• Dakota Driveway Alert (I have this one)
• Z-Wave Window Sensor | I have this one
• Amazon Fire TV Cube
• IP Security Camera | I have this one
• Android Debug Bridge (for controlling FireTV via script commands)

1. Install ADB on your Indigo Mac
2. Set up Dakota driveway alert outdoors
3. Connect Zwave Window Sensor to NC (or NO) output on Dakota receiver. This then acts like any zwave window sensor so that when the driveway beam is broken, the sensor is triggered.
4. Connect Amazon Fire TV Cube to TV via HDMI cable
5. Install VLC app on FireTV cube as this will play the RTSP stream (and can be controlled remotely via Indigo script and ADB)
6. Tell Indigo to play RTSP (camera) stream when Dakota Beam is tripped. I do it as follows:
   Indigo Trigger: Driveway Sensor Device State Changed to On
   Actions: Execute Action Group (Server Actions) named Show Driveway Cam

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#!/bin/bash
/Users/MacUser/Downloads/platform-tools/adb connect 192.168.2.91
/bin/sleep 2
/Users/MacUser/Downloads/platform-tools/adb shell input keyevent KEYCODE_MEDIA_PLAY_PAUSE
/Users/MacUser/Downloads/platform-tools/adb shell am start -n org.videolan.vlc/org.videolan.vlc.gui.video.VideoPlayerActivity -a android.intent.action.VIEW -d rtsp://192.168.2.111/live_mpeg4.sdp
/bin/sleep 12
/Users/MacUser/Downloads/platform-tools/adb shell input keyevent 4
/Users/MacUser/Downloads/platform-tools/adb disconnect

johnfdl wrote:

Thanks Jay. I switched them out to Python using your suggested syntax and it works like a charm. I appreciate the suggestion.

Japple55 wrote:

Matt, Jay and the entire Indigo community are top-notch...except for Durosity...you've got to watch him.

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import urllib
urllib.urlopen("http://192.168.2.121/MainZone/index.put.asp?cmd0=PutZone_InputFunction%2FGAME2")

howartp wrote:

What AV/stereo unit do you have?
I think I could do this with my LG TV, switching inputs via GC100 - hadn't thought about that approach - was thinking you were interrupting / overlaying the hdmi signal somehow.

1. Dakota Driveway Alert (I have this one)
2. Z-Wave Window Sensor | I have this one
3. Small Fanless PC with HDMI Output | I have this one]
4. HDMI Cable connecting PC to AV Unit
5. IP Security Camera | I have this one

1. Set up driveway alert outdoors
2. Connect Zwave Window Sensor to NC (or NO) output on Dakota receiver. This then acts like any zwave window sensor so that when the driveway beam is broken, the sensor is triggered.
3. Connect PC to AV or TV via HDMI cable
4. Install VLC Player on PC as this will play the RTSP stream (and can be controlled remotely via HTTP commands)
5. Set UP VLC to accept web control following the instruction here
6. Start VLC and make sure it starts with any PC reboot. I do it via this (Windows) command in autostart: cd\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC
   vlc --http-port 8181
7. Tell Indigo to play RTSP (camera) stream when Dakota Beam is tripped. I do it as follows:
8. Indigo Trigger: Driveway Sensor Device State Changed to On
9. Actions: Execute Action Group (Server Actions) named Show Driveway Cam

• Pause Tivo (so if we are watching something, we don't miss any of our show)
• Switch AV to the input carrying the PC/HDMI using the following applescript (note, my Stereo can be controlled via HTTP commands so you'd adjust this step based on your AV or TV setup)
  

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  tell application "Terminal"
   tell settings set "Basic"
      set title displays device name to false
      set title displays shell path to false
      set title displays window size to false
      set title displays settings name to false
      set title displays custom title to true
      set custom title to "DrivewayCam"
      do script "wget \"http://192.168.2.121/MainZone/index.put.asp?cmd0=PutZone_InputFunction%2FGAME2\""
   end tell
end tell

• Call the RTSP stream on the PC connected to the stereo (has to be on the same network) using this applescript. Note the 192.168.2.120 is the IP address of the AV unit and the 192.168.2.111 is the IP address of the IP Camera. You will need to adjust the wget command based on your camera's stream syntax and IP address)
  

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  tell application "Terminal"
   tell settings set "Basic"
      set title displays device name to false
      set title displays shell path to false
      set title displays window size to false
      set title displays settings name to false
      set title displays custom title to true
      set custom title to "DrivewayCam"
      do script "wget \"http://192.168.2.120:8181/requests/status.xml?command=in_play&input=rtsp://admin:password@192.168.2.111/live_mpeg4.sdp\""
   end tell
end tell


• Stop the video stream (I set this with a 20 sec delay which gives me enough time to see who is coming up the driveway) via this applescript:
  

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  tell application "Terminal"
   tell settings set "Basic"
      set title displays device name to false
      set title displays shell path to false
      set title displays window size to false
      set title displays settings name to false
      set title displays custom title to true
      set custom title to "DrivewayCam"
      do script "wget \"http://192.168.2.120:8181/requests/status.xml?command=pl_stop\""
   end tell
end tell


• Revert AV back to main input via this applescript after the 20 sec delay (Again, varies based on your setup, system and capabilities):
  

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  tell application "Terminal"
   tell settings set "Basic"
      set title displays device name to false
      set title displays shell path to false
      set title displays window size to false
      set title displays settings name to false
      set title displays custom title to true
      set custom title to "DrivewayCam"
      do script "wget \"http://192.168.2.121/MainZone/index.put.asp?cmd0=PutZone_InputFunction%2FSAT%2FCBL\""
   end tell
end tell


• Unpause the Tivo (22 sec delay)
• This applescript cleans up any open terminal windows created by this process:
  

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  tell application "Terminal" to close (every window whose name contains "DrivewayCam")

Different Computers wrote:

Amen to all that.

How do you make the "pop up on the TV" part of this happen?

Using Dakota Beam Driveway Sensor, combined with cameras, have my IP Cams pop up on the TV when the driveway beam is broken so we can see who is approaching