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IVSWikiBlue at 18:52, 24 March 2025

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IVSWikiBlue at 21:00, 18 April 2019

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IVSWikiBlue: /* Requirements */

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‎Requirements

IVSWikiBlue at 19:47, 30 August 2017

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IVSWikiBlue: /* Touch.sh */

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‎Touch.sh

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IVSWikiBlue: /* Touch.sh */

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‎Touch.sh

IVSWikiBlue: Created page with "=Overview= The VALT room monitor accessory displays the video feed from a single Axis ip camera and allows for remote starting and stopping of recordings for a single room in..."

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Created page with "=Overview= The VALT room monitor accessory displays the video feed from a single Axis ip camera and allows for remote starting and stopping of recordings for a single room in..."

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=Overview=
The VALT room monitor accessory displays the video feed from a single Axis ip camera and allows for remote starting and stopping of recordings for a single room in the VALT software.
=Requirements=
* The VALT room monitor must be able to communicate with the Axis IP camera on port 80 and 554
* The VALT room monitor must be able to communicate with the Valt server on port 80
* The VALT room monitor requires a network connection and power. Power can be provided over POE if using a physical network connection and a special POE dongle.
=Touch.sh=
The VALT room monitor is driven by a bash script touch.sh. This script accepts the following command line arguments:
{|border=1
|align=center|'''Argument'''
|align=center|'''Function'''
|-
|align=center| -s
|align=left| VALT Server IP Address
|-
|align=center| -u
|align=left| Username for VALT service account
|-
|align=center| -p
|align=left| Password for VALT service account
|-
|align=center| -r
|align=left| VALT Room ID
|-
|align=center| -n
|align=left| VALT Recording Name
|-
|align=center| -c
|align=left| Camera IP Address
|-
|align=center| -cu
|align=left| Camera Username
|-
|align=center| -cp
|align=left| Camera Password
|}

The camera IP address, username and password must be specified. If the server information is not specified, the room monitor will still display a video feed, but the ability to start and stop recordings by touching the screen will not function.

=Autostart=
The VALT room monitor is configured to automatically login and start the touch.sh script.

The default credentials for automatic login are below. This account cannot be used to access the VALT room monitor via SSH.

Username: pi

Password: camera

The automatic start of the touch.sh script is configured via /home/pi/.bashrc.
=Network Configuration=
By default the VALT room monitor is configured to receive an address via DHCP on the ethernet interface.
==Ethernet==
# Connect to the VALT room monitor via SSH
# Type '''sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces'''
# Locate the following line:
#: '''iface eth0 inet manual'''
# Change the line to something similar to the following adding the necessary lines before and substituting your ip information.
#: '''iface eth0 inet static'''
#: '''address''' '''''192.168.0.2'''''
#: '''netmask''' '''''255.255.255.0'''''
#: '''gateway''' '''''192.168.0.1'''''
#: '''dns-nameservers''' '''''8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4'''''
==Wireless==
# Connect to the VALT room monitor via SSH
# Type '''sudo nano /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf'''
# At the bottom of the file add the following lines. Make sure to substitute your SSID and password
#: '''network={'''
#:: '''ssid="''yourssid''"'''
#:: '''psk="''yourpassword''"'''
#: '''}'''
=Configuring the VALT Room Monitor=
# Connect to the VALT room monitor via SSH
# Type '''sudo nano /home/pi/.bashrc'''
# Scroll to the bottom of the file
# You will see the following line:
#: '''sudo /usr/local/ivs/touch.sh -s 192.168.0.76 -u admin -p admin -r 1 -c 192.168.0.50 -cu root -cp admin51 -n pi'''
# Change the line to reflect the information for your environment. See the chart above for information on command line arguments

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	# Change the line to reflect the information for your environment. See the chart above for information on command line arguments		# Change the line to reflect the information for your environment. See the chart above for information on command line arguments
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-|align=left| Enable https mode (This value must be set to on)
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 |align=center| -c

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 The VALT room monitor accessory displays the video feed from a single Axis ip camera and allows for remote starting and stopping of recordings for a single room in the VALT software.
 =Requirements=
-* The VALT room monitor must be able to communicate with the Valt server on port 80 and port 554.
+* The VALT room monitor must be able to communicate with the VALT server on port 80 and port 554.
 * The VALT room monitor requires a network connection and power. Power can be provided over POE if using a physical network connection and a special POE dongle.

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 Username: pi
-Password: camera
+Password: admin51
 The automatic start of the touch.sh script is configured via /home/pi/.bashrc.

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 |align=center| -n
 |align=left| VALT Recording Name
 |-
 |align=center| -c