi_interface      ERROR    CamectController:customNS_handler: Got key=nsdata which is not in data={
    "user": "",
    "password": ""
},

In that configuration page from your pic it should show these instructions:
https://github.com/UniversalDevicesInc-PG3/udi-poly-Camect/blob/main/configdoc.md
and I don't see in your pic where you have added a Camect Host?

When adding new cameras, you should just be able to hit Discover in the PG3 UI or In the AC.

I switched the Camect host to the IP instead of camect.local and that fixed it.  Weird that it worked the first time I installed it.

 

Thank you!