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Re: Zoneminder



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Gregg,

Well that was easy!  Getting motion detection, telemetry data,
hbeats....  Very cool!
It'll take a while to see how  i'm going to interface things but some
initial comments so far:
my paths were /etc/zm.conf  , /usr/lib/zm/bin/ ,
/usr/lib/perl5/site-perl/5.8.5/   and these came from the rpm so i'm
guessing that's where most will be now.
It didn't mention in the readme that you need to go into global options
and enable x10, obvious now but not for a zm newbie!
The readme mentions xAPBSC. where the schemas areVMI.
Is there a way to make the regular .MonitorInfo send every 5 min rather
than the current 1
I see the schema for telemetry events, ie sent when a  camera moves but
can't see the one to tell the camera to move? Is there one?

Many thanks for this plugin, more and more toys to play with :-)

James

Gregg Liming wrote:
> Quoting James (2/14/06 4:45 PM):
>
>> Greg,
>>
>> Just installed Zoneminder, 1.21.4 to be precise, and have got my
cctv
>> stuff runing through it successfully . You have mentioned you have
some
>> xAP code for it and i was wondering if it was available.
>>
>
> Yes--for the time being, you can get it at http://limings.net/xap/zmxap.
>  (I hope to eventually get a proper "host" for this and
other apps).
> There is a README in the package.  Documentation, however, is notably
> lacking.  Further, I really need to document the tentative VMI (Video
> Motion Integration) schema that I tried to make as non-zm-like as
> possible (i.e., remove the zm-idioms).
>
> I'd appreciate all feedback.
>
>
>> The two things
>> i would like to do would be to have messages sent on motion
detection
>> and for a xAP message to trigger a recording from a camera.  That
way i
>> can use camera motion detection as a sort of occupancy sensor for
>> Floorplan and get sensors linked into Floorplan, like door and
window,
>> to start recordings.
>>
>
> Yep--that's exactly why I created it as I do something very similar in
> misterhouse.
>
>
>>  It would be icing on the cake if the xAP message
>> could not only cause the camera to record but to pan/tilt the 
camera to
>> the sensor that was triggered :-)
>>
>
> FYI--one of the output xAP messages is telemetry (x & y position)
of the
> alarm "center" (depending on how you setup your zones) while
an alarm is
> active. I had intended to use mh or some other xAP
"listener" to compute
> trajectory from the telemetry as a basis for providing even better
> occupancy "tracking".  This telemetry info is used w/i one
of the
> zm-specific scripts to control a PTZ.  So, I'm briefly familiar w/
this
> area.
>
> That icing is more likely once I get a PTZ ;)  Seriously, though, I
had
> though about that and would likely make the attempt if there's
interest.
>  I probably need to make getting a base level of documentation and the
> asterisk connector out higher priorities though.
>
>
>> I'm happy to test things if you like too!
>>
>
> I'm glad you mention that since I've not yet migrated to zm v1.21.4. 
It
> is possible that there might be some problem; so, if you experience
any,
> then do let me know. I plan to migrate soon. Once I do, I'll revise
the
> connector to take advantage of the new API that Phil introduced in
this
> latest release.  It "should" make adding new features like
PTZ control
> more practical.
>
>
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>


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Gregg,<br>
<br>
Well that was easy!&nbsp; Getting motion detection, telemetry data,
hbeats....&nbsp; Very cool!<br>
It'll take a while to see how&nbsp; i'm going to interface things but
some
initial comments so far:<br>
my paths were /etc/zm.conf&nbsp; , /usr/lib/zm/bin/ ,
/usr/lib/perl5/site-perl/5.8.5/&nbsp;&nbsp; and these came from the
rpm so i'm
guessing that's where most will be now.<br>
It didn't mention in the readme that you need to go into global options
and enable x10, obvious now but not for a zm newbie!<br>
The readme mentions xAPBSC. where the schemas areVMI.<br>
Is there a way to make the regular .MonitorInfo send every 5 min rather
than the current 1<br>
I see the schema for telemetry events, ie sent when a&nbsp; camera
moves but
can't see the one to tell the camera to move? Is there one?<br>
<br>
Many thanks for this plugin, more and more toys to play with :-)<br>
<br>
James<br>
<br>
Gregg Liming wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid43F2543B.3080606@xxxxxxx"
type="cite">
<pre wrap="">Quoting James (2/14/06 4:45 PM):
</pre>
<blockquote type="cite">
<pre wrap="">Greg,

Just installed Zoneminder, 1.21.4 to be precise, and have got my cctv
stuff runing through it successfully . You have mentioned you have some
xAP code for it and i was wondering if it was available.
</pre>
</blockquote>
<pre wrap=""><!---->
Yes--for the time being, you can get it at <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://limings.net/xap/zmxap";>http://limings.net/xap/zmxap</a>.
(I hope to eventually get a proper "host" for this and other
apps).
There is a README in the package.  Documentation, however, is notably
lacking.  Further, I really need to document the tentative VMI (Video
Motion Integration) schema that I tried to make as non-zm-like as
possible (i.e., remove the zm-idioms).

I'd appreciate all feedback.

</pre>
<blockquote type="cite">
<pre wrap="">The two things
i would like to do would be to have messages sent on motion detection
and for a xAP message to trigger a recording from a camera.  That way i
can use camera motion detection as a sort of occupancy sensor for
Floorplan and get sensors linked into Floorplan, like door and window,
to start recordings.
</pre>
</blockquote>
<pre wrap=""><!---->
Yep--that's exactly why I created it as I do something very similar in
misterhouse.

</pre>
<blockquote type="cite">
<pre wrap=""> It would be icing on the cake if the xAP
message
could not only cause the camera to record but to pan/tilt the  camera to
the sensor that was triggered :-)
</pre>
</blockquote>
<pre wrap=""><!---->
FYI--one of the output xAP messages is telemetry (x &amp; y position)
of the
alarm "center" (depending on how you setup your zones) while an
alarm is
active. I had intended to use mh or some other xAP "listener" to
compute
trajectory from the telemetry as a basis for providing even better
occupancy "tracking".  This telemetry info is used w/i one of the
zm-specific scripts to control a PTZ.  So, I'm briefly familiar w/ this
area.

That icing is more likely once I get a PTZ ;)  Seriously, though, I had
though about that and would likely make the attempt if there's interest.
I probably need to make getting a base level of documentation and the
asterisk connector out higher priorities though.

</pre>
<blockquote type="cite">
<pre wrap="">I'm happy to test things if you like too!
</pre>
</blockquote>
<pre wrap=""><!---->
I'm glad you mention that since I've not yet migrated to zm v1.21.4.  It
is possible that there might be some problem; so, if you experience any,
then do let me know. I plan to migrate soon. Once I do, I'll revise the
connector to take advantage of the new API that Phil introduced in this
latest release.  It "should" make adding new features like PTZ
control
more practical.




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