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    Dahua PTZ1A2M-25X, HTTP Requests, Moves Up and Down but that's it?

    Trying to control this camera with HTTP Requests. So far I can get up and down to work using this format: http://192.168.132.117/cgi-bin/ptz.cgi?action=start&channel=0&code=Up&arg1=0&arg2=1&arg3=0 which works and returns <Response [200]> Similarly down works with...
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    Setting up Auto-Tracking on a PTZ1A2M-25X

    I've been using iSpy and I like it, but it doesn't do auto-tracking from what I understand. I think this camera has some kind of native ability to auto-track where it follows a moving object around by panning and tilting the camera to keep it in the center, but it only does this for a few...
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    Remote Access to View EmpireTech Camera?

    Finally got my camera up and running locally and it's great and the PTZ works well. Would like to be able to access the camera remotely now, but my network is a bit complicated (at least in my mind). The camera is connected via ethernet to a POE switch which is connected to Router #1 which is...
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    Wiring POE cameras throughout a forty acre forest to track brown bears...

    This is an ambitious project for sure and given my ignorance, I'd love to picks some brains here on how best to accomplish it. I have an off grid heavily forested property and I want to trench from a central location throughout the property to install hidden cameras in deadwood trees that I...
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    Thanks for the add, hoping to learn how to use Python3 to control my EmpireTech PTZ

    Appreciate the chance to ask noob questions. I've got an EmpireTech PTZ1A2M-25X and I have toyed around with it using face detection and manual tracking using its native server/web based interface. Then in Python3 I've connected to it and had it return its hostname. Using onvif-zeep library...