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ONVIF

Communityv1.1.0Updated 7 months ago
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Documentation

Generic ONVIF

This module controls cameras and other devices that support the ONVIF protocol.

Actions

It is recommended to use the presets as much as possible as there are a lot of actions, variables, and feedbacks that work together.

PTZ Functions

  • Pan Left/Right
  • Tilt Up/Down
  • Pan/Tilt UpLeft, UpRight, DownLeft, DownRight
  • Zoom In/Out
  • Relative Move
    • Moves the camera relative to the current PTZ position
    • Specify Individual Pan, Tilt, and Zoom values along with Pan, Tilt, and Zoom Speeds
  • Absolute Move
    • Moves the camera to an absolute PTZ position
    • Specify Individual Pan, Tilt, and Zoom values along with Pan, Tilt, and Zoom Speeds
  • Continuous Move
    • Moves the camera continuously until stopped
    • Specify Pan, Tilt, and Zoom Velocity
    • Specify Timeout - max amount of continous time allowed
  • Stop Move
    • Stop Pan/Tilt
    • Stop Zoom
  • Go to Home Position
    • Specify Pan, Tilt, and Zoom Speeds
  • Set Home Position
  • Recall Preset
  • Set Preset Name

Imaging Functions

  • Brightness
  • Color Saturation
  • Contrast
  • Exposure
    • Mode (Auto/Manual)
    • Exposure Time
    • Gain
    • Iris
  • Focus
    • Mode (Auto/Manual)
    • Default Speed
    • Near Limit
    • Far Limit
  • Sharpness

Feedbacks

  • Camera is Moving (Pan/Tilt)
  • Camera is Zooming

Variables

  • Error State
  • Firmware Version
  • Hardware ID
  • Manufacturer
  • Model
  • Move Status (Pan/Tilt)
  • Move Status (Zoom)
  • Preset Names
  • PTZ Position X/Y
  • PTZ Position Z
  • Serial Number

Presets

  • Up/Down/Left/Right/UpLeft/UpRight/DownLeft/DownRight

Details

Manufacturer
Generic
Product
ONVIF
Latest Version
v1.1.0
Author
Joseph Adams
Contributors
josephdadams(4)
starsolutions(1)

Open Issues and Requests

ChadJeffreyAnderson#31 [Feature]: API v2 please!aart6074#14 ptz1: Advanced - Absolute Move to Position with variablesarchibal3-wq#13 onvif: Stop PTZ Movealevecchio#4 Possibility to set focus?

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