Clutch19 Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Is there a way to send or store pictures from a security cam when event is triggered, such as doorbell pushed? I have announcement and events, so that I get an email when doorbell is rung, but would like to see who is there, or at least store an image. Does anyone have a solution for this? I am running 2.0.1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitaltrader Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 I am trying to do the same thing. Has anyone accomplished this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tebery Posted October 29, 2011 Share Posted October 29, 2011 +3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecodeman Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 I don't think the email agent has this capability, but most cameras do with their software. What's the camera make/model? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecodeman Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 I am trying to do the same thing. Has anyone accomplished this?You can set this up in MX Control Center.http://www.mobotix.com/eng_AU/Products/Software/MxControlCenter?tab=82083#tab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitaltrader Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 I was hoping to tie this in on a doorbell press, or a gate opening etc. Thanks for the suggestions Codeman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecodeman Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 I was hoping to tie this in on a doorbell press, or a gate opening etc. Thanks for the suggestions Codeman!Ah...hmm.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanchow Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Definately possible however a driver would need to be created. If there is enough demand i'll make one but probably won't have the time until next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pharmdsmith Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Alan,I would love to be able to do this on my own project. I know several of our customers would want it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitaltrader Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Definately possible however a driver would need to be created. If there is enough demand i'll make one but probably won't have the time until next year.I sure would be willing to pay for this feature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekohn00 Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 I'd love to do this too.I think the link to the picture could be done???maybe when the doorbell is pushed you set a variable to be the URL of the picture. Then email the variable?I haven't tried it but its the best I can think of for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pharmdsmith Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 I'd love to do this too.I think the link to the picture could be done???maybe when the doorbell is pushed you set a variable to be the URL of the picture. Then email the variable?I haven't tried it but its the best I can think of for now.I tried this in the past, as it is right now this doesn't work. It emails you a link that takes you to a snapshot of the camera of the moment you click on the link. Not when the email was sent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c44me Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanchow Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 I'll put it on my todo list. No promises though. Its a long list and alot of the cool ideas i have don't make it past the drawing board.Last cool idea i had was a text to speech engine for control4. Made it as far as generation of the speach but died after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ekohn00 Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 I tried this in the past, as it is right now this doesn't work. It emails you a link that takes you to a snapshot of the camera of the moment you click on the link. Not when the email was sent.I think with my setup the cameras are set for motion and take pictures at set intervals, so all the files have a specific name corresponding to date and time. if a link was sent, it should have the file name. It sounds like, in your case, the file name on the link is generic. so if the file was updated from the time the email was sent, you get the latest picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgbrown Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Again if you have a Mobotix camera and do not want to trigger based on motion, which is configured in the camera itself. You can add the webimage driver to your project and do:When door bell rings Send Get_Image Command To Room-> Web ImageThe URL configured for the webimage driver should be the URL to trigger an "on click" event in the Mobotix camera. The event in the camera can be configured to send the image as an email or start a recording cycle or both.Updated to add:No custom drivers required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitaltrader Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Again if you have a Mobotix camera and do not want to trigger based on motion, which is configured in the camera itself. You can add the webimage driver to your project and do:When door bell rings Send Get_Image Command To Room-> Web ImageThe URL configured for the webimage driver should be the URL to trigger an "on click" event in the Mobotix camera. The event in the camera can be configured to send the image as an email or start a recording cycle or both.Updated to add:No custom drivers required.How do I determine the URL to trigger an "on click" event for a mobotix camera.Thanks for the help!!Update:I found this link that activates a user click: http://cam04.cameraaddress.com:50051/control/rcontrol?action=userclickHowever the webimage driver requires an image url (ie address ending in jpeg jpg png etc). I then tried the "send url get" using programming which still failed.Here is what the programming looks like: send HTTP GET to Cameras->Web Image Front Door: http://cam04.cameraaddress.com:50051/control/rcontrol?action=userclickThis still fails to send the correct action, however entering this web address into my web browser does successfully send the command.Any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettB0727 Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Again if you have a Mobotix camera and do not want to trigger based on motion' date=' which is configured in the camera itself. You can add the webimage driver to your project and do:When door bell rings Send Get_Image Command To Room-> Web ImageThe URL configured for the webimage driver should be the URL to trigger an "on click" event in the Mobotix camera. The event in the camera can be configured to send the image as an email or start a recording cycle or both.Updated to add:No custom drivers required.[/quote']How do I determine the URL to trigger an "on click" event for a mobotix camera.Thanks for the help!!Update:I found this link that activates a user click: http://cam04.cameraaddress.com:50051/control/rcontrol?action=userclickHowever the webimage driver requires an image url (ie address ending in jpeg jpg png etc). I then tried the "send url get" using programming which still failed.Here is what the programming looks like: send HTTP GET to Cameras->Web Image Front Door: http://cam04.cameraaddress.com:50051/control/rcontrol?action=userclickThis still fails to send the correct action, however entering this web address into my web browser does successfully send the command.Any suggestions?Perhaps it requires support for keep-alive. I ran into a similar problem trying to use Web Image, as it doesn't support keeping the connection alive.Not that the thread has much more info then this one, but incase you are interested:http://www.c4forums.com/viewtopic.php?pid=78300#p78300The URL I was trying to use worked fine in a browser, worked fine with CURL, but doesn't work with Web Image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitaltrader Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Again if you have a Mobotix camera and do not want to trigger based on motion, which is configured in the camera itself. You can add the webimage driver to your project and do:When door bell rings Send Get_Image Command To Room-> Web ImageThe URL configured for the webimage driver should be the URL to trigger an "on click" event in the Mobotix camera. The event in the camera can be configured to send the image as an email or start a recording cycle or both.Updated to add:No custom drivers required.Well thanks for the suggestion as I got everything working. The biggest problem was that the older generation mobotix cameras do not support smtp with SSL which took some work arounds. All in all it works great. Thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgbrown Posted November 8, 2011 Share Posted November 8, 2011 Bully for you Glad to hear it worked out ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanchow Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Almost a year later and presto i've done it. See told ya i'd get to making that driver. SMTP driver with file attachments. Works with any web server based file (ip cameras, servers, etc).http://www.c4forums.com/viewtopic.php?id=11447 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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