Yi Dome U Pro privacy mode/turning off the camera

[pannal]

Hey,

Thank you for the hack and the integration. I'm using the Yi Dome U Pro.

I'd like to turn on the privacy mode ("face-down" and off) using HA - how does that work?

I've tried camera.turn_off, which seems to kill the stream itself resulting in the image not to show anymore and these log entries:

2021-12-28 18:37:45 ERROR (SyncWorker_9) [custom_components.yi_hack.camera] Fetch snapshot image failed from yi_hack_a2_a82d67_cam, falling back to FFmpeg; HTTPConnectionPool(host='yicam_1', port=8080): Max retries exceeded with url: /cgi-bin/snapshot.sh?res=high&watermark=yes (Caused by NewConnectionError('<urllib3.connection.HTTPConnection object at 0x7f5415077940>: Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno 113] Host is unreachable'))
2021-12-28 18:37:48 ERROR (SyncWorker_9) [custom_components.yi_hack.camera] Error getting stream link from yi_hack_a2_a82d67_cam: HTTPConnectionPool(host='yicam_1', port=8080): Max retries exceeded with url: /cgi-bin/links.sh (Caused by NewConnectionError('<urllib3.connection.HTTPConnection object at 0x7f541507cc70>: Failed to establish a new connection: [Errno 113] Host is unreachable'))

Using camera.turn_on doesn't work afterwards, with this error:

2021-12-28 18:39:32 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.helpers.script.websocket_api_script] websocket_api script: Error executing script. Unexpected error for call_service at pos 1: set_power_off_in_progress() missing 1 required positional argument: 'device_name'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/script.py", line 381, in _async_step
await getattr(self, handler)()
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/script.py", line 584, in _async_call_service_step
await service_task
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/core.py", line 1495, in async_call
task.result()
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/core.py", line 1530, in _execute_service
await handler.job.target(service_call)
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/entity_component.py", line 209, in handle_service
await self.hass.helpers.service.entity_service_call(
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/service.py", line 663, in entity_service_call
future.result() # pop exception if have
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/entity.py", line 896, in async_request_call
await coro
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/service.py", line 700, in _handle_entity_call
await result
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/camera/__init__.py", line 555, in async_turn_on
await self.hass.async_add_executor_job(self.turn_on)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/concurrent/futures/thread.py", line 52, in run
result = self.fn(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
File "/config/custom_components/yi_hack/camera.py", line 159, in turn_on
set_power_off_in_progress(self.hass)
TypeError: set_power_off_in_progress() missing 1 required positional argument: 'device_name'
2021-12-28 18:39:32 ERROR (MainThread) [homeassistant.components.websocket_api.http.connection] [139999106636672] Error handling message: Unknown error
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/websocket_api/decorators.py", line 27, in _handle_async_response
await func(hass, connection, msg)
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/websocket_api/commands.py", line 527, in handle_execute_script
await script_obj.async_run(msg.get("variables"), context=context)
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/script.py", line 1260, in async_run
await asyncio.shield(run.async_run())
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/script.py", line 363, in async_run
await self._async_step(log_exceptions=False)
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/script.py", line 381, in _async_step
await getattr(self, handler)()
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/script.py", line 584, in _async_call_service_step
await service_task
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/core.py", line 1495, in async_call
task.result()
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/core.py", line 1530, in _execute_service
await handler.job.target(service_call)
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/entity_component.py", line 209, in handle_service
await self.hass.helpers.service.entity_service_call(
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/service.py", line 663, in entity_service_call
future.result() # pop exception if have
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/entity.py", line 896, in async_request_call
await coro
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/helpers/service.py", line 700, in _handle_entity_call
await result
File "/usr/src/homeassistant/homeassistant/components/camera/__init__.py", line 555, in async_turn_on
await self.hass.async_add_executor_job(self.turn_on)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.9/concurrent/futures/thread.py", line 52, in run
result = self.fn(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
File "/config/custom_components/yi_hack/camera.py", line 159, in turn_on
set_power_off_in_progress(self.hass)
TypeError: set_power_off_in_progress() missing 1 required positional argument: 'device_name'

Should I use a saved PTZ position and switch.yi_cam_1_privacy to achieve this?

Thank you!

[pannal]

When using "turn camera on/off" in the Yi app, the camera automatically moves its "head" down into the "lens isn't visible anymore"-position. I'd like to be able to do that using HA.

[roleoroleo]

The 1st error is normal. I don't know how to tell to ha that the cam is disable. I could try to catch the error. The 2nd error should be fixed here: https://github.com/roleoroleo/yi-hack_ha_integration/commit/6d45b9a2e38c3434da9b83aff372c9ca7a431756

About the "turn camera on/off" in the Yi app, I'm not able to implement it. But the privacy is ok: rtsp and snapshots are switched off.

Yes, you could try to use ptz service to move the head into a preset position.

[roleoroleo]

The 1st error is normal. I don't know how to tell to ha that the cam is disable. I could try to catch the error.

I checked this error. Is not normal but it doesn't depend on the component. It's a "simple" connection error, probably a temporary wifi issue. Because it's related to a http request to which the cam must always respond.

[pannal]

Thank you. Is there a way to move to a predefined PTZ preset using the HA integration? The webinterface of the Yi Hack camera has this functionality.

Edit: The webinterface uses /cgi-bin/preset.sh?num=X for this

[roleoroleo]

Check ptz service.

[pannal]

Yes but PTZ service only allows me to PTZ, not to activate presets, as far as I can see. Am I missing something?

[roleoroleo]

You are right. At the moment you can't use presets with ha.

[man-ebc]

Hi @pannal!

I am at the same boat. Could you be able to face down the U pro? And able to move 360º from HA?

Best!

[ianfromnyc]

When I turn the camera off from the camera settings page in the Web UI, the head tilts face down and the camera stops streaming, but when I switch on privacy mode from HA nothing happens. Can the HA privacy switch toggle the "camera on/off" setting from the Camera Settings page in the Web UI?

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