Re: Zoneminder

[Gregg Liming <gregg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi James,

Quoting James (2/16/06 4:20 PM):
> Gregg Liming wrote:
>> Firstly, I had made comments about not having upgraded to 1.21.4
and not
>> knowing about compatibility.  I was mistaken--I've not yet
upgraded to
>> 1.22--which includes a number of new features and most importantly
a
>> very new API.  You may want to consider upgrading given your
camera.
> I did try the upgrade but got the dreaded ERR [Unable to find valid
'su'
> syntax]  issue. Apparently there is a change in 1.22.1 that should fix
> it. So for the moment i'm stuck at 1.21.4
>

I understand. I just upgraded today and the difference between versions
is considerable (e.g., defining zones as polygons!).  The downside is
that I can't easily go back to 1.21.4. Fortunately, I got useful xAP
events out w/o any tweaks to the connector.  So, zm upgrades could occur
before I get the next version out.  All future work, however, will
target 1.22.x.

>
> In the current version the motion tracker is not totally successful
and
> seems to send the camera off the wrong way at times. I was just
thinking
> they i may lock the camera off in normal operation but would still
want
> to know via xAP where in the picture the movement occured.  Maybe the
> tracker in 1.22 is much better and this won't be an issue or maybe i
> just havn't got it all setup right!

Unfortunately, I can't easily get back to the 1.21.4 interface to check.
However, in 1.22.0, I was able to mark my cam as non-controlled (which
it isn't anyway) and enable motion tracking.  Telemetry reporting is
occurring.  This suggests to me that 1.22.0 overcomes the problem that
you mention wrt undesirable PTZ motion control. For anyone following
this thread that doesn't have a PTZ, you shouldn't be affected.

BTW:  I definitely will be supporting PTZ cam control via xAP; but it
will be in a 1.22.x version :(.

Gregg