@paralepsis Well this camera does not have any autofocus so I understand where the concern would come from but the fixed focus has been fine for me as the printer I have is quite large, it perhaps could be an issue for mounting this camera on smaller printers. I would say the resolution only being 1080p is more of a limiting factor over the focus. You obviously cannot see the absolute most amount of detail when it comes to the prints (ie. small text on 3d prints) but it works fine to monitor the overall print and stop it if something major goes wrong.
I should add some clarity on my last post as well that if you are presented with a blank page even after adding just the camera IP in DWC, you should first go directly to the camera IP outside of DWC to make sure you can load the camera page by itself (you may be prompted by your browser that the page is unsecured/untrusted - just allow it). Once you type in the root username and password (default is root:ismart12), you should be able to access it in DWC as well, it may prompt you to reenter the password in the DWC page as well. Once you have confirmed your camera is working through DWC, you can remove the username and password requirement by following this link (instructions are the same for both the cgi-bin/currentpic image and the full camera gui): [https://github.com/EliasKotlyar/Xiaomi-Dafang-Hacks/issues/1666]
A very similar username and password fix was discussed above but only applicable to the cgi-bin/currentpic by @mabover in WyzeCamV2 used as an IP camera with Duet Wifi:
I wanted to share that I found a way to allow no login access to the still image webpage when using the Dafang Hacks firmware on a Wyze Camera V2
You will need to either ssh into your camera or take out the sd card and modify the lighttpd.config file
If accessing via ssh you will need to use vi, or if modifying via the sd card on your computer use a file editor like notepad++.
path via ssh: /system/sdcard/config/lighttpd.conf
path via sd card: \config\lighttpd.conf
once you have opened the file find the following line, should be line 40
$HTTP["url"] !~ "^/.well-known/(.*)" {
and change it to the following
$HTTP["url"] !~ "^/cgi-bin/currentpic.cgi|/.well-known/(.*)" {
save the file and reboot if accessing via ssh or reinstall the sd card in the camera and plug it back in. You should now be able to access the following link via your browser with out logging into the camera web interface
http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/cgi-bin/currentpic.cgi
(replace the xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx) with your camera ip address or camera host name.
Once you have confirmed that this works you can place the link into the duet web control settings under the web camera config section in the setting page.
What this change does is specifically exempt the path to the currentpic.cgi webpage page from being protected via the login prompt. The rest of the web interface is still protected by the login prompt.
Please note that I have not validated if this change compromises the security of the default config Dafang Hacks firmware, so proceed at your own risk.
