Amcrest PTZ functionality

[alabamatoy]

All of this discussion of the type of authentication is interesting, but I am inclined to think its a Zoneminder version or operating system issue, not an issue with the Amcrest cameras themselves....despite the evidence to the contrary. Why would all this work so nicely on mine and fail on others? I have a brand new Amcrest POE PTZ camera that I added to my setup just a few weeks ago, and it works fine with my original script.

I dont object to someone finding flaws in my ugly, probably-poorly designed script. But I am fearful that people are chasing the wrong root cause of the problem because it works fine on my setup, and has been for months. Is there a flaw in this thinking?

[simonlok]

Which model of camera and which firmware version are you running?

This is what I have:

Software Version2.520.AC00.18.R, Build Date: 2017-06-29
WEB Version3.2.1.453504
ONVIF Version2.42 (V2.2.2.428697)

On the version of software stated above the CGI PTZ API reports 401 Unauthorized to all HTTP Basic authentication requests.

Based on my reading of the Amcrest support forum they removed support for HTTP Basic and require HTTP Digest authentication in their recent firmware.

[alabamatoy]

Isnt this controlled by CURL? Is not CURL what the script is using to commo with the camera?

I cannot tell you the details of the camera unless there is some way to get that remotely - I am about 120 miles from my cameras!

[alabamatoy]

Cross-posting, another user seems to have figured out a fix: viewtopic.php?f=36&t=27093#p105188

[alabamatoy]

Hey alabamatoy, can I assist you in getting this into ZoneMinder?

Do you have plans to do so, or can I just grab the script and make a PR in your name?

This code apparently never made it into the repo. My new 1.32.3 install has no amcrest control scripts. Oh well, I know yall got a lot going on.