How do I setup IpCamera 1 to detect motion and trigger the Alarm system

[petediscrete]

I've finally managed to get my RPI running MotionPie up and running in HG.What I want to do now is have working as a motion sensor/Motion detect in the Alarm System so it will trigger an alarm and send me an email notification with an image attached.

I've assigned the MotionPie RPI to the IpCamera 1 widget. The widget is configured as follows:

Name:...........................Motion Pie Camera
select type:.................. Sensor
Features/Options:.......Generic IP Camera
Camera image API URL (see your camera docs)............ :http://192.168.1.6/picture/1/current
username:....................admin

I saved all this and added the widget to the Dashboard. Everything is working fine and I can now see the image from the MotionPie widget on the Dashboard.

What I need to know now is what else do I need to configure to have the motion detection from the MotionPie RPI send me an email notification with an image attached via HG when the Alarm System is triggered.

[kevin1]

MotionPi will need to call HG webapi to notify HG of the motion detected.  I have Win7 program called yawcam call this I think:  http://192.168.1.100/api/Media.IpCamera/1/Camera.MotionDetected

Testing in browser should give this result: { 'ResponseValue' : 'OK' }

This successfully triggers the HG security alarm and identifies as motion from camera.  The HG security alarm can already send you email/text.  You can tweak it to attach an image from camera and attach it to email from HG:

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byte[] img = Net.WebService("http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/three/wls/webcam/Loopscape.jpg").GetBytes();
Net.AddAttachment( "", img )
   .SendMessage(  "[email protected]", "", "HG: Motion Detected" );

[petediscrete]

Thanks Kevin.

I'm using HG on one RPI and MotionPie on another. MotionPie is streaming fine to HG so I have that sorted out. You are saying that I have to do the configuring in MotionPie to send a message to HG that there is motion detected and at that point HG triggers the Alarm system and HG sends the alarm notification email. Obviously MotionPie sends a motion detected email along with an image. I was just trying to get HG to do the same.

[petediscrete]

MotionPi will need to call HG webapi to notify HG of the motion detected.  I have Win7 program called yawcam call this I think:  http://192.168.1.100/api/Media.IpCamera/1/Camera.MotionDetected

Testing in browser should give this result: { 'ResponseValue' : 'OK' }

This successfully triggers the HG security alarm and identifies as motion from camera.  The HG security alarm can already send you email/text.  You can tweak it to attach an image from camera and attach it to email from HG

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byte[] img = Net.WebService("http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/three/wls/webcam/Loopscape.jpg").GetBytes();
Net.AddAttachment( "", img )
   .SendMessage(  "[email protected]", "", "HG: Motion Detected" );

Thanks Kevin1.

I got the  { 'ResponseValue' : 'OK' } in the web browser as suggested. Is the rest of your code particular to you or can I use for my purposes

[kevin1]

Yawcam is a windows application.  I successfully use it with webcam for motion sensor. 

The attachment example I have just been experimenting with.  I am working on something new and have a problem/question posted here: http://www.homegenie.it/forum/index.php?topic=1345.msg8589#msg8589  Once/if I get through that, I may post it as a customizable alternative to the existing HG Security Alarm email notification. 

Otherwise you can do as I have so far, just modify the existing HG Security program so it sends the attachment or other info you want.  I just lose my tweaks every time I update HG and it replaces my security alarm program with the default.

[petediscrete]

Could you post your Alarm System tweaks. I can't get past the { 'ResponseValue' : 'OK' } part of your post.

I wonder if it would be possible to get MotionPie to send HG a message directly when a motion was detected which in turn could activate the HG Alarm System and forward that message to my email. I'm drowning a little here. I thought it be easier to achieve what I was trying to achieve when I started out configuring the IP camera

[kevin1]

Do you have email configured?  Does security system email you when you trigger alarm by another mechanism?

The example above is basically what I was experimenting with.  If you have the email & security email  working then try this:

-on your ipcamera widget, click the gear, under feature options find and select "use as security sensor", click update
-back to dashboard, arm the alarm system
-in another browser tab go to  http://192.168.1.100/api/Media.IpCamera/1/Camera.MotionDetected

That should cause the alarm to trigger and then send you email.

[petediscrete]

Yes I have HG sending me an email notification when my MS13 movement sensor triggers movement. I'll try what you suggest and report back with the results.

Thanks for all your help.

[petediscrete]

Do you have email configured?  Does security system email you when you trigger alarm by another mechanism?

The example above is basically what I was experimenting with.  If you have the email & security email  working then try this:

-on your ipcamera widget, click the gear, under feature options find and select "use as security sensor", click update
-back to dashboard, arm the alarm system
-in another browser tab go to  http://192.168.1.100/api/Media.IpCamera/1/Camera.MotionDetected

That should cause the alarm to trigger and then send you email.

I went to the IpCamera widget under Features/Options selected Security Alarm System, ticked Use as a Security Sensor. I saved the changes but it keeps defaulting back to Generic IP Camera. Any ideas what is happening here.

[petediscrete]

Tried everything you suggested and a bit more Kevin1. No luck and the system became unstable so I uninstalled it, reinstalled it and restored it from the last known working configuration.Thats the good thing about HG.Again thanks for all your help.

As stated previously, I can get HG to send an alarm notification email to me as a result of an alarm activation from the MS13 movement sensor so I can't understand why I can't set it up using IpCamera as a sensor for alarm activation.