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I have one camera that is actually working to some extent. It is a dcs-5020l, it is a pan tilt camera so I wanted to get that working in zoneminder. There are instructions here:
http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.ph ... _DCS-5020L

I can configure the control as follows:

Camera Control Tab:
Controllable: tick
Control Type: dsc-5020l
Control Device:
Control address: admin:password@dcs-5020l.dodtsair.myz.info
Auto Stop Timeout: 0.00
Track Motion: untick
Track Delay: 0
Return Location: none
Return Delay: 0

Opps pressed submit too soon.

Control Capability - dcs-5020l
Main Tab
Name: dcs-5020l
Type: Remote
Protocol: dcs_5020l
Can Wake: tick
Can Sleep: tick
Can Reset: untick

Move Tab:
Can Move: tick
Can Move Diagonally: tick
Can Move Mapped: tick
Can Move Absolute: untick
Can Move Relative: tick
Can Move Continuous: untick

Pan Tab:
Can Pan: tick
Min Pan Range: 0
Max Pan Range: 0
Min Pan Step: 1
Max Pan Step: 30
Has Pan Speed: untick
Min Pan Speed: 0
Max Pan Speed: 0
Has Turbo Pan: untick
Turbo Pan Speed: 0

Tilt Tab:
Can Tilt: tick
Min Tilt Range: 0
Max Tilt Range: 0
Min Tilt Step: 1
Max Tilt Step:30
Has Tilt Speed: untick
Min Tilt Speed: 0
Max Tilt Speed: 0
Has Turbo Tilt: untick
Turbo Tilt Speed: 0


I didn't touch anything else

perl driver/script installed at:
$ ls /usr/share/perl/5.14/ZoneMinder/Control
AxisV2.pm FI8620_Y2k.pm LoftekSentinel.pm PanasonicIP.pm SkyIPCam7xx.pm
dcs_5020l.pm FI8908W.pm mjpgStreamer.pm PelcoD.pm Toshiba_IK_WB11A.pm
FI8608W_Y2k.pm FI9821W_Y2k.pm Ncs370.pm PelcoP.pm Visca.pm


Maybe a related error in the log:
Apr 4 09:15:00 petros zmcontrol[11647]: FAT [Can't connect: No such file or directory]
Apr 4 09:15:00 petros web_php[11504]: ERR [/usr/bin/zmcontrol.pl --tiltstep=18 --command=moveRelUp --id=2
=>]

I put a watch on the control file and then went to the camera interface and tried to control the camera. Below is the result, clearly zoneminder is reading the file.


mpower@petros:/usr/share/perl/5.14/ZoneMinder/Control$ sudo inotifywait -m dcs_5020l.pm
Setting up watches.
Watches established.
dcs_5020l.pm OPEN
dcs_5020l.pm ACCESS
dcs_5020l.pm CLOSE_NOWRITE,CLOSE

Found this forum post:

http://www.zoneminder.com/forums/viewto ... t=dcs5020l

I updated my control script to have a different name:
$ ls
AxisV2.pm FI8620_Y2k.pm LoftekSentinel.pm PanasonicIP.pm SkyIPCam7xx.pm
DCS5020L.pm FI8908W.pm mjpgStreamer.pm PelcoD.pm Toshiba_IK_WB11A.pm
FI8608W_Y2k.pm FI9821W_Y2k.pm Ncs370.pm PelcoP.pm Visca.pm

I changed the protocol to match:
Protocol: DCS5020L

I also changed the name of the control capability:
Name: DCS5020L


But still no joy same error:
Apr 6 16:50:58 petros zmdc[8234]: INF ['zmc -m 1' exited normally]
Apr 6 16:51:04 petros zmcontrol[8371]: FAT [Can't connect: No such file or directory]
Apr 6 16:51:04 petros web_php[8114]: ERR [/usr/bin/zmcontrol.pl --panstep=12 --command=moveRelLeft --id=2=>]
Apr 6 16:51:04 petros zmcontrol[8377]: INF [Starting control server 2/DCS5020L]
Apr 6 16:51:04 petros zmcontrol[8379]: INF [Control server 2/DCS5020L starting at 14/04/06 16:51:04]
Apr 6 16:51:14 petros zmcontrol[8377]: FAT [Can't connect: No such file or directory]
Apr 6 16:51:14 petros web_php[8116]: ERR [/usr/bin/zmcontrol.pl --panstep=12 --command=moveRelLeft --id=2=>]
Apr 6 16:51:15 petros zmcontrol[8385]: INF [Starting control server 2/DCS5020L]
Apr 6 16:51:15 petros zmcontrol[8387]: INF [Control server 2/DCS5020L starting at 14/04/06 16:51:15]
Apr 6 16:51:25 petros zmcontrol[8385]: FAT [Can't connect: No such file or directory]
Apr 6 16:51:25 petros web_php[3662]: ERR [/usr/bin/zmcontrol.pl --panstep=12 --command=moveRelLeft --id=2=>]