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(2014-05-02, 21:35)el_cabong Wrote: [ -> ]very nice addon so far.

is it possible to add functionality so we can specify multiple cameras, and use something like the following to call each one:

{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"Addons.ExecuteAddon","params":{"addonid":"script.securitycam","camid":"1"},"id":"1"}}
{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"Addons.ExecuteAddon","params":{"addonid":"script.securitycam","camid":"2"},"id":"1"}}

See here on my blog I just wrote an updated how-to guide.

I've made some edits to th[align=center]e original code if anyone is interested. I wanted to use this for a baby monitor that shows onscreen if the baby is moving. My setup is follows:

- DLink DCS-932L IP Cam which has motion detection.
- When motion is detected, it FTP overwrites a file to my HTPC (two choices with this cam, FTP or Email)
- Using Eventghost with the FTP directory watcher plugin it calls the JSON RPC command for the Security Cam add-on.

This worked well after making some timing choices for the Duration (20s) of the add-on and the Seconds per frame (18s) IP Cam setting for the motion detection FTP process. However, there were still some issues for me.
- Multiple instances of the script would start.
- Script errors would eventually occur if there was a lot of motion
- FTP events caused it to be called twice because directory watcher detects the FTP start and FTP complete as both changes to the directory.
- Hard to manually back out with a million instances running so that I could move about xbmc again.

So I decided to modify the code to detect if there was already an instance running. Also I wanted it to stay on screen if there was continuous motion detected. This is so we can decide if its really necessary to go and be parents or if the baby is just settling.

By no means am I an expert coder... this is my first interaction with Python. Feedback is appreciated!

(2014-04-27, 15:31)SomeAssembly Wrote: [ -> ]Wow! great add-on.

I have it working perfectly. I was already using Ispy on windows to monitor my security cameras, I turned on face on my front door camera and have Ispy send the string to XBMC on my main tv over the local network. Everything is working as expected, but the security server computer opens a browser window each time it sends the string to XBMC. I don't know how many windows/tabs it can open before it crashes out.

Does anyone have any suggestions as how to send the string without the browser opening? Or, how to close the browser/tab after each call? From Ispy I can execute a program or shortcut.

Did you find the right syntax? (iSpy)

Can you share the old syntax with the browser/tab issue too?

(2014-06-18, 10:45)pacooka Wrote: [ -> ]

(2014-04-27, 15:31)SomeAssembly Wrote: [ -> ]Wow! great add-on.

I have it working perfectly. I was already using Ispy on windows to monitor my security cameras, I turned on face on my front door camera and have Ispy send the string to XBMC on my main tv over the local network. Everything is working as expected, but the security server computer opens a browser window each time it sends the string to XBMC. I don't know how many windows/tabs it can open before it crashes out.

Does anyone have any suggestions as how to send the string without the browser opening? Or, how to close the browser/tab after each call? From Ispy I can execute a program or shortcut.

Did you find the right syntax? (iSpy)

Can you share the old syntax with the browser/tab issue too?

I have not as yet discovered how to use curl or any other tool to send this correctly but the old syntax I found in this thread that works is:

http://192.168.5.9:80/jsonrpc?request={"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"Addons.ExecuteAddon","params":{"addonid":"script.securitycam"},"id":"1"}}

You will need to adjust the IP address to match your systems. I don't have any problems running it but still can't get to send this without popping up a browser window.
I just created a shortcut with the address and call the shortcut from ISPY.

Hope this helps, let us know if you can make it work with curl.

SomeAssembly

Personally, I loved the addon, however I am having trouble finding a bell to send json command .... Someone tells me something? Call the camera when the bell rings

Awesome addon. You should post the code on github. I have done it now, but ille delete it once you do

Hi Guys,

Frist of all Ausome addon.

Can this work with anything other than a IP cam. Say a live stream. What I want to do is to have a workaound for a PIP (Picture in Picture).

I tried to point the url at a live stream but i got an error.

thanks in advance

First thanks for your addon, it works like a charm except that you save snapshot in folder of the addon and it doesn't work in Win7/Win 8 because you need administrator privileges.
You need to use this line of code
So it will save into the profile folder of the OS with good privilege. It is recommandation of addon development: see 4 Requirements for scripts and plugins here

(2014-08-13, 12:07)coolweb Wrote: [ -> ]First thanks for your addon, it works like a charm except that you save snapshot in folder of the addon and it doesn't work in Win7/Win 8 because you need administrator privileges.
You need to use this line of code

Code:

xbmc.translatePath(xbmcaddon.Addon().getAddonInfo('profile')).decode('utf-8') + 'img.jpg'

So it will save into the profile folder of the OS with good privilege. It is recommandation of addon development: see 4 Requirements for scripts and plugins here

Thanks for the info coolweb. I've created a GitHub page for the script and included the updated snapshot storage location changes. Unfortunately, I haven't had a chance to test the code yet so if anyone can verify that it works I'd appreciate it.

I'm get this error using the git version

(2014-09-05, 08:30)warlion Wrote: [ -> ]I'm get this error using the git version

Code:

01:25:38 T:3928   ERROR: EXCEPTION Thrown (PythonToCppException) : -->Python callback/script returned the following error<--
                                             - NOTE: IGNORING THIS CAN LEAD TO MEMORY LEAKS!
                                            Error Type: <type 'exceptions.SyntaxError'>
                                            Error Contents: ('invalid syntax', ('C:\\Users\\Fernando\\AppData\\Roaming\\XBMC\\addons\\script.securitycam\\default.py', 14, 85, '__profile__  = xbmc.translatePath(__addon__.getAddonInfo(\'profile\')).encode("utf-8")).decode("utf-8")\n'))
                                            SyntaxError: ('invalid syntax', ('C:\\Users\\Fernando\\AppData\\Roaming\\XBMC\\addons\\script.securitycam\\default.py', 14, 85, '__profile__  = xbmc.translatePath(__addon__.getAddonInfo(\'profile\')).encode("utf-8")).decode("utf-8")\n'))
                                            -->End of Python script error report<--
01:26:31 T:4168  NOTICE: Thread LanguageInvoker start, auto delete: false
01:26:31 T:4168  NOTICE: -->Python Interpreter Initialized<--
01:26:31 T:4168   ERROR: EXCEPTION Thrown (PythonToCppException) : -->Python callback/script returned the following error<--
                                             - NOTE: IGNORING THIS CAN LEAD TO MEMORY LEAKS!
                                            Error Type: <type 'exceptions.SyntaxError'>
                                            Error Contents: ('invalid syntax', ('C:\\Users\\Fernando\\AppData\\Roaming\\XBMC\\addons\\script.securitycam\\default.py', 14, 85, '__profile__  = xbmc.translatePath(__addon__.getAddonInfo(\'profile\')).encode("utf-8")).decode("utf-8")\n'))
                                            SyntaxError: ('invalid syntax', ('C:\\Users\\Fernando\\AppData\\Roaming\\XBMC\\addons\\script.securitycam\\default.py', 14, 85, '__profile__  = xbmc.translatePath(__addon__.getAddonInfo(\'profile\')).encode("utf-8")).decode("utf-8")\n'))
                                            -->End of Python script error report<--

Thanks for the quick test warlion, I think it was just a dumb error on my part. I've updated the code in GitHub so please give it a shot again when you have the chance.

Thanks for the quick look ,
But still error, the app open but don't show anything it seems to have problem creating a folder

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Manually adding the folders (two) fix the problem, but why don't just add the jpg to the root of the data folder

I test again. It actually can't make the folder name script.securitycam I guess is the dot "." The one causing the problem
Or remove the second script.sec*** folder

(2014-09-05, 16:24)warlion Wrote: [ -> ]Thanks for the quick look ,
But still error, the app open but don't show anything it seems to have problem creating a folder

Code:

09:17:56 T:5724   ERROR: XFILE::CDirectory::GetDirectory - Error getting C:\Users\Fernando\AppData\Roaming\XBMC\userdata\addon_data\script.securitycam\script.securitycam\snapshot

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Manually adding the folders (two) fix the problem, but why don't just add the jpg to the root of the data folder

I test again. It actually can't make the folder name script.securitycam I guess is the dot "." The one causing the problem
Or remove the second script.sec*** folder

I did remove the nested script.securitycam folder (didn't intend to include it in the first place). The reason for the snapshots subdirectory is for convenience of deleting old snapshots in the script.

The updated version is up on GitHub now along with a Frodo compatible branch.

Thanks iolaus works great thanks a lot

For me the Gotham version says improper structure and won't install.