I am also looking for a way to initiate the auto patrol even if it is a discontinued or unavailable feature directly from the cameras firmware. Does anyone have a script, program, method to getting this to work external to the cameras firmware?
I have attempted to perform a simple batch file to run an IE session to the web page but the issue is that it will not enter the username and password correctly. Once I enter the credentials manually the script will run successfully as there are no further login prompts after the first login.
I must say that this is a total letdown and apart from the PTZ function enabling you to focus the cameras view without manual interaction with the camera it provides little other benefit. Without auto patrol functionality to run on a schedule the PTZ cameras are simply useless.
Please someone HELP!!