*Examples – Change camera name
- Tom Polman
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Configuration Article | CA-20220907-TP-79 VDG Sense | API | References  |  |
The name of a camera can be changed with the executeAction command. This command executes a particular action on the server. The command requires a XML message as post data. This XML message holds all parameters for the action.
Set camera name
Sets the camera name of camera with serverid 8712348723918719871 and deviceid 3 to “MyCamera”.
Command url:
http://<server>/command?command=executeAction |
Post data:
<!--?xml version="1.0"?-->
<action>
<name>camera.setDeviceSetting</name>
<parameters>
<parameter name="serverid">8712348723918719871</parameter>
<parameter name="deviceid">3</parameter>
<parameter name="name">CameraName</parameter>
<parameter name="value">MyCamera</parameter>
</parameters>
</action> |
Result:
<result errorcode="0">
<description>Ok</description>
</result> |
Check camera name
To see if the camera name is set correctly issue the command getDeviceList.
Command url:
Result:
Non existing device
What happens when we address a device that doesn’t exists?
Command url:
Post data:
Result: