IP Camera PTZ Control

[Jamie Owst]

Hi, i have  currently got a IP camera video stream working on my iPad mini and would like to control it i understand i have to use HTTP commands to do so but how do i go about implementing them in my GUI?

here is what the camera manufactuer (Tenvis) state in there documentation what they state CGI URLs

PTZ Control

/ptzctrl?[username=xxx&userpswd=yyy&]act=action&param=parameter

action	parameter	Remark
left	speed(1~64)	Pan left
right	speed	Pan right
up	speed	Tilt up
down	speed	Tilt down
callpsp	Number of pre-set point	Call the preset point
stop	-	Stop

 Example: http://192.168.0.233:8001/ptzctrl?act=left&para=32 

i have tired just putting /ptzctrl?act=left&para=32 as the command value in a HTTP client system but it didn't work. 

any help will be appreciated.

thanks, Jamie 

GUI designer version v2.7.1.124

iViewer 4 version v4.0.303 build 303 (with full License)

[Barry Gordon]

Look up CF.request in the CommandFusion Wiki or in the scripting documentation

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[Tulio]

It could be authentication problem. Try to put username and password inside command

[Terence]

The command value should work if there's no need for authentication. Try adding a \x0D\x0A at the end of your command. Double check that the port settings is 8001 and not port 80.

Alternatively, like Barry said, you can use the CF.request JS API to send a simple HTTP command : http://www.commandfusion.com/docs/scripting/net.html#cF.request
So a sample of the command will look something like this :

CF.request("http://192.168.0.233:8001/ptzctrl?act=left&para=32", function (status, headers, body) {
            if (status == 200) {                                                            // extract information from body here
                CF.log("Request succeeded (HTTP 200 OK). Body received: " + body);
                          } else {                                                                        // an error occurred, display the returned status code
                CF.log("Error: returned status code " + status);
            }
        });

[Jamie Owst]

Ok thank you for the help will try and see if the authentication works 

[Jamie Owst]

Sorry for the stupid question, but how do i call the CF.Request using a button when i try to do so in the debugger its says there is an exception and there is a token missing 

[Barry Gordon]

It would be much easier to help you if you posted what you have done and exactly what the debugger says, I am assuming Javascript is new for you.

Sent from my iPad

On Jul 22, 2014, at 4:19 AM, Jamie Owst <jamie...@gmail.com> wrote:

Sorry for the stupid question, but how do i call the CF.Request using a button when i try to do so in the debugger its says there is an exception and there is a token missing 

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