ZM will not connect to foscam 8910w

[matt.usmc]

I have read every tutorial I can find on the first 20 pages of google and I'm about to trash this project. I have followed step by step instructions on the ZM wiki for my particular cam with no luck. I am running zoneminder on a raspberry pi and bought a foscam 8910w for my first test camera. I can connect to the camera through its web interface and it works no problems. Zoneminder shows up on the rasppi/zm address fine. CAM and RPi both have static IP. I have tried as many different configurations for the source as I could think of with no luck. Here are my settings on zm.



Name : LM
Source Type: Remote
Function: Modect (tried all)
Enabled
Linked Monitors
Maximum FPS: empty
Alarm Maximum FPS: empty
Reference Image Blend: 7
Triggers None available

Remote Protocol: HTTP
Remote Method: Simple
Remote Host Name: 192.168.1.CAM (also tried user:pass@CAM and multiple other addresses)
Remote Host Port: 80
Remote Host Path : videostream.cgi?user=USER&pwd=PASSWORD (also tried snapshot)
Remote Image Colours 24
Capture Width (pixels) 320
Capture Height (pixels) 240
Preserve Aspect Ratio
Orientation Normal


The link with those settings is red and the monitor screen is black. I cannot get it to turn green with ANY settings. I have tried so many different configurations that I am completely stumped. Any help is much appreciated.

EDIT: Forgot to mention. After you login through the ipcam's URL, you are promoted with another screen to choose view type. 3 options, on for IE, one for chrome, and one for mobile phones. My only guess is that the path name doesn't allow me pass this screen?

[wussery]

Just want to let you know I'm in the same boat. I have tried the same camera with Linux Mint 15 and Linux Lite on two different computers. They both have the same type of error messages in the log file about not finding a file or directory. I recognize that this is a free program, but it would be really great if the level of support was better. So Frustrating.

[PacoLM]

Hi,

Try this:

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Remote Host Name:  your.cam.ip.here
Remote Host Path:  /videostream.cgi?user=USER&pwd=PASSWORD 
or
Remote Host Path:  /snapshot.cgi?user=USER&pwd=PASSWORD 

Notice the '/' before the host path.

Hope it helps,

PacoLM

[matt.usmc]

I've tried it with the /

Not using it was just the latest "try this" I've read. I began a fresh install of raspbiam and needed software earlier, but I'm currently at work. Hopefully its something w the install and it works this time around. Ill update afterwards.

Thanks

[matt.usmc]

I got it working. If anyone needs the links that helped me just PM me. It won't let me post them being that I'm a new user

[wussery]

Hi,

Try this:

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Remote Host Name:  your.cam.ip.here
Remote Host Path:  /videostream.cgi?user=USER&pwd=PASSWORD 
or
Remote Host Path:  /snapshot.cgi?user=USER&pwd=PASSWORD 

Notice the '/' before the host path.

Hope it helps,

PacoLM

Paco I tired both options above and neither work. An additional problem that I have is that I lost the option to click on the camera name to bring up the Live View window. When I hover over the camera name it doesn't allow me to click on it. I'm only able to click on the Monitor and Source links. Weird.

[PacoLM]

Paco I tired both options above and neither work. An additional problem that I have is that I lost the option to click on the camera name to bring up the Live View window. When I hover over the camera name it doesn't allow me to click on it. I'm only able to click on the Monitor and Source links. Weird.

Hi,

What's the status of your ZM, is it stopped or running?

PacoLM

[wussery]

How do I check whether zm is running? I can get to the gui to configure the camera, but the camera link is not active. Is there a command to restart zm?

[mikb]

As root:

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zmpkg.pl start

does it for me. Along with "stop" and "restart"

Although if you can see the web gui, you can click on the status line at the top that says "Stopped" or "Running" and change the state from there too.

This camera -- if it's serving up a "What format would you like page", once you get past that, can you view the source of THAT page and work out what the real URL to the video/still is? Sometimes you can find the link you are looking for buried in the HTML source.

[matt.usmc]

or

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sudo service zoneminder restart

Also, make sure your resolution on ZM source matches the resolution of your IP cam once you login from foscam's interface


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Will zoneminder upload to a mounted shared network folder? I am assuming the network address would be put into the local text field for uploads, but I am not getting anything to happen. I do have a filter set to run in background that uploads all events.

If it only supports FTP and true local storage, can someone recommend a free/simple FTP?

[TheKorn]

Will zoneminder upload to a mounted shared network folder? I am assuming the network address would be put into the local text field for uploads, but I am not getting anything to happen. I do have a filter set to run in background that uploads all events.

Mount the folder at the OS/filesystem level. Not really a zoneminder issue at all.

[prettyboy85712]

matt.usmc I sent you a PM. I have the same cameras and have the exact same issue.

[motion2082]

Hi Matt,

I'm having the same issue with my Foscam F8910W, can't see the snapshot.cgi or videostream.cgi.

Could you please let the readers know how you got it working?

FileZilla is a good FTP Program to use