I do have a foscam integrated in OH 4.1 which is working so far. Now I would like to use the channel “Motion Alarm”. Here I added a new item but for some reasons this item is always “NULL” but I have no idea why. I can see that the motion detection of the camera settings on my mobile are activated. …

No idea as you did not post TRACE logs (remove your password if you do as foscam may put it in any urls) It was common for Foscam to release cameras without the API in them, you would need to check if yours has it or not. If the camera has no API but has ONVIF support, you can set it up as an onvif…

ok here the trace log: 2024-03-16 [TRACE] [era.internal.handler.IpCameraHandler] - HTTP Result back from camera is :<CGI_Result> <result>0</result> <IOAlarm>0</IOAlarm> <motionDetectAlarm>0</motionDetectAlarm> <humanDetectAlarmState>1</humanDetectAlarmState> <soundAlarm>0</sou…

See customMotionAlarmUrl [image] IP Camera - Bindings This binding allows you to use most IP cameras in openHAB and has many hidden features, so please take the time to read through this guide to learn different ways to work with cameras that you may not know about. …

[image] matt1: customMotionAlarmUrl Thanks for the link. Now i set the URL as described and get this information back: <CGI_Result> <result>-3</result> </CGI_Result> The step 3) I do not fully understand. Could you pls explain?

Google came up with this https://alarmforum.de/attachment.php?aid=2467

Thank you for sharing that document, it helps to understand the CGI outputs.

The IP camera binding instruction says: Enable the motion alarm in the web interface of your camera and setup any areas you wish movement to be ignored in. E.g. tree branches moving in the wind. Use any web browser to fetch this URL https://x.x.x.x/cgi-bin/CGIProxy.fcgi?cmd=getMotionDetectConfig1&u…

Hello Norick Did you found out why its not working? I have the same problem Oded

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How to enable the "Motion Alarm" of an IP-camera (Foscam)?

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Norick (Norick) March 23, 2024, 7:55am 6

nobody knows? Is there a list over all CGI commands available maybe or…?

What bindings can be used to detect motion of an IP-camera?