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Should be the same for any Amcrest PTZ cam
Controlable (checked)

Control Type - Amcrest HTTP API

Control Address - http://user:password@cam-IP-Address

Set the preset positions in the camera GUI (1-5)

Note: I have the best success using the "admin" user in the cam.

FWIW - I recently was given a Dell Precision Workstation - i7 12 core. I set it up as a new server with the same version of Zoneminder as the old server, used a backup of the old server database and copied the events to the new server. Job done! Only had about 80 GB of events and that took the most ...

Would be best to add the new drive to the computer then set up ZM to use it leaving the old drive in place. Set a filter to delete the events on the old drive, 100 at a time and when the old drive is empty remove it from ZM, remove the mount from Linux and take the drive out of the computer.

Guide for Ubuntu: https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Ubuntu_Server_or_Desktop_Zoneminder_1.36.x Guide for Debian:https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Debian_12_Bookworm_with_Zoneminder_1.36.x_and_1.37.x Both procedures have been tested on recent releases and do work. Both are best installed on a server version via ...

Not a good idea to turn off a firewall! Worse than going outside in the winter with no pants...

Maybe the new router from the ISP is borked. I use my own router that way I control my network!

No. On the Monitor Source Page there is a Capture Resolution setting that basically has to match the camera resolution. You can vary this setting usually by halves of the camera max resolution. But for starters use the camera resolution. Your camera resolution is 2560x1440 In the Storage area ...

Are you doing the install as root? Do you do "sudo su" and get a prompt for a password?

Any install on Linux needs to be done as root which is the administrator. Maybe that is why your commands are4 failing.

RPI OS is just Debian 12. The Debian 12 install on the WIKI can be used:

https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Debian_12_B ... and_1.37.x

Could it be that there is a language difference? As English, well American English, is my native language I do not have an idea what folks in other lands experience. If you are not experienced with Linux and the Linux variations and using the command line you may have problems. Debian and Ubuntu are ...

What I meant was to reinstall Ubuntu then run the Zoneminder install. I installed Ubuntu 24.04 Desktop on my test machine. After logging in I opened a terminal and ran: sudo su I then installed LAMP with : apt install apache2 php mariadb-server php-mysql libapache2-mod-php I then ran: nano zm ...

May be best to start with a clean install of Ubuntu server. Then follow the WIKI install. Use Mariadb server and not MySQL. The install script will set up and start Zoneminder. Make sure you use http://serveripaddress/zm to access Zoneminder. If you use a Ubunto desktop version use http://localhost/zm

Here is a link to install instructions that contains a script to install Zoneminder. I have not run it on Ubuntu 24.04 but it should work. If I get a chance later today I will load up Ubuntu 24.04 and give it a try. https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Ubuntu_Server_or_Desktop_Zoneminder_1.36.x Edit: I did a ...

Here is a good how to for motion detection: https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Understanding_ZoneMinder%27s_Zoning_system_for_Dummies One thing I've found is that the settings can be too sensitive and you will get a lot of worthless detection's. Fog, snow and rain can fill up the storage. But with ...

How many cameras and what resolution? Are you using MODECT and not record? You may want to increase the size of the swapfile. RPIOS uses a 512M swapfile by default. To do this: sudo dphys-swapfile swapoff sudo nano /etc/dphys-swapfile and change the "512" to 2048 or greater. Might be a good idea to ...

Install procedure for Ubuntu based systems: https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Ubuntu_Serv ... der_1.36.x

Install Procedure for Debian: https://wiki.zoneminder.com/Debian_12_B ... and_1.37.x