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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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