Rene Koch AG SIP Gateway — Home Assistant Integration

A HACS custom integration for Home Assistant that connects to the Rene Koch AG SIP Gateway over its local HTTP API and exposes the video stream as a camera entity.

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Features

Entity	Description
Camera	Live MJPEG video stream from the gateway

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Requirements

• Home Assistant 2026.2 or newer
• Rene Koch AG SIP Gateway reachable on your local network
• The gateway's HTTP API port and video stream port must be accessible from the HA host

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Installation

Via HACS (recommended)

1. Open HACS in your Home Assistant instance.
2. Go to Integrations → three-dot menu → Custom repositories.
3. Add this repository URL and select category Integration.
4. Click Download on the Rene Koch AG SIP Gateway card.
5. Restart Home Assistant.

Manual

1. Copy the custom_components/koch_ag folder into your HA config/custom_components/ directory.
2. Restart Home Assistant.

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Configuration

1. Go to Settings → Integrations → Add Integration.
2. Search for Rene Koch AG SIP Gateway.
3. Fill in the form:

Field	Default	Description
Host / IP address	—	IP or hostname of the gateway (e.g. 192.168.1.200)
API port	80	Port of the gateway's HTTP REST API
Video stream port	12000	Port serving the MJPEG video stream

4. Click Submit. The integration will test the connection before saving.

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Entities

Camera — camera.koch_ag_video

Streams the MJPEG feed from http://<host>:<video_port>/video.mjpeg. The entity appears under the Koch AG Gateway device in Home Assistant.

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Development

Prerequisites

• Python 3.13+
• A virtual environment with dev dependencies installed

python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -e ".[dev]"

Run Home Assistant locally

.venv/bin/hass --config .ha-config

The custom_components/ folder is symlinked into .ha-config/ so changes are picked up after an HA restart.

Lint & type-check

ruff check custom_components tests
mypy custom_components

Tests

pytest

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License

MIT