Hi there,
I bought a chinese IP Cam (IPC - U1 PTZ H.264 960P Waterproof Outdoor Bullet WiFi Security IP Camera 2.8 - 12mm Auto Focus Manual Varifocal Lens EU PLUG-$117.4 Online Shopping| GearBest.com).
It came without a manufacturer name and without a manual other than how to install the Cam with an App.
What I'd like to do:
1. hook the cam up to my network (already done - works)
2. let my raspberry pi make regular snapshots (almost done - only 'mobile picture resolution')
3. let my raspberry pi move to PTZ presets
ad 1:
camera works (I can go into the administration, it says "IP Camera" only)
I can also change the configuration and see live streams
ad 2:
The camera doesn't offer (or I don't know how?) an direct API other than ONVIF, I guess...
I managed to use python-onvif and got connection to the camera (but I'm clueless on how to use ONVIF for a snapshot...)
but I managed to retrieve an URL for an snapshot (unfortunately it's the "mobile picture resolution" - 640x385, which is not the 960p resolution, the IP cam is capable of)
I'd like to adress the hires snapshot
ad 3:
If I have the ability to adress the snapshot, I'd also like to move the camera to positions (either per presets or per coordinates, I don't mind - this one is the hardest, I don't know how to begin with this in the first place...
Thanks for your help!
Thomas.
I bought a chinese IP Cam (IPC - U1 PTZ H.264 960P Waterproof Outdoor Bullet WiFi Security IP Camera 2.8 - 12mm Auto Focus Manual Varifocal Lens EU PLUG-$117.4 Online Shopping| GearBest.com).
It came without a manufacturer name and without a manual other than how to install the Cam with an App.
What I'd like to do:
1. hook the cam up to my network (already done - works)
2. let my raspberry pi make regular snapshots (almost done - only 'mobile picture resolution')
3. let my raspberry pi move to PTZ presets
ad 1:
camera works (I can go into the administration, it says "IP Camera" only)
I can also change the configuration and see live streams
ad 2:
The camera doesn't offer (or I don't know how?) an direct API other than ONVIF, I guess...
I managed to use python-onvif and got connection to the camera (but I'm clueless on how to use ONVIF for a snapshot...)
but I managed to retrieve an URL for an snapshot (unfortunately it's the "mobile picture resolution" - 640x385, which is not the 960p resolution, the IP cam is capable of)
I'd like to adress the hires snapshot
ad 3:
If I have the ability to adress the snapshot, I'd also like to move the camera to positions (either per presets or per coordinates, I don't mind - this one is the hardest, I don't know how to begin with this in the first place...
Thanks for your help!
Thomas.