Generic Camera Plugin

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Hi,

Could anyone please attach the files for the generic camera plugin, the one that implements getting a jpeg pic periodically from an URL so that it creates the ilusion of video in the camera. I have seen the panasonic plugin references it but I cannot find that referenced plugin.

I have tried to download it from apps.mios.com but the download of this plugin fails every time.

Thanks a lot in advance
and best regards.

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The Generic IP Camera plugin is obsolete in UI5 because the files are already on Vera. At some point installing the Panasonic plugin also installed the Generic IP Camera plugin, but that was several months ago.

What exactly do you need that plugin for?

3

Thanks for you reply.

What I can’t find is something like an implementation file (I_Camera1.xml) or similar for the camera, in particular for the image refreshing solution and other features, so that I can use it as a reference.

I’m writing a plugin for a device that needs to present pics from an IP camera being refreshed periodically along with a movement control. Not just pan/tilt, but complete movement since I’m controlling a robot that can move to every direction in space, as well as rotations.

I would like to be able to implement my own version, and in the files installed in UI5, I cant see any implementation files for a camera, only device descriptions (D_DigitalSecurityCamera1.xml) and services descriptions.

Best regards.

4

The implementation for the camera is in the UI code and has some hardcoding. My suggestion is to use a javascript tab (have a look at the plugins using javascript tabs) and just display the image using the html tag, then add a function that will refresh the image periodically, if it’s not already refreshing itself.

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Thanks a lot for you help, mcvflorin. I will investigate that approach.

Best regards.