Hi All…quick question and maybe someone can point me in the right direction. My use case is this…when I’m away, I want motion detection to be enabled and for the camera to record video and photos if there is motion(this is working currently) . When I am present however, I still want motion detection to be enabled (so I can use it to trigger other smartthings routines, etc), but I do not want it to record video or photos. I see that I can change preset on mode (this works great), but is there a way to change the recording settings based on mode?
My C1 had RTSP turned off by default. You will have to go into the web config and enable it. The C1 also uses a separate RTSP port number.
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Thanks! last nite i spent an hour trying and i figured out. The only thing i’m having trouble with is remote viewing have you gotten that to work?
nope, I have to set it up as either remote or home viewing, can’t do both unless you do a VPN or something else beyond my networking knowledge.
Here’s a little trick you can use, install two instance on the device. In one you configure the local LAN IP Address and other you configure the public IP address which has port forwarding. Now use the one appropriate to your location to view the live stream.
Thank - I missed that. I was hoping not to have to forward a port, but I did. However, it is https - I have a thing about passing credentials in clear text.
Oddly enough, the live feed still works when on local LAN but not on the Internet. I know that the certificate is a mismatch because it doesn’t match my DNS, but thought any cert error would fail whether accessing inside or outside. Note that it also screws up other functions on both sides.
Any thoughts? I don’t have a machine around to build a reverse proxy and I can’t think of an easy way to terminate SSL on my fios gateway router.
Yeah, it’s going to work on the LAN because it’s all private IP address inside. You might consider something like DYNDNS service. It’s what I use to view my cameras from outside the LAN.
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I have DNS, but still can’t get past the encryption cert. Very frustrating.
I cursed a great deal over several days getting mine to work outside the LAN also. I haven’t touched it for a couple of years now for fear of breaking it. Would like a new router but if I do that I’ll have to redo all the port forwarding and I dont’t want to do that either. Getting lazy in my old age…LOL
I just started messing with the motion alarm monitor.
My only complain is that there’s no easy way to rename the SmartApp itself in the event that you have multiple scenarios that you want to cover.
I have both indoor and outdoor cameras, but I use several of these monitors to handle motion events, and that results in several instances of the app with the same name, which is a pain to manage. I have some indoor cameras that are set to react only when the house mode is Away / Vacation for example, while some of the outdoor cameras are set to react regardless of house mode.
Can you be specific which app you’re referring to? If you’re talking about the Foscam Motion Alarm monitor you should not have more than one instance of that app installed.
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Yes I’m talking specifically about the motion alarm monitor. And the fact that I have duplicates is actually on purpose.
Take this example…
I have a kitchen camera that sees motion all the time, so I don’t want to do anything with it while I’m home. I set the app to send a push notification and do all kinds of stuff but only when the mode is Away / Vacation / etc.
I have a front door camera that I always care about. If it sees motion, I want it to notify me. If I bundle that camera with the kitchen camera in the app, I run into the issue of conflicting house modes. I want “front door” to alert always, but I want “kitchen” to alert only when I’m not home. The only reasonable solution is to create two apps and segregate the cameras.
Does that make sense?
Yes as long as each app controls ONLY one camera it’s fine. Two apps should never control one Camera. I can make the change to allow you to rename the app in the next release.
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###Foscam Camera Universal Device Handler - version 3.2.4
- < no change >
###Foscam Motion Alarm Monitor SmartApp - version 2.6.3
- Allow user to rename the SmartApp
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Thanks, that actually makes things easier when it’s time to go fiddle with the settings for the individual monitors.
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I was just thinking about the same scenario a month or so ago when I installed my front porch camera. Thanks for the quick update RBoy!
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Hmm… I’m having some issues with the motion alarm while testing.
I noticed that motion in the garage tripped the garage camera, and it shows as an event in the log, and corresponding entry in the Security section (I have it set to use every available sensor:).
2016-06-24 11:53:03.079 AM EDT
9 minutes ago DEVICE motion active foscam garage detected motion true
2016-06-24 11:53:01.554 AM EDT
9 minutes ago DEVICE alarmStatus alarm foscam garage alarm status is alarm true
I did not get a push notification though. I’m going to play with the “Use Push Alarm Detection Mechanism” or try using an SMS to confirm the app is working as intended.
Contact ST support or check your phone settings, nothing to do with the SmartApp/Device. Another user had a similar issue and it turned to be his phone settings
Yeah that appears to have been the issue. I have my phone on DnD mode, and I had to set ST to have priority to get notifications from the app.
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I am having a real tough time with my cameras not disarming when the Alarm Monitor smartapp is set to disarm them (when SHM is disarmed). While it appears they are arming 100% of the time SHM is armed away (as I intend), when I return and SHM disarms, my cameras motion sensor alarm stays armed, despite being set to disarm when SHM disarms. Any ideas what I could do to make this work better? I’ve tried adjusting the rate of when it checks in, and what modes it monitors in, without success.
Even simpler would be the option to just arm when I change to a certain mode (instead of relying on watching SHM), is that possible?