Enable/disable monitor via script

[fluffykeith]

Hi

doc says "...camera to be enabled or disabled by external triggers or scripts."

I have seen mention of x10 enabling monitors. Is this the only way or is there some way I can enable/disable monitors using Python?

When I say enable disable I really mean enable/disable motion detection as I still want the monitor working as just a monitor.

thanks
Keith

[geraldbrandt]

I have a single line in my crontab:

# Start monitoring on Monitor 3
0 22 * * * root /usr/bin/curl -XPOST http://localhost/zm/api/monitors/3.json -d "Monitor[Function]=Modect&Monitor[Enabled]=1"

# Stop monmitoring on monitor 3
0 6 * * * root /usr/bin/curl -XPOST http://localhost/zm/api/monitors/3.json -d "Monitor[Function]=Monitor&Monitor[Enabled]=1"

[fluffykeith]

That's great, Thank you.

I guess that html post is what happens when we change the settings on the monitor settings pages. So the same mechanism could be used to change anything?

[Magic919]

There are docs for the API if you want to dig in https://zoneminder.readthedocs.io/en/stable/api.html

[geraldbrandt]

That's great, Thank you.

I guess that html post is what happens when we change the settings on the monitor settings pages. So the same mechanism could be used to change anything?

Those lines use the Zoneminder API.