PTZ Not Working

[Biggus]

Hi,

I'm struggling with getting PTZ working.

I'm using ZM1.26.5 on Ubuntu server 12.04
My camera is a Foscam FI8910W

I'm just curious if other people have the same issue.

I've followed these instructions: http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.php/Foscam_FI8918W


The actual control file I used was this
https://github.com/troywill/foscam-zone ... FI8910W.pm

[Biggus]

I've attempted this fix but it didn't work.

http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewto ... 30&t=21744

[Biggus]

[dvarapala]

I was experiencing similar symptoms while trying to get a new PTZ script working. Through much trial and error, plus a lot of help from this forum, I discovered that I had to make sure that the Perl Package name, the script root filename, and the protocol name in the table all matched exactly, character-for-character. If that doesn't help, try shortening the name from "FoscamFI8910W" to just "FI8910W" (again in all 3 places).

HTH

[Biggus]

Thanks dvarapala,

I've made some progress, the good news it now works.

What I had to do was name everything the same as per your post above.

Then added added as last line ZM_VERSION=1.26.5 in zm.conf
then do a restart.

However now I get the following errors when booting my system, (is this something I'm going to have to live with until a new version is released?

[santhony]

I'm having the same issue as you guys.. posted in this thread.. I've tried everything listed above.. but still not working...
My Logs are still showing "Can't connect: No such file or directory zmcontrol.pl" .

I'm running Ubuntu 12.04, Zoneminder 1.26.5 , Foscam Fl8910W .
Script name is named, "foscam.pm" at folder location /usr/share/perl5/Zoneminder/Control/
Permissions have been set to 777.
My script is from, same as Biggus in his posting

I've added the ZM_VERSION=1.26.5 to my /etc/zm/zm.conf, at the very end..
I'm pretty sure I have my script named consistantly... in all three locations..

Can anyone confirm, that once the issue is gone.. I should no longer see the "Can't connect: No such file or directory zmcontrol.pl" error?

attached are my zm.conf file and control file

[santhony]

I did just notice... If I'm reading correctly.. the new path for the control files is at...
/usr/share/perl/5.14.2/ZoneMinder/Control

Hoping someone can confirm this is correct..

Placing the files in the new path hasn't changed anything... I'm still getting the
"Can't connect: No such file or directory zmcontrol.pl" error.., No PZT control...

Another clue I believe.. is that when I enable the Cotrollable check box.. Zoneminder has some latency.. In opening up it's windows, such as the Log window, or even the Monitor configuration window.. It takes a few minutes...

Any thoughts or ideas are greatly appreciatred...

Let me know if anyone uses a remote desktop service.. ie Team Viewer.. or such.. I'm willing to have someone take a look... Thanks