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[+/-] Framrate setting between 0 and 1 possible ? Hello, this is my first posting here, I use a Logitech sphere AF with Abelcam free 2.2.4(money is on its way) and Logitech 11.5 Driver. I run a webse .. Joerg, I am not sure about how this works in 2.2.4 because I am running 2.3.3(beta) on my machine. I just tried setting my frame rate to 0.2 and it wo.. Ok thank you, I'll try. Is there any advice you can give me concerning the uninstall of my previous version, anything like driver cleaner or so need.. I tried 2.3.3 with Logitech 11.7 driver but Install failed, somthing was not possible to Install. I ll give up here cause the other problems I have wi.. ok, with 2.3.3 I can use framrate 0.5, thats good. I only found a minor bug: If you type 0,5 instead of 0.5 you can save and exit, but you can never ..	JoergR	4	3055	07/29/2008 - 01:09 AM By JoergR
[+/-] Extended USB 2 cable ?? Is there a good solution to an extended USB 2 cable? 30+ feet I have tried a powered USB 2 hub but I still have problems, at times, connecting to my .. You could use something like this the extension is made by RJ45 cable and not by USB. You might just make 15meters if you used a USB repeater though t.. Finally found the best and cheapest solution: USB 2.0 Active Extension Cable http://www.nulime.com/USB-2-0-Active-Extension-Cable/p209996 .. Thanks for posting that follow-up info Jack! I have all sorts of extenders and powered hubs kicking around here but like you say, they don't always wo.. I use several of the extenders that use ethernet cable. Try an ebay search using the terms "USB EXTENSION CABLE OVER" and you will see them. Mixed res.. I also had the same issue. Interestingly the cameras that worked best on a USB extension cable were the el-cheapo ones. The more expensive ones drew..	JackW	5	4273	07/15/2008 - 12:22 PM By JohnWi
[+/-] problem with IP I have made my webcam working very well.The configuration is the same like it has my friend here Domeniko.His works very well but my not.The problem i .. localhost:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx will only work on the AbleCam Server machine browser. "Your machine name":xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx will work on machines on your priv.. Alexander, if you check 'AutoHost On Startup', AbelCam will fill in the correct IP number every time you start up the web server... I have check Autohost on startup,but today again the same.In this moment network has changed my IP number,and abelcam program has not changed it so th.. Do you use a router? If so, can it be configured to work automatically with a Dynamic DNS service? If so, you can configure the router and the service.. I use router siemens se555 or something like that,and dyn dns which normally must change my ipwhen is already changed from internet,but it doesn´t wo.. I think it might be that your ISP is giving you a new dynamic IP address often. Who is your Internet Service Provider and what kind of network connect.. Also you router has to be configured to pass Your AbleCam port to the correct local machine. Routers use dynamic IP address for local machines also... One more if your AbelCam machine is running a firewall and it should be to help protect it from outside attack. The firewall needs to be configured to.. I keep getting an error that my port is closed. it open till i start the abel cam software. what am i doing wrong.. You need to open the port in your Firewall (You should be running behind a firewall) and if you have a router set up port forwarding to the correct lo.. Everything may run from the AbleCam Server machine Web Browser client and AbelCam server where the client browser addresses the AbelCam server machine.. You can also try using Autohost click on it in the AbelCam Servers and save the configuration AbelCam will replace locahost with the current IP addre..	AlexanderR	12	6929	07/14/2008 - 10:28 PM By JohnMy
[+/-] Deactivating XXXXX, to much time to captureing one frame... [resolved] Hi, my webcam was switched of with this Log entry: Deactivating XXXXX, to much time to captureing one frame... Is this the 6 hour switch of for no .. I do not think it is. In the members only section you should see a link usage. Click on this link days you exceeded 6 hours should show in red there... Hello Patric, this error means that AbelCam was not able to get a fresh image from your camera within the time specified in cam.xml It has nothing t.. Thanks, made a new install of the cam, now the error is gone .. Patric.. For others reading this, who may not be so lucky as to solve this error with a driver re-install... This error, in my personal experience, is often a..	PatricP	4	3557	06/27/2008 - 01:45 PM By MelvinG
[+/-] AbelCam 640x480 and Windows Media When I start AbelCam with my Logitech QuickCam Orbit MP and set the driver format to 640x480 and set AbelCam size to 640x480 then set the caption to h .. In regard to Profile Editing: I can't edit my c:\windows\WMSysPr9.prx either. Looking at it in a text editor reveals it's actually many profiles in a.. From MelvinG: In regard to your other questions: AbelCam WinMedia isn't exactly my "department". I've never made serious use of it because .. Okay... I installed AbelCam 2.2.4 on an AMD64 X2 5600+ 2.8ghz WinXP Pro SP-3 and did some testing. I, too, can not see a caption or overlay on the WM.. Melvin I had read that thread he claimed he was able to set the profile to 640x480 15fps and stream well. I set my profile to 640x480 5fps and it do.. I was searching around on Ligitech Web site and came upon QuickCam version 11.7. There seems to be a problem upgrading to it without first uninstslli.. QuickCam 11.u7 link http://logitech-en-amr.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/logitech_en_amr.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=3428&p_sid=774JgM6j&p_lva=8115 xp.. Yeah, I'm running 11.7 for 2 weeks now. I got it off a CD that came with the last AF I bought. I guess they finally got around to posting it on their .. From JohnMy: It seem you have proved its a AbelCam/Logitech problem for your AbelCam/Typhoon works Yes, it sure looks specific to Logitech cams. At .. Microsoft code is always in the picture when your dealing with Windows Media that a given. QuickCam 11.7 while on Logitech Web site it is not still n..	JohnMy	9	5647	06/20/2008 - 08:54 PM By JohnMy
[+/-] Video with Sound Hello AbelCam Brain Trust: I am currently evaluating AbelCam (thanks, Stefan) with my Lxxx Orbit MP and I think I have it set up correctly for the mo .. AbelCAm serves your video in 3 formats: - series of JPEG images (as seen in the JavaScript example page) - MJPEG image stream (as seen in the Java.. Thanks for your quick response. My sincerest apologies for not responding sooner. I guess I was looking for a more "turnkey" solution. Oh well, the.. Hi MelvinG: Actually, I'm back. After evaluating several competing packages for features, functionality and stability, I settled on AbelCam and purc.. Hello Robert, Which page are you referring to? It's eighter Hostname:Port or Ip:Port, but never hostname:ip... See a few examples here: AbelCam @ w.. Hi Stefan: Thanks. I'll take a look at them. Insofar as the other question is concerned, that's what I thought. It didn't make sense to me. Howev.. Hi Robert, It's not your eyes Looks like there was a mistake on the Wiki page. I just went and edited it. Moving right along... <!-- For MSIE.. thank you, Melvin. Now I know _some_ people are checking out the Wiki Pages - and Members _can_ edit .. Thanks again, Stefan. I'll try this out this weekend. Unfortunately, RL has gotten in the way of my hobby Robert.. Hi Stefan: O.K., I'm checking this out now and I have a couple of more questions (naturally). If I want to use your code example above on my own we.. Hello Robert Java requires that the applet (the zip file) and the data the applet requests comes from the same computer (unless the applet is signed,.. Hi, Stefan: <In a Larry the Cable Guy Voice> "Got 'er done. All I need to do is to purty it up a little bit." Thanks for all your's and Melvi.. Robert I know this is an old thread but I cam across it and I thought I give it a go. I know very little about HTML but that does not stop me from ha..	RoberrtB	12	7234	06/19/2008 - 07:08 PM By JohnMy
[+/-] 1 Pro License + 3 Camera License = 4 Camera License? I just recently purchase 1 Pro License and 3 Camera License because what I understood was that this would cover me for 4 Cameras. When I go to add th .. Camera license problems have been discussed in this thread Make sure each line ends with a line feed... Thanks I had the feed lines before but not after the last entry. Works great!..	BrianMy	2	2604	06/16/2008 - 08:26 PM By BrianMy
[+/-] ftp configuration problem [solved] Good Day All When I "test Configuration" for my ftp setup, I receive the following error: SIZE reply code: not 213 SIZE not allowed in ASCII mode. .. I've never encountered that particular error. A few questions for you that might give me some idea what's going on: 1) Are you running the very lates.. Thanks for your help - problem solved 1) I upgraded from 2.2.3 to 2.2.4 3) I have never made any manual changes to any files (untill now) 4) change.. Glad you got it all worked out! Here's a bit of explanation of the situation, in case you or someone else reading this thread was wondering: There a..	ElbertJ	3	2757	06/11/2008 - 04:30 PM By MelvinG
[+/-] 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..... .. You have to make your AbelCam web server accessible to all. You should first check the contract you have with your ISP. It may have a restriction th.. Well said, John. I want to add just a couple things: 1) Here's a site that provides general information as well as some brand-specific FAQs about por.. 3 Step Guide should also help you on your way. Port forward as Mevlin says is a good place start...	CatteryH	3	2734	06/10/2008 - 12:16 AM By AndrewG
[+/-] No sound when running as a service I don't know if this is a Windows service thing, but when AbelCam is running as a service I don't get sound on motion. Even to the extent that when I .. Since nobody else has said anything I'll tell you what I know about this. Not that it's much help... I tried this on my system and the sounds work fi.. This might depend on the audio driver - maybe some audio drivers run on user level? AbelCam as service runs as user SYSTEM who might not have the requ.. Thanks for the responses. I've tried setting up an administrative user and using that to run the service. I've tried v2.2.3 and 2.2.4; I was on XP Hom..	TimSc	3	2849	06/06/2008 - 10:56 PM By TimSc
[+/-] Standby/hibernate Hi, It seems that my computer does not go into standby/hibernate when AbelCam is running. This is probably the way most people want it. I have set s .. Hello Morten AbelCam does not change any settings nor try to influence the computers behaviour. It is probably the cam driver which blocks power savi.. Hi, Thank you. Any idea where my TV tuner has a setting to control this (if any)? I think the program that came with the tuner (WinTV2000) has a set.. Hi, Here is a more clean example. 12:24:10 Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II Capture-1 switched Video Input to Video Composite 12:24:11 One Device active 1.. Hello Morten the cam was deactivated because there was no frame captured for a long time. The maximum time AbelCam waits for a frame is configured in.. Hi, I changed to 70000 and 30, and it seems to work much better now, (see http://www.mortenkjarulff.dk/redekassen (only pictures from 2008-05-16 and .. hhmm, something is not working correctly. All night it seems that the same picture has been saved over and over again. I will try to install AbelCam .. Hi, Tried to install as a service, but then I can't open the "normal" AbelCam, fx to see preview, and capture a video. /Morten.. Hello Morten, you need to change abelservice.ini, set UserInterface = Yes see also Service Help Page.. Hi, Fine, I will try that. When I set this, will the user interface then start automatically, or do I have to start it myself after reboot? Or can I.. The help is right: the AutoStart option starts AbelCam after logging in, when configured as Service AbelCam will start even when nobody is logged in...	MortenK	10	2859	05/23/2008 - 12:05 PM By sse
[+/-] .NET security problem? Hi I've just upgraded to the latest 2.2.3 and get the following message when running Abelcam: "AbelCam attempted to perform an operation not allowed .. Hello Brian I have never seen such an error message with AbelCam. Does your network use a server? Maybe there are AD policies overriding default sec.. Hi No there is no server; and this machine is plugged straight into the router. I wonder if a Windows Update has changed some security settings. I don.. Not sure if this will be useful to you or not. I have installed literally 100+ different beta or development pre-releases of AbelCam over the years an.. Hi Melvin Thanks for your response - Those red X are really there! They also appeared over the "Test1" "Test2" and "Test3" links. The crosses have gon.. From your previous post I can't figure out if you are uninstalling/reinstalling .NET Framework or just AbelCam. If you haven't un/reinstalled .NET I s.. Hi Melvin Yes I'm doing full uninstall/reinstalls of all .net versions (and clearing out any left over rubbish using the cleanup tool I mentioned) I .. Just noticed your location - we are 8 hours apart. Here are a few more random thoughts for you to consider when you get up... How many different .NET.. Another day..... Uninstalled all .NET versions (1.1, 2.0 and 3.0) Then manually hacked out from the registry any remaining references to Logisphere, ..	BrianG	8	2651	04/22/2008 - 07:15 PM By BrianG
[+/-] Motion Detection I am wondering if this is possible: When motion is detected, it automatically records a video until motion stops, then send me an email to alert me th .. Mike, I don't personally use motion detection very often, so there's a good chance somebody else will come along and post better answers than mine..... Yep, I have set the email every hours setting to zero. The recording real time works, and I have it set to record interval every 20 seconds. The recor.. I'm pretty well out of ideas. Looks to me like: - Your settings are the same as mine. - Your test emails work. - Your motion emails don't, yet mi.. Thank you for your suggestions Melvin. Yes I have local save checked, and it is in fact saving a snapshot with a timestamp everytime there is motion. .. It looks to me as if you are doing everything right. That message you see in the logger is interesting. To the best of my knowledge there haven't bee.. Hello - I am an absolute novice. Is there ANY way to obtain a VIDEO (avi or wmv) "on motion detection" or otherwise? I tried the options "real time", .. Hi! I have the same problem as above with recording video (from a D-LINK DCS-900 ip cam)on motion detection. It just wont start. It´s is working to ..	MikeAl	7	3889	04/11/2008 - 10:06 AM By MattiasL
[+/-] problem with FTP upload image corrupted all works very well , but when a jpg image is uploaded result corrupted im local save and email are perfect . thank you very much for help .. See this thread..	StefanoCo	1	2483	04/04/2008 - 03:03 PM By sse
[+/-] Unauthorized access I have been testing my AbelCam, and so far have not "listed" it on the internet. I have set up the Web Server security with passwords and checked "p .. I think it's safe to say that one line in the log = one attempt. I'm confused on what's actually happening there. Who/what is "nassc.com"? Is that yo.. Not sure what nassc.com is - not me. The one attempt doesn't bother me, but the retry every half hour or so does (a bit). I might try changing my por.. I did a little Googling today myself and it looks to me like this is related to the virus/worm detailed HERE. Perhaps an infected machine trying to pr.. Melvin - Thanks for the tip! I'll investigate. Sounds like it's time for a port change... Yeah, John, you should probably pick a random port up high somewhere. A lot of the people and programs that scan for vulnerabilities concentrate their.. John, I just did a IP Lookup it is in; Country: China (CN) Region: 30 Guangdong City: Guangzhou Longitude: 23.1167 Latitude: 113.25 If you have goog..	JohnA	6	4610	03/25/2008 - 02:48 AM By JamesW
[+/-] A few basic questions I’ve been evaluating the AbelCam Server and so far I like what I see. Just had a few questions I hope someone might help with. I apologize if there .. 1- Performance: I am seeing a refresh about every second or so (a bit choppy, but watchable). Can this be improved? Absolutely. Adjust the configur.. Melvin - thanks for the info - very useful! I went to some of the demo sites. When the multicamera (home) mode is displayed it appears that all the .. From JohnA: Melvin - thanks for the info - very useful! No problem. When the multicamera (home) mode is displayed it appears that all the screens a..	JohnA	3	3026	03/17/2008 - 11:26 PM By MelvinG
[+/-] Need Help connecting to internet. Ok, so ive added a camera and configured it. But, i need to put it on the net... HOW? I dont understand all the URL's: Server URL Picture URL Cam URL .. Hello Ben did you have a look at the Help Page? For a Starter, click 'AutoHost' to get your IP Number inserted and then 'Reset to Default URLs' This.. I think im having trouble letting the router letting requests in. I believe its something called port forwarding? I think i need help with this. I'm u.. AndrewG pointed this site out to me once and I find it useful. You should check it out; it has how-to info for doing forwarding on most popular router.. I have just started using AbelCam and although I am able to send an image to my website using FTP the image is corrupted with blocks of colours overla.. Bob, a lot of people had FTP issues with the latest release. Check out THIS THREAD for the whole story and what they did to get it working... From MelvinG: Bob, a lot of people had FTP issues with the latest release. Check out THIS THREAD for the whole story and what they did to get it worki.. I'm probably not the best person for fielding FTP questions since I don't use it very often. It looks like most of the guys that do use FTP are over o..	BenR	7	3145	03/10/2008 - 03:54 AM By MelvinG
[+/-] Googlemail on motion I am having problems configuring the email on motion with googlemail i get the messge that the smtp server requires a secure connection or has not bee .. Are you trying to use google's smtp server or one provided by your ISP? Have you had a look at this page? Andrew.. Hello all, I've tried this before and my email gets rejected as the email section on the program appears not to 'talk' in secure mode - only standard .. Non standard smtp port is supported quite a while already, John. See the Help Page, place your mouse cursor on the mail server entry field and you'll..	ColinR	3	2912	03/09/2008 - 04:09 PM By sse
[+/-] Web Video Problem Trying to get web video running for a panasonic BL-C131A network camera. Searching around the internet found a document on the panasonic website givin .. Hello Steven thank you for your detailed report. As far as I remember from my own experiments with the Panasonic camera, I had to include the resolut.. The currrent cameras will allow you to specify with and without the resolution and quality. The full url would be http://domain.com/SnapshotJPEG?Resol.. Tried it with network camera agent and it worked. Would prefer to use the web video since I bought a license. No other ideas on what to try? ..	StevenO	3	2532	02/10/2008 - 12:03 AM By StevenO
[+/-] ptz on local webpage I run an Apache 2 webserver at home. I have to use port 39800 because my isp blocks the normal ports. I can access the page from outside my network .. You could try using the links found on the PDA pages yourip:39800/pda/cam.html?cam=0 At the top of the page are the links up down \| left right \| home.. Or for that matter you could just use the code for click-on-pic pan/tilt that's in the sample Javascript page (the plain HTML one not the Ajax one). .. Tried the PDA page and I can access that with no problem, but still no movement... I have basically just copied and pasted the contents of the wwwroo.. Michael, You can look at the page I created and if interested I can give you the code I used to create it. Goto www.rhl61.com then select Engine sti..	MichaelMc	4	2790	02/06/2008 - 04:06 PM By StevenB