Surveillance Card

Surveillance Card is a custom component for lovelace to be used as a panel for viewing security cameras. It shows all of the cameras on the left, and shows a big one with motion on the right.

Configuration Parameters

Camera Parameters

Each entry in the camera list takes the following options

Install Using HACS

Simple Install (Requires Core 2022.8 or newer)

Manually Install through HACS

1. Make sure you have the latest version of HACS installed. HACS install guide
2. Log in as an Admin and go to HACS > Frontend > Explore and Download Repositories > Search for "surveillance-card" and select it from the list
3. Click download on the bottom right
4. Reload your browser when prompted

Add Card To Dashboard

Note For the page you create, make sure to set the View Type to "Panel (1 card)"

1. Create a new dashboard or select the dashboard you wish to use (must be a UI configured dashboard, use 3b for YAML)
2. Click the menu button (top right 3 dots) and select edit
3. Add a "Manual Card" to your screen
4. Fill out options like the example below

type: custom:surveillance-card
thumb_interval: 15
update_interval: 2
recording_duration: 10
show_capture_buttons: true
camera_view: ""
cameras:
  - entity: camera.front_porch
    motion_entity: binary_sensor.front_porch_motion
  - entity: camera.back_yard
    motion_entity: binary_sensor.back_yard_motion

Saving Snapshots from Cameras

Clicking on the camera button will save a single snapshot from that camera.

Clicking the record button will grab as many images as it can (based on the update intervals) for the set recording_duration

Note: This functionality is not available in native app versions (iOS & Android) and depends on the browser/device's ability to download image files.

Thanks

Thanks to all the people who have contributed!