Controlling Foscam Camera Functions from ISY?

[stusviews]

  On 12/26/2016 at 5:25 AM, PeterF said:

Folks I'm finding that stusviews link above to "here's an example" results in an http "404" error".  Looked like a good resource - is this or something like it available elsewhere?

 

Thanks, I've updated the link.

[kstock]

  On 12/26/2016 at 7:09 PM, PeterF said:

Thanks cowinger - you are way better than I in finding these things. 

 

The setScheduleRecordConfig that you suggested is not quite what I was hoping for.  Nor was I able to find the command I need in those newer pdf files.

 

What I'm effectively trying to do is "press" the Record button seen on the Live Video web page.  With my ISY994i I am sensing events where I want to record video on the Foscam camera.  So when such an event is triggered, I want to send a manual Record command to the camera for a recording to occur immediately at that moment.  I suppose I could use setScheduleRecordConfig to schedule a recording to occur at that moment, doing a painful calculation for the scheduleN parameter, and then delete that scheduled record when I'm done, and I guess I'll do that if there's no better way.  But since there's the command snapPicture (which manually snaps a picture) I would have thought there'd be commands perhaps like "startRecordVideo" and "stopRecordVideo" or something like that which simply causes a manual recording to start and stop.  Very strange that they would not include something like that.

 

Is easy to do.  Use setScheduleRecordConfig.  isEnable=1.  For schedul0 thru schedule6, set each of these =281474976710655.  This will start the recording immediately.  To stop recording, network resource using setScheduleRecordConfig, only use isEnable=0.  I use these 2 resources on multiple Foscam cameras/models without a problem.

[BigMoose1]

Asking for specific help with cameras.  I have the Network Resource Module but I am clueless regarding how to control a Smarthome camera.  I found from this forum that I should try my commands in my browser before trying the address in the Network Resource Module.  But I have tried numerous combinations but always get the message that the address is not found.  I have researched this forum and the web and the information that Stusviews provided on the Foscam camera.  But have not been successful.

 

I probably am being pretty brazen in asking for the forum's help but I honestly am at a point where I don’t know where else to go.  This forum has a lot of information but I am just inexperienced enough that I cannot fill in the blanks to get the URL to work.

 

What I want to do is have an ISY program point my cameras to the wall when we are home.  Right now, I just have them switch off when we are home but I feel this will cause them to fail with these numerous power changes.  My cameras are all wireless and I am able to connect to them using an app on my IPAD when we are either home or when we are away.

 

If I provide sample credentials, could someone build me a URL using this information.  I have made numerous attempts to get the URL to work in my Firefox browser but have had no luck.

 

Here are my sample credentials:

 

Lan address - 192.168.1.6

Port – 9200

Camera Credentials

Username – Duck225

Password – Chicken193

 

I want to have my camera move to Preset 2 which, if I understand from a contribution to the forum, is command number 32.

 

Thanks in advance for any help anyone can provide.

[jratliff]

What model camera?

 

Sent from my SM-N930V using Tapatalk

[BigMoose1]

I knew I would forget something. The camera model is a Smarthome 75790

 

Thank you

[PurdueGuy]

I think this will get you what you want:

Position 1:

http://192.168.1.6:80/decoder_control.cgi?command=31&user=Duck225&pwd=Chicken193

Position 2:

http://192.168.1.6:80/decoder_control.cgi?command=33&user=Duck225&pwd=Chicken193

To create an ISY network resource for preset 2:

http GET

Host = 192.168.1.6

Port = 80

Path = /decoder_control.cgi?command=33&user=Duck225&pwd=Chicken193

Timeout = 500

As a picture: 

 

These work for my SmartHome 75790 camera (really a Foscam) running:

Device Firmware Version 11.37.2.59

Device Embeded Web UI Version 2.1.10.9

[BigMoose1]

PurdueGuy and I think fellow Engineer

 

Thank you for your response.  Worked perfectly in my browser and I entered the address in the Network Resource Module.  I now need to read some more to understand how to call it in a program. 

 

Thanks again.  I can't count how many hours I put into finding out how to do this without success. 

[PurdueGuy]

  On 1/24/2017 at 10:13 PM, BMFurrButt said:

PurdueGuy and I think fellow Engineer

 

Thank you for your response.  Worked perfectly in my browser and I entered the address in the Network Resource Module.  I now need to read some more to understand how to call it in a program. 

 

Thanks again.  I can't count how many hours I put into finding out how to do this without success. 

 

Yes I'm an engineer!

 

And there seems to be a discrepancy with the command numbers.  I have found different sources with different values.

Trial and error, unfortunately.

 

You'll be happy with V5, you can have a node server to control all these.  

[BigMoose1]

Thanks again. I now have my programs all set up.