Best way to set a cam position on sensor trip?

Other Devices & Integrations Door Locks & Sensors
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I have a PTZ cam on my front door with position presets set up.

Normally the cam position is set to watch over the porch area. I want the cam to move to the door view whenever this door is opened. This door has a sensor for my Elk alarm panel.

So when this sensor is tripped, the cam should move to the preset viewing the door. When the door sensor is reset, after 2 minutes it should go back to the porch view.

I suppose I should create a scene and add a luup statement to set position 1 (door) upon the sensor trip. Then move back to position 5 (porch). Assuming this is the best way, I need help to make this luup statement. I do not know how to write it.

Can someone help me with this statement? Or is there a better way to do this?

Thanks

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Anyone providing help would need to know what type of camera(make/model) you are using.

Also, do you know how to control the camera manually. For example, is there a URL that you can enter to cause the camera to go to the desired preset, or can it only be controlled via a proprietary app form the manufacturer?

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This is an IPUX ICS 2330 cam. I also run BI and via it’s GUI I can PT and go to presets. In Vera I use the Generic cam plugin and modifies a Dlink cam xml file so in Vera I have PT functions working. But no presets.

I am not aware of a URL call to control presets with this cam. I don;t have a cgi command list for this cam either.

I can also use IP CAM Pro on my iPad to view, and control PT and presets. On my Android, I use the BI client which also gives controls fine.

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You’ll need to find the direct url call to set the preset on the camera or via BI. Than you can either modify the xml file or use a scene to call the preset.

  • Garrett
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This is what I found searching the iSpy database for the URL.

/users/ptctl.cgi?move=p0

<Camera id="149"> <Makes> <Make Name="7Links" Model="RoboCam III" /> <Make Name="Airlink" Model="SkyIPCam 777 Series" /> <Make Name="Digitus" Model="DN-16025" /> <Make Name="Encore" Model="ENVCWI-Gx/PTGx" /> <Make Name="Activa" Model="ACT-2800/3100" /> <Make Name="IPUX" Model="ICS-1310" /> <Make Name="IPUX" Model="ICS-2330" /> <Make Name="QNAP" Model="ICS-1013" /> <Make Name="TRENDnet" Model="TV-IP121" /> <Make Name="TRENDnet" Model="TV-IP212 Series" /> <Make Name="TRENDnet" Model="TV-IP252 Series" /> <Make Name="TRENDnet" Model="TV-IP312 Series" /> <Make Name="TRENDnet" Model="TV-IP410 Series" /> <Make Name="TRENDnet" Model="TV-IP422 Series" /> </Makes> <CommandURL> </CommandURL> <Commands> <Center>/users/ptctl.cgi?move=h</Center> <Left>/users/ptctl.cgi?move=left</Left> <Right>/users/ptctl.cgi?move=right</Right> <Up>/users/ptctl.cgi?move=up</Up> <Down>/users/ptctl.cgi?move=down</Down> </Commands> <ExtendedCommands> <Command Name="Go Preset 1">/users/ptctl.cgi?move=p0</Command> <Command Name="Go Preset 2">/users/ptctl.cgi?move=p1</Command> <Command Name="Go Preset 3">/users/ptctl.cgi?move=p2</Command> <Command Name="Go Preset 4">/users/ptctl.cgi?move=p3</Command> <Command Name="Go Preset 5">/users/ptctl.cgi?move=p4</Command> </ExtendedCommands> </Camera>

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Nice work AgileHumor. So there is some hope on this yet.

I’m thinking creating a scene is the best way to do this. Then I can easily use a door sensor trip to run the scene so it can change the cam preset.

SOooo, how would I go about writing this URL command? Sorry, but I’m nt being lazy. Spend hours trying to figure this out on my own with no luck.

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[code]function HTTPGet(URL)
local status, result = luup.inet.wget(URL, 3)
end

HTTPGet(“http://myurl.com/wattsup”)[/code]

Replace “http://myurl.com/wattsup” with your URL.

PS - Authentication not included.

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I’ve been trying your code in test luup without success. My cam needs authentication as well. Where does that go???

My example,
function HTTPGet(URL)
local status, result = luup.inet.wget(URL, 3)
end

HTTPGet(“http://ip:port/ptctl.cgi?move=p0”)

I’m sure I just don’t know exactly how to write this.

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I finally get a “message sent successful” in test lua page with the following…

function HTTPGet(URL)
local status, result = luup.inet.wget(URL, 3)
end

HTTPGet(“rtsp://192.168.122.162:2117///ptctl.cgi?move=p0”)

However my cam does not move. Any ideas now?

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http://myuser:mypass@myurl.com/wattsup

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Since I cannot get this to work (my cam will not move), I wanted to try a different approach.

If I put “http://192.168.122.xxx:xxx/cgi/admin/ptctrl.cgi?action=move&Cmd=Position1” in a browser tab, my cam works fine. It moves to the preset.

So how can I use this exact request in a scene? The previous luup code did run, but it did not move my cam.

Note: I apparently do not need authentication for this to work.

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  1. Create a scene X
  2. Go to the LUUP tab in the scene.
  3. Paste in this code and click “Save LUA”
function HTTPGet(URL)
     local status, result = luup.inet.wget(URL, 3)
end

HTTPGet("http://192.168.122.xxx:xxx/cgi/admin/ptctrl.cgi?action=move&Cmd=Position1")
  1. Optional - Create trigger for scene X (i.e. motion detector 1 is tripped). Otherwise, you need to run the scene manually.
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First, thank you much, AgileHumor, for working with me on this.

I did exactly as you posted and manually ran the scene. Still no cam movement. If I put this into Test Luup code, it runs and comes back Message sent successfully. But still no movement. Again, it does work instantly when done in a browser (Chrome).

This is very strange it does not work in Vera.

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FYI, I have it working fine now for my IPUX cam. The solution is…

function HTTPGet(URL)
local status, result = luup.inet.wget(URL, 3)
end

HTTPGet(“http://<user>:<PW>@192.168.xxx.xxx:2117/cgi/admin/ptctrl.cgi?action=move&Cmd=Position1”)

Set up a scene with this code and used PLEG to trigger it.