From 2b692c17ab0b9656ba0db739cb7462c54258c963 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cam Soper <cam.soper@microsoft.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2021 11:27:09 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Added ability to disable camera ping loop

---
 README.md           | 1 +
 src/amcrest2mqtt.py | 7 ++++++-
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 69195f9..dd72d97 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ It supports the following environment variables:
 -   `AMCREST_PORT` (optional, default = 80)
 -   `AMCREST_USERNAME` (optional, default = admin)
 -   `AMCREST_PASSWORD` (required)
+-   `CAMERA_PING_ENABLED` (optional, default = `true`)
 -   `MQTT_USERNAME` (required)
 -   `MQTT_PASSWORD` (optional, default = empty password)
 -   `MQTT_HOST` (optional, default = 'localhost')
diff --git a/src/amcrest2mqtt.py b/src/amcrest2mqtt.py
index 200f099..c5b8e6e 100644
--- a/src/amcrest2mqtt.py
+++ b/src/amcrest2mqtt.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ amcrest_port = int(os.getenv("AMCREST_PORT") or 80)
 amcrest_username = os.getenv("AMCREST_USERNAME") or "admin"
 amcrest_password = os.getenv("AMCREST_PASSWORD")
 storage_poll_interval = int(os.getenv("STORAGE_POLL_INTERVAL") or 3600)
+camera_ping_enabled = os.getenv("CAMERA_PING_ENABLED") == "true" 
 
 mqtt_host = os.getenv("MQTT_HOST") or "localhost"
 mqtt_qos = int(os.getenv("MQTT_QOS") or 0)
@@ -330,7 +331,11 @@ mqtt_publish(topics["config"], {
 if storage_poll_interval > 0:
     refresh_storage_sensors()
 
-ping_camera()
+if camera_ping_enabled:
+    log("Setting up camera ping...")
+    ping_camera()
+else:
+    log("Skipping camera ping...")
 
 log("Listening for events...")