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uncle_ed
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Its nice to be able to keep an eye on the weather (and your place) while your not there but it is a bit of work and expense to do so. There are several options out there for you but I can only tell you about my set up which works good for me. I leave a computor running with 2 cams hooked to it via usb cables, one pointing north out a window and one pointing west out a window. The cams are just logitech quick cams which you can purchase for under $80.They capture images frequently and upload them to a website/host which I had to create (website comes free with comcast) where you can view them anywhere. The software used to trigger one of the cameras is recommended by john kabcam and the other cam uses webcamfirst. The software can be set for any interval you want to take pics and many other variables as well and then directs them to your website via ftp upload. I have a dsl sevice at the cabin so all I needed was a phone line to the computor for full time internet access. No matter what you do there are always glitches so the system will need a tweek now and then and that usally means a reboot or camera reset etc. This can be done remotely from home with severeal different softwares out there (I use teamviewer free edition) to access the cabin computor remotely and fix/reset things when needed. It gives me piece of mind being able to supplement the adt security system already in place with a system I can monitor real time and actually was quite fun to set up and maintain. I hope this was of help and if you have any questions feel free to e-mail or pm me with them. You can view a sample of my set up by going to the ncn page and looking at the silver lake cam.
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uncle_ed
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I did the pc anywhere thing some years ago with a dial up and it worked but the connection was verrry slow and picture was grainy and almost not recognizable. May be different with a better connection but it does work. You could just run a computor with cam hooked up and use free software like logmein.com or any number of others to achieve the same thing. If you want family and others to view it then a third party stand alone site is best. As far as wireless cams they do work but are a little more pricey. You could actually skip the computor with a wireless cam and go directly to a router with the cam images. If you want the cam outside then they become more expensive again and you may also need to consider a waterproof-heated inclosure for winter.
I ran a search to see what this website (JohnDee) is using, to no avail. [Edit - instead of 'Searching' is found this on the forum. The answer was right in front of my eyes. Dooohhhh. http://www.johndee.com/ ]
Would like to assist a volunteer in Northern Ontario who puts lots of time into northern tourism.
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Would like to assist a volunteer in Northern Ontario who puts lots of time into northern tourism.
Any info on this topic would be appreciated.
Will likely cut and paste (send it to him) if it's ok with you guys.
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gigakessler
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Team Kesslers provided the Panasonic BL-C10 cams in both Mass City Locations: http://www.johndee.com/ncn/masscity_ncn.htm They are located inside behind a window. We placed a small box around them to keep the glare down.
The porcupine lodge in white pine also uses this cam. If you want to see how you can control it from another computer they allow users to control it from their website: http://www.porcupinelodgemi.com/livewebcam.html
The porcupine lodge in white pine also uses this cam. If you want to see how you can control it from another computer they allow users to control it from their website: http://www.porcupinelodgemi.com/livewebcam.html
