I am trying to get the following scenario to work:
->The Doorbell is pressed
->A picture is taken and sent to my email
I would prefer to handle it through a scene in vera but when I create a scene the camera is unavailable as an option of devices to control.
So far i have tried the following:
->Doorbell is pressed
->Message (without picture)is sent to me through Vera
->Cameras motion sensor is set to armed
->Sensor is tripped and sets of alarm
->Camera sends me pictures (these last two steps were configured on the camera and are independent of Vera)
->motion sensor is unarmed after five seconds
The thing is that Vera doesnt actually control the armed/unarmed status in the camera itself, so the camera is sending me pictures even without the doorbell being pressed.
Does anyone have a solution for this?
Is it normal that the camera cannot be automated as part of a scene?
I am running UI5 on a Vera Lite with the Foscam IP Camera app and the camera is a Foscam 8910W.
“Is it normal that the camera cannot be automated as part of a scene?”
Great question. I can’t include my Panasonic IP Cam in scenes either and can’t see to find a solution. I am also interested in doing what you are attempting. Anyone? Thanks.
I just created scenes that inlcude luup scripting (see next thread) that just send a sequence of snapshots to my email. This script of course can be delayed or immediate in the scene. That scene in its own turn can be triggered by any other scene or sensor.
Finally i have one single virtual switch to arm/disarm all perimeter sensors at once (thus enabling or disabling camera monitoring thru motion sensors).
Good thing about using motion sensors is that they can be placed much more strategically than the camera and thus create far fewer false positives. But gosh this stuff is expensive…
Ive seen that under the advanced tab (Scenes) you can actually control the camera. The is also a get image URL command, and if I was able to send this URL in a mail I think my problem would be solved. But where does it get the URL to?
I was really trying to avoid getting into the Luup scripting thing but it seems more and more that I’ll have to learn it.