diff --git a/web/api/app/Controller/MonitorsController.php b/web/api/app/Controller/MonitorsController.php
index e6d841c9f..893410ce8 100644
--- a/web/api/app/Controller/MonitorsController.php
+++ b/web/api/app/Controller/MonitorsController.php
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ public function beforeFilter() {
 			'_serialize' => array('message')
 		));
 		// - restart this monitor after change
-    // We don't pass the request data as the monitor object because it may be a subset of the full monitor array
-		$this->daemonControl( $this->Monitor->id, 'restart' );
+		// We don't pass the request data as the monitor object because it may be a subset of the full monitor array
+ 		$this->daemonControl( $this->Monitor->id, 'restart' );
 	}
 
 /**
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ public function beforeFilter() {
 	// arm/disarm alarms
 	// expected format: http(s):/portal-api-url/monitors/alarm/id:M/command:C.json
 	// where M=monitorId
-	// where C=on|off
+	// where C=on|off|status
 	public function alarm()
 	{
 		$id = $this->request->params['named']['id'];
@@ -195,19 +195,27 @@ public function beforeFilter() {
 		if (!$this->Monitor->exists($id)) {
 			throw new NotFoundException(__('Invalid monitor'));
 		}
-		if ( $cmd != 'on' && $cmd != 'off')
+		if ( $cmd != 'on' && $cmd != 'off' && $cmd != 'status')
 		{
 			throw new BadRequestException(__('Invalid command'));
 		}
-
-		if ($this->Session->Read('systemPermission') != 'Edit')
-                {        
-                         throw new UnauthorizedException(__('Insufficient privileges'));
-                        return;
-                }
-
 		$zm_path_bin = Configure::read('ZM_PATH_BIN');
-		$q = ($cmd == 'on') ? '-a':'-c';
+
+		switch ($cmd) 
+		{
+			case "on":
+				$q = '-a';
+				$verbose = "-v";
+				break;
+			case "off":
+			  $q = "-c";
+				$verbose = "-v";
+				break;
+			case "status":
+				$verbose = ""; // zmu has a bug - gives incorrect verbose output in this case
+				$q = "-s";
+				break;			
+		}
 
 		// form auth key based on auth credentials
 		$this->loadModel('Config');
@@ -245,7 +253,7 @@ public function beforeFilter() {
 			}
 		}
 		
-		$shellcmd = escapeshellcmd("$zm_path_bin/zmu -v -m$id $q $auth");
+		$shellcmd = escapeshellcmd("$zm_path_bin/zmu $verbose -m$id $q $auth");
 		$status = exec ($shellcmd);
 
 		$this->set(array(
diff --git a/web/skins/classic/views/js/montage.js b/web/skins/classic/views/js/montage.js
index 1367bc8b1..a6c459760 100644
--- a/web/skins/classic/views/js/montage.js
+++ b/web/skins/classic/views/js/montage.js
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 var requestQueue = new Request.Queue( { concurrent: 2 } );
 
-function Monitor( index, id, connKey )
+function Monitor( index, monitorData )
 {
     this.index = index;
-    this.id = id;
-    this.connKey = connKey;
+    this.id = monitorData.id;
+    this.connKey = monitorData.connKey;
+    this.server_url = monitorData.server_url;
     this.status = null;
     this.alarmState = STATE_IDLE;
     this.lastAlarmState = STATE_IDLE;
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ function Monitor( index, id, connKey )
         this.streamCmdReq.send( this.streamCmdParms+"&command="+CMD_QUERY );
     }
 
-    this.streamCmdReq = new Request.JSON( { url: thisUrl, method: 'post', timeout: AJAX_TIMEOUT, onSuccess: this.getStreamCmdResponse.bind( this ), onTimeout: this.streamCmdQuery.bind( this, true ), link: 'cancel' } );
+    this.streamCmdReq = new Request.JSON( { url: this.server_url, method: 'get', timeout: AJAX_TIMEOUT, onSuccess: this.getStreamCmdResponse.bind( this ), onTimeout: this.streamCmdQuery.bind( this, true ), link: 'cancel' } );
 
     requestQueue.addRequest( "cmdReq"+this.id, this.streamCmdReq );
 }
@@ -146,7 +147,7 @@ function initPage()
 {
     for ( var i = 0; i < monitorData.length; i++ )
     {
-        monitors[i] = new Monitor( i, monitorData[i].id, monitorData[i].connKey );
+        monitors[i] = new Monitor( i, monitorData[i] );
         var delay = Math.round( (Math.random()+0.5)*statusRefreshTimeout );
         monitors[i].start( delay );
     }
diff --git a/web/skins/classic/views/js/montage.js.php b/web/skins/classic/views/js/montage.js.php
index 80f652fd5..7eaebb75b 100644
--- a/web/skins/classic/views/js/montage.js.php
+++ b/web/skins/classic/views/js/montage.js.php
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ monitorData[monitorData.length] = {
 	'id': <?php echo $monitor->Id() ?>, 
 	'connKey': <?php echo $monitor->connKey() ?>, 
 	'width': <?php echo $monitor->Width() ?>,
-	'height':<?php echo $monitor->Height() ?>
+	'height':<?php echo $monitor->Height() ?>,
+  'server_url': '<?php echo $monitor->Server()->Url().$_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] ?>'
 };
 <?php
 }