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javascript that detects abelcam is running
Can anyone provide a simple javascript that detects if abelcam is active. I'd like my web page to display a message if the camera isn't on. thanks. ..
John,
please see this Wiki Page and let me know if that helps..
yes, thanks. but I don't have an "about form". is that because I'm just using a trial copy? ..
Don't know what program you're using
Try AbelCam 3.0.0 which includes an About View
The image above does not show User ID and License ID as there ..
One thing I don't understand is why do I need to run a javascript off of your server. (the online.js script). why shouldn't that run on my server? ..
How would your server know if your AbelCam is online? Waiting for a timeout?..
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02/18/2009 - 04:00 AM
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sse
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silverlight
I'm trying the silverlight app with no luck. this is my html..
I copied the abelsilver.xap from your server to mine.
<head>
<meta http-equ ..
John, AbelCam 3.0.0 includes the SilverLight Applet already - no need to copy it.
192.168.104 is a private IP number - this won't be accessible outsi..
I know the 192.168.1.104 is a private IP. everything I'm doing is strictly on my intranet at this point. I'll convert to a web url later. I guess I..
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02/18/2009 - 03:46 AM
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Web Admin Interface
Is the web admin interface not available anymore? The name of the html-file is also not in the wwwroot-directory. ..
Hmmm... I just checked mine and the /server-admin pages are working fine. It is okay and normal to have no html file for that page - the page is gene..
I recently discovered this:
If you have not set the Administrator password, the server-admin page will be "404". Check in Configuration -> Passwor..
Great, that was the problem. Now it works and the admin page is great, so many features. Thank you for the information...
What about if you have it running in "stealth" mode and can only access the page via http? I have the same problem, but I can't get to the admin page ..
Is there anyway to turn off stealth mode (without using /server-admin) in order to get to the configuration? ..
Edward, I am not sure what type of stealth mode you mean.
Either you have AbelCam running as service, in that case you need to edit AbelService.ini a..
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01/21/2009 - 11:49 PM
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sse
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Screen displayed when service running?
It is possible to display also the screen when this feature is switched on in the web-admin interface. This works fine when running the Abelcam applic ..
This must be something with your grafics driver.
Both my demo systems are running as service and they show the screen all the time..
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01/19/2009 - 09:09 PM
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sse
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No Server-admin page
i wanted to call the server-admin page with localhost:8080/server-admin and get the following broken-link message:
HTTP 404 Not Found
the page cannot ..
If you have not set the Administrator password, the server-admin page will be "404". Check in Configuration -> Passwords, at the very bottom. If Ad..
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01/12/2009 - 01:19 AM
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No refresh of the picture
Hello,
It would be great if somebody could help me: The picture of the camera appears in the browser, so there is a connection, but neither in JavaScr ..
Sven, does the image in AbelCam refresh?
Try with http://localhost:8080/current0.jpg and refresh (F5) in the browser - does it change?
If you want y..
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01/07/2009 - 10:17 AM
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sse
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No access to server
I have a remote PC and sometimes i have access to the web server over the internet, sometimes i do not have access. What can be the general cause that ..
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SvenB
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12/24/2008 - 11:34 AM
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SvenB
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new hardware found
I have W2K and logitec quick cam
was supposed to be w2k compatable
How do I find the drivers for it when asked after w2k finds new hardware??? do ..
For Logitech Drivers to to the Logitech Website
They don't support us - why would be support them ..
Having dealt with Logitech cams on Win2K a few times myself, I've learned that you have to hunt for "old" drivers - the current Quick Cam driver distr..
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12/05/2008 - 02:12 PM
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MelvinG
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Web-Password for protected cam
Hi,
is there a possibility to have a password protected cam on the public cam list (on multicamserver.com)? This means if you find the camera in the l ..
No.
Either you enable password protection for all your cameras, or you have them listed in the camera list.
Would it make sense to have password pro..
Yes, it would make sense: if you want to display some cameras only to authorized people. They can go to the web site and still select the camera (even..
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12/05/2008 - 11:20 AM
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how to get cam online for people to see???
Hi,
Maybe stupid question but i do not know how it works.
installation was good.
in de title my question....
help
thanks in advance..... ..
Hi CatteryH: I wish I could help you out but have the same problem.I know that my "Cam" is up on the internet and I can see it thru the local host but..
Between SSE and I we've answered this general question at least 20 times a year in various threads. There is no one correct answer; it depends a lot o..
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11/17/2008 - 08:50 AM
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MelvinG
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Autofocus not working with Orbit AF
Hello,
I just setup Abelcam for the first time. Everything is running fine except autofocus is not working...I go into webcam config -> Source ta ..
I have 2 Orbit AFs here and they both do the same thing, regardless of what software I am using at the time. The Autofocus just "quits" sometimes. Usu..
I see...I'll give that a try, thanks..
Ok, I tried disabling the Autofocus and manually playing the focus on the Abelcam software config.
I think Abelcam implemented the focus values in re..
I preface this reponse with the disclaimer: I did not write AbelCam, SSE did. I am a software developer myself, but as regards AbelCam I am just a use..
I found out that AutoFocus only works on the Orbit AF when I select "Follow Me" or "Follow Me and Others" from the Logitech software. If you turn Foll..
That's some good info, Javier - thanks!
Your post got me interested in my AutoFocus again, after having given up on it ages ago. I didn't come up wit..
Hi
What is the status with this problem at this moment? ..
As far as I can see, nothing has changed. I just checked Logitech support site - they have not released a new driver in more than a year. ..
For some time now I have the feeling that my cam pictures are not very sharp in long distances.
I'll also play a bit with this follow-mode. Maybe it h..
Obviously my autofocus works always.
turning on face-tracking is no option cause it disables pan/tilt completely...
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11/16/2008 - 03:46 PM
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JoergR
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little Flag in listed cameras on Abelcam website
Hi, I´m using Abelcam pro for a while now and I´ve always wondered why my cam is the only one that doesn´t have this little flag in that line where ..
The country detection used on this website uses the same database as AbelCam.
If your IP number / range is not in this database, the country you're lo..
Jörg, you aren't actually the only one. My flag has been missing again for a while, after working for a month or two. My best guess it that it has to..
Ok thank you guys,
what I saw In the google map is very interesting.
Watching the lists of online and offline cams I found out that my name JoergR..
After a backbone change of my dsl provider I now have a 77. ip and for the first time my country is shown on abelcam website.
the old 84.129. ip is st..
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11/14/2008 - 02:50 PM
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JoergR
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Multiple USB Cameras
I'd like to be able to use AbelCam for multiple USB cameras (once I purchase a license), if this is possible. At the moment I've been trying to use se ..
Andrew,
I can not speak from personal experience about cams that appear as "Microsoft WDM". None of my cams show up with that exact name.
However.....
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11/08/2008 - 03:16 AM
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MelvinG
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did not receive a licence
I am a BRAND new NEWBIE to the webcam and AbelCam world. I downloaded the program, and sent the necessary information for the free licence. I receiv ..
Hello Michele
Yes, and Yes again.
You did miss a email, and you can request your license in the Members Only section of the website.
If you did not..
thanks, it was the spam folder! but the other messages came in straight away. only the license email was sent there.
oh well, time to get to work se..
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MicheleJ
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09/10/2008 - 04:27 AM
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Running two cameras on separate pc's
Is there a way to use a second camera that is on another pc (wired) on my network? I don't see how this is possible myself, but thought someone else ..
What I do is run an Agent on my "other" PC. I set the Agent up to use a "Local" device - in my case a Sony FireWire camera. Then, on the AbelCam serve..
Perfection, I don't need PTZ, just streaming. Thanks so much! ..
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MelanieH
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09/02/2008 - 09:13 PM
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Red Hat 9
Hi there please can you tell me if the cam software would work on an REDHAT 9 server
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Short answer: no.
Long answer: maybe. I'm not real involved in what's going on with Linux these days, but I have read on other forums about how peopl..
If you use your Redhat 9 server as a XEN platform, you may install Windows XP on it.
As far as my linux experience ( more than 15 years of intensive ..
Hi how do i install windows Xp onto Red hat 9
from peter..
Peter, this is handled in the XEN FAQs - it's not trivial, but possible...
I know nothing but thought I'd added something to this. I run, Liunx (Centos x2 and fedora) on my Windows server. Perhaps you could do it the other wa..
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Peter
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08/15/2008 - 12:37 AM
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AndrewG
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Webcam for internet microscope. local host problem
Hi
I am trying to develop a system where students can operate a microscope remotly and take pictures of what they see.I have attached a simple webcam ..
localhost only works when you on the actual server machine. If you want to view the webcam form some other machine on a local network the address wil..
"The connection was refused..." could also have to do with Windows Firewall (or other software firewalls) on the server computer. Maybe you need to te..
thanks for your replys and sorry for not being very clear.
In both cases I was refering to the the computer that is connected to the camera and has th..
Ok I found where the firewall is it already had the abelcam thin enabled.
I tried switching off the firewall completely but again when I click on test..
Anthony,
the problem might be simple - make sure the web server is enabled.
See the Web Help Page
Using Windows only, you may verify if the port sele..
Tanks for the advice SSE
the webserver was enabled.
I tried the netstat thing and couldnt see port 8080
there was an 808 though.
I then chenke the..
Agreed that you need your System Admin to sort out the Internet side of this. If your network uses IP addresses that are assigned by DHCP, be sure to ..
You also do not need to use port 8080. Many ISP like mine block that port as well as port 80. They don't you the customers to run Web server unless t..
Hi
Just to keep you updated I have talked with my system administrator and for mow we will make it acsessible from computers on the departmental netwo..
Thanks for the update Anthony. Sorry I just assumed you were a biologist - no offence intended! It's no big deal to me what sort of specimens are inv..
Im probably going to use servo motors with a data aquisition card probably using National Instruments hardware and LabView.
I will be interested to s..
Hello Antony,
all jpegs and motion jpegs can be resized using parameters.
See WebCam Size Documentation
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2 second delay? That doesn't seem right. Even on my most loaded down machine (8 cams, 6 of them "local", all 4 FPS at 320x240) the delay is more on th..
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08/08/2008 - 03:11 PM
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MelvinG
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Can't activate Quickcam Sphere AF
I tried to configure the Quickcam Sphere AF. At the first run, it worked fine (both Cam and PTZ), but at the next start, after initialization, the pro ..
I run the same camera/driver/AbelCam combination here and I assure you that it can run reliably. I do, however, run XP Pro, not MCE.
A lot of my cam ..
Thanks for the advice! Acutally I don't use many USB devices, except the IMON. I will try to unplug it, but I'm not sure it will help, since the cam c..
I experienced the same sort of issues using windows xp pro. So I started up ablecam without the camera confitured and then add it. I am consistently ..
Hopefully somebody else has some ideas because I don't have anything left except some wild guesses
1) I sort of recall that on one of my systems the..
It seems my problem was solved. As I reported, after installing QC driver 11.10, AbelCam works fine, except after resume from standby (S3). Later on I..
DungT, thanks for reporting back. Lots of people don't bother, in which case nobody knows how (if) problems got solved.
That's interesting about how ..
Right now I have the logitech orbit working as long as I keep the input at 320x240 and the quality at 41. Once I start changing the input resolution ..
I seem to have the same problem with 11.5 driver on XP.
After some (!) problems with many errors while file capturing now I am not able to start the..
After a failiure of Installation with 11.7 driver and Abelcam 2.3.3 beta I again removed everything from logitech and Abel and started from scratch wi..
That's strange. I have serveral Orbit/Sphere cameras running with AbelCam 24/7 and they work fine. AbelCam 2.3.3 beta on XP, driver 11.7. I have seen ..
I hope I understand you right that you successfully used drivers-only from logitech cause I already thought about doing exactly that.
Actually I saw t..
Jörg,
Yes, you understood right: I always use driver-only installation.
I use driver-only because I don't like to install software that I know I w..
Hi Melvin,
I am back on 11.7 but again with soft and driver.
Reason is that I use brightness and color correction in Quickcam.
The original picture is..
What I just remember:
when I had these problems I always heard something strange:
Plugging in the USB of my cam I heard the ding-dong twice.
And same..
You could probably walk to Switzerland (and back to Germany) faster than a bank transfer will happen.
In 2.2.4 VideoCapX is the only capture engine ..
Thanks Melvin,
actually I have to say that I still have the effect that when starting Abelcam I get errors while frame capturing.
Removing and adding ..
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08/05/2008 - 12:46 PM
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Cam QuickCam Orbit/Sphere MP-1 many errors while frame capturing...
Hello All,
My MP-1 is detected, and the ptz works fine. But after it starts grabbing frames in the config window, I get the above message. It works p ..
Which version of Logitech Quickcam drivers do you have installed 11.5, 11.7?..
Hi, just back from holiday, thanks for the reply.
It's the 11.5.0.1145 from 11-10-2007. Checked the logitech website but couldn't find a 11.7. Furthe..
Maybe this helps: when I start AbelCam with the SysInternals DebugView running, it shows these strange messages (apart from some other that are common..
Not much I can contribute on this one - I think SSE is the only one who can explain what the debug messages really mean.
I seriously doubt the [312]..
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08/03/2008 - 02:15 PM
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MelvinG
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Windows XP Pro 64bit
Hi,
is Abelcam compatible with Windows XP Pro 64bit? Every time I start the program, I got this error message:
"Error Initializing VideoCapx.ocx
Tr ..
Currently AbelCam does not work on 64bit OSs - no matter if XP or Vista.
Check back again in about 3 months or so as we're working on a release which..
Great thank you for the good support..
Any update for the 64bit OS release? I miss my abelcam server so much ..
Development and testing are in progress. If you would like to experiment with pre-releases check the ISSUE TRACKER. You can get a copy of the latest p..
No luck it keeps crashing. I sent the error report to sse. ..
Thank you..
How far are we for a 64-bit release sse? ..
We're working on it.....
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07/29/2008 - 11:42 AM
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