Monitor Axis Cameras -- Howto?

[Mr Gabriel]

> On 2010-01-14 15:36, Charles Breite wrote:
>    
>> We have hundreds deployed and we only use ping to monitor them.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Marc Powell [mailto:marc at ena.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 8:03 AM
>> To: Nagios Mailinglist
>> Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Monitor Axis Cameras -- Howto?
>>
>>
>> On Jan 14, 2010, at 3:41 AM, Mr Gabriel wrote:
>>
>>
>>      
>>> Dear All,
>>>
>>> I would like to know if it is possible to monitor Axis based security
>>> cameras via Nagios?
>>>
>>>        
>> On 14/01/2010 15:25, Johannes Dagemark wrote:
>>> Some cameras has the possibility to detect motion and upload a snapshot
>>> over ftp. I once configured a camera to do this and then checked for
>>> newly uploaded files. Fairly simple and also pretty cool.
>>>
>>> With a custom plugin or by using urlize you could even get a link to a
>>> mugshot of the intruder attached to your email alert :)
> Cheers
> Johannes Dagemark


This is very similar to what I would like to achieve. The cameras have 
that feature built in already, they can FTP in the case of motion 
detected after certain hours, but I only wish to react if there are more 
than two cameras active within a short time period. It seems a custom 
plugin is the way to go here

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