Cannot receive PUSH notifications

[jrt]

I use iPhone4 and see the video from iCam fine but I do not receive push notifications even though that option is selected on iCam source.  Am I missing something in the setup?  I run XP Pro on the server.

[Jay]

If you are having trouble getting push notifications working, please answer the following questions:

- Is the Send Push Notifications checkbox checked in the iCamSource on your computer? Does the motion indicator turn green in the iCamSource when motion is detected?
- Are Notifications enabled for iCam in your iPhone's Settings > Notifications settings?
- Is your iPhone jailbroken or unlocked?  We have heard reports of Push Notifications not working in unlocked phones (not just iCam, any notifications).

[jrt]

Hi Jay,

  Ooops!  I had notifications enabled on the iPhone but NOT the specific one for iCam   All is now good.  Thanks for the clues!!

jrt

[moko]

I'm thinking about getting an android phone the Dell streak.....I saw that icam is for android now.....but can it pust notifications to my phone,like the iPhone app can?

[Jay]

Currently, the Android version of iCam doesn't support push notifications.  That feature will be added in a future update.

[moko]

Thanks for reply.....well I've been putting off getting something other that iPhone....cause of this very app....really cool....and have found no other that works this well....and with the push frame video....and can save to pc and phone.do you have an idea when it will be added to droid? I'm planning on getting the mini 5 at the end of April

[Stefan]

iCam 1.2 for Android (that includes the Android equivalent of push notifications when motion is detected) is essentially complete, but we are currently waiting on Google to give us the go-ahead to publish it.

Cloud to Device Messaging (C2DM) is the Android equivalent of the iOS Push Notifications: http://code.google.com/android/c2dm/index.html

Apparently the C2DM functionality is still officially in Beta with Google, so we had to first request the ability to use it (which was granted) but with the following caveat:

Please note that by default, all new sender accounts are held to a development-only quota. This quota is sufficient for development and exploratory purposes. Before you launch a C2DM-enabled application to a large audience, please reply to this email to discuss a production-level quota, including estimates on the number of devices and average messages per device. Note that since Android Cloud to Device Messaging is currently an API in Labs, we reserve the right to fundamentally change the service and associated quotas at any time.

We sent back the reply with our usage estimates, and are now just waiting for them to get back to us.

iCam 1.2 will still be available for devices running Android 2.1 and later, but the C2DM functionality does require Android 2.2 (Froyo) or later.

[moko]

Thanks alot for a detailed reply......look forward to getting the mini 5(with 2.2froyo on it,which my brother has)with icam 1.2