wansview

0.0.2 • Public • Published

Wansview

Wansview webcam controller for direction and taking pictures

Only tested with Wansview NC541W

Install

npm install wansview

Usage

var Webcam = require('wansview')
var webcam = new Webcam('192.168.1.178', 'admin', '123456')

webcam.left()

setTimeout(function(){
  webcam.stop()
  webcam.snapshot('leftUp.png')
}, 5000)

Commands

Movement:

webcam.up()
webcam.down()
webcam.left()
webcam.right()
webcam.rightUp()
webcam.rightDown()
webcam.leftUp()
webcam.leftDown()

Panning:

webcam.panHorizontal()
webcam.panVertical()

Take picture:

webcam.snapshot() // returns a stream

Stream multiple images:

webcam.jpegStream() // returns a stream

Example

Control the webcam movement from an xbox controller:

var XboxController = require('xbox-controller'),
    fs = require('fs');
var xbox = new XboxController
 
var Webcam = require('wansview')
var webcam = new Webcam('192.168.1.178', 'admin', '123456')
 
var arrows = ["dup","ddown", "dleft", "dright"]
 
arrows.forEach(function(element, index, array) {
  xbox.on(element + ':press', function (key) {
    webcam[element.slice(1)]()
  });
 
  xbox.on(element + ':release', function (key) {
    webcam.stop()
  });
})
 
xbox.on('a:press', function (key) {
  webcam.snapshot.pipe(fs.createWriteStream((new Date).toString() + '.png'));
});

Rabbit tracking webcam

Copyright

Copyright (c) 2013 Andrew Nesbitt. See LICENSE for details.

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