Command line - amcrest camera help

Configuration
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Hi,
I have two amcrest cameras I need help with. I am trying to control preset positions of the cameras. From another thread I found how to control them using command line but it doesn’t seem to be working. If I go to either url in my browser I get a pop up to authenticate, I enter my details and the camera moves. These are the commands I’ve tried.

amcrest_turn_off: 'curl -k -u user:password "http://192.168.1.169:80/cgi-bin/ptz.cgi?action=start&channel=0&code=GotoPreset&arg1=0&arg2=2&arg3=0"'
amcrest_turn_on: 'curl -k -u user:password "http://192.168.1.169:80/cgi-bin/ptz.cgi?action=start&channel=0&code=GotoPreset&arg1=0&arg2=1&arg3=0"'

    amcrest_test_turn_on: 'curl -k "http://192.168.1.169:80/cgi-bin/ptz.cgi?action=start&channel=0&code=GotoPreset&arg1=0&arg2=1&arg3=0&usr=user&pwd=password"'
    amcrest_test_turn_off: 'curl -k "http://192.168.1.169:80/cgi-bin/ptz.cgi?action=start&channel=0&code=GotoPreset&arg1=0&arg2=2&arg3=0&usr=user&pwd=password"'

If anyone has any ideas please let me know

Edit: the spacing on the commands is correct in the yaml file, it’s just a copy/paste error here

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I have the same problem/question for my Dahua camera.
In my configuration there is a working still camera component:

camera:

When I change the url to
http://192.168.2.11:80/cgi-bin/ptz.cgi?action=start&channel=0&code=GotoPreset&arg1=0&arg2=5&arg3=0
It will change preset to nr. 5 when I reload HASS.
Off course with above url there is no image displayed, but it is a start.

Hope someone can make something from these puzzle parts :innocent:

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@matust
When doing the command:

curl -v "http://user:[email protected]:80/cgi-bin/ptz.cgi?action=start&channel=0&code=GotoPreset&arg1=0&arg2=1&arg3=0"

It gives me this answer:

*   Trying 192.168.100.3...
* TCP_NODELAY set
* Connected to 192.168.100.3 (192.168.100.3) port 80 (#0)
* Server auth using Basic with user 'user'
> GET /cgi-bin/ptz.cgi?action=start&channel=0&code=GotoPreset&arg1=0&arg2=1&arg3=0 HTTP/1.1
> Host: 192.168.100.3
> Authorization: Basic aXBjYW0xOk1hdmVuMTJGbHkyMkhlagdsjdysnJ==
> User-Agent: curl/7.54.0
> Accept: */*
>
< HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized
< WWW-Authenticate: Digest realm="Login to AMC000932W9W5QPCFDD24",qop="auth",nonce="14106725823",opaque="9e685d97302d09448410a3fd7b69b41e4c855f52972"
< Connection: close
< CONTENT-LENGTH: 0
<
* Closing connection 0

By looking at the documentation (Found here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/amcrest-files/Amcrest+HTTP+API+3.2017.pdf) it says:

2. When digest authentication fails, response is:
HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized
WWW-Authenticate: Digest realm="DH_00408CA5EA04", nonce="000562fdY631973ef04f77a3ede7c1832ff48720ef95ad",
stale=FALSE, qop="auth"

So as far I can tell, the IP camera is refusing my connection. Though the user is administrator and has every access level. Just tested loggin in with the user, and it works fine.

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Yes, that has been frustrating me as well. I can put

http://user:[email protected]:80/cgi-bin/ptz.cgi?action=start&channel=0&code=GotoPreset&arg1=0&arg2=1&arg3=0

straight into my browser without having to authenticate further and have it move the camera. I just can’t get home assistant to do it. I’ve also tried the browser component in HA but that doesn’t work either.

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Hm, this is driving me crazy. I don’t get how it can work in a normal browser, but not in HA.
I know there are a lot of differences between a normal browser, and a cURL call, but we are already getting refused when trying to authenticate.

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I think I have found the problem, you might have a bit more knowledge and be able to work out a solution. The newer firmware requires Digest Authentication where as the older firmware used Basic Authentication. I believe that is why your log is showing HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized.

Hopefully theres a way around it

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Hello,

I had the same issue and it works with --digest
curl option

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Thanks @HooverG, I had been struggling with this for a while and --digest fixed it for me as well. For anyone unfamiliar with the syntax, this is what I’m successfully using for preset positions:

curl --digest -u "[username]:[password]" "http://[ipaddress]/cgi-bin/ptz.cgi?action=start&channel=0&code=GotoPreset&arg1=0&arg2=1&arg3=0"

Just replace [username], [password], and [ipaddress] with your own information. The value in “arg2” is the preset number.

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Awesome! works for me as well

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@HooverG or @raff have either of you been able to get this working for enable/disable motion?

http://admin:mypassword@[ipaddress]/cgi-bin/configManager.cgi?action=setConfig&MotionDetect[0].Enable=true

works in the chrome browser. Using the following doesn’t seem to work for enable/disable motion as a command line switch

curl --digest -u "[username]:[password]" "http://[ipaddress]/cgi-bin/configManager.cgi?action=setConfig&MotionDetect[0].Enable=true"

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Yes it works for me.
I don’t have access to my config right now but I’ll update this post later today.

At first glance, escape the [ ]
curl --digest -u "[username]:[password]" "http://[ipaddress]/cgi-bin/configManager.cgi?action=setConfig&MotionDetect\[0\].Enable=true"

Edit : Also I think I don’t have " surrounding the user:password

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Thanks for the response that fixed it. The command I was using was actually a little wrong. I had modified \[0\] to make it work in the browser but it failed in the command line. Working now, cheers

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Do you know how to read if motion has been detected this way as well? Could you share it?

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I can only detect motion using the amcrest component

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Is there a way to use the amcrest camera component and NOT get a video feed? I already have my feeds from zoneminder. I just need the sensor for motion.