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Support => iCam Support => Topic started by: Corey415 on January 03, 2010, 12:42:42 AM

Title: Feature Request: Notification of Camera Failure
Post by: Corey415 on January 03, 2010, 12:42:42 AM

Is it possible to have push notifications sent when a camera source dies?  When I am away from home I find that my only way to status my cameras is to open up iCam and check.  It would be great if I could get an immediate notification such that I can remotely restart iCamSource or if necessary reboot my machine (I use LogMeInFree).

Thanks!

Title: Re: Feature Request: Notification of Camera Failure
Post by: Stefan on January 03, 2010, 10:44:08 AM

Is the iCamSource crashing? Or is it an issue with the webcam or IP camera?

Title: Re: Feature Request: Notification of Camera Failure
Post by: Corey415 on January 03, 2010, 01:27:03 PM

Icamsource crashing (occasionally) is the problem that I have experienced.  I am using an old laptop (1.6 Ghz centrino w/ 1 Gb ram) so that may be adding to the reduced stability.
 

Title: Re: Feature Request: Notification of Camera Failure
Post by: Stefan on January 03, 2010, 09:32:12 PM

Push notifications are sent by the iCamSource to the server, so if it's crashing then sending a push notification isn't going to be a good solution, unfortunately.

Is your iCamSource running with a relatively high % CPU usage in the Task Manager?

Title: Re: Feature Request: Notification of Camera Failure
Post by: Corey415 on January 03, 2010, 11:58:24 PM

I see your point.  CPU usage hovers around 25% during idle state when running iCamSource.  I am going to buy a newer computer specifically for this task which should greatly improve stability. 

Thanks for answering whether or not the push notification was possible.

Title: Re: Feature Request: Notification of Camera Failure
Post by: Stefan on January 04, 2010, 11:04:49 AM

You are welcome. :)