Timed Zones

RichyF · Post by **RichyF** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 3:34 pm

Ive looked through to see if i can turn off zones at certain times but i cant seem to find it. Would it be a good idea to be able to only make sources or zones active at certain times (for example for making active out of office hours or f on weekdays from 9am - 5.30pm etc.

Sorry if this is already a possible option.

Regards

Richy

Post by **cordel** » Wed Oct 26, 2005 10:55 pm

You can use the run state to do this with a cron job.

Set your cameras how you want them for during the day (ie. camera one to monitor mode, camera two to modect.... etc)

At the top of the console click on Running like you would to stop or restart the service but instead put a name in "New State" and save.

Then set up the cameras how you want them for your off hours, and save that state same as above.

for your cron command put in:
zmpkg.pl your_run_state

There is a bit more here on this thread:
http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5024
Regards,
Cordel

Alan87i · Post by **Alan87i** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 11:10 pm

Could it not be set in a more simple way.
I read both posts mentioned in this thread and still have no clue how to do this.
I don't see why this isn't set in the last few versions.
A newb would be able to figure out how to set modect with a 24 hour time line put a 1 in the box for modect and a 2 for monitor .
Having to dig into the bowels of a program and set up a cron job ?? witch I have no idea what it means. And I have used several flavors of linux for 4 years now.

jameswilson · Post by **jameswilson** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:56 pm

cron is a big part of linux and nothing to do with zm.
To get zm to change modes is probably on the long todo list. You could donate and request it bumped up the list a bit

coke · Post by **coke** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 7:01 pm

And, after 4 years, you should look into some unix/linux books about administrative tools, as Cron is near the top of the list (or should be) of most of them. It's the scheduling deamon, and makes life on any 'nix much easier.

Quick google gave me an intro to cron that should serve you. There are probably hundreds, if not thousands, of similar how-tos. http://www.reallylinux.com/docs/basiccron.shtml

mrd · Post by **mrd** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 3:22 pm

I'm trying to use this feature to enable/disable a background filter so that I can be alerted by an SMS when I'm away from home if motion is detected in one of my zones. Does this feature support changes to filters?

Also, it would be nice if the saved states appeared in a drop-down menu.

Thanks,