How-To: Home Automation Scripts

I have a Lorex 4K IP home security camera system. 1 I wrote two blog articles that describe how to use its e-mail notification facility and its File Transfer Protocol (FTP) facility.

In those articles I mention scripts I wrote for my website to process and customize snapshots generated by my Network Video Recorder (NVR). I now make those scripts available for download. You can use them as a starting point for your own purposes. I wrote the scripts using PHP and they are provided in a ZIP file. If you download this file, un-ZIP it within your website development environment.

https://home.iseeancestors.com/access.php?file=cctvscripts.zip

You will be prompted for a user name and password. The user name is Guest and the password is scripts. The ZIP file includes complete documentation in Scripts.pdf.

I do not provide support or customization for these scripts. I might answer questions about them specifically, but not about programming, PHP, or your website in general. Again, these are meant only as a starting point for your own implementation. You must change the code to suit your particular circumstances. Therefore you must already have experience with PHP and website operation in order to utilize these scripts.

How-To: Lorex NVR E-Mail Notifications

A review of the Lorex e-mail notification feature. Alerts are automated to save bandwidth and fix a bug.

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This is my review of the e-mail alert notifications on a Lorex 4K IP Camera System. 2

You can configure the Lorex NVR to send an e-mail alert when a surveillance camera detects motion in its field of view. It can optionally include a snapshot, which hopefully shows what caused the event.

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How-To: Lorex NVR File Transfer Protocol

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This is my review of the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) feature on a Lorex 4K IP Camera System. 1

Here is a quick way to review snapshots taken during motion detection events. I used the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) feature of the Lorex NVR. Basically I set the NVR to transfer snapshots to my web server, then I wrote a script that displays them. This is an advanced topic intended for those who manage their own website. Here’s how I did it. 3

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