Loftek
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TODO: Add Photo of camera
Loftek Sentinel
This is an outdoor PTZ IP Camera with 3x Optical Zoom. This camera is very similar to a Foscam camera [2] except with a different set of features.
Acquiring the video stream
- General
- Name: {give the camera a name}
- Source Type: Remote
- Function: {select from the dropdown}
- Enabled: Tick
- Maximum FPS: Empty
- Alarm Maximum FPS: Empty
- Source
- Remote Protocol: HTTP
- Remote Method: Simple
- Remote Host Name: x.x.x.x {The IP of the camera}
- Remote Host Port: 80
- Remote Host Path: /videostream.cgi?user=admin&pwd={password}&resolution=32&rate=11
- Remote Image Colours: 24 bit colour
- Capture Width: 640
- Capture Height: 480
Unlike the Foscam's [1], I have not run into any issues running at 640x80.
PTZ Control File
I used a number of sources to create the following control file [2][3].
Here are the supported functions:
- Camera reset
- Pan left/right
- Tilt up/down
- Emulated diagonal movement
- Zoom in/out
- Brightness (Iris)
- Contrast (White)
- Can set & recall up to 8 presets
- Presets 9 & 10 respectively start and stop a patrol
TODO: Add instructions for creating the control inside Zoneminder
Copy and paste the following code into a file and call it "LoftekSentinel.pm". Save the file into the same folder as the file called "PanasonicIP.pm".
# ========================================================================== # # ZoneMinder Loftek Sentinel IP Control Protocol Module, $Date: 2009-11-25 09:20:00 +0000 (Wed, 04 Nov 2009) $, $Revision: 0001 $ # Copyright (C) 2001-2008 Philip Coombes # Original modification for use with Foscam FI8908W IP Camera by Dave Harris # Updated by Ivan Francolin Martinez # Converted for use with Loftek Sentinal IP Camera by Andrew Bauer (knnniggett@users.sourceforge.net) # # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or # modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License # as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 # of the License, or (at your option) any later version. # # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software # Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. # # ========================================================================== # # This module contains the implementation of the Loftek Sentinel IP camera control # protocol # package ZoneMinder::Control::LoftekSentinel; use 5.006; use strict; use warnings; require ZoneMinder::Base; require ZoneMinder::Control; our @ISA = qw(ZoneMinder::Control); our $VERSION = $ZoneMinder::Base::VERSION; our %CamParams = (); # ========================================================================== # # Loftek Sentinel IP Control Protocol # # On ControlAddress use the format : # USERNAME:PASSWORD@ADDRESS:PORT # eg : admin:@10.1.2.1:80 # zoneminder:zonepass@10.0.100.1:40000 # # ========================================================================== use ZoneMinder::Logger qw(:all); use ZoneMinder::Config qw(:all); use Time::HiRes qw( usleep ); sub new { my $class = shift; my $id = shift; my $self = ZoneMinder::Control->new( $id ); my $logindetails = ""; bless( $self, $class ); srand( time() ); return $self; } our $AUTOLOAD; sub AUTOLOAD { my $self = shift; my $class = ref( ) || croak( "$self not object" ); my $name = $AUTOLOAD; $name =~ s/.*://; if ( exists($self->{$name}) ) { return( $self->{$name} ); } Fatal( "Can't access $name member of object of class $class" ); } sub open { my $self = shift; $self->loadMonitor(); use LWP::UserAgent; $self->{ua} = LWP::UserAgent->new; $self->{ua}->agent( "ZoneMinder Control Agent/".ZM_VERSION ); $self->{state} = 'open'; } sub close { my $self = shift; $self->{state} = 'closed'; } sub printMsg { my $self = shift; my $msg = shift; my $msg_len = length($msg); Debug( $msg."[".$msg_len."]" ); } sub sendCmd { my $self = shift; my $cmd = shift; my $result = undef; printMsg( $cmd, "Tx" ); my $req = HTTP::Request->new( GET=>"http://".$self->{Monitor}->{ControlAddress}."/$cmd" ); my $res = $self->{ua}->request($req); if ( $res->is_success ) { $result = !undef; } else { Error( "Error check failed:'".$res->status_line()."'" ); } return( $result ); } sub getCamParams { my $self = shift; my $req = HTTP::Request->new( GET=>"http://".$self->{Monitor}->{ControlAddress}."/get_camera_params.cgi" ); my $res = $self->{ua}->request($req); if ( $res->is_success ) { # Parse results setting values in %FCParams my $content = $res->decoded_content; while ($content =~ s/var\s+([^=]+)=([^;]+);//ms) { $CamParams{$1} = $2; } } else { Error( "Error check failed:'".$res->status_line()."'" ); } } #autoStop #This makes use of the ZoneMinder Auto Stop Timeout on the Control Tab sub autoStop { my $self = shift; my $stop_command = shift; my $autostop = shift; if( $stop_command && $autostop) { Debug( "Auto Stop" ); usleep( $autostop ); my $cmd = "decoder_control.cgi?command=".$stop_command; $self->sendCmd( $cmd ); } } # Reset the Camera sub reset { my $self = shift; Debug( "Camera Reset" ); my $cmd = "reboot.cgi?"; $self->sendCmd( $cmd ); } #Up Arrow sub moveConUp { my $self = shift; my $stop_command = "1"; Debug( "Move Up" ); my $cmd = "decoder_control.cgi?command=0"; $self->sendCmd( $cmd ); $self->autoStop( $stop_command, $self->{Monitor}->{AutoStopTimeout} ); } #Down Arrow sub moveConDown { my $self = shift; my $stop_command = "3"; Debug( "Move Down" ); my $cmd = "decoder_control.cgi?command=2"; $self->sendCmd( $cmd ); $self->autoStop( $stop_command, $self->{Monitor}->{AutoStopTimeout} ); } #Left Arrow sub moveConLeft { my $self = shift; my $stop_command = "5"; Debug( "Move Left" ); my $cmd = "decoder_control.cgi?command=4"; $self->sendCmd( $cmd ); $self->autoStop( $stop_command, $self->{Monitor}->{AutoStopTimeout} ); } #Right Arrow sub moveConRight { my $self = shift; my $stop_command = "7"; Debug( "Move Right" ); my $cmd = "decoder_control.cgi?command=6"; $self->sendCmd( $cmd ); $self->autoStop( $stop_command, $self->{Monitor}->{AutoStopTimeout} ); } #Zoom In sub zoomConTele { my $self = shift; my $stop_command = "17"; Debug( "Zoom Tele" ); my $cmd = "decoder_control.cgi?command=18"; $self->sendCmd( $cmd ); $self->autoStop( $stop_command, $self->{Monitor}->{AutoStopTimeout} ); } #Zoom Out sub zoomConWide { my $self = shift; my $stop_command = "19"; Debug( "Zoom Wide" ); my $cmd = "decoder_control.cgi?command=16"; $self->sendCmd( $cmd ); $self->autoStop( $stop_command, $self->{Monitor}->{AutoStopTimeout} ); } #Diagonally Up Right Arrow #This camera does not have builtin diagonal commands so we emulate them sub moveConUpRight { my $self = shift; Debug( "Move Diagonally Up Right" ); $self->moveConUp( ); $self->moveConRight( ); } #Diagonally Down Right Arrow #This camera does not have builtin diagonal commands so we emulate them sub moveConDownRight { my $self = shift; Debug( "Move Diagonally Down Right" ); $self->moveConDown( ); $self->moveConRight( ); } #Diagonally Up Left Arrow #This camera does not have builtin diagonal commands so we emulate them sub moveConUpLeft { my $self = shift; Debug( "Move Diagonally Up Left" ); $self->moveConUp( ); $self->moveConLeft( ); } #Diagonally Down Left Arrow #This camera does not have builtin diagonal commands so we emulate them sub moveConDownLeft { my $self = shift; Debug( "Move Diagonally Down Left" ); $self->moveConDown( ); $self->moveConLeft( ); } #Stop sub moveStop { my $self = shift; Debug( "Move Stop" ); my $cmd = "decoder_control.cgi?command=1"; $self->sendCmd( $cmd ); } #Set Camera Preset #Presets must be translated into values internal to the camera #Those values are: 30,32,34,36,38,40,42,44 for presets 1-8 respectively sub presetSet { my $self = shift; my $params = shift; my $preset = $self->getParam( $params, 'preset' ); Debug( "Set Preset $preset" ); if (( $preset >= 1 ) && ( $preset <= 8 )) { my $cmd = "decoder_control.cgi?command=".(($preset*2) + 28); $self->sendCmd( $cmd ); } } #Recall Camera Preset #Presets must be translated into values internal to the camera #Those values are: 31,33,35,37,39,41,43,45 for presets 1-8 respectively sub presetGoto { my $self = shift; my $params = shift; my $preset = $self->getParam( $params, 'preset' ); Debug( "Goto Preset $preset" ); if (( $preset >= 1 ) && ( $preset <= 8 )) { my $cmd = "decoder_control.cgi?command=".(($preset*2) + 29); $self->sendCmd( $cmd ); } if ( $preset == 9 ) { $self->horizontalPatrol(); } if ( $preset == 10 ) { $self->horizontalPatrolStop(); } } #Horizontal Patrol - Vertical Patrols are not supported sub horizontalPatrol { my $self = shift; Debug( "Horizontal Patrol" ); my $cmd = "decoder_control.cgi?command=20"; $self->sendCmd( $cmd ); } #Horizontal Patrol Stop sub horizontalPatrolStop { my $self = shift; Debug( "Horizontal Patrol Stop" ); my $cmd = "decoder_control.cgi?command=21"; $self->sendCmd( $cmd ); } # Increase Brightness sub irisAbsOpen { my $self = shift; my $params = shift; $self->getCamParams() unless($CamParams{'brightness'}); my $step = $self->getParam( $params, 'step' ); $CamParams{'brightness'} += $step; $CamParams{'brightness'} = 255 if ($CamParams{'brightness'} > 255); Debug( "Iris $CamParams{'brightness'}" ); my $cmd = "camera_control.cgi?param=1&value=".$CamParams{'brightness'}; $self->sendCmd( $cmd ); } # Decrease Brightness sub irisAbsClose { my $self = shift; my $params = shift; $self->getCamParams() unless($CamParams{'brightness'}); my $step = $self->getParam( $params, 'step' ); $CamParams{'brightness'} -= $step; $CamParams{'brightness'} = 0 if ($CamParams{'brightness'} < 0); Debug( "Iris $CamParams{'brightness'}" ); my $cmd = "camera_control.cgi?param=1&value=".$CamParams{'brightness'}; $self->sendCmd( $cmd ); } # Increase Contrast sub whiteAbsIn { my $self = shift; my $params = shift; $self->getCamParams() unless($CamParams{'contrast'}); my $step = $self->getParam( $params, 'step' ); $CamParams{'contrast'} += $step; $CamParams{'contrast'} = 6 if ($CamParams{'contrast'} > 6); Debug( "Iris $CamParams{'contrast'}" ); my $cmd = "camera_control.cgi?param=2&value=".$CamParams{'contrast'}; $self->sendCmd( $cmd ); } # Decrease Contrast sub whiteAbsOut { my $self = shift; my $params = shift; $self->getCamParams() unless($CamParams{'contrast'}); my $step = $self->getParam( $params, 'step' ); $CamParams{'contrast'} -= $step; $CamParams{'contrast'} = 0 if ($CamParams{'contrast'} < 0); Debug( "Iris $CamParams{'contrast'}" ); my $cmd = "camera_control.cgi?param=2&value=".$CamParams{'contrast'}; $self->sendCmd( $cmd ); } 1;
Notes & Troubleshooting
- The PTZ Control File is compatible with Zoneminder 1.25.0. If using an older version, you may have to change the line that reads "use ZoneMinder::Logger qw(:all);" to "use ZoneMinder::Debug qw(:all);" .
- TODO: Add more notes
References
[1] Foscam[[1]]
[2] Foscam[[2]]
[3] Dave Harris Blog[3]