Using Camera's to trigger security event

[blebson (Ben Lebson)]

I found the basic commands for your camera, the following devicetype should work for at least your motion on/off. Not sure if the PIR sensor will work or not.

[OBSOLETE] D-Link DCS-942L Day/Night IP Camera DeviceType - Full Feature Support (Now With Video Streaming!)

##This DeviceType is Obsolete, Please use the following SmartApp instead: ##D-Link DCS-942L Device Type. [image] [image] ##Features: In-App video streaming w/ sound Still Image Capture and Display Turn on/off motion detection (Motion & PIR combined) Turn on/off PIR sensor (PIR Only) Adjust motion sensitivity (Motion & PIR combined) Toggle Night Vision On/Off/Auto Turn on/off Video Recording to SD card External Commands: motionOn() - Video Motion Detection On motionOff() - Video Motion Detection Off pirOn() - PIR Motion Detection On pirOff() - PIR Motion Detection Off nvOn() - Night Vision On nvOff() - Night Vision Off nvAuto() - Night Vision Auto vrOn() - Local Video Recording On vrOff() - Local Video Recording Off Prerequisites: Fully configured …

Also, after looking into this camera it IS possible to hardwire an output that you could tie into an open/close sensor with input terminals so that the D-Link camera could trigger an event. I haven’t heard of anyone trying it but it is at least possible.