Vera Blue Iris Cam Plugin Version 0.5

Plugin Programmed by undertoe@chemlab.org

Plugin Features

Blue Iris Camera Intergration
PTZ Function
Motion Detection: Sensor Support in Vera
Motion Detection: Arm or Bypass Mode
MJPEG Stream URL
Username & Password Support
Option to Switch Motion Controls to Preset
Option to Switch Zoom to Preset
Option to for Horizontal Control Reverse
Option to for Vertical Control Reverse

Requirements

Blue Iris system running with cameras configured in blue iris along with blue iris webserver configured and running on local network. http://www.blueirissoftware.com/

Installation - Vera App Market Place

Install from Market Place http://apps.mios.com/plugin.php?id=6916
Should create a Camera under Devices > Cameras named "Blue Iris CAM XXX"
Edit that device and on the Settings tab change IP address to your blue iris LAN IP address should be an internal ip address followed by a port
On the Advanced tab change the CameraName to whatever your BlueIris short name is for the camera you want
Close out of the popup and hit save in vera, when it reloads you should have your camera

Install & Config Video

Installation - Manual

Extract Vera Blue Iris zip file you downloaded from here
Navigate to apps --> develop apps --> Luup files in vera UI
Add I_BlueIris.xml under the luup files folder you extracted from the zip *check restart luup after upload
Create a new device (apps --> develop apps --> Create device), enter the following

Upnp Device Filename: D_DigitalSecurityCamera2.xml

Upnp Implementation Filename: I_BlueIris.xml

Ip Address: <IP ADDRESS OF BLUE IRIS server>:<Port>

Click "Create Device"
Reload Vera

Upgrade

If you have already installed and configured the Blue Iris Plugin then this is all you need to do to upgrade to the newest version.

Extract Vera Blue Iris zip file you downloaded from here
Navigate to apps --> develop apps --> Luup files in vera UI
Add I_BlueIris.xml under the luup files folder you extracted from the zip *check restart luup after upload
After Luup restarts you will have the new features and configuration options

Initial Configuration

Go to the Camera Tab and you should now see Blue Iris CAM #XXX

Click the edit button

In the Advanced tab of the plugin

CameraName : Enter the Camera Short Name from Blue Iris Config

If your web interface has a username and password (normal this is not the case) You can configure it by going to the Settings Tab and scrolling all the way to the bottom

Username: your Blue Iris username

Password: your Blue Iris password

Save and Reload Vera

Configuration of Motion Detection Sensor ( v0.3+ Only )

It is recommended you have your camera feed setup and working in vera before you proceed to configure the motion sensor.

VERA CONFIGURATION

Got your camera you want to configure for motion sensor and click the edit button (wrench)
Go to the Advance Tab
Scroll until you see "EnableMotionSensor" and change the value to 1

(0 = Disable Motion Sensor | 1 = Enable Montion Sensor)
Close the settings and the Red Save button, this will reload vera and create the motion sensor
Find your montion sensor "Devices" > "Sensor Tab" it defaults to the name of the Camera followed by "Motion Sensor"
Click on Edit (wrench) > Settings Tab and get your device ID number (REMEMBER THIS). This is how we tell Blue Iris to trigger the sensor
This is all you need to do in Vera the next step is to configure Alert trigger in Blue Iris for the Sensor in Vera

BLUE IRIS CONFIGURATION

From your zip file you downloaded take the folder named "biveratools" and copy it to your C: drive
So the path to this folder should be C:\biveratools and the there should be 2 files in that folder
Open Blue Iris
Right Click on the Camera that you want to configure to Trigger Vera for motion sensor
Click "Camera Properties"
Click the "Alerts" tab
Click Run a program or execute a script and hit Configure
Click the "..." button next to the File file and browse to the file C:\biveratools\blueiris2vera.bat
In Parameters Box enter Your Vera IP address then a space followed by the numerical sensor id# from vera in the step where i said REMEMBER THIS

Example

Vera IP address is 192.168.1.2

Your Sensor ID is : 123

You would put this in the Parameters Box: 192.168.1.2 123

*It is very important to put the space in between the Vera IP and Sensor ID

That is it once you have entered all this you can hit the "Test" button in the bottom left hand corner of Blue Iris. If you go into Vera and see that motion sensor it should then trigger red for 30 secs and then shut off.
If everything works you can then OK and OK out of the camera properties settings

Configuration Options

Located under Device Settings > Advance Tab

Pan2Preset : ( 0 = Disabled, 1 = Enabled) - This option converts your Left, Right, Up, Down to Presets. Left = Preset 1, Up = Preset 2, Right = Preset 3, Down = Preset 4. This is useful if you have a fixed camera and want to gain preset control on a mobile app that may not have presets (ie: iVera)

Zoom2Preset : ( 0 = Disabled, 1 = Enabled) - This option converts your ZoomIn and ZoomOut to Presets. ZoomIn = Preset 1, ZoomOut = Preset 2. If you have Pan2Preset enabled, ZoomIn = Preset 5, ZoomOut = Preset 6. This option is useful for camera's that don't have Zoom function and you want a way to control presets in mobile apps that do not have presets integrated (ie: iVera)

ReverseHorizontal : ( 0 = Disabled, 1 = Enabled) - Reverse the control of Left and Right. Pan2Preset & Zoom2Preset must be set to 0 for this to work. I also recommend letting Blue Iris handle all the control configuration but just in case someone needs it I added this option

ReverseVertical : ( 0 = Disabled, 1 = Enabled) - Reverse the control of Up and Down. Pan2Preset & Zoom2Preset must be set to 0 for this to work. I also recommend letting Blue Iris handle all the control configuration but just in case someone needs it I added this option