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i have this settings was not ticked now it is
nope still getting the message but tasker does not see or uses it
Well, I'm pretty clueless then. Seems you have taken the right steps. It's hard to troubleshoot without seeying the actual device. I would suggest you contact support of AutoRemote. This is obviously not caused by Homey but is somewhere in AutoRemote or it's Tasker plugin.
tried that to no luck
I now have successfully established two-way communication between Homey and my phone. Thank you very much for the tutorials.
Is there actually a way to directly communicate from Homey to your phone without the URL by using directly the IP-address of the phone? I have a phone at home which always stays at home and which I would like to disconnect from the internet for security reasons. I saw that you can directly communicate from your phone to Homey with the IP adress of Homey, but I couldn't figure out yet how to do it the other way round. I realized that there is something like the AutoRemote Wifi Service, but I don't know how to use from Homey...
Using wallmounted tablet as security camera with Tasker and IP Webcam
I recently installed a wallmounted tablet with Homeydash which allows me to control stuff. But I figured the tablet was useless while I'm not at home. Not anymore, I'm now using it as a security cam as well which automatically switches on when nobody is at home.So the goal of this tutorial is to switch on a security webcam on an Android device when Homey detects nobody is at home and switch it off again when somebody gets home (and for instance switch back to Homeydash when somebody gets home)
Prerequisites
Configure the apps on Android
I'm gonna assume you know how to setup Tasker. AutoRemote does not really need any further configuration after installation, but you could optionally set a password in the settings for extra security. You can ignore the google short URL, we are going to use the WiFi service which enables access to the tablet over your local network. How to configure IP Webcam is described here.Setup Tasker
In it's most basic form you will need threeTasker profiles, both with .Configuring Homey
Only a couple of flows are needed to switch the Android device between the home state (with something like HomeyDash) and the away state with IP Webcam. Setup the following flows or something similar:- A flow which is triggered when presence of a household member is detected. In the action column add a HTTP app GET action card and fill in the following, where you replace IP with the IP of your Android device and optionally fill in the password when configure within AutoRemoteLite: http://<<IP_ANDROID>>:1817/?message=home<<&password=your_autoremote_password>> . This action card will trigger the Tasker profile on the Android device to start the action to stop the IP Webcam security camera (and optionally start Homeydash).
- A flow which is triggered when no presence of any household member is detected. In the action column add a HTTP app GET action card and fill in the following, where you replace IP with the IP of your Android device and optionally fill in the password when configure within AutoRemoteLite: http://<<IP_ANDROID>>:1817/?message=away<<&password=your_autoremote_password>> . This action card will trigger the Tasker profile on the Android device to start the action to start the IP Webcam security camera (and optionally stop Homeydash).
Now you have Homey setup to start the IP Webcam security camera when nobody is at home. Of course you would like Homey to know when motion or maybe even sound is detected. For this to work you will need to add the IP Webcam security camera as device under Homey using the Android IP Webcam app for Homey. After adding this device (make sure the camera is active when adding it as device) you will have all sorts of trigger cards (like motion detected etc.) to setup several security related flows. And that's it!But when connected, my variable doesn't change.
Is there any local address we can use when on home Wi-Fi?