# Question about camera newsitem **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Created:** [June 24, 2019, 9:45am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/question-about-camera-newsitem/14741 "2019-06-24T09:45:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 13
**Author:** ![INSTAR](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/instar/32/15530_2.png) [@INSTAR](https://community.homey.app/u/INSTAR)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2019, 8:57am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/question-about-camera-newsitem/14741/13 "2019-11-14T08:57:41Z")
Hello @Eternity, 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: > [@Homey and INSTAR HD/Full HD Cameras](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-and-instar-hd-full-hd-cameras/18076): > > Hello Homey Forum, we have uploaded a guide for the use of INSTAR HD / Full HD IP cameras together with the Homey Gateway. Our primary goal was to create a bridge between wireless (Z-Wave, Zigbee) sensors and actuators and our IP cameras and to automate camera functions through the gateway. A short overview of how an integration can look like can be point_right [found here](https://wiki.instar.com/Software/Home_Automation/Athom_Homey/?utm_source=forum&utm_medium=post&utm_campaign=Homey). The full article deals with the following points: Adding your Cameras Snapshot to the Homey UI Control your Camera ma… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.homey.app/t/question-about-camera-newsitem/14741)._