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Can you turn off some of your cameras (by group?)

Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 6:27 pm
by marcmerlin
I have some cams outside which I'd like to run always.
I also have indoor cams that I'd like to stop monitoring when I'm inside.

I have 2 groups in ZM, but I don't seem to have a way to turn off ZM per group.
So far I can only turn it on/off globally.

Is there a better way to disable motion detection/recording of a group?
(I know I can switch all the cams from function modect to monitor manually, but I'd kind of like something I can script and tell ZM "please start modect inside, please stop modect inside").

Can this be done?

Thanks,
Marc

Re: Can you turn off some of your cameras (by group?)

Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 9:19 pm
by theforce
You could use the "run state" to control when and what cameras are running.

Go here for more info.
http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.ph ... or_week.3F

Re: Can you turn off some of your cameras (by group?)

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 3:13 am
by marcmerlin
This is just what I needed and missed the first time I read the docs. Thank you very much for the pointer.