Add support to "ftp upload" cameras

[Maximiliano Curia]

Hi,

My camera doesn't support image grabbing, but it would let me upload still images to an ftp server. What I would really like is to point the ZoneMinder to the upload directory of the ftp server to process the images. Since the images are local files to the ZoneMinder this should be an "easy" thing to do.

[zoneminder]

This is currently not possible but I've added it to the requested feature list. You're right that it shouldn't be too hard to do.

Phil

[Baylink]

This would extend support to the Intellinet net cams, specifically the older 550550, which doesn't seem to be supportable any other way at the moment. I believe the 550710 does permit the retrieval of a JPEG, which the -550 doesn't.

[Speegs]

Hello,

A quick fix would be to setup FTP Server on our ZM machine, tell your camera to load the image as xxxx.jpg via FTP every so often and make sure the FTP account points to a web accessible directory.

Then set ZM for localhost port 80 /directory/xxx.jpg

I havn't tried this setup, but it might be a workaround that is not too hard to pull off until the code is written.

Regards,

Speegs

[Andy]

This would extend support to the Intellinet net cams, specifically the older 550550, which doesn't seem to be supportable any other way at the moment. I believe the 550710 does permit the retrieval of a JPEG, which the -550 doesn't.

That is exactly right.

Only the current model 550710 (MNC) supports direct access to the JPG. The previous version unfortunately does not, so the only way is like suggested to have the camera upload still images to an FTP Server and grab the image with ZM from there.