How to send http commands on schedule

[mike_va 0]

I can set my Axis up to send itself a command for day / night for example, or set the shutter speed.

 

Is there some way I could do this with Panasonic cameras like the 502? I'm imagining I would need some scheduling program on the computer - not sure how to go about doing this.

 

Any advice appreciated.

[NotoriousBRK 0]

If you had access to a linux box you could do it with cron (for scheduling) and either wget or curl (http://linux.about.com/od/commands/l/blcmdl1_curl.htm) for formatting/sending the http commands.

[bike_rider 0]

That's weird I was just thinking about this topic over the weekend. The scheduling can almost certainly be done on most any PC platform, but it might be tricky getting the right commands sent. What's the exact model? I'll poke around on the internet for the user manual and see what I can come up with.

 

On the Axis, where do the commands come from? Do they come from a management system that is running on a PC?

[mike_va 0]

That's weird I was just thinking about this topic over the weekend. The scheduling can almost certainly be done on most any PC platform, but it might be tricky getting the right commands sent. What's the exact model? I'll poke around on the internet for the user manual and see what I can come up with.

 

On the Axis, where do the commands come from? Do they come from a management system that is running on a PC?

It runs on the camera, here's an example:

 

http://www.axis.com/techsup/faq/index.php/index_axis.php?action=artikel&cat=0&id=115397&artlang=en&search=ir+cut+flter

 

An example might look like

 

http://192.168.1.96/axis-cgi/ param.cgi?action=update &ImageSource.I0.Sensor.MaxExposureTime=166827

 

http://192.168.1.96/axis-cgi/opticssetup.cgi?autofocus=perform

 

The latter command is not intended to be used continuously.

 

The camera I'm trying to get it to work on is the Panasonic WV-NP502. I'm using it for plate capture during the day at 1/250s but would like be slower at night.

[rory 0]

Windows has Task scheduler, so can have that run any list of files like exe, cmd, vbs, etc

Edited November 4, 2011 by Guest

[bike_rider 0]

Maybe.

 

There are some Pany cameras that do allow direct control from a URL command, but it looks like it is all consumer level or older models. Check out this list http://panasonic.net/pcc/support/netwkcam/download/other.html. The manual for the 502 does not talk about these commands. It only talks about using the web server on the camera.

 

You could try some of those commands to see if the camera responds to them, but again you might run into an authentication requirement.

 

If you used a packet sniffer while using the web interface (like WireShark) you could probably figure out what the commands are. Then you would need a program to send them under windows scheduler, like Rory said. It isn't that hard to do if you can figure out what the commands should be.

[thewireguys 3]

I was able to get Axis cameras to send commands to other Axis cameras..... example. Fixed camera sees motion then sends command to PTZ to move to different preset. So you might be able to have the Axis send a command to the Panasonic camera.

[mike_va 0]

I was able to get Axis cameras to send commands to other Axis cameras..... example. Fixed camera sees motion then sends command to PTZ to move to different preset. So you might be able to have the Axis send a command to the Panasonic camera.

Yes, but I'd like it centralized somewhere. Preferably the computer as it is quicker to play around.

[mike_va 0]

Then you would need a program to send them under windows scheduler, like Rory said. It isn't that hard to do if you can figure out what the commands should be.

The program is the part I don't know how to do.

[rory 0]

Then you would need a program to send them under windows scheduler, like Rory said. It isn't that hard to do if you can figure out what the commands should be.

The program is the part I don't know how to do.

depends, might be as easy as command line program eg. .cmd

Edited November 4, 2011 by Guest

[bike_rider 0]

Then you would need a program to send them under windows scheduler, like Rory said. It isn't that hard to do if you can figure out what the commands should be.

The program is the part I don't know how to do.

 

I like a challenge. If you can get the http commands to send (I'm not sure it can be done), I can get you a windows script file (or some solution) that can send them on command. As long as you have a PC you can leverage.

[mike_va 0]

I like a challenge. If you can get the http commands to send (I'm not sure it can be done), I can get you a windows script file (or some solution) that can send them on command. As long as you have a PC you can leverage.

Thanks, that would be great!

 

It may take me a few days - as of tonight my backup computer (ZT systems quad core athlon) died (will not power on). A few days ago my main computer (Dell i7 quad core) also died (bad motherboard). I must have upset the computer gods somehow...

[rory 0]

also if it has an activeX for IE, it might contain some commands in that, if so then can download that separately, stick it in a webpage on your desktop, save it as an HTA so the scheduler can run that, and in the HTA send the commands using client side VBScript.

Edited November 4, 2011 by Guest

[bike_rider 0]

I like a challenge. If you can get the http commands to send (I'm not sure it can be done), I can get you a windows script file (or some solution) that can send them on command. As long as you have a PC you can leverage.

Thanks, that would be great!

 

It may take me a few days - as of tonight my backup computer (ZT systems quad core athlon) died (will not power on). A few days ago my main computer (Dell i7 quad core) also died (bad motherboard). I must have upset the computer gods somehow...

 

Oh brother, I have been there. "Keep calm and carry on."

[mike_va 0]

If you can get the http commands to send (I'm not sure it can be done), I can get you a windows script file (or some solution) that can send them on command. As long as you have a PC you can leverage.

I was not able to find it on my own on the Panasonic site or with google but Panasonic support helped me out:

 

http://panasonic.net/pss/security/library/developer.html

 

then download "New CGI Command Supported Models for V1.03 document".

 

http://192.168.0.10/cgi-bin/

 

and "image_adjust?shutter=1_250" or "image_adjust?shutter=1_30"

 

I have a PC and a mac available.

[Soundy 1]

Try this from Start->Run: "iexplore http://www.cctvforum.com" (without the quotes).

 

Same should work using the Task Scheduler, and the appropriate URL for the camera.

 

You should see if the camera itself supports cron scripts - I know the IQ cameras do: you write a little crontab file and then ftp it to the camera's storage, and the camera will execute it automatically.

 

http://www.iqeye.com/spt/TechTips/V1001.pdf

[bike_rider 0]

If you can get the http commands to send (I'm not sure it can be done), I can get you a windows script file (or some solution) that can send them on command. As long as you have a PC you can leverage.

I was not able to find it on my own on the Panasonic site or with google but Panasonic support helped me out:

 

http://panasonic.net/pss/security/library/developer.html

 

then download "New CGI Command Supported Models for V1.03 document".

 

http://192.168.0.10/cgi-bin/

 

and "image_adjust?shutter=1_250" or "image_adjust?shutter=1_30"

 

I have a PC and a mac available.

 

Awesome. Have you actually tested these with your camera to make sure they work when you are not logged in?

 

Which version of Windows?

[rory 0]

If you can get the http commands to send (I'm not sure it can be done), I can get you a windows script file (or some solution) that can send them on command. As long as you have a PC you can leverage.

I was not able to find it on my own on the Panasonic site or with google but Panasonic support helped me out:

 

http://panasonic.net/pss/security/library/developer.html

 

then download "New CGI Command Supported Models for V1.03 document".

 

http://192.168.0.10/cgi-bin/

 

and "image_adjust?shutter=1_250" or "image_adjust?shutter=1_30"

 

I have a PC and a mac available.

 

Well a quick and dirty VBScript like this should do it - I dont know what kind of response codes the camera in question sends back but In this case im using 200 Okay response that it performed the action. In this example it sends a query to a webpage, and the webpage in question just updates a text file on the server with the time it was sent - just as a test. You would save this as a .VBS file, and remove the MsgBox line or comment it out for it to be silent. And change the sURL to your complete URL - this is a working example BTW, give it a try if you like.

 

sURL  = "http://bahamassecurity.com/test.asp?bright=up"
sRet  = SendCommand(sURL)

MsgBox sRet, vbOkOnly

Function SendCommand(pURL)
   Dim objHttp, Status
   On Error Resume Next
   Set objHttp = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")
   objHttp.Open "HEAD", pURL, False
   If Err = 0 Then
       objHttp.Send ""  
       Status = objHttp.Status
       If Status <> 200 Then   
           SendCommand = "RESPONSE ERROR - " & Status
       Else      
           SendCommand = "Sent Ok"
       End If             
   Else
       SendCommand = "Error!" & _
       vbCrLf & Err.Description 
   End If    
   Set objHttp = Nothing
End Function

 

 

OR you can even make it a general script and use a CMD file to send your commands to it:

 

SendCommand.vbs

sURL  = "http://bahamassecurity.com/test.asp?" & WScript.Arguments(0)
sRet  = SendCommand(sURL)

MsgBox sRet, vbOkOnly

Function SendCommand(pURL)
   Dim objHttp, Status
   On Error Resume Next
   Set objHttp = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")
   objHttp.Open "HEAD", pURL, False
   If Err = 0 Then
       objHttp.Send ""  
       Status = objHttp.Status
       If Status <> 200 Then   
           SendCommand = "RESPONSE ERROR - " & Status
       Else      
           SendCommand = "Sent Ok"
       End If             
   Else
       SendCommand = "Error!" & _
       vbCrLf & Err.Description 
   End If    
   Set objHttp = Nothing
End Function

 

SendBrightUp.cmd

@echo off
echo SENDING BRIGHT UP TO CAMERA ...
Start /b /wait SendCommand.vbs "bright=up"
exit

 

 

Here is the location of the test.txt file

http://bahamassecurity.com/cache/test.txt

 

And here is a list of common and not so common Response Codes.

I left it out of the script in this case but it can easily be put in with one simple function

 

200 = OK

201 = CREATED

202 = ACCEPTED

203 = NON-AUTHORITATIVE INFORMATION

204 = NO CONTENT

205 = RESET CONTENT

206 = PARTIAL CONTENT

300 = MULTIPLE CHOICES

301 = MOVED PERMANENTLY

302 = FOUND

303 = SEE OTHER

304 = NOT MODIFIED

305 = USE PROXY

306 = UNUSED

307 = TEMPORARY REDIRECT

400 = BAD REQUEST

401 = NAUTHORIZED

402 = PAYMENT REQUIRED

403 = FORBIDDEN

404 = NOT FOUND

405 = METHOD NOT ALLOWED

406 = NOT ACCEPTABLE

407 = PROXY AUTHENTICATION REQUIRED

408 = REQUEST TIMEOUT

409 = CONFLICT

410 = GONE

411 = LENGTH REQUIRED

412 = PRECONDITION FAILED

413 = REQUEST ENTITY TOO LARGE

414 = REQUEST-URI TOO LONG

415 = UNSUPPORTED MEDIA TYPE

416 = REQUESTED RANGE NOT SATISFIABLE

417 = EXPECTATION FAILED

500 = INTERNAL SERVER ERROR

501 = NOT IMPLEMENTED

502 = BAD GATEWAY

503 = SERVICE UNAVAILABLE

504 = GATEWAY TIMEOUT

505 = HTTP VERSION NOT SUPPORTED

12000 = ERROR BASE

12001 = OUT OF HANDLES

12002 = TIMEOUT

12003 = EXTENDED ERROR

12004 = INTERNAL ERROR

12005 = INVALID URL

12006 = UNRECOGNIZED SCHEME

12007 = NAME NOT RESOLVED

12008 = PROTOCOL NOT FOUND

12009 = INVALID OPTION

12010 = BAD OPTION LENGTH

12011 = OPTION NOT SETTABLE

12012 = SHUTDOWN

12013 = INCORRECT USER NAME

12014 = INCORRECT PASSWORD

12015 = LOGIN FAILURE

12016 = INVALID OPERATION

12017 = OPERATION CANCELLED

12018 = INCORRECT HANDLE TYPE

12019 = INCORRECT HANDLE STATE

12020 = NOT PROXY REQUEST

12021 = REGISTRY VALUE NOT FOUND

12022 = BAD REGISTRY PARAMETER

12023 = NO DIRECT ACCESS

12024 = NO CONTEXT

12025 = NO CALLBACK

12026 = REQUEST PENDING

12027 = INCORRECT FORMAT

12028 = ITEM NOT FOUND

12029 = CANNOT CONNECT

12030 = CONNECTION ABORTED

12031 = CONNECTION RESET

12032 = FORCE RETRY

12033 = INVALID PROXY REQUEST

12034 = NEED UI

12036 = HANDLE EXISTS

12037 = SEC CERT DATE INVALID

12038 = SEC CERT CN INVALID

12039 = HTTP TO HTTPS ON REDIR

12040 = HTTPS TO HTTP ON REDIR

12041 = MIXED SECURITY

12042 = CHG POST IS NON SECURE

12043 = POST IS NON SECURE

12044 = CLIENT AUTH CERT NEEDED

12045 = INVALID CA

12046 = CLIENT AUTH NOT SETUP

12047 = ASYNC THREAD FAILED

12048 = REDIRECT SCHEME CHANGE

12049 = DIALOG PENDING

12050 = RETRY DIALOG

12052 = HTTPS HTTP SUBMIT REDIR

12053 = INSERT CDROM

12054 = FORTEZZA LOGIN NEEDED

12055 = SEC CERT ERRORS

12056 = SEC CERT NO REV

12057 = SEC CERT REV FAILED

12152 = ERROR HTTP INVALID SERVER RESPONSE

12157 = SECURITY CHANNEL ERROR

12158 = UNABLE TO CACHE FILE

12159 = TCPIP NOT INSTALLED

12163 = DISCONNECTED

12164 = SERVER UNREACHABLE

12165 = PROXY SERVER UNREACHABLE

12166 = BAD AUTO PROXY SCRIPT

12167 = UNABLE TO DOWNLOAD SCRIPT

12169 = SEC INVALID CERT

12170 = SEC CERT REVOKED

Edited November 4, 2011 by Guest

[rory 0]

or in a webpage ...

 

if its on the same server (wont work in your case but putting it out there anyway)

using jQuery Ajax

<html>
<head>
<title>Send Command</title>
<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-1.6.2.js"></script>
</head>
<body>

<span id="response">Sending command ... please wait</span>

<script language="Javascript" type="text/javascript">

var url = "http://192.168.0.10/cgi-bin/image_adjust"

function sendcmd(cmd){
 var jqxhr = $.ajax({ type: "HEAD", url: ""+url+"?"+cmd })
 .success(function() {
    //alert("Sent Ok - "+jqxhr.status);
    document.getElementById("response").innerHTML = "Sent Ok - "+jqxhr.status;
 })
 .error(function() {
    //alert("Send Error - "+jqxhr.status);
    document.getElementById("response").innerHTML = "Send Error - "+jqxhr.status;
 })
}

$(window).load(function() {

 sendcmd("shutter=1_250");

});

</script>
</body>
</html>

 

 

or just the basic IMG tag from a webpage located anywhere will send the request.

 

Edited November 4, 2011 by Guest

[mike_va 0]

Thanks Rory. For example, if I save as a vbs and double click

 

sURL = "http://root:password@192.168.1.12/cgi-bin/image_adjust?shutter=1_250"

sRet = SendCommand(sURL)

 

MsgBox sRet, vbOkOnly

 

Function SendCommand(pURL)

Dim objHttp, Status

On Error Resume Next

Set objHttp = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")

objHttp.Open "HEAD", pURL, False

If Err = 0 Then

objHttp.Send ""

Status = objHttp.Status

If Status <> 200 Then

SendCommand = "RESPONSE ERROR - " & Status

Else

SendCommand = "Sent Ok"

End If

Else

SendCommand = "Error!" & _

vbCrLf & Err.Description

End If

Set objHttp = Nothing

End Function

 

it returns -500

 

putting "http://root:password@192.168.1.12/cgi-bin/image_adjust?shutter=1_250" in the browser tells me I'm opening root, then opens part of the shutter speed but does not seem to change it.

[rory 0]

or using IE as Soundy mentioned.

 

@echo off
echo SENDING COMMAND TO CAMERA ...
Start /b /wait iem.lnk "http://192.168.0.10/cgi-bin/image_adjust?shutter=1_250"
PING 1.1.1.1 -n 2 -w 1000 >NUL
taskkill /f /im iexplore.exe
exit

 

1-create a shortcut to IE, set the run type to minimized, name it "iem"

2-create a new text file and paste the above code into it, save it as a .CMD file.

3-put both in the same path and run the .CMD file to send the command.

 

It starts IE minimized and sends it to that URL.

As IE doesnt exit after loading we run a short 2 second delay then force terminate it.

The /wait is not really needed but I left it in.

You may have to increase the delay depending on how long your camera takes to respond.

Edited November 4, 2011 by Guest

[rory 0]

putting "http://root:password@192.168.1.12/cgi-bin/image_adjust?shutter=1_250" in the browser tells me I'm opening root, then opens part of the shutter speed but does not seem to change it.

 

Ok so it needs to send a user and password?

try this, replace the line

objHttp.Open "HEAD", pURL, False

 

with

objHttp.Open "HEAD", pURL, False, "root", "password"

 

thats where root is the username and password is the password

 

so it would be

sURL  = "http://192.168.1.12/cgi-bin/image_adjust?shutter=1_250"
sRet  = SendCommand(sURL)

MsgBox sRet, vbOkOnly

Function SendCommand(pURL)
   Dim objHttp, Status
   On Error Resume Next
   Set objHttp = CreateObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")
   objHttp.Open "HEAD", pURL, False, "root", "password"
   If Err = 0 Then
       objHttp.Send ""  
       Status = objHttp.Status
       If Status <> 200 Then   
           SendCommand = "RESPONSE ERROR - " & Status
       Else      
           SendCommand = "Sent Ok"
       End If             
   Else
       SendCommand = "Error!" & _
       vbCrLf & Err.Description 
   End If    
   Set objHttp = Nothing
End Function

 

 

If that doesnt work try changing "HEAD" to "GET"

 

Maybe that command doesnt work though.

Try another one like bright=up

I cant find shutter= in that PDF

Edited November 4, 2011 by Guest

[mike_va 0]

Try this from Start->Run: "iexplore http://www.cctvforum.com" (without the quotes).

 

Same should work using the Task Scheduler, and the appropriate URL for the camera.

 

Perfect, this appears to work! Pasted this in notepad

 

iexplore http://root:password@192.168.1.12/cgi-bin/image_adjust?shutter=1_250

 

then saved with a cmd extension. Double clicking it changed the shutter speed. Should be able to use task scheduler. Thanks to all!

[mike_va 0]

I cant find shutter= in that PDF

 

It's in the "CGI Common Ref Panasonic_Network_camera ver1.25" pdf as one of the three files in the zip.

[rory 0]

Perfect, this appears to work! Pasted this in notepad

 

iexplore http://root:password@192.168.1.12/cgi-bin/image_adjust?shutter=1_250

 

then saved with a cmd extension. Double clicking it changed the shutter speed. Should be able to use task scheduler. Thanks to all!

 

@echo off
echo SENDING COMMAND TO CAMERA ...
Start /b /wait iexplore "http://root:password@192.168.1.12/cgi-bin/image_adjust?shutter=1_250"
PING 1.1.1.1 -n 2 -w 1000 >NUL
taskkill /f /im iexplore.exe
exit

Edited November 4, 2011 by Guest