Amcrest PT(z) Preset Command Line

[TheOtherMike]

I have an Amcrest IP5M-1190 with a few presets defined. I can send the following using Brave browser and the camera goes to the requested preset:

http://admin:password@192.168.1.180/cgi-bin/ptz.cgi?action=start&channel=0&code=GotoPreset&arg1=0&arg2=5&arg3=0

I'd like to setup a script to transition through various presets eventually on a schedule. I've tried several ways to do this in PowerShell and cmd shell with Invoke-WebRequest/credentials, ssh, curl, etc. but nothing works.

Even a simple request fails:

Invoke-WebRequest "http://192.168.1.180/cgi-bin/devAudioInput.cgi?action=getCollect" -Credential $cred
Invoke-WebRequest : Error Bad Request!
At line:1 char:1
+ Invoke-WebRequest "http://192.168.1.180/cgi-bin/devAudioInput.cgi?act ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (System.Net.HttpWebRequest:HttpWebRequest) [Invoke-WebRequest], WebException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : WebCmdletWebResponseException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.InvokeWebRequestCommand

Any tips on how to make a simple command line request work with Amcrest?


FWIW, the Invoke-WebRequest method works with my IPC-Color4K-T:

Invoke-WebRequest "http://192.168.1.108/cgi-bin/devAudioInput.cgi?action=getCollect" -Credential $cred

 

[jack7]

If not using it, try using curl digest authentication for http. The camera requires digest. I don't use curl, but here's a possible example.

curl --digest --user daniel:secret
And your URL

 

[GaryOkie]

Yep, Jack's suggestion is correct. --digest is required for Amcrest/Dahua cURL auth.

 

[TheOtherMike]

Awesome - that worked perfectly.

Thanks!

Just to close out with the original command in the correct format using curl & cmd-shell:

curl --digest --user admin:password "http://192.168.1.180/cgi-bin/ptz.cgi?action=start&channel=0&code=GotoPreset&arg1=0&arg2=2&arg3=0"

This commands the camera to preset position 2 (value of arg2)

 

[fergenheimer]

Thanks! I didn't know I wanted to try this but it worked so turns out I did!