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I am trying to find a way to send the monitor name to a bash script only once during an alert when the monitor is in mocord. Using this script from: http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.php/FAQ#How_can_I_use_ZoneMinder_to_trigger_something_else_when_there_is_an_alarm.3F It sends an alert every 3-5 s...

Post your script. I am also using that script and it is working for me, however I am trying to get it to use zmInAlarm since I don't want it to trigger while still in the same alarm.

I am using this and it works: #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use ZoneMinder; use warnings; use DBI; $| = 1; my $driver = "mysql"; my $database = "zm"; my $user = "zmuser"; my $password = "zmpass"; my $dbh = DBI->connect( "DBI:$driver:$database", $use...

Did you ever figure this out? I am having the same issue.

I have been using zoneminder for 5+ years now and usually find answers to all my issues via searching the forums or the wiki, but this one is stumping me. I want to execute an external action when an event is triggered, google directed me to http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.php/FAQ#How_can_I_use...