Manually create IP Camera device

Revision as of 11:04, 2 August 2012

MiOS can install some IP cameras automatically when it detects them on the network. Usually it's one of the cameras from this list:

• VistaCam
• Panasonic camera
• Foscam camera
• D-Link camera

However, if you have a camera that's not one of the above, or if your camera wasn't automatically installed, you can either add a camera using the Add camera wizard or create the device manually.

Here are the instructions to create a camera device. It is assumed that the camera is connected to the network and configured.

UI4

1. First install the Generic IP Camera Plugin from the MiOS Marketplace.

2. After the plugin was installed go to MiOS Developers (Vera Developers in 1.1.1365) >> Create Device.

• In the Description field enter a name for the device.
• In the UpnpDevFilename field enter D_DigitalSecurityCamera1.xml.
• In the IpAddress field enter the IP address and port of the camera. If your camera is on the Internet, enter the URL of the camera here, e.g. http://mycamera.myserver.com:8081
• In the MacAddress field enter the MAC address of the camera. This is required for archiving snapshots on our servers. If you don't want to archive snapshots on our servers, you can leave this empty.

3. Click Create device and reload the Luup engine (press the curved arrows in the upper right corner of the dashboard).

4. Open the camera's control panel (click on the wrench).

5. Open the Settings tab and enter the required information (URL, username, password, etc.).

6. Save.