Dermot Duffy
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The `initialized` state (used in conditions/triggers) was written once and never cleared, so it meant "has this card ever been initialized" while everything reading it took it as "is this card usable now". Home Assistant takes a card off the page and puts it back whenever its dashboard tab is left and returned to, so the card initialized again while the state claimed it was initialized throughout: `trigger: initialized` fired once per card rather than once per startup, and automations were dropped in between. The card lifecycle is now an explicit state machine (`SessionManager`), the only writer of `initialized`, which separates a card that is starting up from one initializing part of itself again while it runs. A new `ever` parameter (conditions/triggers) selects the old latched behaviour. `remote_control` uses that parameter to keep its two camera priorities correct under repeated starts. With `camera_priority: entity` the card now re-reads the entity every time it starts, so a camera selected while the card was away is picked up on return. With `camera_priority: card` the card writes the entity on its first start only, unchanged, since repeating that write would overwrite a camera the user had selected. Closes: #2642 BREAKING CHANGE: `condition: initialized` is now `false` whenever the card is not usable, and `trigger: initialized` fires each time the card starts up rather than only the first time. Set `ever: true` on either to keep the previous behaviour.
Getting Started
Installation
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HACS is highly recommended to install the card -- it works for all Home Assistant variants. If you don't have HACS installed, start there -- then come back to these instructions.
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Find the card in HACS:
Home Assistant > HACS > Frontend > "Explore & Add Integrations" > Advanced Camera Card
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Download this repository with HACS.
See Advanced Installation for other installation resources, or Rolling Back to rollback to prior versions.
Adding your card
- On a Home Assistant dashboard, choose:
[Three dots menu] > Edit dashboard
- Click
+ Add Cardshown on the bottom of the screen - Choose
Custom: Advanced Camera Cardfrom the list
Initial configuration
Minimal camera configuration
type: custom:advanced-camera-card
cameras:
- camera_entity: camera.office
Minimal folder configuration
type: custom:advanced-camera-card
folders:
- type: ha
Video scrubbing configuration
type: custom:advanced-camera-card
cameras:
- camera_entity: camera.office
profiles:
- scrubbing
Multi-camera grid configuration
type: custom:advanced-camera-card
cameras:
- camera_entity: camera.office
- camera_entity: camera.kitchen
live:
display:
mode: grid
See Configuration for full details on supported configuration options.