Hi there, I am using @BartButenaers Onvif nodes to read my security cameras... Well trying to anyway... I have run out of brains to get a couple of basic things working... Any help would be appreciated!! I can see the cameras from my node red, I can process alarm conditions, get parameters etc so …

Brainwave!! Found a way to send the buffered data as a telegram pic.... next: Display on dashboard...

It would be nice if you shared your solution so others could benefit from it.

[image] eddee54455: next: Display on dashboard Which one? And are you happy with an .img or are you looking for how to do streaming rtsp to the dashboard? BTW we are missing Bart, haven't seen him here for a long time now

Haven't got a full solution yet... Struggling a bit...

Just need to display the triggered image as a jpg etc... Nothing fancy...

Right... A measurable modicum of success... This is what I have done/found out based on @BartButenaers Onvif utilities: 1 Use onvif-events node to start and stop monitoring of a single/multiple camera(s) 2 Use onvif-events node to monitor changes on the active camera(s) and use the output of this…

Right....Sooooo..... After about 2 days of additional looking and refining.... Collapse.... @#$%@#$ At random, triggering one or more of the events modes, setting them to "listen" causes a fault and node-red restarts... I have not modified anything to do with the configuration of the nodes or the…

[image] eddee54455: causes a fault and node-red restarts Please post the logs of this occurring. It will include a stack stage that will tell us why

Note: "Lack of Knowledge Alert" - Is this the syslog file under /var/log/? TIA Ed

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Check this out: Displaying images on dashboard 2.0

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