External command execution examples

• Cmd box must contain the full path to the executable that has to be run
• Params box can include the following case sensitive variables
  %sec% the second of the recording/snapshot (two digits)
  %min% the minute of the recording/snapshot (two digits)
  %hour% the hour of the recording/snapshot (two digits)
  %day% the day of the recording/snapshot (01..31)
  %month% the month of the recording/snapshot (01..12)
  %year% the year of the recording/snapshot (four digits)
  %full% the absolute path to the recording/snapshot
  %small% the absolute path to the small/thumbnail version of the recording/snapshot

1. Play a sound when recording starts

• Download and install VLC
• Cmd
  C:\Program Files (x86)\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe or C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe
• Params
  -I dummy --dummy-quiet --play-and-exit --no-loop --no-repeat "C:\test.wav"
  Attention: replace "C:\test.wav" with the path to your audio file which must include the file extension (like .mp3 or .wav for example) and be enclosed in double quotes!
• For automatic doorbell only usage, uncheck Save Full Video, uncheck Save Small Video and set Drop detections shorter than to 0 seconds.

2. FTP, SFTP, FTPS upload recordings

• Download and install WinSCP
• Cmd
  C:\Program Files (x86)\WinSCP\WinSCP.exe or C:\Program Files\WinSCP\WinSCP.exe
• Params
  /ini=nul /command "open ftp://USERNAME:PASSWORD@SERVERNAME" "put ""%full%"" ""/MY CAM/%year%/%month%/%day%/""" "put ""%small%"" ""/MY CAM/%year%/%month%/%day%/""" "exit"
  Attention: paths with spaces are surrounded by double double-quotes!
• Passive mode is enabled by default, to use the active mode provide the parameter
  /passive=off
• Params (the following pops-up a console window to be able to test the settings)
  /ini=nul /console /command "open ftp://USERNAME:PASSWORD@SERVERNAME" "put ""%full%"" ""/MY CAM/%year%/%month%/%day%/""" "put ""%small%"" ""/MY CAM/%year%/%month%/%day%/"""

3. FTP, SFTP, FTPS upload live snapshots

• Download and install WinSCP
• Cmd
  C:\Program Files (x86)\WinSCP\WinSCP.exe or C:\Program Files\WinSCP\WinSCP.exe
• Params
  /ini=nul /command "open ftp://USERNAME:PASSWORD@SERVERNAME" "put ""%full%"" ""/MY CAM/my snapshot.jpg""" "put ""%small%"" ""/MY CAM/my snapshot thumb.jpg""" "exit"
  Attention: paths with spaces are surrounded by double double-quotes!
• Passive mode is enabled by default, to use the active mode provide the parameter
  /passive=off
• Params (the following pops-up a console window to be able to test the settings)
  /ini=nul /console /command "open ftp://USERNAME:PASSWORD@SERVERNAME" "put ""%full%"" ""/MY CAM/my snapshot.jpg""" "put ""%small%"" ""/MY CAM/my snapshot thumb.jpg"""