Trigger event from command line on neworked pc - Solved!

[codey]

Hi Guys,

What's the nest way to trigger an event on my homeseer pc via the command line on another pc on the same LAN?

I have iSPY camera software on a pc and I want to trigger events on homeseer when it detects movements.

Thanks

Jim

[rmasonjr]

I do this with BlueIris. It can run a command-line when movement is detected.
Assuming this is Windows, create a eventDetected.cmd script that has the following lines:
@echo off
wscript runEvent.vbs

Now, runEvent.vbs can connect to HS and interact however you need - run an event, update some values, etc.

My scripts actually send data to HS via a URL POST with my own custom .ASP page to handle. I dont create a HS object on the client, just send BlueIris info over to HS via HTTP.

[codey]

Thanks for this, can you show the content of your vbs script?

[rmasonjr]

Yep - here's a piece of that .VBS that passes data back to homeseer:

''call BlueIris.asp to pass the totals
Page = "http://homeseer/blueiris.asp"
Set myDoc = CreateObject("MSXML2.ServerXMLHTTP")
myDoc.open "POST",Page,false
myDoc.setRequestHeader "Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
myDoc.send "action=lastevent&camera=lrcam&datetime=" & lrcam_lastdate & "&todayvideos=" & lrcam_today & "&totalvideos=" & lrcam 

The blueiris.asp file that lives on HS is:

<%
    dim action,camera,datetime,totalvideos,todayvideos
    
    action = Request.QueryString("action")
    camera = Request.QueryString("camera")
    datetime = Request.QueryString("datetime")
    totalvideos = Request.QueryString("totalvideos")
    todayvideos = Request.QueryString("todayvideos")

    ''hs.writeLog "BlueIris","action=" & action & "  camera=" & camera & "  datetime=" & datetime & " totalvideos=" & totalvideos & "  todayvideos=" & todayvideos

    if(camera="lrcam") then
        hs.setDeviceString "V20",datetime,true
        hs.setDeviceString "V23","Total Videos on File: " & totalvideos,true
        hs.setDeviceValue "V23",totalvideos
        hs.setDeviceString "V24","Videos Recorded Today: " & todayvideos,true
        hs.setDeviceValue "V24",todayvideos
    end if

%> 

[codey]

Thanks buddy, this is working a dream!

[rmasonjr]

Thanks buddy, this is working a dream!

cool! Glad to help!