The ARC Console - Developer Page

What's this?

This page is complementary to the main ARC Console Web Page, so refer to that link first if you do not know what this is all about.

Notes and Commentary

This skin actually contains a copy of all the "classic" skin files with modifications for this new skin. I tried to leverage as much of the existing ZoneMinder code as possible. I was also motivated by the hope that one day this might become part of the standard ZoneMinder offering, so wanted to set everything up in a way that would make it easy to integrate in with the standard "classic" skin.
If you are interested in modifying this or exploring how the code works internally, start with the comments at the top of the file skins/arc/views/js/arc-console.js. This outlines the theory of operation and is the best starting point.
This was my first experience in the ZoneMinder skin code, so I am sure that I might not be doing thing in the easiest or most efficient way. Though I have tried to keep things organized the way ZoneMinder skins are organized, there could be some places I missed when I did my cleanup. There is also a lot of extraneous code I've included since I did not have time to do a full audit of what I did and did not need, so erred on the side of inclusiveness.
There are some useful debug flags in the file skins/arc/skin.php should you want to dive into modifying this.

Testing Grid

Though I only had one ZoneMinder install server to test this on (Ubuntu 12.04 and ZM v1.27), I did have a number of client devices to test combinations of OSes and Browsers. Here's a grid of things I have done, or can do testing on.

Platform	Firefox	Chrome	Safari
Ubuntu 12.04	v.16	v.29	N/A
OS X 10.5.8	v.16	v.21	v.5.0.6
OS X 10.6.8	v.22	v.29	v.5.1.9
Nexus 10/Android v.4.3	Yes	Yes	N/A

Note the absence of any MicroSoft browsers and OSes. I do not use these so do not have any to use for testing.

Versions and Release Notes

Version 1.2 (Latest)

ARC Console v.1.2 Download Link (GitHub)

Updated for ZoneMinder version 1.27
Fixed alarms going into infinite loop when event id sequence numbers do not appear time order
Added suppressing window resize event during startup
Filtering out events that have not yet closed and ensuring UI updates when the event does close.
Ensure that only showing monitors set for 'Monitor' and 'Modect' functions
Fixed problem with nonModect monitors not properly updating enable button
Added link to the "classic" ZoneMinder console
Removed a lot of code that was not being used for this skin
Fix links to mootools to use ZoneMinder distributed versions instead of Ubuntu package settings.

Version 1.1

ARC Console v.1.1 Download Link

Redid the monitoring and signalling to separate out event data signals from camera alarm/alert signals.
Added ability to enable/disable cameras.
Added better visuals when alarm/alert exists.
Added ability to get direct feeds from IP cameras.

Version 1.0

ARC Console v.1.0 Download Link

This was the first version I made publically available.

Direct Feeds from IP Cameras

Though I have added the ability for the live camera feeds to come directly from IP cameras, I have not provided any easy way to configure it. To use this feature requires adding the right data lines to the PHP file skins/arc/views/direct-streams.php. The comments in that file, and the examples in there should provide all you need to add your own settings.