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« on: December 12, 2009, 07:43:07 PM »
Okay, I got it working. Took a couple of additional steps;
Here's the full description of what you need to do in order to get this to work.
1. Install the NT/Server 2003 Resource Kit (I was installing on Windows Home Server OS which is the same as Server 2003).
2. Create the service entry from the CMD prompt as an Administrator account;
"c:\program files\Windows Resource Kits\Tools\instsrv.exe" iCam "c:\program files\windows resource kits\tools\srvany.exe" (you DO need quotes for this path to work).
This will create the service called iCam.
3. BACK UP YOUR REGISTRY (especially if you don't know what you're doing here)
4. Now you will need to go into Regedit and go into HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CURRENTCONTROLSET\SERVICES
Find the key for your service (in this example will be "iCam").
5. With the iCam key highlighted, right click and choose new key. Name this key Parameters
6. Click the Parameters Key - right click and choose String Value. Name the String Value "Application" (no quotes). Choose Type REG_SZ. In the Data value enter the path to the application example c:\program files\icamsource\icamsource.exe (do not enter quotes around this).
7. Click the Parameters Key - right click and choose String Value. Name the String Value "AppParameters" (no quotes). Choose Type REG_SZ. In the Data value enter the options for the iCam which will need to be the URL to the camera and the login/password for iCam access. Example -url=http://192.168.0.103/nphMotionJpeg?Resolution=320x240&Quality=Standard -cu=mylogin -cp=mypass (no quotes around this).
8. Exit the registry editor.
9. Go into Administrative Tools -> Services. Find the iCam service you created. Stop the service (it will be set to run automatically which is what you want). Go into the options and choose to run as account and set it to run with an administrator account login and password. I don't believe it will run properly with the local account which is what services normally use. When I had it set to use the local account I could never connect to it with my iPhone.
10. Restart the service. The service should start with no errors and you should be able to access the iCam properly. There will be no tray icon, etc, when it is running as a service but it should be working.
Be aware that it should theoretically be possible to create as many services as you like for up to 4 cameras. Name each service separately (iCam1, iCam2, etc) and set the parameters up separate for each service. I have not attempted this yet but expect it would work.
Also be aware that running with the administrator account has inherent risks. The safer way to do this would be to copy the instsrv.exe and srvany.exe applications into the iCamsource directory and set permissions to only allow administrator and a new account you create to access that folder. Then only allow the new account to run the service. I haven't set this up as I'm not too concerned about the security risks but be aware that running services with the admin account is frowned upon as it is theoretically possible that those services could be hijacked by a worm/virus/etc.
Hope this helps someone else out who runs into the same thing I did trying to get this going.
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