Setting Up Home Monitoring

Hestiaa lets you set up devices for home monitoring and pair them so you can view your cameras from another device. Follow this guide to select your device role, grant the required permissions, and complete pairing.

Step 1: Select your device role

Open Hestiaa and choose the role that matches how you want to use the device.

  • Camera device: Choose this role for the smartphone you want to use as a monitoring camera.
  • Viewer device: Choose this role for the smartphone you want to use to view your cameras.

Follow the on-screen instructions to continue.

Step 2: Grant the required permissions

Hestiaa may request permissions needed for the selected role and its features.

Review the permissions displayed in the app and enable the required ones.

If a permission is disabled or denied, open the permission settings shown in Hestiaa and follow the instructions to enable it.

Step 3: Choose a pairing method

On the viewer device, select your preferred pairing method.

Hestiaa provides two options:

  • QR Code: Tap Continue to open the QR code scanning screen.
  • Enter Code Manually: Tap this option to open the screen where you can enter the code displayed on your camera device.

Choose the method that works best for you and follow the instructions on the screen.

Step 4: Pair your devices

Option A: Pair using a QR code

  1. On the viewer device, select the QR code pairing option.
  2. Tap Continue to open the QR code scanning screen.
  3. Follow the on-screen instructions to scan the QR code displayed on your camera device.
  4. Wait for Hestiaa to complete the pairing process.

Option B: Pair using a code manually

  1. On the viewer device, tap Enter Code Manually.
  2. Enter the code displayed on your camera device.
  3. Check the entered code and submit it.
  4. Wait for Hestiaa to complete the pairing process.

Step 5: Confirm successful pairing

When pairing succeeds, Hestiaa displays the Device Successfully Paired screen.

Review the device information and continue to the monitoring interface. Your paired camera should appear in the camera list on the viewer device.

Troubleshooting pairing issues

I cannot pair my devices.

Check that you selected the appropriate roles on each device and followed the pairing instructions.

The pairing code is not accepted.

Check that you entered the correct code from the camera device. Follow the app's instructions if you need to generate or retrieve another code.

Hestiaa asks me to enable permissions.

Open the permission settings indicated by the app and enable the required permissions before trying again.

My camera does not appear after pairing.

Check the pairing status and follow the in-app instructions to reconnect or retry the pairing process.

Need more help?

Once your devices are paired, read Using Home Monitoring as a Guest to learn how to navigate the camera list and use the viewer interface.