Naturally, this works for many brands and types of cameras. You can choose from a range of expensive security cameras to cheap IP cams. Either way, Homey creates a premium experience for all devices.
But I don’t see a link to a listing of supported brands and models? What should a camera support in order to use it within Homey?
If I add a Virtual IP cam, and enter the ip + credentials, I get a device in Homey and - in the setting of that device - can see the image / snapshot of the camera.
However; this device does not show up in my flows… How to use this virtual camera + the picture it shows (takes?)
Is this virtual IP camera now replaced with the new introduced camera features?
Interesting, I would like to know as well :-). I have the Netatmo welcome now and it has build-in functions to upload to dropbox or FTP location on movement or unrecognized faces. Perhaps a doorbell like the RING already has these functions built-in as well, but it would indeed be great if we can use flows within Homey to determine when to post the snapshot / video frames somewhere.
we wrote a guide on how to add an IP camera to your Homey controlled smarthome - it is specifically written for INSTAR HD and Full HD cameras, but can be used with any camera that can be controlled through a local HTTP interface. All that it needs doing is replacing the CGI commands: