Recommend net cam - solved

[TomP]

I need to do a quick and cheep zm setup. I have a home with wireless setup that needs to be monitored quick. Can anyone recommend an ip cam that I can pickup for about $150 that is one of the preconfigured cams? I really need this to be as plug and play as possible. The plan is to use Ubuntu 10, 2.8mh Dell, 1/2g of memory, 80g hard drive.

Thanks,

Tom

[PacoLM]

Hi,

I'm using this ipcams and work pretty well:

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.26358 -> motorized

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.29918 -> fixed

Hope it helps,

PacoLM

[TomP]

Big bang for the buck. A couple of questions:

1) What make are these? I can't tell from the packaging.

2) Did you use a preconfigured cam option for these? If so, which one. if not, have did you configure zm for these cams.

Tom

[PacoLM]

Hi,

- First is a Foscam FI8904W (at least mine, they are selling clones as originals)-> http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.php/Foscam

- Second is and the second one is a Maygion IP-603 -> (http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.php/Maygion)

Hope it helps,

PacoLM

[butlerm1977]

Trendnet cams are pretty cheap and plug and play.

I've used a few of these with good results...

http://www.trendnet.com/products/products.asp?cat=147

IP501 and IP501W (wireless)
$129 from Newegg
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... -_-Product

[TomP]

butlerm1977,
I currently have a Trendnet TV-IP100W. I have been unable to get it to work with Zoneminder. For the price, I'm happy with the quality through a browser using the the cams web server. I'd love to get 2 cams working. Have you used the TV-IP110W or TV-IP100W with Zonemider? If so, any tips you can provide would be helpful.

Tom

[bb99]

Tom - I just ran into your original post back in May and think your issues with this camera boil down to basic settings. Search "TV-IP100" and/or post your source tab settings to the original post. This camera has been configured to work in the past. I should let you know that I haven't used this camera but the settings seem fairly straight forward so I'll take a try to help.

[TomP]

The whole ugly truth . . . .

On the ZoneMinder Monitor side:

General
Name:FrontDoor
Source Type:Remote
Function:Monitor
Enabled:Checked
Linked Monitors:FrontDoor
Maximum FPS:20.00
Alarm Maximum FPS:Blank
Triggers:Non available

Source
Remote protocol:HTTP
Remote Method:Simple
Remote Host Name:192.168.1.5
Remote Port 80
Remote Host Path: http://192.168.1.5/video.cgi
Remote Image Colours: 24 bit colour
Capture Width (pixels): 320
Capture Height (pixels) 240
Preserve Aspect Ratio: Unchecked
Orientation:Normal

Buffers
Image Buffer Size (frames):40
Warmup Frames:25
Pre Event Image Count:10
Post Event Image Count:10
Stream Replay Image Buffer:1000
Alarm Frame Count:1

Misc
Event Prefix:Event-FrontDoor
Section length:6000
Frame Skip:0
FPS Report Interval:1000
Default View:Events
Default Rate:Real
Default Scale:Actual
Web Colour:red

On the Cam Side:
Camera Name:Trendnet

Location: Front Door

Model:TV-IP100W

Firmware Version:3.12 (2005-08-18)

MAC Address:00 14 D1 78 32 83

IP Address:192.168.1.5



Ethernet Status

Link:No

Speed:0 bps

Duplex:Half Duplex



Video Status

Video Resolution:320 X 240

Compression Rate:Medium

Frame Rate:20 (Frame/Sec)

Frame Size:10631 Bytes

Light Frequency:60 Hz


Thanks - Tom

[TomP]

BTW - What I'm getting is a black rectangle. It looks like it's the right size.

Tom

[bb99]

Yeah, you can hijack your own thread. Good start but there are some problems: Wireless cams usually require some type of authentication unless you have it disabled (not a good idea). On the source tab at "remote host name" line you'll need to insert your userid and password in this form <userid>:<password>@192.168.1.5 so an example entry would look like this: admin:admin@192.168.1.5; Next, your remote path needs to be shortened to just "/video.cgi". If /video.cgi doesn't work for you then try /mjpeg.cgi, or /image.cgi (usually provides slower frame rates) then try all three without the slash in front.

have look at this, suggests PCRE off: http://www.zoneminder.com/wiki/index.php/Conceptronic

I don't understand the "link: no", or the "half duplex" entries on the camera side, I'm guessing that isn't right if you have a connection and can see an image.

Give this a try, be patient inbetween changes so the warup frames are used up and post back

[TomP]

Bingo

I changed the Remote Host Name to userid:password@192.168.1.5 and the remote path to /video.cgi. and it worked.

Thanks you very much for your help,
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Tom

[bb99]

Please edit the title of the post to include "solved". Makes searches so much easier. Sorry I missed your May post! (and maybe post your solution to that one also).

[TomP]

The real answer to the posting the solution is to include FULL settings in the hardware section of the documentation like what I have in my Tue Aug 03, 2010 12:44 pm post (IMHO). I did check there before posting. IMHO the best resource this site could provide is complete settings for cams.

Tom