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iCam Support / Using a TP Link indoor wifi camera with icam

« on: November 12, 2023, 04:29:49 PM »

I'm a long time user of icam but have never used a wifi camera and wondered if i should be confident of using something like the TP Link wifi camera below or should i be aware of any pitfalls with wifi cameras with icam these days (hopefully not .
 Any help or pointers greatly apreciated.

https://www.toolstation.com/tp-link-tapo-indoor-smart-security-camera/p43621?utm_source=googleshopping&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=googleshoppingfeed&mkwid=_dc&pcrid=&pkw=&pmt=&gclid=Cj0KCQiAjMKqBhCgARIsAPDgWlxqT1nzMeuyH3dFtSYvGdF3DVLx0i9CWNpQMzqZUd6-y9D3qB2JLIsaAhfmEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

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iCam Support / Viewing several icam cameras on a PC

« on: October 05, 2020, 10:09:04 AM »

I'm a long time user of icam and realise the monitoring of it is provided by Android or Apple pad/mobile devices if you want a multi camer view but I don't have that option in the current setup unfortunately. I'm currently using VNC to connect with my cameras and grouping the instances of vnc viewer on a pc monitor (not ideal). I'm asking does anyone know if I could be doing this a better way? Im trying to view 3 icam sources on a single PC essentially. 

thanks. Sean

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iCam Support / Powershell on Win7 = 100% cpu for me!

« on: September 04, 2018, 12:47:16 PM »

I'm having a bit of a mare trying to permantly turn off MS Powershell.exe every time my pc reboots. I can turn it off easy enough in resource monitor but it's getting a bit tedious. The shuttle pc's i run are low power fanless types but this cpu level i don't remember dealing with when I last run the same setups. I'm down to 13 cpu instantly when I manually turn powershell off

As i understand it it's Powershell v2 and it's an on board part of Win 7, i'm led to believe i cannot delete it successfully. Ive tried using applocker to prevent it starting with correct file paths but still no joy.

Has anyone else here had issues with Powershell and overcame them (still in Win7) and can give me a steer on this? :-)

Sean

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iCam Support / Icam with my 4G dongle/router

« on: March 06, 2017, 04:23:37 AM »

Hi guys,i've been running icam for many years using cable broadband without any fuss,  i've recently moved to somewhere without cable  and am now using a Huawei E5577Cs 4G mobile dongle/router to connect to the 4gmobile network for all my internet access. 

I'm struggling to make icam connect remotely into my home network  - it works fine when i'm connectin at home though.

When I check the 'auto configure' box on icam source it says:

'UPnP Dual NAT ext ip: 10.25.105.XXX' , this WAN ip address changes on each reboot of the router (when I check the  auto configure box on  icam source i lose the webcam image on my iphone)

When i use any of the port checking sites the 10.25......    address isn't used (as it is in auto configure in  icam source) and my public ip address : 85.255.234.XXX   is used with the result 'ports closed' or 'not visible'.

I'm guessing my open ports aren't even seeing my public 85.255.234 XXX address as it seems icam auto configures the WAN (10.25.105.XXX)  address and not my public one if i'm understanding this right?

This router does support port forwarding as the gaming community use it and it has pretty good features configuration wise (virtual server/dmz/nat/upnp etc)  My ports from 12000-12005 are all open but they aren't accessible via my public ip it seems so i'm stuck there for the moment unless anyone can help?

Hopefully this makes sense to someone who knows a bit more than me and give me a steer, possibly mobile dongles are a non starter for this but i'm hoping not. 

cheers. Sean

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iCam Support / icam source not keeping 'send notifications' & 'record motion' boxes checked

« on: February 14, 2016, 09:38:49 AM »

Hi, long time user of Icam, having to run it on xp on most machines in the house but having a problem with the same machine not keeping it's 'send notifications' and 'record motion' boxes checked each day. I'm running 2.7.2 due to being on XP, i've tried flushing all the settings with my 'clean icam key' reg process and re-installing icam afresh - but the problem persists. So basically every night I have to check these 2 boxes on one icam source PC or it won't watch my premises and alert me.

Any idea what I could try to address this? It's fine on the other machines running xp in the house, it just won't store them for some reason. 

thanks. Sean

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ipCam Support / error

« on: June 24, 2015, 05:26:00 PM »

moved to correct section

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iCam Support / Running Icam source using those mobile wifi modems anyone?

« on: January 08, 2015, 04:58:40 PM »

Hi, long term home user of icam here just wondering if Icam source can run and be online with a PC using a mobile wi fi wireless modem?  This could (hopefully) give me an always on connection at my workshop which isn't served by cable internet I 'm thinking?. I'm wondering if anyone here is using one of these as an 'always on' connection successfully?

  Anyone got any input on this type of setup? 

thanks.  Sean

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iCam Support / Icam on Android Tablet question

« on: September 18, 2014, 01:52:20 AM »

I've used icam for many years -  but only on PC's around the house and viewing them on an iphone.  I'm getting a big 21" hp slate tablet (android) to display digital sheet music (sits on piano). It has a webcam built in so it would also double as a  great security cam at night, it only has1 gig ram so I'm hoping that may be enough as it won't be used for both purposes at once.

My question is do I just load the android version of icam onto it, make sure the ports are ok at the router and then hopefully it should appear as the 3rd cam on my iphone? A basic question I know but i'm not used to using tablets as cams so any help/pointers are apreciated.

thanks.  Sean Jackson

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iCam Support / Icam caught burglars in my workshop

« on: May 17, 2014, 05:01:44 PM »

I've used icam for about 6 years+ with the odd false alarm but not last week, it shouted at 1.30 in the morning and I dealt with the matter  promptly!. All i've got in my (dark) locked workshop is a cheap £10  PIR security light and a logitech webcampro, the light illuminates anyone who can get in and that triggers icam, giving me me plenty of well lit shots while telling me that somethings going on downstairs.

On another matter is anyone here using night vision or infra red senstive cams with icam as this would be great for the wider picture outside a dark premises?. Any input on that would be apreciated.

thanks.  sean

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iCam Support / Anyone here using 4 webcams with icam source on one PC?

« on: March 14, 2014, 06:19:35 PM »

I've used icam for many years and love it, I have it looking after a workshop and my home when necessary. I run it on XP on two 3GHZ dual core PC's, both with 2gig ram. I came to the conclusion long ago that 2 cams on a single machine was my limit before any freezes or other probs started to creep in (for whatever reason). Currently I'm running 1 webcam per machine to ensure no blips but was thinking of upgrading to a more powerful PC to host (hopefully) 4 cams, so I wondered if anyone here runs 4 cams without many niggles? 

 If anyone is running 4 on a dedicated PC i'd be interested to know what spec PC copes with this OK.

thanks. Sean

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iCam Support / Running Icam on the most basic android?

« on: October 04, 2012, 05:10:51 PM »

Hi, have been using icam for 3+ years now as security for my  workshop/shed and I  love the program. I use it with the iphone both locally and remotely but was wondering if I got an android phone (no contract, not on any cellphone network) would I be able to have it as a device on my home wireless network just for audible icam alerts or would it need to be in contract with a service provider to function like this?

Reason i ask is i always go to sleep using my earphones  on my normal phone so the chances of me hearing an alert on it would be zero, whereas some old android would make a better home audio alerter for my home, hope that's clear!

Any help apreciated.  thanks.  Sean

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iCam Support / Icam on computers at different locations?

« on: February 21, 2012, 01:54:20 PM »

Hi, i've been using icam for a couple of years now, love the program - my question is: my boss has asked me to install it on his showroom computers (at  his shop) and also at his home. I run all my own cams in my home (on the same network) so would i be right in thinking that as long as each of his comps is set up with icam source running and using the same username/passwords that this should work? I'm clear that port forwarding on both routers would have to be in place - but I guess that numerous computers could be setup as they all funnel through the icam server?

Can anyone tell me if i'm on the right track here before i wade in to this please ? 

Sean

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iCam Support / Everything working - but i'm confused!

« on: August 16, 2011, 03:26:44 PM »

I'm running two computers, 3 cams on computer 1 and a single cam on computer 2 ( both running xp with latest icam software). The thing is i did some group port forwarding on my router for each computer (forwarding 12000-12100 for each ip address). I could see that icam auto configure had chosen ports 12002 & 12003 (respectively on each computer) but with my port forwarding enabled in the router (udp) I was getting irregular results -with one comp or the other showing it's cams.  To cut a long story short I turned off the port forwarding in the router and all 4 cams come online together - both locally on my wifi and the internet - Success!!

I checked all my ports on portforward.net and it says they are blocked, but they obviously are working, to recap portforward says they are blocked when i forward them in my router and when they are turned off -but i cam is happily serving pictures locally and on the net with it's auto configuration saying its using 12002 & 12003?

 I'm happy i've got a working setup but it doesn't figure when I test it. Just to be sure I tested another port that should be open for another file share prog and it shows as open (as it should). Anyone make sense of this or experience it themselves out there?


Sean

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iCam Support / freezing images

« on: February 21, 2011, 05:05:33 AM »

Hi, i have built up my icam setup (Win XP, dual core processor, no other programs running and the comp set to never sleep/always on) to 3 cameras now, but the same problem occurs in that the images freeze usually after about 3 or 4 hours, requiring restart of icam source. CPU is running at about 30 something usually and i'm fairly competent with getting the best from my machine, I'm open to any suggestions that might cure my freezing.

thanks.  Sean