Re: [Motion-user] take picture from different camera when motion on one

[Mike W. <kno...@gm...>]

I don't believe there is a way directly in motion to do this. But I don't
see why you can't use the on event notification to spawn a script to snag
an image.


On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 9:58 AM, Bryan James <cow...@gm...> wrote:

> I realize this is a somewhat bizarre request, but is there a way to have
> motion capture an image from a different camera (camera 2) when it detects
> motion on camera 1?
>
> The reason for this is at my work we're using motion in a bit of a strange
> way.  In a machine shop we're using motion to detect when a machines
> "alert" light goes on and send an e-mail to the head of the shop if it's
> off-hours when the alert comes on.  This is in place and working fine,
> however what we'd like to do is have a second camera positioned to capture
> what is on the screen of the machine so that the supervisor can know what
> the problem is and call a member of the staff working in a different part
> of the building to resolve the issue or come in to resolve it himself
> depending on the error.
>
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