tplink-cam-cli

Java CLI control application for TP-Link IP cameras, such as the TP-Link NC250.

The primary purpose of this application is to enable remote control from smart home frameworks such as openHAB. At the moment, it can switch the LED and motion/sound detection on and off, more to follow.

Usage

java -jar tplink-cam-cli.jar camerahostname username password command parameter

• hostname: the IP / hostname for your TP-Link IP camera, e.g. 192.168.0.25
• username: the user name of an administrator account, by default admin
• password: the cleartext (i.e. non-Base64 encoded) password of the account, by default admin

Possible value for command and parameter are:

• led on or off: to switch the frontside green LED on or off
• motion on or off: to enable or disable motion detection (make sure to configure associated settings and notification delivery first properly via the web UI)
• sound on or off: to enable or disable sound detection (make sure to configure settings and notification delivery first properly via the web UI)

Development and build

The development environment and is Eclipse and m2e, use 'export as runnable JAR' from the project menu.

Acknowledgements

This library was written by reverse engineering the web UI built into the camera. Additionally, https://github.com/reald/nc220 contains some useful information.