Triggering BI camera to record with HTTP commands, works with VERA

[Bill Scruggs]

Here is the list I have.

/image/{cam-short-name}?q=50&s=80
A single JPEG image from a specific camera, with optional quality (q) and scale (s) parameters. Quality is a percentage from 1-100, and scale may be any number >0.


/image/{cam-short-name}?h=100
You may also specify a specific height (h) or width (w) instead of scale.


/mjpg/{cam-short-name}/video.mjpg
An M-JPEG stream. This stream is compatible with Blue Iris's "MJPEG stream request."


/file/clips/{filename}&mode=jpeg&speed=100
An M-JPEG stream of a clip from your New clips folder. You may include additional subdirectory names in the filename. The speed parameter is optional, a percentage of normal playback speed.


/thumbs/{filename}
A thumbnail image from a specific file in the New clips folder.


/admin?signal
Changes the traffic signal icon and returns the new status. This requires admin authentication.


audio/{cam-short-name}/temp.wav
Pull a raw audio stream (MIME type audio/x-wav).


/cam/{cam-short-name}?pos=x
Performs a PTZ command on the specified camera, where x= 0=left, 1=right, 2=up, 3=down, 4=home, 5=zoom in, 6=zoom out, 7+1 = Preset 1, 7+2 = Preset 2, etc


/cam/{cam-short-name}?pos=100
Causes a snapshot image to be captured from the specified camera.


/h264/{cam-short-name}/temp.h264
Pull a raw H.264 stream (MIME type video/H264). This stream will play in a tool like VLC, and may be used in future versions of the ActiveX control.


/h264/{cam-short-name}/temp.ts
Pull an MPEG-2 transport stream (MIME type video/MP2T).


/h264/{cam-short-name}/temp.m or .m3u8
Pull a virtual M3U8 file (MIME type application/vnd.apple.mpegurl). This will play in QuickTime, iPad and the iPhone using the iPhone Live Streaming format.

 

[djangel]

luup.inet.wget("192.168.1.134:8021/cam/BK3/pos=8")

BK3 is the short cam name. Mine is local only so I don't worry about the name and password.

Thanks! That did the trick. Was getting confused with the ? mark. Using your example I was using; luup.inet.wget("192.168.1.134:8021/cam/BK3?pos=8") instead of luup.inet.wget("192.168.1.134:8021/cam/BK3/pos=8")

Problem fixed!

*Update*
Received a response from Ken with the following syntax too:

/cam/{cam-short-name}/preset=1

 

[ClipperMiami]

My intent is to record the front entry cameras when the doorbell rings. My doorbell is configured with a ZWave input to Vera and sends an alerts when the bell rings. Now I want to add the ability to record the entry area say for 10 seconds as well.

I modified the camera setup to make the front entry cameras active in Profile 7 which is now the "idle" profile. I got the record to happen for a specific camera but not the camera group as yet. And because its using a camera trigger it also causes Vera to alert on motion detection.

 

[Zorac]

i having problems using the reccomended
http://IP_ADDRESS_OF_BI_SERVER:PORT/admin?camera=camera_short_name&trigger&user=XXXXX&pw=XXXXXX

BI still wants the user to enter the user/password with this url. has there been a change in the format with the recent versions of BI?

 

[Zorac]

My intent is to record the front entry cameras when the doorbell rings. My doorbell is configured with a ZWave input to Vera and sends an alerts when the bell rings. Now I want to add the ability to record the entry area say for 10 seconds as well.

I modified the camera setup to make the front entry cameras active in Profile 7 which is now the "idle" profile. I got the record to happen for a specific camera but not the camera group as yet. And because its using a camera trigger it also causes Vera to alert on motion detection.

answered my own question, i needed to uncheck secure login to allow the plain text login from the url. would be nice to keep secure login for non lan connections but i don't see that option.

 

[Abbell]

I got the program and it works FANTASTIC!
Anyone figure out the blue iris PTZ command path though?

 

[DLONG2]

Any recommendations on a basic and expandable wireless alarm sensor system which would only be used for Blue Iris alerts? I am looking for a system with magnet switches/motion sensors and a way to push an HTTP command when triggered.

Update: I was intrigued by a recent post regarding HomeSeer, and opted for their HS3 software, a USB Z-Wave 'SmartStick+' interface, and some Z-wave magnets (which will arrive later this week). The events work well with Blue Iris. What I was disappointed in was most of the plug-ins which are available seem too expensive. As an example, Phillips Hue lights plugin is around $40, which is more than I want to spend. The Blue Iris plug-in itself was an additional $40.

 

[mckenph]

I got the program and it works FANTASTIC!
Anyone figure out the blue iris PTZ command path though?

192.168.xxx.xxx:81/admin?camera=xxx&preset=3&user=xxxxx&pw=xxxxxx

 

[Il_Pres]

Congrats for your achievements... Just arguing if there is a BI full reference for HTTP commands out there... Thanks

 

[JeffCharger]

this is great! I've got this working nicely from my browser. I'm looking to integrate it into Homeseer use.

Thanks for documenting this.