zmonvif-probe.pl(8)

💅 zmonvif-probe.pl — the ZoneMinder ONVIF probing tool, bestie

okay so quick vibe check: this is the zoneminder manual page for zmonvif-probe.pl, aka the ZoneMinder ONVIF probing tool. it pokes at ONVIF cameras and tells you what they're made of. that's the whole personality. let's get into it ✨

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

literally the whole invocation situation, copied exactly so you can just paste it:

 zmonfig-probe.pl [-v] probe <soap version>
                  [-v] <command> <device URI> <soap version> <user> <password>\n";

  Commands are:
    probe     - scan for devices on the local network and list them
    profiles  - print the device's supported stream configurations
    metadata  - print some of the device's configuration settings
    move      - move the device (only ptz cameras)
    events    - check if the device supports ONVIF events
    other     - Any command supported by the ONVIF Media element.

  Common parameters:
    -v        - increase verbosity
  Device access parameters (for all commands but 'probe'):
    device URL    - the ONVIF Device service URL
    soap version  - SOAP version (1.1 or 1.2)
    user          - username of a user with access to the device
    password      - password for the user

so the commands are, in order of main-character energy:

• probe — scans the local network for devices and lists them. it's giving detective era 🔍
• profiles — prints the device's supported stream configurations
• metadata — prints some of the device's configuration settings
• move — moves the device (only ptz cameras, bestie — don't try this on a fixed camera, it will not slay)
• events — checks if the device supports ONVIF events
• other — literally any command supported by the ONVIF Media element

and the common parameters:

• -v — increases verbosity. more words, more lore 💬

and the device access parameters (these apply to all commands but probe, key detail):

• device URL — the ONVIF Device service URL
• soap version — SOAP version (1.1 or 1.2)
• user — username of a user with access to the device
• password — password for the user

ngl, probe is the only one that flies solo. every other command needs the full device URL + soap version + user + password lineup. no shortcuts, periodt.

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🫶 DESCRIPTION 🫶

okay so… the original page has a DESCRIPTION section and there is nothing in it. like, empty. a whole heading with no text under it. the audacity 😭

so i'm not gonna invent lore that isn't there — this section exists in the manual, and it is blank, and that's the tea. the actual explaining lives in the SYNOPSIS up top and the OPTIONS below. 💀

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✨ OPTIONS ✨

one bullet per flag, nothing skipped, nothing merged, all facts intact:

• -c, --continuous — Run continuously
• -f, --force — Run even if pid file exists
• -i, --interactive — Ask before applying any changes
• -m, --monitor_id — Only consider the given monitor
• -r, --report — Just report don't actually do anything
• -s, --storage_id — Specify a storage area to audit instead of all
• -v, --version — Print the installed version of ZoneMinder

heads up bestie: yes, -v shows up twice in this page with two different meanings. in the SYNOPSIS it's "increase verbosity"; in OPTIONS -v, --version prints the installed version of ZoneMinder. that's just how it is, i don't make the rules 🙈

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that's the whole page, no notes 💖 source and version: --stderr, dated 2026-03-04, manual page zmonvif-probe.pl(8). mwah, go probe something 🦋