[ Thanks to An Anonymous Reader for
this link. ]
“2c.) Add/edit the option “webcam_port” and set it to,
say, “8000”. Motion includes a mini http server so now, you can use
it to view the actual images of the happening when you get the
update and check for false alarms.“3.) Now, comes the most important part, about getting the
update.“motion has an option called “on_motion_detected” and here you
can specify any command or program that you want to run when motion
is detected. To get the update on your twitter account, use one of
the following three methods with this option.”
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