OnAirDaemon

Toggle a Tasmota driven smart plug based on whether your webcam is currently in use or not, for example to indicate to your family members via an on-air-lamp when your are in a (video) - call.

Motivation

Indicate to others when you are currently in a call, for example with some alpaca :)

Turns this

into this

Installation

Edit file onairdaemon to use your IP
Call ./install.sh

Debugging

Call journalctl -xef -u onairdaemon.service

Hardware

GoSund Plug SP111
Cardboard box with a lamp connect to the plug and print out (see assets folder) attached

Software

Tested on Ubuntu Linux 20.04
With Cheese Webcam tool and Microsoft Teams

Similar Projects

https://github.com/devkmsg/on-air Ruby / C based on air camera status
https://github.com/sagilo/on-air A NodeJS solution using MS Teams' presence api