ZoneMi...I8918W(3pm)

🎀 FI8918W 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to the ZoneMi...I8918W(3pm) page 💖 this is the perl doc for the FOSCAM FI8918W, and it's filed under section 3pm (perl modules, iykyk). buckle up, it's short but it's iconic.

ZoneMinder::Database — a Perl extension for the FOSCAM FI8918W ✨

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🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

Control script for Foscam MJPEG 8918W cameras. that's the whole vibe. that's it. slay 🫶

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💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

okay so listen, this is the part where you actually have to do something, and it's non-negotiable:

You need to set user=xxx&pwd=yyy in the ControlDevice field of the control tab for that monitor. like, actually put it there. no skipping 💀

Auto TimeOut should be 1.

🚨 do NOT set it to less than 1 — processes start crashing :) and yeah the smiley is in the original, she's being cute about your impending doom 😭

NOTE: unlike HD foscam cameras, this one uses user not usr in the control device. read that again. it's user. not usr. if you type usr you're gonna have a bad time 🙈 this is the single most important sentence on this whole page fr fr.

✨ EXPORT ✨

None by default. nothing. zero. she's giving mystery, she's giving minimalism 💅

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👀 SEE ALSO 👀

...nothing. absolutely nothing here. it's an empty section, bestie. a little void. a moment of silence 🕳️✨ (yes we're keeping it because the original keeps it, periodt)

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👑 AUTHOR 👑

Philip Coombes, <philip.coombes@zoneminder.com>

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🩷 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE 🩷

Copyright (C) 2001-2008 Philip Coombes

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.3 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.

so basically: free as in free, same terms as Perl, version 5.8.3 or whatever later Perl 5 you've got lying around. go wild, just don't be weird about it 🦋

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and that's the whole page, you made it to the end, I'm so proud of you 🥹 this was perl v5.40.1, dated 2026-02-01 — mwah, go forth and configure your cameras correctly 💜🌸