Ben

Doorbird issue since firmware upgrade
OK so apparently the 000122 DoorBird firmware fixes the problem on their end, but it also shortens the required frequency of these keep-alive messages to 10 seconds, and SecuritySpy isn't sending them fast enough. So in the latest beta version …

Comment by Ben January 17 permalink
Doorbird issue since firmware upgrade
According to DoorBird, firmware 000122 is being rolled out now, and should fix the problem. @kwijibo007 - can you verify somehow if your camera is indeed running firmware version 000122? Perhaps is is still on the older version.

Comment by Ben January 16 permalink
Wyze cam and PTZ
Could you please link that that other post? What setup are you currently using to get the video into SecuritySpy?

Comment by Ben January 16 permalink
Amcrest ASH21
If you set up a camera with the "Manual configuration" profile, then PTZ won't work - have you tried either the "Amcrest" or the "ONVIF" profiles? Either of these should work for PTZ. As for the WiFi, this sounds …

Comment by Ben January 16 permalink
Full Screen upon Load
There is no option for this (and never has been), however SecuritySpy will retain this state across restarts, so if it was in full screen mode last time it was quit, it will automatically go back into full screen mode next time it is opened. For mo…

Comment by Ben January 16 permalink
Incompatible Dahua H265, Any Improvement with Catalina?
Unfortunately not - as far as I know, the situation is the same on Catalina. I have reported this issue to Apple a while ago now, but there has been no significant progress unfortunately.

Comment by Ben January 13 permalink
Full Screen Mode - Camera Pecking Order
In full screen mode, you set up each screen to have a certain set of cameras - this set is then retained for the next time you enter full screen mode. To display one particular camera in full screen mode, do this: - Command-F to enter full screen m…

Comment by Ben January 11 permalink
Web server, address all cameras similar to AppleScript -1?
This has now been added to the latest beta version of SecuritySpy (currently 5.2.1b8) so please test this and confirm it works as expected.

Comment by Ben January 10 permalink
Doorbird issue since firmware upgrade
I have heard back from DoorBird already - they are aware of the problem (it's affecting a number of NVRs) and they are investigating. I'm awaiting more information - whether there is anything we can do in SecuritySpy, or whether it will re…

Comment by Ben January 9 permalink
Lost Dashboard Widget in Catalina Mac OS 10.15.x Workaround
Many thanks for posting this - it works very well!

Comment by Ben January 9 permalink
Doorbird issue since firmware upgrade
I have now tested with a DoorBird running the latest firmware version, and it does seem that the camera is timing out and disconnecting every 30 seconds, which does indicate a problem with the "keep-alive" mechanism. Unfortunately I have b…

Comment by Ben January 9 permalink
How do I add sounds to SSpy?
Sound files should be placed into the ~/SecuritySpy/Sounds folder - then they will be available in SecuritySpy for triggering upon motion detection.

Comment by Ben January 8 permalink
Distinguish between camera aux input and SSpy motion detection
There are two ways to receive this information: 1. Enable the email Action; the first line of the email tells you what triggered it. 2. Create an AppleScript, put in the ~/SecuritySpy/Scripts folder to make it available as an Action, and set the c…

Comment by Ben January 8 permalink
Audio volume of network cameras really low
Yes, when the audio is being recompressed it would be easy to add a gain stage. The only slight difficultly here is in terms of the user interface, to communicate to the user that recompression is required for this. I'll see what we can do in a…

Comment by Ben January 8 permalink
Web server, address all cameras similar to AppleScript -1?
Good ideal. Currently this is not possible (each camera has to be set individually via this web command) but we'll make sure to add the "-1" wildcard for "all cameras" in the next update.

Comment by Ben January 7 permalink
Feature Request: iOS app "snooze" for notifications
Hi @pinkoos thanks for the link, that looks useful but not quite what is being described here. I think the most useful function would be to turn off notifications for a certain time (e.g. 1 hour for all cameras), so that no new notifications are gen…

Comment by Ben January 7 permalink
Camera that will work with Nest Hub and SecuritySpy?
This is somewhat confusing, because many of those aren't cameras - they are other devices or apps. Where did you get this list? From the cameras, not many will work with SecuritySpy as they are designed for their own software ecosystems and sub…

Comment by Ben January 7 permalink
Run shell command ( SSpy 5.2 Mojave )
Yes that's the one - it's a way for one program to execute another, and execution happens on a background thread, so it won't block the main thread.

Comment by Ben January 7 permalink
Doorbird issue since firmware upgrade
This is unfortunate. Yes, it does sound like an issue with the "keep alive" heartbeat messaging. I'm certain that SecuritySpy is sending these heartbeat messages correctly, so it sounds like a firmware issue. Is there any possibility …

Comment by Ben January 7 permalink
IOS Geofencing capability for SecuritySpy
Hi Jay, we have some nice features planned for the year, but we generally don't make this information public as there is no particular upside to doing so, and people just get disappointed if promised features don't end up materialising. I …

Comment by Ben January 6 permalink
Capture Frequency - Seconds Between Frames
We will consider this for a future update, but for now you can enter a frame rate of less than 1, for example a frame rate of 0.25 is equivalent to one frame every four seconds.

Comment by Ben January 4 permalink
v4.2.12 error "SecuritySpy got an error: The handler some object is not defined." number -1717
I've just tested this here and can't find an issue - your script simply works for me. Try removing all other versions of SecuritySpy from your Mac. Then try a Mac reboot. Also make sure that the camera number (1) is actually correct (yo…

Comment by Ben January 3 permalink
iOS app doesn’t respect sound settings
I agree that this is not ideal - in the next app update we'll make sure that SecuritySpy respects the device's mute button.

Comment by Ben January 3 permalink
IOS Geofencing capability for SecuritySpy
Sorry, there has not been any progress on this since my message above. This is a difficult feature to implement, and other features have taken precedence. It's still on the "to do" list and will hopefully be added in the future, but I…

Comment by Ben January 3 permalink
Feature Request: "Like" or "Favorite" or "Save" saved recordings
Thanks for the suggestion. Currently, you can tag files (Red, Green etc.) in the Browser feature, but this is just for your own reference, and doesn't affect auto-deletion. We'll see if we can come up with a way to easily mark recordings t…

Comment by Ben January 3 permalink
What would cause cameras to go to 'unarmed' by themselves?
Hi Mark, What schedule have you set the cameras to? If they are set to a custom schedule that you have created, then the cameras will be armed and disarmed based on the schedule you have created under Preferences -> Scheduling. Alternatively, t…

Comment by Ben January 3 permalink
V5 Slow Web Server
We've never seen this error before, though it does make sense that this might be causing problems with other features of the software, as the AI stuff can make heavy use of the CPU. How often were you seeing these message? What macOS are you ru…

Comment by Ben January 3 permalink
Feature Request: iOS app "snooze" for notifications
In SecuritySpy we call this a "schedule override" (e.g. "disarm camera X for 1 hour"). This is currently available from the macOS and web interfaces, but not from the iOS app as yet; we will be adding it in the near future.

Comment by Ben January 3 permalink
ezviz cameras
Unfortunately not - we have asked EZVIZ directly for the technical information we would require in order to implement this, but they have not provided it. And, the camera doesn't support the ONVIF standard, which would cover video, audio and PT…

Comment by Ben January 3 permalink
Run shell command ( SSpy 5.2 Mojave )
The shell command is always executed in the background (via asynchronous NSTask), so this feature should not cause any locking/blocking problems, no matter what shell commands you use.

Comment by Ben January 3 permalink

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