Changing mode to MONITOR keeps monitor function as in MODECT mode

[adeknegt]

Platform & OS Version
Android 9

**The version of zmNinja you are reporting
v1.3.039

The version of ZoneMinder you are using:

1.30.0nin

Device details:

Nokia 8 Scirocco

What is the nature of your issue

Bug

Details
In zmNinja: When changing the configuration of a monitor (Monitors menu, Configuration button) from MODECT to MONITOR, the following happens.

• In Zoneminder GUI the "Function" of the monitor on the main overview screen of changes from MODECT to MONITOR. This expected behavior.
• BUT: events are still being detected and recorded! This should not happen with a monitor in MONITOR mode. So, Zoneminder report that the monitor is in MONITOR mode, but it functions as it is in MODECT mode.

When in Zoneminder GUI the mode is changed to MODECT and saved, and then changed back to MONITOR and saved, the monitor stops detecting and recording events, just like it should when in MONITOR mode.

Remark: I noted the same bug when my phone was still on Android 8, the Android 9 update is from earlier this week as the Nokia 8 Scirocco is a Android-One phone.

Other functions of zmNinja work great, really happy with the app! So keep up the good work!

Debug Logs (if applicable)
See attached zoneminder log

Kind regards, Arjan

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[pliablepixels]

Hi Arjan,
first, thanks for the well reported issue.

I believe this is a ZoneMinder API issue (not zmNinja, even though it is invoked via zmNinja). Your ZoneMinder version says "1.30.0nin" - seems to be a typo. If you are on the latest release, would you mind creating an issue on the ZM GitHub repo ? This may be related to the monitor not restarting. I think @connortechnology fixed this issue some time ago but I can't be sure. Either way, if you report it in that forum, it can be tracked and (eventually) fixed if need be as it will need an API patch (if it is an issue)

[adeknegt]

ZoneMinder is 1.30.0 indeed, rest was typo. I agree that this is probably an ZM API issue. I am running ZoneMinder on a Raspberry PI (running Debian flavor Raspian Stretch Lite) , using the .deb package for ZoneMinder. This turns out to be 1.30.0. I see that there is a newer 1.30.4 version now and even 1.32.3. I am quite new to ZoneMinder. Will first check how I can upgrade Zonemider, to see if that fixes the issue. Thanks for your help.

[connortechnology]

I seem to remember fixing an issue like this in the transition from 1.30 to 1.32. I believe an upgrade to 1.32.3 will solve all your issues.

[adeknegt]

Getting off topic, but does anybody now which repository I can use to get newer ZoneMinder packages for Raspian (the Raspberry PI OS)?

[connortechnology]

https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com

I think there is an issue with naming and it not picking up our packages as being a newer version. You may need to actually remove the official debian package before installing ours.

[adeknegt]

Thanks, will try

[adeknegt]

https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com

I think there is an issue with naming and it not picking up our packages as being a newer version. You may need to actually remove the official debian package before installing ours.

I added deb https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/release stretch/ to my apt configuration and added the key (stretch is the Raspian release that runs on my Raspberry PI 3). Now apt does find updates for zoneminder-doc, but not for zoneminder itself. Only 1.30.0 is found.

With apt update I get:
Hit:1 http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian stretch InRelease
Hit:2 http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian stretch InRelease
Ign:3 https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/release stretch/ InRelease
Hit:4 https://zmrepo.zoneminder.com/debian/release stretch/ Release

Any hints on what I can change in the apt config to find the newer zoneminder releases in zmrepo?

[pliablepixels]

I think its best you migrate this thread to the ZM forums as its now install related. https://forums.zoneminder.com/viewforum.php?f=26

[adeknegt]

Agree