Josh Hendricks joshooaj

PowerShell and .NET enthusiast, principal engineer @milestonesys, and enthusiastic and inventive problem solver.

joshooaj / Get-CamerasThatArentInAView.ps1

Last active September 12, 2024 23:14

Discover cameras that are NOT in a view

	function Get-CamerasThatArentInAView {
	[CmdletBinding()]
	param ()

	process {
	$camerasInViews = @{}

	$publicViewGroups = Get-VmsViewGroup \| Where-Object Name -ne 'Private'
	$views = $publicViewGroups \| Get-VmsViewGroup -Recurse \| Get-VmsView
	foreach ($view in $views) {

joshooaj / Measure-Distance.ps1

Last active August 30, 2024 18:23

Measure the distance between two coordinates

	function ConvertToGeoCoordinate ([string]$coordinate) {
	Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Device
	$lat, $lon = $Coordinate -split ',' \| ForEach-Object {
	[double]$_.Trim()
	}
	[device.location.geocoordinate]::new($lat, $lon)
	}

	function Measure-Distance {
	[CmdletBinding()]

joshooaj / MipItemCompleter.cs

Created July 25, 2024 23:25

Generic MIP Item Argument Completer for PowerShell

	using MilestonePSTools.Connection;
	using System;
	using System.Collections;
	using System.Collections.Generic;
	using System.Management.Automation;
	using System.Management.Automation.Language;
	using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
	using VideoOS.ConfigurationApi.ClientService;

	namespace MilestonePSTools.Utility

joshooaj / Rename-VmsHardwareAndDevices.ps1

Last active August 8, 2024 15:25

Bulk rename XProtect hardware and child devices

	function Rename-VmsHardwareAndDevices {
	<#
	.SYNOPSIS
	Renames hardware and all child devices using the default pattern.

	.DESCRIPTION
	This function renames the provided hardware(s) and all child devices. If a
	value is provided for BaseName, the hardware will be renamed. The BaseName
	can contain case-insensitive placeholders for any property available on a
	Hardware object.

joshooaj / Add-UniversalCamera.ps1

Last active July 9, 2024 21:24

Example function for adding an RTSP feed to XProtect using the universal camera driver

	function Add-UniversalCamera {
	<#
	.SYNOPSIS
	Adds a camera using one of the universal camera drivers.

	.DESCRIPTION
	The `Add-UniversalCamera` command adds a camera to a recording server using
	one of the universal camera drivers. The camera address can be provided as
	either an RTSP url complete with username and password, and path/query, or
	the address can be provided as a traditional http/https url. If a path is

joshooaj / New-Password.ps1

Last active July 1, 2024 20:03

Generate pseudo-random passwords


	function New-Password {
	<#
	.SYNOPSIS
	Generates a pseudo-random password.

	.DESCRIPTION
	This function generates a password with support for upper, and lower-case
	characters, numbers, and symbols.

joshooaj / Set-VmsFisheyeLens.ps1

Created June 18, 2024 22:01

	function Get-VmsFisheyeLens {
	[CmdletBinding()]
	param(
	[Parameter(Mandatory, ValueFromPipeline, ParameterSetName = 'Camera')]
	[VideoOS.Platform.ConfigurationItems.Camera]
	$Camera,

	[Parameter(Mandatory, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName, ParameterSetName = 'Id')]
	[Guid]
	$Id

joshooaj / Set-VmsCameraMotion.ps1

Created May 29, 2024 22:56

	function Get-VmsCameraMotion {
	<#
	.SYNOPSIS
	Gets the motion detection settings for one or more cameras.

	.DESCRIPTION
	The `Get-VmsCameraMotion` cmdlet gets the motion detection settings for one or more cameras. The MotionDetection
	object for a camera can be accessed using $camera.MotionDetectionFolder.MotionDetections[0]. This command can be
	considered a PowerShell-friendly shortcut for accessing these settings.

joshooaj / Set-VmsDeviceStorage.ps1

Last active May 29, 2024 21:04

	function Set-VmsDeviceStorage {
	<#
	.SYNOPSIS
	Set the target storage configuration for a device in XProtect.

	.DESCRIPTION
	The `Set-VmsDeviceStorage` cmdlet sets the target storage configuration for a device in XProtect.

	.PARAMETER Device
	Tge one or more devices returned by the Get-VmsCamera, Get-Microphone, Get-Speaker, or Get-Metadata cmdlets.

joshooaj / Compare-DHash.ps1

Last active March 14, 2024 16:15

Compare images using the dHash algorithm

	function ConvertFrom-HexString {
	[CmdletBinding()]
	param (
	[Parameter(Mandatory, Position = 0, ValueFromPipeline)]
	[string]
	$InputObject
	)

	process {
	$bytes = [byte[]]::new($InputObject.Length / 2)