Lightbox Monitor

Projects | 2024 | Links: Source | Change Log

Small windows application to automate the HTTP POST calls to the WLED interface on the ESP32 board.

Windows application to automate the Lightbox based on camera usage.

Introduction

This application can be run as a standalone application or wrapped in a service and will monitor for your webcam being in use. When in use it will send an Api POST to a given Uri to control smart lighting from an ESP 32 board, when you stop using your camera it will resend a POST turning the lights off.

Usage

To run the application perform the following

monitor.exe http://uri_for_lights_on http://uri_for_lights_off

The application will validate the number of parameters passed in as well as valid Uri’s being passed.