Foscam IP Camera Plugin

This plugin offers support for pan, tilt, patrol, presets and motion detection.

Note: Presets are supported starting with MiOS firmware version 1.5.390.

Note: The motion detection part of the plugin works only with the Foscam cameras. If you use the plugin with other cameras only for the pan and tilt functionality, follow the instructions below to disable the motion sensor.

Installation

UI5

1. Go to Apps >> Install Apps and install the plugin. Alternatively, you can install it from apps.mios.com.
2. In the camera's Advanced tab enter I_FoscamPTZ.xml in the impl_file field.
3. Save.

UI4

1. Download this file on your computer and extract I_FoscamPTZ.xml from the archive.
2. Upload I_FoscamPTZ.xml on Vera from MiOS Developers >> Luup files.
3. In the camera's Advanced tab enter I_FoscamPTZ.xml in the impl_file field.
4. Save.

Setting up motion detection

The plugin needs to know a couple of things to setup motion detection:

1. The camera's IP address and port or URL (e.g. 192.168.81.123:8001 or camera.myserver.com)
2. The camera's username and password
3. The Vera IP address or URL (e.g. 192.168.81.1 or vera.myserver.com)

The plugin will attempt to find the Vera's IP address automatically based on the camera's IP address. This attempt will be successful only if the camera is on the same network as Vera. In all other cases the Vera's IP address (or URL) must be specified by the user.

On firmwares older than 1.5.390 arming and bypassing the motion sensor won't work unless you upload this file on Vera. After you upload the file, you must reload the Luup engine.

WARNING: the plugin will overwrite the alarm notification URL!

To disable the motion detection feature of the plugin

1. Open the Advanced tab in the camera's control panel.
2. Scroll to the bottom to find the ConfiguredMD variable.
3. Set this variable to -1.
4. Save.

Configurable parameters

• These parameters can be modified in the camera's control panel, in the Advanced tab:

StepSize	How much the camera will rotate when you send a pan or tilt command. Must be a natural number greater than 0.
ReverseControls	When this parameter is 1 the camera controls will be reversed. Useful when you have the camera upside down. Can be 0 or 1.
VeraAddress	Enter here the IP address or URL of the Vera.

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• These parameters can be modified in the motion sensor's control panel, in the Advanced tab:

OnTime	The number of seconds the plugin hasn't received any notification from the camera after which the device will become Untripped. The default is 1200 seconds (20 minutes).
embedded	By default this checkbox is checked, which means that moving the camera to a different room will also move the motion sensor, so the motion sensor will always be in the same room as the camera. To prevent this from happening uncheck this checkbox and save.

Getting presets support in post 1.5.390 firmwares

All the Foscam camera devices created in pre 1.5.390 firmwares use the device file D_DigitalSecurityCamera1.xml, which doesn't support presets. In firmware 1.5.390 another device file for the camera has been added: D_DigitalSecurityCamera2.xml. To set your camera to use this device file instead of the old one:

1. Open the camera's control panel, Advanced tab.
2. Find the device_file field and change it from D_DigitalSecurityCamera1.xml to D_DigitalSecurityCamera2.xml.
3. Save.

WARNING: Do not change the device file for the camera if your MiOS firmware version is older than 1.5.390!

If everything worked OK, the Camera control tab should look like this (the number of preset buttons may vary from firmware to firmware):