motion-detection

hacky python app that scrapes one or many ip cams via m-jpg, performs configurable motion detection and alerts if no motion is detected (you read that right!). Mainly used to oversee industrial machines.

USE AT YOUR OWN RISK

dependencies

Windows 10

Windows 10 should have all required dependencies. Please open an issue if you discover otherwise.

Windows server 2012

Follow these instructions: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52121143/opencv-with-python-3-6-4-on-windows-server-2012-r2-x64-import-cv2-dll-not-found

run

start motion-detection.exe, be sure to configure it first (see below). Start via cmd.exe for log output.

webpage is by default located at (http://localhost:8080)

config

requires a config.yaml file next to the .exe with contents like:

auth:
  admin: ThisIsNotVerySecure
log:
  frames_recieved: False
  already_notified: True
  notify: True
  motion_changes: True
  log_to_file: True
  mail: True
cameras:
- name: cam_1
  description: Camera 1
  host: '192.168.2.3'
  port: '8080'
  path: 'mjpg/video.mjpg'
  user: ''
  password: ''
  detection:
    enabled: False

- name: cam_2
  description: Camera 2
  host: '192.168.1.50'
  port: '80'
  path: 'mjpg/video.mjpg'
  user: ''
  password: ''
  email:
    enabled: False
detection:
  min_area: 10
  update_reference_seconds: 3
  notify_seconds: 300
  frame_skip: 5
resize:
  x: 640
  y: 480
email:
  enabled: False
  smtp:
    server: ''
    port: 587
    user: ''
    password: ''
  subject: 'no motion on camera %CAMERA%'
  body: |
    no motion detected on camera %CAMERA%

    after running for %MOTION_SINCE% seconds, the camera reported no motion for %THRESHOLD%.

    please verify!
  from_address: ''
  to_address: ''
local_display:
  show_camera_feed: False
  show_threshold: False
  show_frame_delta: False

server:
  listen_address: '0.0.0.0'
  port: 8080
  frame_interval_seconds: 0.1

build

build via build.cmd on windows with pyinstaller.