Need cam to move to preset position

bucko

Active Member
I can enter http://192.168.xxx.xxx:2117/cgi/admin/ptctrl.cgi?action=move&Cmd=Position5 in my browser and my cam moves as expected.
 
Now I would like to use an ELK rule (or ?)  to control the cam position on a trigger. 
 
I want this cam to move to position 1 if my elk zone (front door) is tripped. Then after a delay of 1 minute, move back to position 5.
 
I thought I could easily do this through my Vera 3 via a scene and a luup call. But it will not work. the luup wget sends the cam command fine, but the cam does respond. I can only get the cam to move via a browser tab right now.
 
 
I might add that when I use my browser, I get the pop up window making me input my cam's user & pw. So using a rule in Elk needs to also send my user/pw with the move command.
 
Anybody doing something like this? ANY ideas??????
 
BTW, I also run Blue Iris if that can be used.  I am at a loss to get this working.
 
Have you tried specifying the userid and password as part of the command?   e.g.  http:// username:p[email protected]&cmd=Position5 
 
Note: remove the blank between the // and the username.  I included the blank to keep the string from being interpreted as a real url.
 
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