Status

The IPC-1002 device template can be derived from the Panasonic IP Camera. A template for this Camera has been submitted (Plug and Play doesn't quiet work however). Pan and Tilt support. This camera is a cheap camera and can be found at http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.14272

Features

Browser based
PAN Range +/- 180°, TILT Range 120°
10/100mbit LAN
LCD display the IP address /Network mask/gateway IP etc
6 infrared LED, automatic operate in dark environment
30fps max
External sensor & alarm interface
MPEG4 compression
UPnP, DynDNS

More features can be found at the above link.

Ruby Code

RCODE:
   0:require 'Ruby_Generic_Serial_Device'
   1:class Command < Ruby_Generic_Serial_Device::RubyCommandWrapper
   2:end
   3:class Device_95 < Ruby_Generic_Serial_Device::RubySerialIOWrapper
   4:#### 84 ####################################################################
   5:def cmd_84(data, format, disable_aspect_lock, streamid, width, height, cmd=nil)
   6:@returnParamArray.clear
   7:conn_.Reconnect()
   8:auth_s=device_.devdata_[114]+":"+device_.devdata_[115]
   9:auth_a=Array.new;
  10:auth_s.each{|c| auth_a.push(c)}
  11:
  12:fix_path=device_.devdata_[2];
  13:fix_path='/'+fix_path if(fix_path[0]!='/'[0]);
  14:
  15:s = "GET "+fix_path+" HTTP/1.0\r\n"
  16:s+= "Accept: */*\r\n"
  17:s+= "Authorization: Basic "+auth_a.pack("m").chop+"\r\n"
  18:s+= "\r\n"
  19:
  20:conn_.Send(s)
  21:recv=""
  22:while(true)
  23:  buff=conn_.Recv(16384, 5000)
  24:  if(buff.length() == 0)
  25:     break
  26:   end
  27:   recv = recv +  buff
  28:end
  29:if (recv=~ /^HTTP\/.*Cache-control:\sno-cache\n.(.*)/m)
  30:  fileName="/tmp/ip_camera_img"+device_.devid_.to_s
  31:  imageFile=File.new(fileName+".jpg",'w')
  32:  imageFile.print $1
  33:  imageFile.close()
  34:  system("/usr/bin/convert "+fileName+".jpg "+fileName+".png");
  35:  size=File.stat(fileName+".png").size 
  36:  imageFile=File.new(fileName+".png",'r')
  37:  img = imageFile.read(size);
  38:  imageFile.close()
  39:  data_set(img)
  40:  format_set('png')
  41:end
  42:return @returnParamArray
  43:end
  44:#### 200 ####################################################################
  45:def cmd_200(cmd=nil)
  46:@returnParamArray.clear
  47:conn_.Reconnect()
  48:auth_s=device_.devdata_[114]+":"+device_.devdata_[115]
  49:auth_a=Array.new;
  50:auth_s.each{|c| auth_a.push(c)}
  51:s = "GET /cgi-bin/action?action=cam_mv&diretion=cam_up&lang=eng HTTP/1.0\r\n"
  52:s+= "Accept: */*\r\n"
  53:s+= "Authorization: Basic "+auth_a.pack("m").chop+"\r\n"
  54:s+= "\r\n"
  55:
  56:conn_.Send(s)
  57:recv=""
  58:while(true)
  59:buff=conn_.Recv(256, 5000)
  60:if(buff.length() == 0)
  61:break
  62:end
  63:recv = recv + buff
  64:end
  65:return @returnParamArray
  66:end
  67:#### 201 ####################################################################
  68:def cmd_201(cmd=nil)
  69:@returnParamArray.clear
  70:conn_.Reconnect()
  71:auth_s=device_.devdata_[114]+":"+device_.devdata_[115]
  72:auth_a=Array.new;
  73:auth_s.each{|c| auth_a.push(c)}
  74:s = "GET /cgi-bin/action?action=cam_mv&diretion=cam_down&lang=eng HTTP/1.0\r\n"
  75:s+= "Accept: */*\r\n"
  76:s+= "Authorization: Basic "+auth_a.pack("m").chop+"\r\n"
  77:s+= "\r\n"
  78:
  79:conn_.Send(s)
  80:recv=""
  81:while(true)
  82:buff=conn_.Recv(256, 5000)
  83:if(buff.length() == 0)
  84:break
  85:end
  86:recv = recv + buff
  87:end
  88:return @returnParamArray
  89:end
  90:#### 202 ####################################################################
  91:def cmd_202(cmd=nil)
  92:@returnParamArray.clear
  93:conn_.Reconnect()
  94:auth_s=device_.devdata_[114]+":"+device_.devdata_[115]
  95:auth_a=Array.new;
  96:auth_s.each{|c| auth_a.push(c)}
  97:s = "GET /cgi-bin/action?action=cam_mv&diretion=cam_left&lang=eng HTTP/1.0\r\n"
  98:s+= "Accept: */*\r\n"
  99:s+= "Authorization: Basic "+auth_a.pack("m").chop+"\r\n"
 100:s+= "\r\n"
 101:
 102:conn_.Send(s)
 103:recv=""
 104:while(true)
 105:buff=conn_.Recv(256, 5000)
 106:if(buff.length() == 0)
 107:break
 108:end
 109:recv = recv + buff
 110:end
 111:return @returnParamArray
 112:end
 113:#### 203 ####################################################################
 114:def cmd_203(cmd=nil)
 115:@returnParamArray.clear
 116:conn_.Reconnect()
 117:auth_s=device_.devdata_[114]+":"+device_.devdata_[115]
 118:auth_a=Array.new;
 119:auth_s.each{|c| auth_a.push(c)}
 120:s = "GET /cgi-bin/action?action=cam_mv&diretion=cam_right&lang=eng HTTP/1.0\r\n"
 121:s+= "Accept: */*\r\n"
 122:s+= "Authorization: Basic "+auth_a.pack("m").chop+"\r\n"
 123:s+= "\r\n"
 124:
 125:conn_.Send(s)
 126:recv=""
 127:while(true)
 128:  buff=conn_.Recv(256, 5000)
 129:  if(buff.length() == 0)
 130:     break
 131:   end
 132:   recv = recv +  buff
 133:end
 134:return @returnParamArray
 135:end
 136:#### START SETTERS ####################################################################
 137:def initialize()
 138:super
 139:@returnParamArray=Array.new
 140:end
 141:def data_set(value)
 142:@returnParamArray[19]=value
 143:end
 144:def format_set(value)
 145:@returnParamArray[20]=value
 146:end
 147:####  END  SETTERS ####################################################################
 148:end