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iCam Support / Two iCamSource, Two Cameras, Only One Shows Up

« on: October 28, 2014, 02:34:03 PM »

A quick overview of my setup... I have two instances of iCamSource running on two different machines. One is running on a Mac mini with the latest OS X Yosemite running on it. The other is running on a Dell laptop running Windows 7. The Mac mini is responsible for connecting to a network IP camera with MJPEG while the Dell laptop is responsible for its own integrated webcam and microphone. I have both configured to use the same username and password. Both instances of iCamSource are also configured to "Auto configure router" and both indicate that this part of the process was successful. The Mac mini says it is connected through port 12000 while the Dell laptop says it connected through port 12001. However, in the iCam app on my iOS devices, only the network camera from the Mac mini appears. No matter what I try, the camera from the Dell laptop never appears in iCam and I'm literally at my wits end. I swear this had worked before but I haven't been running multiple cameras in awhile now.

I completely uninstalled iCamSource (or so I thought anyway) from the Dell laptop and reinstalled it but my username and password were still in there so I'm thinking there were still some settings left over. I'm starting to think maybe the update I performed to iCamSoure is what borked it... and it wouldn't be the first time. I swear I run into issues like this every single time I try and do an update to the Windows version of iCamSource.

Does anybody have any suggestions? I don't understand why it would say that it's "connected" if it really isn't.

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iCam Support / Linksys E3200 Router and Auto Config

« on: October 17, 2012, 08:12:46 AM »

Hi all,

Let me start off by saying that iCam was the best $5 I've ever spent on an app and one of the few that I truly use on a daily basis!

I just wanted to drop a note and make you guys aware of an issue I've discovered after recently upgrading my router. Previously, I had been using a Linksys WRT54GL (802.11g) router and I was running the third-party DD-WRT v24 firmware. With this router, I had been using the "Auto config router" option in iCamSource and everything worked fine and dandy. A couple of months ago, I decided it was finally time to upgrade from 802.11g to 802.11n and I ended up getting a Linksys E3200. Everything seems to be great with the router... except the "Auto config router" option in iCamSource no longer worked. After doing some debugging of my own, it appears as though the method iCamSource uses to open up the ports via UPnP does not work with the Linksys E3200 -- even with the latest Linksys firmware. The strange thing is that other things do seem to work with UPnP, specifically my Xbox 360. I found a tool called "UPnP Port Tester" that I was able to use to connect to my router and see what UPnP ports/services were open on the router and while I see the Xbox360 listed, nothing ever shows up from iCamSource.

This isn't a huge inconvenience as I've simply stopped using the "Auto config router" option and manually port forwarded ports 12000 to 12100 and everything is working properly again but I just wanted to bring it to your attention. Have a great day!

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iCam Support / Upgrade Issues

« on: May 17, 2011, 09:33:59 AM »

Hello all,

It seems like anytime I choose to upgrade my version of iCamSource, I almost inevitably end up having issues. Most of the time, it seems like the upgrade doesn't really upgrade the existing installation -- it installs it alongside the existing installation. I'm not positive, but I think this may be a result of possibly choosing different options when the installer asks you if you want to install it for "Everyone" (the default option) or "Just Me." Shouldn't the installer be able to detect if iCamSource is already installed and know which option was originally chosen and just follow this setting?

In any case, I almost always have to completely uninstall iCamSource, run the registry cleaner file to remove all traces of it, and then install the new version (and setup my network camera again). If I don't, I end up having issues such as iCamSource eating up an excessive amount of memory and becoming unresponsive. I'm not sure why, but it definitely seems to be an issue related to the registry settings since cleaning out all the keys is guaranteed to fix it 100% of the time. If anybody else has any other suggestions about the upgrade process or thinks I'm doing something wrong, please let me know.

Also, to the SKJM webmasters: Would it be possible to post release notes about what was added, changed or fixed when a new version of iCamSource is released? That way people can make an informed decision as to whether or not they event want to attempt the upgrade. I see that 2.2.3 is out now and I'm currently running 2.2.2 but am not sure if I event want to bother upgrading.