Xiaomi Ants HD IP Camera (Dropcam Clone) for less then €30

Do these cameras use any kind of generic protocols to allow 3rd Party Software to be used with them??

Just wondering what's the quality like during the day?

For the money im tempted to order one anyway.

Got one of these today, but can't get it to work properly on the phone, goes through the set up routine, shows the wifi but after I enter the wifi password it just sticks on 'connecting to camera' and then eventually fails and gives me the option to reconfigure.

savemejebus wrote: »

Try sticking a paperclip in the reset hole in the back of it for a few seconds to do a factory reset. Once this is done it should connect ok. It will spout a bit of chinese at you during the process though

Yep, tried that just after I posted and it appears to do the trick. Very handy little unit.

Orange first then flashing blue. Just try the setup routine, should be fine.

Set up routine works fine on flashing blue.

Ordered the 1080p version from aliexpress about 10 days ago, currently in transit. How long did it take you for full delivery?

Has anyone got this working with iOS ?

Gran Hermano wrote: »

Are most people just using the standard xiaomi apps to view or are you using other IP/rtsp viewer apps?

The login details for the RTSP are unknown (if you have the latest firmware), so I'm using the modded english version of the app.

Anyone have any luck getting it to work with the Smarthome app to do the motion detection?

If you can get the IP address of the camera and open it in a browser it will let you browse the contents of the micro sd card ( the recordings), have not found a way to set the IP address though as it keeps changing, so accessing it from outside your home network is a struggle.

You can view the recordings through the phone app, ( the orange bits along the timeline indicate motion detected ).

stevire wrote: »

I can view Realtime through the apps, I don't have recording setup. Was hoping Xiaomi had a webpage equivalent for viewing the stream. If not, I'll use port forwarding on 554 and use the following links to stream in a browser (using WAN):

Main stream：rtsp://<wan_ip>:554/ch0_0.h264
Minor stream：rtsp://<wan_ip>:554/ch0_1.h264
Audio stream：rtsp://<wan_ip>:554/ch0_3.h264

You could turn off DHCP on your router after the device has been assigned an IP?

The recording is done automatically to the SD card AFAIK, as I did no setting up for recording either, the recording are just there on the card.

Not sure if turning off DHCP on the router might cause problems for other devices on my network.

opus wrote: »

Is there some magic to getting the Smart Home app to work as I've only ever got the Camera one going

Watch out for a firmware upgrade for the camera as it puts a password on the RTSP stream that nobody knew last time I looked.

Where do you get the SmartHome app for it ? I only have the camera one.

stevire wrote: »

Are you logging in via MI account on Smart Home app? I set one up on the web, then added the camera through the camera app, then logged into the Smart Home app with MI account and it was there.

I'm using the translated apps found here:
http://en.miui.com/thread-73032-1-1.html

Cheers, yes I'm logging in on the Smart Home thing with a MI account but it doesn't have the camera in there. If I try to add it manually, it seems to find it, then asks for the wifi password, tries to do something (progress wheel goes upto 100%) and then says it fails.

Spotted on the thread on the miui forum that somebody is planning a fully translated version of the latest version of the app so maybe that will help.

Would this work as a baby monitor? Just exploring some alternative options...

Del2005 wrote: »

Yes once it's bright, some baby monitors have infra red and temperature readouts.

I bought one last week with that in mind. I'll have to test it out with low light to see if it's usable.

Nforce wrote: »

I got 3 of them delivered.Unfortunately with all 3 connected at the same time they seem to be conflicting with one another. They work fine individually,however.

If you're looking to sell one let me know

stick a paperclip in the reset hole at the back to reset it completely and try then

New firmware for the camera available to download. No idea what changes it gives and still don't have any working RTSP credentials.

Deleted User wrote: »

Software for it is a bit rubbish in my opinion. I got the small ants app working with it but not the smart home one (which I'm guessing has the better features such as record on detecting motion etc). I removed the camera from the small ants app and then tried the smart home one to no avail....I wonder could someone post a link to the Smart Home app that is working for them please?

What is happening when you launch the smarthome app? Have you been able to add the camera to it. I had to
1) remove the camera from the camera app
2) use a paperclip to reset the camera
3) immediately launch the smarthome app and get it searching for the camera on my network (i had copied my wifi access key so i could just paste it in to do it all as quicky as possible)

It took a few goes but the camera was detected. I then readded it to the camera app. However, once i launch the smarthome app it launches to the device screen (listing xiaomi devices in range) and then if i choose the camera it tries to load the feed and then crashes back to the device screen.

So, I have to immediately hit the three dots in the right hand corner of the screen before the camera loads to get into the settings. It doesn't crash then and I can set the alert (call the police) option and the times for it etc. then apply. When the alerts come in then, i just dismiss the smart home notification and check the camera app.