Monitor Triggers

Control - Point Tilt Zoom (PTZ)

[ACTION] is the action in which you want to run. See below for a list of available actions.

http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/[API KEY]/control/[GROUP KEY]/[MONITOR ID]/[ACTION]

• center
• up
• down
• left
• right
• enable_nv
• disable_nv
• zoom_in
• zoom_out

Trigger a Motion Event

This is a way to trigger the Motion Engine through a GET request.

http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/[API KEY]/motion/[GROUP KEY]/[MONITOR ID]?data={"plug":"camera1","name":"stairs","reason":"motion","confidence":197.4755859375}

• plug : The name of the plugin. You can put the name of the camera.
• name : The name of the region. Example : door
• reason : The reason for this trigger. Example : motion
• confidence : A number to signify how much confidence this engine has that there is motion. Example : 197.4755859375

Webhook Test on monitor

Use this to help you test webhook usability of an external script.

http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/[API KEY]/hookTester/[GROUP KEY]/[MONITOR ID]

Set to a mode for a monitor

http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/[API KEY]/monitor/[GROUP KEY]/[MONITOR ID]/[MODE]

[MODE] can be one of the following

• stop, start, record
• stop = Disabled
• start = Watch-Only
• record = Record

Set to a mode for a number of minutes to elapse before automatically stops

http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/[API KEY]/monitor/[GROUP KEY]/[MONITOR ID]/[MODE]/[TIME]

Set to a mode for a period of time before automatically stops

http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/[API KEY]/monitor/[GROUP KEY]/[MONITOR ID]/[MODE]/[TIME]/[TIME INTERVAL]

Here is an example of setting the mode to record on a camera with ID bunny under group key 2Df5hBE. It will stay in this mode until changed

http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/monitor/2Df5hBE/bunny/record

Setting the mode to record on a camera with ID bunny for 10 minutes under group key 2Df5hBE. It will automatically return to Disabled itself after 10 minutes

http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX/monitor/2Df5hBE/bunny/record/10/min

[TIME INTERVAL] can be left blank to use seconds or one of the following

min, minute, minutes, hr, hour, hours, day, or days