Integrating Mobotix cameras into a Control4 home automation

[digitaltrader 0]

I am sold on the mobotix line of cameras but need to integrate them into my home automation system that uses MJPEG. Has anyone had any success in integrating these into a cntrol4 environment? Currently I know that control4 supports the Panasonic line of cameras using MJPEG.

[griffonsystems 0]

you can select mjpeg over mxpeg for the compression codec in mobotix..not sure about that home automation i only do comercial projects but good luck

[digitaltrader 0]

Here is the reply I received from my C4 integrator:

 

In order to be compatible (and you'd still need to write a .c4i file for the camera), cameras must support the following:

 

- An address to retrieve a JPG image

- An address to retrieve a MJPEG stream (not mp4) motion image retrieval, and JPEG image retrieval.

- Both of those must be available on the same IP Port

- Only basic authentication must be used, or no authentication to retrieve images or streams

- The camera must support sending an image size parameter, which is fixed to one of the following strings:

 

160x180

320x240

640x480

 

That is, Control4 only support those resolutions, and we pass those exact strings on the address line

 

If the camera can't do that, you can't write a driver for it currently. Many cameras don't support MJPEG, and/or require that you have an ActiveX control to get the image data. If that's the case, you can't write a driver for it currently.

 

Any other commands (Pan/Tilt/Zoom/Focus) all need to be separate addresses.

 

Does the mobotix follow these guidelines?

[thewireguys 3]

Here is the reply I received from my C4 integrator:

 

In order to be compatible (and you'd still need to write a .c4i file for the camera), cameras must support the following:

 

- An address to retrieve a JPG image

- An address to retrieve a MJPEG stream (not mp4) motion image retrieval, and JPEG image retrieval.

- Both of those must be available on the same IP Port

- Only basic authentication must be used, or no authentication to retrieve images or streams

- The camera must support sending an image size parameter, which is fixed to one of the following strings:

 

160x180

320x240

640x480

 

That is, Control4 only support those resolutions, and we pass those exact strings on the address line

 

If the camera can't do that, you can't write a driver for it currently. Many cameras don't support MJPEG, and/or require that you have an ActiveX control to get the image data. If that's the case, you can't write a driver for it currently.

 

Any other commands (Pan/Tilt/Zoom/Focus) all need to be separate addresses.

 

Does the mobotix follow these guidelines?

 

Well I know they support MJPEG and you don't have to to use ActiveX.

 

Let me see what I can com up with.

[hardwired 0]

Here is the reply I received from my C4 integrator:

 

In order to be compatible (and you'd still need to write a .c4i file for the camera), cameras must support the following:

 

- An address to retrieve a JPG image

- An address to retrieve a MJPEG stream (not mp4) motion image retrieval, and JPEG image retrieval.

- Both of those must be available on the same IP Port

- Only basic authentication must be used, or no authentication to retrieve images or streams

- The camera must support sending an image size parameter, which is fixed to one of the following strings:

 

160x180

320x240

640x480

 

That is, Control4 only support those resolutions, and we pass those exact strings on the address line

 

If the camera can't do that, you can't write a driver for it currently. Many cameras don't support MJPEG, and/or require that you have an ActiveX control to get the image data. If that's the case, you can't write a driver for it currently.

 

Any other commands (Pan/Tilt/Zoom/Focus) all need to be separate addresses.

 

Does the mobotix follow these guidelines?

 

Well I know they support MJPEG and you don't have to to use ActiveX.

 

Let me see what I can com up with.

 

Take a look at the PDA output URL parameters for the mobotix, might be what you need....

[thewireguys 3]

you might what to check here>>>>

 

http://www.mobotix.com/eng_US/Support/User-Forum