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Title: Macro to run cameras
Post by: DScotland1 on May 23, 2007, 08:38:33 PM

I am not sure if there is a post out there for this, here is what i want to do, I have 4 cameras 3x XCam2's and one low light camera, i wish to write a macro that will cycle through the XCams during the day and then switch to the low-light camera at night. does anybody have any idea how to do this ?

Title: Re: Macro to run cameras
Post by: azzar0 on May 24, 2007, 01:48:37 PM

• How do you execute the macro?
• What do you do with the cameras once you cycle through them?
• Save video / snapshots?
• Email pictures, etc?
• How long do you want (each camera) to be on before it switches to the next one?
  

It is easy to do in SmartMacros - just create a new macro, set it to an address (ie M11 ON), and then start adding logic:

If time between dawn and dusk
Switch to camera 1
Start recording (if you so wish)
Take snapshots (if you so wish)
Email pictures (if you so wish)
Wait XXX minutes
Switch to camera 2
Start recording (if you so wish)
Take snapshots (if you so wish)
Email pictures (if you so wish)
Wait XXX minutes
Switch to camera 3
Start recording (if you so wish)
Take snapshots (if you so wish)
Email pictures (if you so wish)
ELSE
If time between dusk and dawn
Switch to camera 4
Start recording (if you so wish)
Take snapshots (if you so wish)
Email pictures (if you so wish)
Wait XXX minutes

Something like that. You may need to set / unset flags if you're recording, otherwise it has the tendency to go into a loop.

Good Luck!


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