I have got a camera device showing up in Vera now (I can’t delete this device btw I get an error - Command Failed Invalid Plugin). I can only see a very small preview of the cameras image, how do you get a bigger picture to show up in the Vera web UI ? I used the /videostream.cgi URL rather than /snapshot.cgi but have tried both.
I also installed the Foscam IP Camera add-in from the apps area not sure if I needed to do that and couldn’t seem to do anything with the app once it was installed.
Ideally if this is possible? I’d like for a Z-wave light inside the house to be turned on for a period of time and then go out, when motion is detected in the back garden. Motion detection from the Foscam that is, I don’t have any Z-wave PIR sensors yet. Can you do this?
Just seen Vera had auto created two backup files from this morning, I have restored one of them and now the camera device that I could not delete is gone. So I’m back at the start with no camera in Vera.
The camera IP address is probably changing. If you are using a router with a DHCP server, then try to set a static address for the Foscam using the MAC address for the camera.
I already have a static IP set for the Foscam camera, the camera is connected to the LAN via WiFI. I also in the config for the camera in VeraLite specified what the cameras MAC address is.
[quote=“cw-kid, post:3, topic:172394”]After reading this thread again and following exactly the camera now looks correct like as shown in first attachment.
However quite often the camera image just disappears and looks like the second attachment.
It seems to do this with either videostream.cgi or snapshot.cgi[/quote]
I don’t think you have any settings wrong, I think the Vera video viewer is just a little flaky. I have 4 Foscam’s and they all do this when trying to watch a live video (but function perfectly in every other way).
I use the Vera for motion sensing and archiving photos and then I use an iOS app for watching live video with audio when needed.
I agree with Trotsky40: The live video image stability that cw-kid is seeing with his Foscam IP camera is the best possible from the current Vera / Foscam camera interface.
This current level of level of video image stability raises an important issue. More and more users are using Vera’s with Wi-Fi cameras for viewing live video, especially the FosCam FI8910, since the new MCVFlorin introduced the Foscam IP camera plug-in. The interface between the Foscam camera and Vera is very good with regard to motion sensing and archiving. However, there is a major problem with regard to Vera and live video image stability. The thumbnail live video live images are reasonably stable, especially when Foscam FI8910 cameras are used. The preview size image is shaky. The full-size image is rarely stable for more than a couple of seconds after it is opened. And there is a 100% failure rate when a full sized image window is closed.
My question is whether of not MCV is planning to deal with this problem? If so, what is the priority? Other questions are: What causes the problem? Does it get worse if more cameras are added to the system? What are the approaches to solving this issue? Can the problem be solved or should the Vera and Wi-Fi interface be used only in the manner that is used by Trotsky40: motion sensing and archiving photos?
[quote=“Trotsky40, post:6, topic:172394”][quote=“cw-kid, post:3, topic:172394”]After reading this thread again and following exactly the camera now looks correct like as shown in first attachment.
However quite often the camera image just disappears and looks like the second attachment.
It seems to do this with either videostream.cgi or snapshot.cgi[/quote]
I don’t think you have any settings wrong, I think the Vera video viewer is just a little flaky. I have 4 Foscam’s and they all do this when trying to watch a live video (but function perfectly in every other way).
I use the Vera for motion sensing and archiving photos and then I use an iOS app for watching live video with audio when needed.[/quote]
Hi
When you say motion sensing how does that work? Can you trigger scenes if the Foscam detects motion? If so how can I do this?
I’ve installed the Foscam plug-in however when trying to add a trigger I did not have Foscam motion sensor in the list.
After installing the Foscam plug-in nothing looked different I could not see any new devices anywhere
I’ve installed the Foscam plug-in however when trying to add a trigger I did not have Foscam motion sensor in the list.
After installing the Foscam plug-in nothing looked different I could not see any new devices anywhere
Any ideas?
Thanks[/quote]
Those are instructions for creating the scene after the plug-in has been fully installed.
Once you have downloaded the plug-in. In Vera, go to your camera’s setting menu
In the camera’s Advanced tab enter “I_FoscamPTZ.xml” in the “impl_file” field.
Close the camera’s setting menu and hit save.
Vera will reload and the motion sensor for the camera should appear as a new device.
I changed the 1200 seconds (20mins) in the sensor settings to 300 seconds (5mins) so the light will only stay on for 5 mins not 20 mins.
The sensor then looked like the screen shot Armed.
I have also now added the two additional scenes as described in the link above so the light only comes on during the night and not the day.
However when I walk outside the wave at the camera the lights do not come on. The schedule I’ve setup, its night time currently so it should be armed and ready to go.
The sensor icon has mainly been red, but when it goes green the lights are now coming on, so green means Armed and Red disarmed ?
Can you view a log or something to see how many times the sensor has been tripped ?
Edit: I went back to the trigger and ticked the box so it would notify me, now I am getting emails when it is triggered, also in the sensor device, there is a log tab and now I can see trigger events in there as well.