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WebCam Monitor
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View your
camera remotely |
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You have a camera and
want to do video surveillance of your property, but from
your office or a comfortable location. You just
need four things, a camera, your PC,
Webcam Monitor and an Internet connection. The
remote monitoring feature in WebCam Monitor is an ideal
solution, as it gives you the ability to keep an eye on
things from anywhere in the world. All you need to
do is to connect your camera to your PC, start remote
monitoring in WebCam Monitor, and stay informed of all
activities as and when they happen. |
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Using WebCam Monitor,
you can remotely view the activity from your camera in
three different ways. You can watch a live feed
from your webcam, use FTP to view uploaded video
recordings and snaps on your website, or receive email
with embedded snaps of the activity sent by WebCam
Monitor. |
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Let us look at each of
the three different ways to turn your PC and camera into
a remote video surveillance system. |
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1. Live
streaming: |
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In live streaming the
webcam connected to your PC uses the Internet to send
video live to you. If you have the Internet
bandwidth, this is the best way to monitor the action
live. |
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Preparing for
live streaming |
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First, you need to have a
static IP address on the PC where the camera is
connected. An Internet Protocol (IP) address is a
unique number assigned for identification and
communication to each computer in a network. A
Static IP address does not change. In contrast, a
dynamic IP address can change frequently. A
dynamic IP address may work temporarily. |
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Live streaming will not
work on non routable IP addresses. A non routable
IP address starts with 192.x.x.x. If you are not
sure what type of IP address you have, you need to find
out from your ISP or a network professional. |
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Configuring live
streaming in WebCam Monitor |
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WebCam Monitor provides
live streaming using Windows Media Streaming Technology.
The first step is to configure WebCam Monitor for live
streaming: |
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On the
Tools
menu, click on
Options. |
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On the
Options
window, select the
Remote Monitoring
tab. |
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Click on the
Configure button under the
Streaming option. The Live
Streaming Settings dialog opens. |
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Specify a Port number to which you or
your viewers can connect to and view the live
video. If 0 is specified then WebCam
Monitor will automatically select a port number. |
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Specify the number of viewers that
can connect simultaneously. |
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Select a Profile depending
on the Internet connection speed available to
your audience. |
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Click
OK. |
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If monitoring is in progress, then in the
Monitor
menu, click on
Stop Monitoring. If a device is
already in use, then stop its preview by
clicking on Stop
Preview in the
Monitor
menu. |
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On the
File menu,
click on Add
Camera Wizard and select the required
video device from the list. |
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On the
Monitor
menu, click Start
Monitoring with Alerts if you want WebCam
Monitor to automatically start detecting
Motion/Noise. |
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On the
Tools
menu, click Start
Streaming to start the streaming. |
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2. Watching live
video from a remote location |
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You just need a web
browser and an Internet connection to watch a video live
from a remote location. |
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Open the web browser. If you have
configured remote monitoring for Port 0 then in
the address bar, enter
mms:// IP address of PC with the webcam :80
Otherwise please specify the port number you
have configured after the IP address. |
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Hit Enter.
The media player will be launched and you will
start receiving a live feed after some initial
delay for buffering. |
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If you want your family
and friends to watch the live feed, inform them of your
IP address and the port (if you have specified one) to
which they can connect to. |
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3. Upload Video/
Audio and snaps to a FTP Server: |
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With the Upload feature,
you can upload video recordings and snaps to a FTP
server whenever noise or motion is detected or at
regular time intervals. Webcam Monitor gives you
the ability to upload recorded videos/audios and snaps
taken by your webcam to a FTP server for easy storage,
maintenance and analysis. Recordings can be done
and uploaded periodically or when motion and noise is
detected. |
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To upload
media files to a FTP server: |
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If Monitoring
is in progress then on the Monitor menu, click
Stop Monitoring. |
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On the Tools
menu, click
Options. Select
Remote Monitoring > Upload. |
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Specify the details of the FTP server to which
you are going to upload. |
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Check 'Enable
Automatic Upload’. |
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To upload at periodic time intervals, select
After Every
and then specify the interval in Hours
and
Minutes. |
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To upload files whenever motion or noise is
detected, select the
Immediately after media file creation
option. |
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Select the type of files you want to upload
from Upload What. |
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If you want to upload the last snap file taken
by the Take Snaps alert continuously as the same
file on the FTP server then select
Overwrite Snap
File with the name. Specify the
file name that you want to overwrite. This
option is available only when
Snaps
is selected from
Upload What. |
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Click OK. |
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Remote monitoring through
uploading of files can also be used to setup a web site
with a web page that displays a snap. Configure
WebCam Monitor on a remote computer to update the snap
and upload it to your web server. |
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Receive email
notification: |
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The email notification
alert sends an email to you containing a snap of the
event which triggered the alert. |
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The E-mail Notification
alert lets you send e-mails with an embedded snap on
Motion and Noise detection or periodically. This
is a very powerful tool which allows you to remotely
monitor at your own leisure and convenience. |
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To configure
the email notification: |
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Under Run
Alerts, select the option
After every, if you want email at regular
time intervals. If you want to receive
emails whenever motion or noise is detected,
then select the
When motion or noise is detected option. |
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Check the E-mail
Notification option from the list of
available alerts. Click on
Configure
to open the settings window. |
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Specify your e-mail address in the
From
field. Specify the e-mail address of the
recipient in the
To
field. If you also want to include a snap
with the e-mail, check the
Include JPEG snaps with email
option. If you don’t want attached
snaps, then you will be simply notified via
email that an alert was triggered. |
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Click OK. |
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Now, that you have
configured this alert you can start monitoring by
clicking on the
Start Monitoring with Alerts button on the main
screen. |
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Remote monitoring is an
easy, convenient and effective tool for staying informed
all the time. Use Remote Monitoring in
WebCam Monitor to keep an eye on your home or
business anytime and from anywhere. |
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