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PTZ cameras via IP (FlexWATCH)

Matias Alcocer
 

I have dealt with flexwatch cameras before. I'm out of the country right now but send me an email to malcocer at macautomated dot com to remind me and I will send you the commands for PTZ and presets.

Matias




On Saturday, December 17, 2016, 10:19 PM, jwinn@... [Crestron] wrote:

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Anybody ever dealt with FlexWATCH cameras?


I've got some strings that we've captured using the browser interface of the cameras, but can't seem to get them to work via SIMPL (or Debugger).


For example - this string works if I paste it into a browser and hit enter.



Nothing loads into the browser, but the camera moves (the "107" happens to be the UP command).


The same string sent via Debugger, with an added "\n" generates a "400 page not found" error, but does not move the camera.


I've got my TCP symbol set to the same (10.0.4.130) address, and port 80. The connect_fb is high. I've tried adding a :80 into the string. I've tried removing the IP info and starting with /goform... I've tried sending commands when my browser is not also connected to the camera. I've tried 700 other variations too.


The browser interface for these cameras requires an ActiveX plugin, but I've successfully sent direct commands by pasting them into Chrome as well.


The preset recall commands require an admin login, which pops up in my browser and then the command does work. The PTZ commands do not require a login and just work in a browser (tried it in multiple browsers which were definitely not already logged in).


My problem may be that I'm misunderstanding TCP control of a device that's only meant to be controlled by its own web interface. Any ideas?


Josh Winn

The LiquidPixel Group
 

If you were to look at it with WireShark, you would see the other items that are added on by the browser that isn't readily apparent from the link you are using.

For a different make camera, the API listed something like PTZ_MOVE=zoomin,4 as the command to zoom in along with the speed to use.

The actual command that needed to be transmitted looked along the lines of:
GET /httpapi/SendPTZ?action=sendptz&PTZ_MOVE=zoomin,4&PTZ_TIMEOUT=3000 HTTP/1.1\n\n

On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 8:17 PM, Matias Alcocer matias_alcocer@... [Crestron] <Crestron@...> wrote:
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I have dealt with flexwatch cameras before. I'm out of the country right now but send me an email to malcocer at macautomated dot com to remind me and I will send you the commands for PTZ and presets.


Matias




On Saturday, December 17, 2016, 10:19 PM, jwinn@... [Crestron] <Crestron@...> wrote:

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Anybody ever dealt with FlexWATCH cameras?


I've got some strings that we've captured using the browser interface of the cameras, but can't seem to get them to work via SIMPL (or Debugger).


For example - this string works if I paste it into a browser and hit enter.



Nothing loads into the browser, but the camera moves (the "107" happens to be the UP command).


The same string sent via Debugger, with an added "\n" generates a "400 page not found" error, but does not move the camera.


I've got my TCP symbol set to the same (10.0.4.130) address, and port 80. The connect_fb is high. I've tried adding a :80 into the string. I've tried removing the IP info and starting with /goform... I've tried sending commands when my browser is not also connected to the camera. I've tried 700 other variations too.


The browser interface for these cameras requires an ActiveX plugin, but I've successfully sent direct commands by pasting them into Chrome as well.


The preset recall commands require an admin login, which pops up in my browser and then the command does work. The PTZ commands do not require a login and just work in a browser (tried it in multiple browsers which were definitely not already logged in).


My problem may be that I'm misunderstanding TCP control of a device that's only meant to be controlled by its own web interface. Any ideas?


Josh Winn

The LiquidPixel Group

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