Remote Zoneminder Cam Image in "Master" Zoneminder

Ryder · Post by **Ryder** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 3:59 pm

Hi All,

Greetings from South Africa! I searched the forums, googled etc but am unable to determine if it is possible to setup a remote camera (which is another zoneminder system) in my main zoneminder server.

I have a cam covering my driveway, connected to an old P3 box in my garage, wireless connected to an access point in my house.

I would like to know if I could setup a remote cam link, so that I can view my driveway, and both of my cams in my study on the main zoneminder server.

Any help would be appreciated!

Tx

jameswilson · Post by **jameswilson** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 7:04 pm

yes you can setup your slave zm box as a feed to your 'master'

just create a new monitor as a remote cam and enter the correct ip and path deatils

Ryder · Post by **Ryder** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 7:59 pm

Hi James, tx for responding...

I have setup a remote monitor, pointing to the IP Address of the Server where this camera is hosted. (http://172.16.255.108) I have added port 80, and for the remote path - I am unsure what to add here?

It is not an IP Camera, but rather a standard "video in" to a tuner card - so there is no /image.jpg or similiar.

This is the link properties of the Monitor on the slave system, but I get no image using this link:

/zm/index.php?view=watch&mid=1', 'zmWatch1', 736, 864 );

What is the correct link to add for the remote path box?

Thanks

jameswilson · Post by **jameswilson** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 8:36 pm

open the camera you want to view and select stills.
When you get an image you can then right click on this and it will give a full url under properties.
This will get you started but if your using auth then there are further things etc but if your remove the http and the ip etc and use the rest as your path that will do ya

Ryder · Post by **Ryder** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 9:21 pm

Hey James,

I have the URL from the properties of the still image. I have split this url and added the ip address (with no http://) into the "Remote Host Name" box, and port 80 into "Remote Host Port"

Finally, I have added the URL (without the http://172.16.255.108) into the "Remote Host Path" box, but no luck. The monitor is still red, and shows no image.

I know that the URL is correct, as I have tried this in a browser and it works fine. My AUTH option is set to none on both the slave, and master systems.

ZM complains when I add the http:// part in the Remote Host Name box.

Thanks for the help so far! I am appreciating this product more and more by the minute!

jameswilson · Post by **jameswilson** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 9:49 pm

no mate for example my path at home is

http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/cgi-bin/zms?mode ... 1162072012

usoing the above as an example
my host is my ip, without the http

but my path is
/cgi-bin/zms?mode=single&monitor=8&scale=100&auth=c746f77a6bd978274b508a661098214f&rand=1162072012

i need to modify this though to

/cgi-bin/zms?mode=single&monitor=8&scale=100
if using no auth

and to
/cgi-bin/zms?mode=single&monitor=8&scale=100&user=<username>&pass=<password>

replace with correct user names withouts the <>
if using auth

Then your away remeber to limit the fps or you will run both machines harder than you need to

Ryder · Post by **Ryder** » Wed Nov 01, 2006 8:00 pm

Hey James,

I finally managed to find some time (not easy with wife and three kids) and I have managed to get this all working as I wanted.

Thanks for all the help, hopefully this will assist others in future!