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by n7mot
Thu Sep 23, 2021 7:26 pm
Forum: IP Cameras
Topic: IP5M as a Weather Cam - How Does FTP Work?
Replies: 9
Views: 3031

Re: IP5M as a Weather Cam - How Does FTP Work?

Another possibility without using FTP is to fetch a snapshot from the camera using an Amcrest API command. You could try this code at your website.  I have not used it. https://ipcamtalk.com/threads/is-there-a-ip-wireless-camera-that-supports-basic-authentication.41890/#post-387206 This is FTPing t...
by n7mot
Thu Sep 23, 2021 7:23 pm
Forum: IP Cameras
Topic: IP5M as a Weather Cam - How Does FTP Work?
Replies: 9
Views: 3031

Re: IP5M as a Weather Cam - How Does FTP Work?

For all my cameras, there is a field "remote directory" in the destination settings for FTP. Do you not see the same? Yes. My problem was I was two levels up and trying to have a path and not just a folder i.e. dir1/dir2/webcamfolder. It can only take a folder name so I created a separate...
by n7mot
Thu Sep 23, 2021 3:48 am
Forum: IP Cameras
Topic: IP5M as a Weather Cam - How Does FTP Work?
Replies: 9
Views: 3031

Re: IP5M as a Weather Cam - How Does FTP Work?

Thank you all for your replies. The reason I wasn't seeing the files is that Amcrest won't allow me to put in more than a folder name, so the folder is up at the root of my FTP logon privileges. I found the files and I can see I'm going to have to get creative with some PHP code to accomplish what u...
by n7mot
Wed Sep 22, 2021 3:44 am
Forum: IP Cameras
Topic: IP5M as a Weather Cam - How Does FTP Work?
Replies: 9
Views: 3031

IP5M as a Weather Cam - How Does FTP Work?

I've set up an IP5m camera as a weather cam to supplement my weather station. All I want it to do is to FTP upload a new snapshot photo every five minutes to my website. I set the Snapshot schedule so that everything is green and it should send all the time. I set the Snapshot Destination as FTP. I ...