I need help with zmcontrol script [SOLVED]

Normando · Post by **Normando** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 7:24 am

Hello all

I have read and search all wiki and forums, make various tests and I can't work the script zmcontrol

I have defines a monitor with an IP camera, and added the correct configurations for PTZ control (module, address, etc etc). I can access the video and see the camera, but I can't control. To avoid mistakes from my php installation, I run directly, through a browser the commands to camera, and run ok. Like:

http://my-camera-control-ip/cgi-bin/camctrl.cgi?move=up

and the camera run ok.

I run the zmcontrol.pl script from command line to see if work, but no. The script give me an error of timeout and connection refused. Is there a way to test if the script actually output the command? I use Wireshark to see, but nothing happens, no http output nor get http command.

I also have verify the perl modules the script use and install all of them (load - Getopt-Long - data-dumper, etc)

Please, can you giveme some light to this issue?

Thanks

Post by **cordel** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 7:44 am

You can use the zm control script from the command line>

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zmcontrol.pl --id <monitorID> --command=<command>

Where command is up, down, left, upleft, etc...

Normando · Post by **Normando** » Sat Aug 30, 2008 2:58 pm

Hello Cordel and thank for your fast reply.

Excuse me if I can't write correctly in english.

I know how to use the script through command line. My dude is how to verify if the command really outpt from my server to the camera.

If I not missunderstand, when I lunch a control command through zmcontrol script, this command is traduce in the LAN as the script module is configurates, example:

http://mi-camera-ip/cgi-bin/camctrl.cgi?move=up

I want to know how to debug in real time or view why the command not output from my server.

I hope you can understand my bad english.

Thank you very much.

Normando · Post by **Normando** » Sun Aug 31, 2008 7:28 pm

Finally I found a bug in the Axis V2 script.

nivlek · Post by **nivlek** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 8:53 am

Hello Normando,

Normando wrote:Finally I found a bug in the Axis V2 script.

Any chance of you documenting the bug you found and what you did to fix it ?

nivlek

Normando · Post by **Normando** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 4:12 pm

Hello nivlek

This is the bug:

http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=12203