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It does indeed reboot the camera...
## Install the script
## Step 1 : Install the script on the system
This was tested on Ubuntu Server 20.04, just after installing ZoneMinder (following their wiki).
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## Camera configuration in ZoneMinder
## Step 2 : Add the control script to ZoneMinder
Use the same configuration when testing, unless stated otherwise.
### Monitor source tab
In ZoneMinder "Console" Tab, click "Add" to add a new camera.
**Source Path** is the RTSP path used to display the stream inside ZoneMinder, it has nothing to do with the control script.
Inside the mobile application, create an account linked to the camera and use those credentials in the "Source Path".
Go to "Control" tab and click on "Edit" next to "Control Type".
Change user, password and IP. Leave the port to 554 and /stream1.
![tapoc200-monitor-control-tab-dummy](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/83918778/120376401-24460000-c31c-11eb-90d2-7b84f14a5dc4.jpg)
![tapoc200-monitor-source-tab](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/83918778/117584518-c6077200-b10d-11eb-86fa-7aba61aa6eca.jpg)
Click on "Add New Control" :
### Monitor control tab
![tapoc200-monitor-control-capabilities-tab-before](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/83918778/120373376-9288c380-c318-11eb-9868-240a045a6a69.jpg)
![tapoc200-monitor-control-tab](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/83918778/117584528-cbfd5300-b10d-11eb-85be-8ce2536e8d0b.jpg)
**Control Address** is the HTTPS path used to control the camera inside ZoneMinder.
Change admin_password to the password you created when you installed the mobile application (the password linked to your email address).
Change the IP address. **Leave the username to "admin"**, and the port to 443.
**Control Type** : Click on "Edit" from the previous screenshot, and click on the link named "Tapo C200" inside the list showing up.
If you don't see "Tapo C200" in the list then the script is not correctly installed.
### Control capabilites tab
![tapoc200-monitor-control-capabilities-tab](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/83918778/117584541-d881ab80-b10d-11eb-8225-550ae722836e.jpg)
Now fill each tab as shown in the following captures.
### Control capability main tab
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![tapoc200-monitor-control-capability-presets-tab](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/83918778/117584565-f7803d80-b10d-11eb-8752-9f24c744ce74.jpg)
**Now click on "Save" to save the new control.**
## Step 3 : Add the new monitor to ZoneMinder
**Important** : Click on cancel in the previously opened window (the Monitor one), and in ZoneMinder "Console" Tab, click again on "Add" to add a new camera.
This is needed to refresh the "Control Type" dropdown list with the new control we just added.
### Monitor source tab
![tapoc200-monitor-source-tab](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/83918778/117584518-c6077200-b10d-11eb-86fa-7aba61aa6eca.jpg)
**Source Path** is the RTSP path used to display the stream inside ZoneMinder, it has nothing to do with the control script.
Inside the mobile application, create an account linked to the camera and use those credentials in the "Source Path".
Change user, password and IP. Leave the port to 554 and /stream1.
### Monitor control tab
![tapoc200-monitor-control-tab](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/83918778/117584528-cbfd5300-b10d-11eb-85be-8ce2536e8d0b.jpg)
**Control Address** is the HTTPS path used to control the camera inside ZoneMinder.
Change admin_password to the password you created when you installed the mobile application (the password linked to your email address).
Change the IP address. **Leave the username to "admin"**, and the port to 443.
**Control Type** : Select "Tapo C200" inside the dropdown list.
**Now click on "Save" to save the new monitor.**
If everything went smoothly, you should now be able to control the camera.
## Check that the script is running
You can see the script's output in two ways :
1. Inside ZoneMinder in the by clicking on "Log" in the main menu
2. Or directly inside **/var/log/zm/zmcontrol_1.log**, here is how it should looks like :
2. Or directly inside **/var/log/zm/zmcontrol_*.log**, here is how it should looks like :
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