How to Setup a USB from a remote ZM server to another ZM Server
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Prerequisites
- Any compatible USB camera.
- IP address of the remote Zone Minder server.
- Username and password if authentication was enabled on servers.
- Administrator access to Zone Minder.
Camera configuration on remote server
- Login to Zone Minder.
- Click on the "Add New Monitor" link located at the bottom of the page, this will take you to the configuration page for adding a new camera. Configure your camera and check if is working, then set it as:
- Function: Monitor
- Enabled: Yes
- Write down the id number of the monitor(s), starting from 1 to the end of the list of available monitors.
Camera configuration on local server
- Login to Zone Minder.
- Click on the "Add New Monitor" link located at the bottom of the page, this will take you to the configuration page for adding a new camera. Configure as:
- On General Tab:
- Source Type: Remote
- On Source Tab:
- Remote Protocol: HTTP
- Remote Method: Simple
- Remote Host Name: IP of the remote server (for example 192.168.1.1)
- Remote Host Port: 80 (if you changed the port of the Zone Minder remote server use what you have set)
- Target Colorspace: better match it with the source camera
- Capture Width and Height: better match it with the source camera
- Remote Host Path:
- This is the tricky part and the most important, the code you need must be inserted in this order:
/cgi-bin/nph-zms?mode=jpeg&monitor=<MONITOR_ID_HERE>&scale=100&maxfps=10&buffer=1000&user=<USERNAME>&pass=<PASSWORD>
where <MONITOR_ID_HERE> is the id number of your monitor and <USERNAME> and <PASSWORD> are your login information on remote server.
If you don't have enabled authentication:
/cgi-bin/nph-zms?mode=jpeg&monitor=<MONITOR_ID_HERE>&scale=100&maxfps=10&buffer=1000
The rest of the settings are with you. That's it. The camera is now linked on the local server. Expect some light delay, is normal.