How to find Camera MAKE and MODEL.

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For each selected camera, I would like to get MAKE and MODEL.

I could not find those pieces of information.

Here is the list of things that did not work for me …

====LOOP Through [Panasonic SPxxx/SFxxx/SWxxx no I/O Camera Series (**.**.**.***) - Camera 1].Properties …

[0]Address: http://**.**.**.***:****/

[1]Channel: 0

[2]UserName: ****

[3]Password: *****

[4]Location:

[5]Description:

[6]Enabled: No

[7]WebServerURI: http://**.**.**.***:****/

[8]ProductID: Panasonic WV-SP105

[9]LastModified: Friday, March 31, 2017 3:18:12 PM

[10]FPS: 8.0

[11]PTZ: No

[12]DBID: ********-****-****-****-************

[13]MacAddress: ************

[14]UsingPrebuffer: True

[15]Prebufferms: 3

[16]RecordingFPS: 5

[17]EdgeStorageEnabled: False

[18]StorageId: ********-****-****-****-************

[19]StorageName: t1

… DONE.LOOP Through [camItem].Properties.

cam.Name…: Panasonic SPxxx/SFxxx/SWxxx no I/O Camera Series (10.11.11.190) - Camera 1

cam.ShortName..:

cam.Description:

cam.DisplayName: Panasonic SPxxx/SFxxx/SWxxx no I/O Camera Series (10.11.11.190) - Camera 1

cam.Id…: ********-****-****-****-************

cam.ItemCategry: Item

cam.ParentPath.: Hardware[********-****-****-****-************]/CameraFolder

cam.Path…: Camera[********-****-****-****-************]

= LOOP Through cam.PropertyKeys …

[0]:id: ********-****-****-****-************

[1]:Name: Panasonic SPxxx/SFxxx/SWxxx no I/O Camera Series (10.11.11.190) - Camera 1

[2]:Channel: 0

[3]:Description:

[4]:CreatedDate: 0001-01-01T00:00:00.0000000

[5]:LastModified: 2017-03-31T19:18:12.0800000Z

[6]:GisPoint: POINT EMPTY

[7]:ShortName:

[8]:Icon: 0

[9]:CoverageDirection: 0

[10]:CoverageDepth: 0

[11]:CoverageFieldOfView: 0

[12]:RecordingFramerate: 5

[13]:RecordKeyframesOnly: False

[14]:RecordOnRelatedDevices: True

[15]:RecordingEnabled: True

[16]:PrebufferEnabled: True

[17]:PrebufferInMemory: True

[18]:PrebufferSeconds: 3

[19]:EdgeStorageEnabled: False

[20]:EdgeStoragePlaybackEnabled: False

[21]:ManualRecordingTimeoutEnabled: True

[22]:ManualRecordingTimeoutMinutes: 5

[23]:RecordingStorage: Storage[********-****-****-****-************]

… DONE.LOOP Through cam.PropertyKeys.

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If you use configuration API to access the camera (either through raw configuration API or using ConfigurationItems.Camera) you will see that the camera items has a Hardware in its ParentPath property. If you then look up the hardware using this path you will see that the hardware has a HardwareDriverPath which can be used for looking up the HardwareDriver. On these 3 objects together you should be able to find the information you need.

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I think I need help knowing what to do with …

ParentPath: Hardware[f92043f8-2e15-4c3a-bf81-10315e524bbe]/CameraFolder

… to “look up the hardware using this path” like you said?

I parsed out the “f92043f8-2e15-4c3a-bf81-10315e524bbe” and tried to use it.

But that was probably wrong. Doing that led to:

traversing the config to find the above guid, and several Hardware() constructors, I either got exceptions and then later I got all blank MAKE and MODEL’s.

Please let me know how to "look up the hardware using this path". Thanks.

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Not working code I’m using that results in Blank MAKE and MODEL

#region 1ST.TRY to get MAKE and MODEL
for (int dumbIdx = 0; dumbIdx < 1; dumbIdx++)
{
	// 2020-05-14
	VideoOS.Platform.ConfigurationItems.Camera currentCamera = new VideoOS.Platform.ConfigurationItems.Camera(camItem.FQID);
	gotTo = 870;
	string parentPath = currentCamera.ParentPath;
	gotTo = 880;
	// [_]: Look up the hardware using this path.
	// currentCamera.ParentPath: Hardware[f043f928-215e-4b2a-bf81-10315ebe4b52]/CameraFolder
	//try1: VideoOS.Platform.ConfigurationItems.Hardware hWare
	//try1: 	= new VideoOS.Platform.ConfigurationItems.Hardware(camItem.FQID.ServerId, parentPath);
	string[] parentPathAy1 = parentPath.Split(']');
	string[] parentPathAy2 = parentPathAy1[0].Split('[');
	if (parentPathAy2.Length < 2)
	{
		configCameras.CameraConfigs[camIdx].Make = (productID != null ? productID : "unknown");
		configCameras.CameraConfigs[camIdx].Model = (productID != null ? productID : "unknown");
		break; // break out of dummy loop
	}
	string hardwareGuid = parentPathAy2[1];
	int methodToTry = 3;
	FQID hardwareItemsRoot_FQID = null;
	#region 3 constructors for Hardware()
	// Hardware (ServerId serverId, ConfigurationItem hardware) 
	// Hardware (ServerId serverId, string path) 
	// Hardware (FQID fqid) 
	#endregion 3 constructors for Hardware()
	VideoOS.Platform.ConfigurationItems.Hardware hWare = null;
	Item ConfigurationItem_hardware = null; // ConfigurationItem hardware
	switch (methodToTry)
{
	case 1:
		hWare = new VideoOS.Platform.ConfigurationItems.Hardware(camItem.FQID);
		break;
	case 2:
		hWare = new VideoOS.Platform.ConfigurationItems.Hardware(camItem.GetParent().FQID);
		break;
	case 3:
		//might.not.be.related: VideoOS.Platform.ConfigurationItems.Hardware hWare = new VideoOS.Platform.ConfigurationItems.Hardware(hardwareGuid);
		//VideoOS.Platform.ConfigurationItems.getc
		// [_]get: hWare = ;
		// Given: currentCamera.ParentPath: Hardware[f0f94328-215e-4ab2-bf81-1031e45ebb52]/CameraFolder
		// .....: string hardwareGuid = parentPathAy2[1];
		hWare = null;
		//List<Item> hardwareItemsRoot = Configuration.Instance.GetItemsByKind(Kind.Hardware);
		List<Item> hardwareItemsRoot = Configuration.Instance.GetItems();
		hardwareGuid = hardwareGuid.ToLower(); //  parentPathAy2[1];
		for (int hIdx = 0; hIdx < hardwareItemsRoot.Count; hIdx++)
		{
			#region loop through
			//private static FQID traverseHardwareConfig(Item hardwareItem, string hardwareGuid)
			FQID hWareFQID = traverseHardwareConfig(hardwareItemsRoot[hIdx], hardwareGuid, ref ConfigurationItem_hardware);
			if (hWareFQID != null)
			{
				#region 3 constructors for Hardware()
				// Hardware (ServerId serverId, ConfigurationItem hardware) 
				// Hardware (ServerId serverId, string path) 
				// Hardware (FQID fqid) 
				#endregion 3 constructors for Hardware()
				hWare = new VideoOS.Platform.ConfigurationItems.Hardware(hWareFQID);
				//hWare = new VideoOS.Platform.ConfigurationItems.Hardware(camItem.FQID.ServerId, ConfigurationItem_hardware.CameraFolder);
				//hWare = new VideoOS.Platform.ConfigurationItems.Hardware(camItem.FQID.ServerId, ConfigurationItem_hardware.path);
				break;
			}
			#endregion loop through
		}
		break;
    }
 
	gotTo = 890;
	// [_]: You will see that the hardware has a HardwareDriverPath
	// ? hWare.HardwareDriverPath
	string deviceDriver_name = hWare.HardwareDriverPath;
	gotTo = 900;
	// [_]: HardwareDriverPath can be used for looking up the HardwareDriver.
	if (hardwareItemsRoot_FQID == null)
		break; // break out of dummy loop
	VideoOS.Platform.ConfigurationItems.HardwareDriver hWareDriver
		//= new VideoOS.Platform.ConfigurationItems.HardwareDriver(camItem.FQID.ServerId, deviceDriver_name);
		= new VideoOS.Platform.ConfigurationItems.HardwareDriver(hardwareItemsRoot_FQID);
 
	//Exception.on.above.line: "Value cannot be null. Parameter name: path"
 
	gotTo = 910;
	//HardwareDriver(ServerId serverId, string path)
	// ...: On these 3 objects together you should be able to find the information you need.
	gotTo = 920;
	configCameras.CameraConfigs[camIdx].Make = hWareDriver.GetProperty("Make");
	configCameras.CameraConfigs[camIdx].Model = hWareDriver.GetProperty("Model");
 
}
#endregion 1ST.TRY to get MAKE and MODEL
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Forgive me for not trying to understand your code and please try this:

Camera camera = new Camera(cameraFQID);
Hardware hardware = new Hardware(EnvironmentManager.Instance.CurrentSite.ServerId, camera.ParentItemPath);
label1.Text= hardware.Model;

Does it fit?