Add out-of-the-box Frigate PTZ support

[dermotduffy]

• Closes Transparently call Frigate PTZ via integration #1163
• Breaks existing PTZ controls by moving custom:frigate-card-ptz element into a normal part of the configuration (under live) -- auto-upgrade offered that should cover most (but not all) cases.
• Requires at least integration v5.0.0-beta.3.

[Sidonai-1]

Hi!, I'm trying to use the card built-in controls without having to write a long yaml, but the options don't appear in the menu, is there some reason this could be? With the yaml it works, and it works correctly in frigate.

Edit: I am using the last version of the card

Thanks.

[dermotduffy]

@Sidonai-1 The code is not yet in an official release, so you'd need to be using the dev branch for this to work out of the box. See here if you'd like to install your own from the dev branch, otherwise wait for an official release.

[Sidonai-1]

I see, that makes sense. I mistakenly thought it was on the main branch already from reading the commits.

Thank you very much!

[awh018]

I've installed the latest dev version 6.0.0-beta 5 and I cannot seem to figure out the built in PTZ. Do I need to modify the YAML, or should I be able to configure everything within the config? Thanks for your awesome work on this.

[dermotduffy]

If you visit the Frigate UI, can you control the camera from there? If yes, then zero extra configuration should be necessary on the card for PTZ. For example, here's a test config I just make that shows PTZ controls on a Frigate camera:

type: custom:frigate-card
cameras:
  - camera_entity: camera.office
    live_provider: go2rtc

If your camera does not have PTZ support in Frigate, but is a PTZ camera that is controllable via Home Assistant, you could manually configure PTZ. See docs: https://card.camera/#/examples?id=ptz-control

[awh018]

Thanks for the response. Yes the camera is perfectly controllable in Frigate. Using your example does get the PTZ controls to show, but they don't move the camera at all. I had it working before with ONVIF but would prefer to use the built in PTZ.

[dermotduffy]

Please file a new issue and be sure to include the diagnostics (hold down the Frigate button for a few seconds and paste the result). Thanks!