SMTP

Turns the email a camera sends on motion into a motion event in ViON. The plugin runs a small mail server that the camera sends its alerts to.

What it does

• Receives the alert emails of your cameras directly on the ViON server, without an outside mail service
• Gives each camera a motion sensor with its own email address; a message to that address reports motion
• Can count only emails that contain a certain text as motion
• Can end the motion when a message with another text arrives
• Accepts any username and password from the camera, so no mailbox has to be created

What you need

• A camera that can send an email when it detects motion
• In the camera's email settings: the ViON server as mail server (SMTP), the port set in this plugin, and as recipient the address entered for that camera in ViON

Settings

Plugin:

• Port: the port the mail server listens on, 25 by default
• Disable TLS: switch on for cameras that do not support an encrypted connection (STARTTLS)

Motion sensor of each camera:

• Email Address: the recipient address that stands for this camera; name and domain can be anything
• Motion On Text: text the message body must contain to report motion. Leave empty to report motion on any email
• Motion Off Text: text in the message body that ends the motion