Anyone using Evocam with Indigo? I'm looking for ideas on how to use Evocam with Indigo 5.

I use both Evocam and Indigo but barely integrate them.

The one exception is that if the house is set to "away" mode and a motion sensor is triggered, Indigo will turn on lights near all the cameras then email me shots taken by Evocam. Evocam constantly saves a refreshed image to a folder, so Indigo just sends whatever image is in the Evocam Archive folder at the moment Indigo turns on the lights.

eme jota ce wrote:I use both Evocam and Indigo but barely integrate them.

Same here. Too bad we cannot get the the video feed in the control pages.

Did you try emailing the EvoCam developer to see if the EC Web server can (or does) provide JPG image snapshots?

Evocam will output jpgs to where ever you specify. How should I use this?

Try this:

1) Have EvoCam output the static JPG image to this folder:

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/Library/Application Support/Perceptive Automation/Indigo 5/IndigoWebServer/static/

2) Inside Control Page Editor create a new control with displays set to Refreshing Image URL.

3) Specify the image size you want for the control (160x120 works well for 2 side-by-side feeds on iPhone in portrait landscape).

4) In the URL edit field create a URL like (example assumes default Indigo Web server port number of 8176):

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file:///Library/Application%20Support/Perceptive%20Automation/Indigo%205/IndigoWebServer/static/EVOCAM_JPG_IMAGE_NAME

Cool Tip: for iPhone retina resolution display have EvoCam save the JPG image with DOUBLE the width/height that you specified for the control in step #3.

5) Set the refresh rate to Continuous or 1 Second.

I had to change the port number from what I had set for my server.

Indigo popped up and asked for my server password from the keychain. It shows the correct image in the control page editor but not on the clients (web or iPhone) and I see an error 401 unauthorized and I can't get Indigo to ask me for the password again (assuming I put the wrong password in).

I edited step #4 above with an alternative URL to specify in the Control Page editor that should work better.

It works for me, never thought of doing a file URL. I can see the image in the control page on the Mac and iDevices. I use a one minute refresh for now, will do test with faster refreshes during daylight...

I contacted Evocam's support and they gave me the info for having the live stream working on a control page. Tested it with Evocam 4 web server and it works as expected:

- enable web server in Evocam
- in the control page set the item to 'refreshing image url'
- the url should be http://1.2.3.4:8080/1/image.jpg instead of http://1.2.3.4/1/stream.html as indicated in Evocam
- set the refresh rate to 'continuous' in the control page
- voilà !

I used the IP address in the address setting of EvoCam (instead of the 1.2.3.4) and it works great.

Matt,
I followed your instructions and have Evocam image showing on my control page, but it does not show up on my iPad or iPhone.

col wrote:Matt, I followed your instructions and have Evocam image showing on my control page, but it does not show up on my iPad or iPhone.

Are you using Indigo Touch on your iPhone/iPad or Safari? If Indigo Touch, then try force quitting it.

What exact URL are you using?

Have you tried DomoPat's suggested URL above?

Thanks Matt,

Using Indigo touch.

Now tried with Domopat's url and working fine

Merry Christmas