I am trying to get my camera to go from night mode to day mode using HA

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I am using

http://USER:[email protected]/cgi-bin/ptz.cgi?action=start&channel=0&code=GotoPreset&arg1=0&arg2=2&arg3=0

to change the camera to day mode and it works if I put it in a browser, but not in HA.

This is what I have in my config.yaml file

shell_command:
frontcameraday: ‘curl GET http://USER:[email protected]/cgi-bin/configManager.cgi?action=setConfig&VideoInMode[0].Config[0]=1’

I only just loaded HA for the first time 2 weeks ago and still learning. looked all over the place and found how to do it, but just not working. Maybe something has changed in the new version??

thanks

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Instead of CURL you can give it a try with REST (maybe wget) command. Browser adds many headers to call but CURL is doing a basic/lean call to url without any headers.

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I did try a rest command as well, but that did not seem to work as well. I can not find what used at this stage, but I will look around and post it.

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This does work for me:

shell_command:

  # Dahua configManager action
  # (Note: digest not supported in rest_command)
  dahua_config: curl -s -g --digest -u {{ usr }}:{{ pwd }} "http://{{ ip }}/cgi-bin/configManager.cgi?action=setConfig&{{ action }}"

Replace the parts between curly braces with your data.

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replace the curly braces as well? I ask as the action looks code looks funny.

“http://{{192.168.1.21}}/cgi-bin/configManager.cgi?action=setConfig&{{VideoInMode[0].Config[0]=1}}”

or

“http://{{192.168.1.21}}/cgi-bin/configManager.cgi?action=setConfig&VideoInMode[0].Config[0]=1”

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Yes, everywhere. Alternatively you can pass these fields as parameters from a script.

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Nice work - works great. Thanks for your help

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This just helped me with the day and night commands for my Dahua camera! Thank you!

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I just got another Dahua camera which is running the newer WEB firmware and it’s clunky. The VideoInMode command doesn’t work anymore.

For day mode I’m using:

http://192.168.1.108/cgi-bin/configManager.cgi?action=setConfig&VideoInMode[0].ConfigEx=Day&VideoInMode[0].Mode=4

For night mode:

http://192.168.1.108/cgi-bin/configManager.cgi?action=setConfig&VideoInMode[0].ConfigEx=Night&VideoInMode[0].Mode=4

Nobody really knows what the mode 4 is about, but it works.

If you interact with the WebUI it reverts back to day mode, so don’t let that catch you out if you’re testing it.