Thanks, Dave
Perhaps I wasn't entirely clear -- It is the WebCam XP software that crashes
every few days, not the host PC.
This is a very nice remote switch, will definitely add this to the remote HF
setup that I am working on. Really like the SMS messaging when the power
goes off and comes back on too.
Now if only someone would make a computer driven rotator controller for
around this price :-)
73 Alan W8VCK
-----Original Message-----
From: n4zkf [mailto:towertalk@n4zkf.com]
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 7:26 AM
To: K. Alan Robbins; towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] WebCams/Tower Camera
If you have crash issues I use this on all my nodes and bbs. It pings the
box how often you want it and will reboot if it doesn't respond. I also have
it set on the router. You can remote in thru http or even call in a phone
line and it voice prompts you thru it. My machines would run for months
until I left town and one would lock up. This little box solved all my
issues.
Ambery Smart Remote Power Manager IP-P3
73 Dave n4zkf
e-mail: n4zkf@n4zkf.com
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On 5/10/12 6:38 PM, "K. Alan Robbins" <lnmoose@chartermi.net> wrote:
>Finally a subject here that I feel qualified to offer an opinion on :-)
>
>
>
>My experience with the consumer wireless IP web cams is that while they
>are a great value ($50-$60) they are quite finicky and from time to
>time they simply refuse to come back online when the power fails,
>requiring one to unplug them and plug them back in again. While they
>claim to support DHCP they prefer a static IP, with DHCP they are even
>harder to get started again.
>
>
>
>Streaming video at a decent resolution takes more bandwidth than you
>might think, and your ISP gives you a much bigger "down" pipe than an
>"up" pipe, the camera output is going "up".
>
>
>
>To conserve bandwidth ftp the camera image every 15 or 30 seconds to
>your (or someone else's) web server with a static HTML page, such as
>mine @ http://moosecam.mooseworldwidedigital.com. This is not a tower
>cam, just a
>camera looking out a window in the house (which is also my office). I
>took
>the output from the Ultimeter 800 weather station in the shack and
>added it to this page with a simple program I'd be happy to give away
>to anyone who is interested.
>
>
>
>On the computer I am using WebCam XP5 which works, and is free for one
>video source, but crashes every five to seven days and has to be
>restarted.
>WebCam XP5 handles the automatic ftp for you.
>
>
>
>It is also quite fun to put free Google Analytics on your webcam page
>and see who finds it, I have had people from all over the world visit
>the camera page.
>
>
>
>Next project here is definitely a tower cam and am really appreciating
>all the links to good cameras to buy. I am using POE in other
>applications and it works flawlessly.
>
>
>
>73 de W8VCK Alan in Michigan
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