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  Announcements regarding the Monocle platform, services and apps.

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  ATTENTION As of July 2019, Wansview cameras are no longer working on FireTVs with FireOS 6.2.6.4. This includes FireTV 4K (Gen2), FireTV 4K Stick, FireTV Cube, Toshiba 4K Fire Edition. Wansview cameras are also confirmed not working on Echo Show 5 devices. At the time of this writing, Wansview cameras are working on older FireTV 4Ks running FireOS 5.2.7 and Echo Show (Gen1), Echo Show (Gen2) and Echo Spot. There is not currently a workaround available. We will be working with Amazon support to try and get these cameras working again.
• General Discussion

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  Ok… your system doesn’t like the rest of the log, so I have to post it via a picture:
• Equipment / Hardware

  Hardware specific topics such as Alexa devices, IP cameras and NVRs.

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  Echo Show 5 [2019] The Monocle skill can be used to display local IP camera feeds to your Echo Show 5. The Echo Show 5 is supported however, only when running the Monocle Gateway service locally on your network.** Please see the compatibility requirements/notes below. Buy Echo Show 5 on Amazon Compatibility Notes/Requirements PREREQUISITE The Monocle Gateway service is required because the latest Amazon Alexa enabled device implement further restrictions and only permit RTSP connections from these devices to camera endpoints over encrypted (TLS) transport layer and only permitted to connect on port 443 using fully qualified domain names with valid a SSL certificate. These rigid requirements make it near impossible for most IP cameras to work directly with Alexa devices and thus the Monocle Gateway service acts as a bridge by fulfilling these requirements and enabling communications with your local IP cameras. RESOLUTION COMPATIBILITY This model seems to have a bug/defect/limitation that prevents camera streams above 1080P from displaying the video on screen. Please use a camera feed with a resolution at or below 1920x1080. CAMERA COMPATIBILITY Some IP cameras that are confirmed working with existing/prior Alexa devices are NOT working with the new Echo Show 5. This includes Wansview cameras. PURCHASE: https://amzn.to/2Jwnn12
• Feature Requests

  Discuss feature request and how to improve Monocle.

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  Amazon released an update to view alexa compatible cameras on Alexa enabled TV’s. Would love to be able to do this, finally got it set up for my echo show 5’s using the gateway.
• Beta

  Topics & discussions for BETA testing.

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  @Auspician Well, the Monocle Gateway is trying to connect to “192.168.1.26” however, it’s failing to connect. It probably something to do with the networking settings of the docker instance since you are running it on Synology. Can you try running it on another computer to verify you can get it working first – before trying to troubleshoot Synology & Docker? Thanks, Robert
• Support

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  Hi, My Hikvision cams work fine with Monocle. Here is a valid RTSP URL for Hikvision cams:- rtsp://192.168.1.57:554/Streaming/Channels/101/ Just replace the bold IP address with the IP address of your IP cam that is on your local Network (so the IP address of my cam is .57 on LAN 192.168.1.x. The “101” at the end is Channel 1 Sub channel 1 for that cam. The .554 is the port for RTSP access. You then need to enable the Monocle skill on your Alexa App then “search” for cameras. The cameras you add to Monocle will then appear in your Alexa App. Sounds like you have done this part. A quick way of testing your RTSP URL is to use VLC Player. Select “Open Network Stream” from the Media Menu. Paste in your RTSP URL then VLC will prompt you for the username and password. If the RTSP URL is valid VLC player will show the stream. If you dont know your camera models and dont know your RTSP URL downlaod a handy utility called “ONVIF Device Manager”. This will scan your LAN and show any IP cams it finds. You can then double click on the cameras it finds, then click “Live Video” and it will tell you what the RTSP URL is at the bottom of the window. Hope this helps.
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