Trendnet TV-IP672PI pan/tilt controls

[captainarcain]

Hey there,

Running ZM Ver. 1.2.7 with the Trendnet TV-IP672PI. Do any of the default control scripts work with this camera? If not, is there one floating around out there? I've been searching Google like a madman and haven't found anything.

Has anyone gotten the pan/tilt controls to work with this thing?

[captainarcain]

Oooookaaaay,

Not seeing a lot of action on this one. Anyone interested in maybe helping me make a script for this if there isn't one already?

[TheKorn]

I have the TV-IP672PI working perfectly with 1.26, including IR on/off/auto. Haven't upgraded to 1.27 yet, but will be doing so shortly. So I'd say if you can hang on a bit until I get my upgrade situation resolved, I'd be happy to share!

[captainarcain]

Hah! And JUST as I was plowing through the control scripts and using wireshark to record the commands too That's awesome!

If you can get this working, it'd be a huge load off my back. I thank you, Sir! Hell, I'd even be happy to add to the functionality if I can (or if need be). I think I understand what the control scripts are doing now, so I'm going to tinker as well.

[TheKorn]

That's always the best way to learn! The real PITA with the TV-IP672PI was that it requires both digest authentication and a post for PTZ, which is a combination I couldn't find in any control script I looked at. So I kind of ass-backwards learned how to do that in perl along the way, which isn't such a horrible thing when you get right down to it.

I have a handle on my upgrade problem and hopefully will be upgrading later today. Fingers crossed, and such.

[TheKorn]

Got my upgrade done successfully, and quickly tested out my script under 1.27, seems no changes are necessary for 1.27. So I added it to the wiki.

I intend to use zmcamtool to add it to the official zoneminder PTZ repository, along with a few other PTZ scripts I've written.

Let me know how you make out! Was a royal PITA getting IR & presets working, but glad I went through it!

[captainarcain]

#1. You totally f**king rock.

#2. I sense now that I have another issue:

Error:

Control response was status = undefined
message = /usr/bin/zmcontrol.pl --tiltstep=0 --command=moveRelDown --id=2=>

Syslog:

Apr 30 12:30:59 zoneminder zmcontrol[676]: INF [Starting control server 2/672pi]
Apr 30 12:30:59 zoneminder zmcontrol[679]: INF [Control server 2/672pi starting at 14/04/30 12:30:59]
Apr 30 12:31:09 zoneminder zmcontrol[676]: FAT [Can't connect: No such file or directory]
Apr 30 12:31:09 zoneminder web_php[465]: ERR [/usr/bin/zmcontrol.pl --tiltstep=0 --command=moveRelUp --id=2=>]

#3. I believe I can add the RESET function to the script as well. Provided, that is, that I can get it to work.

So, yes; I've checked the file permissions in the /Zoneminder/Control/ directory. Checked and rechecked the control configurations and script names, etc. Possibly you've experienced a similar error?

[captainarcain]

I believe the following code should work for rebooting the whole camera.

sub cameraReset
{
# Reboot the Camera

my $self=shift;
my $url = "/eng/admin/reboot.cgi";
my $cmd = "reboot=true";

Debug("Camera Reboot");

$self->sendCmdPost ($url,$cmd);
}

[TheKorn]

Well, I'd start by turning on debugging for zmcontrol, and seeing what gets put in the debug logs. (I put in a lot of debug statements, so you should get at least *something* if the script is running.)

If that doesn't illuminate anything, since you mentioned wireshark I'd sniff the connection between the camera and zoneminder, see what's being sent/received. My hunch is that nothing is being sent at all. (Filter by port 80 so you don't accidentally sniff the video traffic. )

Finally, double check and make sure the protocol is TVIP672 when you were editing the control capabilities. I have a hunch you called it 672pi, which wouldn't match the specified internal name. (Take a screenshot of your control capability screen, just for giggles. )

[TheKorn]

Oh yeah, while a reset button would be useful, currently I'm using the reset button as "ir auto". If you can think of a handy place to put reset (or a better/less hacky place for IR On/Off/Auto), I'm all ears! (I tend to dink with IR settings a lot more often than I need to reset my cameras! )

[captainarcain]

Yeah, there's no data being sent from the ZM server outward. The zmcontrol.pl script is grousing about tiltstep and moveRelRight (or whatever direction) as being undefined. I believe that it's just not seeing the TVIP672PI script; which I renamed to be "Trendnet_TVPI672PI.pm" and made the appropriate changes in the script it's self under:

package Zoneminder::Control::Trendnet_TVIP672PI;

Also made the changes in the Control Capability section under "Protocol" to Trendnet_TVIP672PI as well. Maybe I'm missing some kind of dynamic link?

As for the IR presets - I think it might be more useful (since this particular camera doesn't have the function anyway) that moving the IR functions to the Iris section, EG:

irisRelOpen, irisRelClose, IrisAuto.

This way you're not taking away anything that wasn't already there.

Hell, if we're feeling REALLY energetic about it, we could sub out the zoom and focus functions for brightness and contrast adjustments.

I really wish they'd update the wiki with the newest script nomenclature. That'd be super handy.

[TheKorn]

Yeah, there's no data being sent from the ZM server outward. The zmcontrol.pl script is grousing about tiltstep and moveRelRight (or whatever direction) as being undefined. I believe that it's just not seeing the TVIP672PI script; which I renamed to be "Trendnet_TVPI672PI.pm" and made the appropriate changes in the script it's self under:

package Zoneminder::Control::Trendnet_TVIP672PI;

Also made the changes in the Control Capability section under "Protocol" to Trendnet_TVIP672PI as well. Maybe I'm missing some kind of dynamic link?

I think you're hitting a bug that I hit a while ago when utahjarhead and I were banging out the script for the d-link dcs-5010/5020. There, the script at some point was renamed dcs-5010 and pretty much everything broke. Once the protocol wad renamed to dcs5010, everything came right back up. So it's worth a shot renaming it without the underscore (not sure if there is a length limit as well) and give it a go.

As for the IR presets - I think it might be more useful (since this particular camera doesn't have the function anyway) that moving the IR functions to the Iris section, EG:

irisRelOpen, irisRelClose, IrisAuto.

This way you're not taking away anything that wasn't already there.

Good suggestion! I think I'll do that when I get back in town.

Hell, if we're feeling REALLY energetic about it, we could sub out the zoom and focus functions for brightness and contrast adjustments.

I think I might leave that one for you. Not a bad idea, just not something I mess with, well, ever. (Once I set the camera, that's pretty much it!)

[captainarcain]

Well, tried renaming it to simply TVIP672PI with appropriate changes to the script and configuration with no luck.

2014-05-06 12:20:14.342200 zmcontrol 18721 INF Starting control server 4/TVIP672PI zmcontrol.pl

2014-05-06 12:20:24.380240 zmcontrol 18721 FAT Can't connect: No such file or directory zmcontrol.pl

Still searching google to see what's up with this. I'll let you know if I find anything.

Also, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you for all the help. I am in your debt.

[TheKorn]

Seems like zm can't find the control script. I'd probably turn on debugging for zmcontrol just to dot the i and cross the t, and if nothing jumped out at me I'd completely nuke the 672 stuff and try it again from scratch.