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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

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

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

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

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?

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

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