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I'm struggling with adding a dynamic text overlay to my cameras (AXIS 216FD). I believe I have found a solution using the CGI interface for the cameras where I can send a HTTP request to update the text overlay: http://<server>/axis-cgi/admin/param.cgi?action=update%20&Image.I0.Text.TextEnabled=yes ...

I've found some relevant information by searching. I was able to make some progress using zmtrigger.pl. By adding the %Q option to the timestamp field in the source, I can get text to display on the image by sending the TCP message over 6802: "1|show||||test-message-text" This works well, EXCEPT, I ...

Hi... I've been developing a quality control / digital video recorder (DVR) application with 5 Axis 216FD cameras for one of our customers. The 5 cameras are connected to a common subnet with an Ubuntu Linux (10.04LTS) server running the Zoneminder application. I've been able to get everything ...