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ipCam Support / Re: Using iCam and ipCam together

« on: June 14, 2012, 07:29:37 AM »

Hi Stefan,

thanks for the quick reply.

I didn't know about the difficulty connecting two phones over 3G directly. As for the missing 3G plans for old phones - you're probably right, although for example a 3G plan for my old phone costs only 2.5 Euros a month including a phone flatrate (only 5 MB data included, but since that only would matter during a break-in where the burglars have in fact cut the power to the router, I think the risk of running into expensive data rates is low and probably worth it).

Also, one could configure the app to only stream video if it's on a Wifi connection and send stills otherwise (or something like that).

Cheers,
tim

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ipCam Support / Re: Using iCam and ipCam together

« on: June 10, 2012, 02:56:23 PM »

I would like to add my voice to the list of users who request this feature.

I would imagine the perfect setup to look something like the following:

One (or perhaps more) old iPhones/Android phones are set up as cameras with motion detection, covering the relevant room(s) in our house while we're away. They are connected to the internet via WiFi, using our normal router.

Now, if there is any activity, the camera phone sends a push notification to my iPhone (where iCam is running), allowing me to check the video feed and alert the police if necessary.

Assuming I did have an extra PC to run iCamSource on, I could of course achieve this functionality. But (and here's the clincher) if the burglars cut the power to our house before breaking in (as has been happening more and more lately from what I'm reading), then of course our router wouldn't work any more, so my computer running iCamSource wouldn't be able to send anything to anybody.

No such problem with an iPhone - if the WiFi cuts out, it'll just use the 3G network. And of course it's got a battery, so you can't cut the power off. At least not for a couple of hours which should be enough. (Also, of course, an iPhone will use a lot less power than a PC running 24/7)

All the other solutions I've seen fail when the power fails. A pure iPhone-to-iPhone solution would be independent of external power.

Perhaps that would be a different product, not just an extra feature for ipCam - fine by me. But I would really ask you to reconsider whether it wouldn't make a lot of sense to implement this functionality.

Thanks!

Best regards,
Tim