WebCam-Control-Center

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1 WebCam-Control-Center CrazyPixels 2012 ( Manual 1

2 Part 1: Features Part 2: Dialogs Part 3: General Remarks Part 4: Development History Part 5: Included Files / JAVA applet First Steps Trouble Shooting 2

3 Part 1: Features WebCam-Control-Center is Webcam software that is easy to use. It has an adjustment tool for your video device with picture taking and video recording functions; a motion detector with a lot of settings, an FTP (file transfer protocol) client to update your webpage and an client for sending s with pictures or AVI videos attached. It supports serveral IP-Cams ( IP addressable network cameras ) simultaneous. Adjustment Tool Adjust your video device through the driver based dialogs. Several video devices - At the start of the program select your preferred working video device from a list of all existing video devices. Record AVI videos form your video device in the current video format, with or without audio, in any length. Take pictures from your video device in the current video format. View the last taken picture in a separate window. Convert every picture taken into GIF and/or JPG ( with a chosen compression factor ). Print captions on your picture, such as the current date, time or your own text. This can also be done in motion detector and FTP mode. Preview window - Show or hide a preview window. Halt the video in the preview window, or let it run. Only preview window - Show only the preview window on your desktop with a black background around. Preview fullscreen - Stretch the preview window to fullscreen. Always on top - Show the preview window as the topmost window above all other windows, to always see what happens. Taskbar ICON - The application generates no button in the taskbar, but only an icon in the system area of the taskbar. You can minimize the applications window to have only the preview window on your desktop (topmost or not), or nothing. Motion Detector Relevant Areas - Select the areas of the video picture that are relevant for the motion detection, by painting. Picture Difference - Adjust the picture difference in % ( of the relevant areas ) at which a motion detection occurs. Action at Detection - Select the functions that will be carried out at when motion is detected : take pictures, record an AVI, execute any external program, update a log file, play a sound, FTP transfer, send s. Picture taking and AVI recording - Select whether you want the file name to be the same each time or if you want a new file at each detection ( file_001.jpg/.avi... file_99999.jpg/.avi ). You can specify the maximum number of files to create. Test for motion only once, once per x seconds, or as often as possible. Different test modes - compare the current picture against the picture when the detection started, against the previous picture, or against the last picture without a detection. 3

4 FTP client Dial Up - Dials ( and hangs up ) automatically to establish an Internet connection. You can select the time period in which dialup is allowed. FTP connection - Connect to your choosen Internet FTP server. Uploading Files - Upload selected files to the target server directory, periodically every x seconds, or at motion detection, or manually by clicking. Upload the current video picture to your homepage. Take pictures, optionally converting them to GIF and/or JPG, and automatically upload them every x seconds.! Permanent picture mode - The program connects once to the Internet and to your FTP server and then takes pictures and uploads them permanently or in x second intervals. If you wish, the program can take a break for a while and then restart from the beginning, so you will always have the current video picture on your webpage to see what is happening in front of the camera. An easy-to-use JAVA applet is included for showing and updating the picture on your web page. Another method is to take permanent pictures (with breaks and/or intervals) and save them on your harddrive. Then install one of the several freeware webservers/ftpservers and you have a constant surveillance in your LAN or from the Internet. FTP without a video device. - You can use the FTP client functions without having a video device. client Dial Up - Dials ( and hangs up ) automatically to establish an Internet connection. You can select the time period in which dialup is allowed. Send the to several addresses. Attach files - You can attach several files to the . Attach the current video picture - Let the program take the current video picture, attach it to the and send the . Record an AVI in desired length, attach it to the and send the . Automatically, Periodically or Manually Send s - periodically every x seconds, or at motion detection, or manually by clicking! IP-Cam Support of IP-Cams - Receives the IP-Cam pictures from your local LAN or from the Internet. Only the IP-address and picturename are needed to support an IP-Cam ( pictures must be.bmp or.jpg ). Several IP-Cam preview windows are simultaneous possible. See what is going on within your company from all installed LAN IP-Cams. Nearly all functions from a real connected camera are for the IP-Cams available ( but only for the one who has the focus ).! No real connected camera is needed.! System Requirements Windows 95/98/NT/Me/2000/XP/Vista Video device with current driver for Windows or the IP-address of one or several IP-Cams. 4

5 Part 2: Dialogs Main Dialog Settings Picture Viewer Preview Window Adjust Motion Detection Select Relevant Areas Device Driver Dialogs FTP / / PPM File Transfer Status Files To Transfer Files To Attach Main Dialog GROUPS settings - opens the settings dialog AVI record AVI filename - shows the filename of the AVI file which will be generated at recording select filename - opens a file dialog to choose the filename for the AVI file start AVI record - starts the recording stop AVI record - stops the recording picture capture 5

6 picture filename - shows the filename of the BMP picture file select filename - opens a file dialog to choose the filename for the BMP picture take a picture - takes a picture from the current preview window using the Picture Settings view picture - opens a dialog which shows the last taken picture - Picture Viewer preview video device video run - shows the running video in the video window video halt - stops the video at the current picture show window - shows the video preview window - Preview Window hide window - hides the video preview window - Preview Window only preview - shows only the preview window in the middle of the screen with a black background full screen - stretches the current preview window to full screen adjust video device frames/sec - selects the amount of frames per second which the video device should show in the preview window video source - this dialog is supported from the device driver of the video device ( enabled if available ) - Device Driver Dialogs video format - this dialog is supported from the device driver of the video device ( enabled if available ) - Device Driver Dialogs video display - this dialog is supported from the device driver of the video device ( enabled if available ) - Device Driver Dialogs video compression - this dialog is supported from the device driver of the video device ( enabled if available ) Device Driver Dialogs motion detector adjust - opens a dialog to adjust all motion detector settings - Adjust Motion Detector stop - stops the motion detector start - starts the motion detector ( disables the activate file transfer option ) DIFFERENCE - shows the difference between the two tested pictures in % TESTED - shows how often the motion detection tested for difference since start DETECTED - shows how often motion has been detected file transfer activate file transfer - check this if you want to activate the selected modes from File Transfer FTP/ /PPM. If you want to use the 'file transfer' and the 'motion detector' both. Then start first the 'file transfer' and then the 'motion detector'. adjust - opens a dialog to adjust all settings for file transfer File Transfer FTP/ /PPM preview on top - select if the preview window should be topmost above all other windows about - opens an info window quit - quits the program 6

7 Settings Startup hide the mainwindow - select if the mainwindow should be hide at startup, you see only the icon in the taskbar start the motion detectior - select if the motion detection should start at startup, the settings like action at detection and area selection must be done before. start the selected file transfer mode - select if the previous selected file transfer mode ( FTP/ /Perm.Pic.Mode) should start at startup, all needed settings must be done before set the mainwindow at the last position - select if the mainwindow should appear at startup at the last position it had in the last session start with preview video in fullscreen mode - select if the preview window should be fullscreen at startup if no camera is connected to the PC, hide the dummy window - select if the dummy window should be hide. The dummy window appears if no real camera is connected to the PC. 7

8 show the program icon in the systray - select if the program icon not. You need to restart the program to activate this option. should be showed in the Windows systray or Driver active video device driver - displays the name of the current selected video device driver found video device drivers - displays the names of all found video device drivers, LEFT CLICK on the driver name to activate the driver 8

9 Picture Settings The program takes always BMP pictures as a default. This is because some webcams have not the possibility to use a RGB picture mode, so that the BMP picture is the basis for further operations and conversions. convert taken BMP picture into GIF - select if the BMP picture should be converted into GIF convert taken BMP picture into JPG - select if the BMP picture should be converted into JPG % quality - determines the picture quality and file size of the JPG picture The convert to GIF and convert to JPG options are useful if you would show your video picture as a GIF and/or JPG on your webpage! A GIF picture has max. 256 colors, so it's smaller than the BMP. If the BMP has more than 256 colors, the amount of colors will be decreased to 256. The JPG format supports a high compression factor, so you can greatly reduce the picture file size, while preserving nearly the same quality. If you reduce the quality factor you get smaller file sizes. All browsers supports GIF and JPG pictures. remove the BMP picture - select if the BMP picture should be removed after conversion (saves disk space) 9

10 textoutput into picture date - select if the date should appear in the picture at the selected position time - select if the time should appear in the picture at the selected position in 12 or 24 h format text - select if your user defined text should appear in the picture at the selected position textcolor - select the text color backgroundcolor - select the background color background transparent - select if the background should be transparent add a number to the filename... - select this option to add a number to the generated picturefilename. The number is resetted to 1 at each program start. Every time you capture a picture from the main window by button press, the number is incremented. You get the pictures test001.jpg, test002.jpg... preview - takes a picture and shows the picture using the settings you've selected 10

11 AVI Recording record the AVI with audio - select if the AVI should be recorded with audio, if possible record the AVI with x frames per sec - input the number of frames which should be generated within AVI recording. The real reached number of frames depends on the CPU power and video device. add a number to the AVI filename... - select this option to add a number to the generated AVI-filename. The number is resetted to 1 at each program start. Every time you record an AVI from the main window by button press, the number is incremented. You get the videos test001.avi, test002.avi... additional settings for IP-Cams x times duplicate each picture - select how often a recorded picture should be shown while watching the video select the used AVI CODEC - select the used codec for generating the AVI for IP-Cams. The codec is saved in the WCCC.DAT file. Remarks: ( only for IP-Cams ) In general you can't receive 15 or more picture per second from your netcam. Let us assume you could receive 15 pictures per second, you could select 15 for the fps setting and 1 for the duplicated setting. Then you have an AVI with 15 frames per second where each frame is a different picture. The AVI runs as fast as it was recorded. It runs in realtime. But if you can't receive so many pictures you have to select a duplicated value, that the AVI is not running very very fast. Let's assume that you receive every second a picture. 1 picture per second and you select 15 for the fps setting and 1 for the duplicated setting.then you have an AVI with 15 frames per second where every picture is different. The AVI plays with 15 frames per second, so it shows in 1 second, what you have received within 15 seconds.! It's runs 15 times faster as realtime. So you have to select a duplicated value of 15 to show every frame for a longer time ( or you can say, every picture is shown several times). Play a bit around with these two values to find the best for your netcam and AVI. 11

12 IP-Cam IP-Adressable Network Cameras - this listbox displays all IP-Cameras. "0:" left of the IP address means, that the IPCam is not active, the address is only saved to activate at a later moment. "1:" left of the IP address means the IPCam is active. edit - press this button to edit the selected IP-Cam, or double click on the listbox entry to edit it ( the IP-Cam settings dialog opens ) insert - opens a dialog to edit the new IP-Cam ( the IP-Cam settings dialog opens ) remove - removes the selected IP-Cam hold downloaded preview pictures in memory - downloads the preview pictures into the RAM. Use this selection if you have enough RAM available. This selection only works for JPG pictures. save downloaded preview pictures on harddisk - downloads the preview pictures direct to the harddisk. 12

13 The advantage of loading into RAM is, that the harddisk could do other things or could be suspended. The disadvantage is, that some memory leaks could appear by the time. If you have not enough RAM or your download ( preview ) intervall is long, then you can select the download to the harddisk. A changing of this selection becomes true after a new start of the program.! "..." - opens a dialog to select the folder in which the pictures are saved, which are downloaded and showed within preview mode. IP-Cam settings IP-Cam address - the address of the IP-Cam with picturename added.! ( The picture could only be in BMP or JPG format. ) activate IP-Cam - check to activate the IP-Cam. If activated a preview window is shown and you can select run preview to receive picture from this IP-address. use picture dimensions - the preview window has the size of the received picture use usersize - the preview window has the size of the user input interval for receiving...- this is the intervall in sec in which pictures are received from the IP-address. This intervall determines the preview rate. Remarks No matter if the IP-Cam picture has the BMP- or JPG-format, the program works intern with BMP. So if you want to take a JPG picture, by button press, in motion detection mode etc., then you have to select the conversion to JPG. If you have several preview windows hide and changed the focus to a different preview window, you can press CTRL+SHIFT to unhide all preview windows to give a former hide window the focus again. 13

14 Help Direct links to the WebCam-Control-Center webpages, where you can find informations and the manual. 14

15 Picture Viewer Shows the last taken picture. If you have selected the conversion into JPG, the JPG picture is shown. Preview Window Shows the current video in a preview window. In the caption is the driver name and version shown. Double click with the left mousebutton to hide or unhide the caption. Double click with the right mousebutton to hide or unhide the Main Dialog. 15

16 Adjust Motion Detector General Settings select the relevant picture areas - opens the dialog for the selection of the picture areas which are tested for motion detection. - Select Relevant Areas how to test the current picture test against start picture - select if the current picture should always be compared against the picture made at the start of motion detection 16

17 test against previous picture - select if the current picture should be compared against the previous picture, so permanent changes are only reported once test against last no detection picture - select if the current picture should be compared against the last picture which had no detection. This is important after a detection so that you don't immediately get a second detection reported. If you select previous picture, in most cases you will get 2 motion detections one after the other, because after a detection the previous picture includes the detection movement and the current picture does not. test for motion until the first detection - the motion detection only runs until the first detection is made; it runs using the setting for 'every x sec' often as possible - the detection runs as often as your PC it make possible ( be careful with that mode. ) every x sec - the program tests for motion every x seconds ( input 3600 if you want one test per hour. ) x detections must occur to be sure... - select to report a motion only if there are several detections before, to be sure that there is a real motion and no fluctuation in the picture quality x % of the selected area must be... - to detect a motion, x% of the selected area must be different x COLOR-VALUE-DIFF to count... - If the color value difference of two compared pixels is greater than x, the pixel is counted to be different. The amount of as different counted pixels determines if a motion is detected or not. Video cameras can determine changes in color that the human eye cannot detect, causing the program to think that motion has occured when it has not. Therefore, you should test with different color-value-diff settings to prevent false detections. at start of the motion detector wait x sec - if you start the motion detection the program waits the selected seconds before it starts the first test for motion. In this time you can adjust your video device or leave the room, etc.. after detection of motion wait x sec - if a motion was detected the program waits x sec. before the testing resumes reset the AVI and picturenumber at start - sets the AVI and PICnumber which are added to the filename to 1 at start of the motion detection. If you don't check, the current number is further counted and not set to 1 at start. So you can stop and restart the motion detection without overwriting the old files. The number is saved at program end. 17

18 Action at Detection Select the actions ( functions ) which should be activated at detection of motion. Picture Taking, AVI Recording, External Program Executing, Sending, Run FTP, Protocol Generation, Sound Playing 18

19 Time Interval motion detection is active ( only if started from the main dialog ) always - motion detection is active 24 hours a day only from - motion detection is only active within the selected time interval. and from - a second time period is supported. 19

20 AVI Recording select the filename - opens a file dialog to select the filename for the AVI video add a number to the filename - a new AVI file is created every time motion is detected. The filenames for these AVI files are made by using the selected filename and adding the detection number ( Example: if the filename is MOVE_.AVI, this results in files named MOVE_001.AVI, MOVE_002.AVI,... ) set the max number to - set the maximum file number to used for naming files. When this max number is reached, it restarts at 001 ( Example: MOVE_001.AVI to MOVE_020.AVI ). The existing files are overwritten. AVI length x sec - the length of the AVI video in seconds 20

21 Picture Taking select the filename - opens a file dialog to select the filename for the BMP picture add a number to the filename - a new BMP file is created every time motion is detected. The filenames for these BMP files are made by using the selected filename and adding the detection number ( Example: if the filename is MOVE_.BMP, this results in files named MOVE_001.BMP, MOVE_002.BMP,... ) set the max number to - set the maximum file number to used for naming files. When this max number is reached, it restarts at 001 ( Example: MOVE_001.BMP to MOVE_020.BMP ). The existing files are overwritten. 21

22 Protocol Generation Select if a log file should be created at the start of motion detection. A previous file gets overwritten. It's a TEXT file which includes the detection number, date and time when the motion detection occurs: Nr.:001 DATE: TIME: 17:48:47 Nr.:002 DATE: TIME: 17:48:53 select the filename - opens a file dialog to select the filename for the log ( protocol ) file. 22

23 Sound Playing select the sound - opens a file dialog to select the filename for the WAV file play in a loop - plays the sound permanently, if you don't check it, the sound plays only once until it ends 23

24 Sending take a picture before sending - select if the program should take a picture from the current video source and attach it to your before sending the . select the picture filename -select the filename of the taken picture. Conversion into JPG / GIF are made like you have selected. record an AVI Video before sending - select if the program should record an AVI with the desired length before sending the . select the AVI-filename -select the filename of the AVI choose files to attach - opens the Files To Attach dialog to choose which files should be attached to the . You have also to choose the just taken picture and recorded AVI. 24

25 The connection settings are taken from the dialog from the 'file transfer' section. External Program Execution select the program - opens a file dialog to select the filename for the program execute once - the program will be executed only once execute at each detection - the program will be executed each time that motion is detected 25

26 Run FTP take a picture before sending - select if the program should take a picture from the current video source before upload. select the picture filename -select the filename of the taken picture. Conversion into JPG / GIF are made like you have selected. choose files to transfer - opens the Files To Transfer dialog to choose which files should be uploaded. You have also to choose the just taken picture. The connection settings are taken from the FTP dialog from the 'file transfer' section. Motion Detector Remarks The picture START.BMP is generated when motion detection is started. In addition, the program generates the picture AKT.BMP each time that motion is tested. Then the two pictures are compared and different pixels are inspected for 26

27 differences in color. ONLY the pixels in the selected areas are compared. If at least x % of the pixels are different, motion detection is determined to have occurred. The COLOR-VALUE-DIFF value is important in deciding if two pixels are different. Video cameras can determine changes in color that the human eye cannot detect, causing the program to think that motion has occured when it has not.to prevent false motion detections you should test using different values. The program calculates the difference for the red, green and blue values of the same pixels in both pictures. If the difference is greater than the COLOR-VALUE-DIFF value, the pixel is counted as different. The difference in color values can range from 0 to 255. To get the best result you must select an RGB picture format - Device Driver Dialogs. All RGB formats are converted into 24 bit. Sending multiple images of motion detection is possible in s, which will each have the latest version of the same filename attached to it. If you haven't checked take a picture before sending, the current picture that triggered the motion detection, AKT.BMP, would be converted into AKT.GIF/.JPG (if the conversion is selected Picture Settings). If you want to transfer the current image that triggered the motion detection, this is the file that you should specify in Files To Transfer, along with any other images you might want to include. While the file transfer is happening, the File Transfer Status dialog shows you the status of the transfer. If you wish you can hide the transfer status window. Select Relevant Areas You have to select areas of the video picture, or the whole picture, before you can start the motion detection. The pixels in this selected areas are the only ones which are tested for differences. These areas are saved in a mask, which results in the mask file MASK_widthxheight.BIN ( example: MASK_160x120.BIN ). 27

28 A mask file is saved for each selected video resolution. select all - selects the whole video area unselect all - unselects all 3 buttons for the brush size - changes the brush size for drawing the mask color - changes the brush color to get a better contrast against the picture Press the left mouse button down to draw dots in the picture. 28

29 Device Driver Dialogs With the device driver dialogs you can adjust the main settings for your video device. The device driver dialogs comes with your video device and have a different look depending on the manufacturer. The device driver dialogs are ( only examples ): video format If you close the video format dialog the preview window size dialog appears (no device driver dialog) you can adjust your desired preview window resolution 29

30 Video Source Video Compression Depending on the video camera that you are using, there is sometimes a video display driver dialog available. 30

31 FTP / / PPM 31

32 General file transfer is active always - all activated modes are active 24 hours a day only from - the activated modes are only active within the selected time interval. ( Example: if 'only from' is set to 8:30 to 14:30 h and you have activated every 60 sec, the webcam-control-center sends an every 60 seconds, but only from 8:30 to 14:30; Perhaps your Internet Service Provider has cheaper access within this period. ) and from - a second time period is supported. delete uploaded files - select to delete the files from your harddisk, which are transferred within FTP mode or attached to an in mode after they were sended. give pictures different filenames - to prevent the showing of incomplete uploaded files on your webpage, the picture is uploaded with a dummy filename and after uploading renamed in the targetfilename. activate functions activate FTP - select to activate the FTP transfer ; You must also select the activate file transfer checkbox in the Main Dialog. activate - select to activate the sending functions ; You must also select the activate file transfer checkbox in the Main Dialog. activate Permanent Picture Mode - select to activate the PPM ; You must also select the activate file transfer checkbox in the Main Dialog. Remarks You can activate both FTP and together, but the Permanent Picture Mode only works alone. 32

33 DialUp phone # - specify the phone number for your Internet access username - username for your Internet access password - password for your Internet access x attempts to connect - quantity of attempts to connect x sec pause between attempts - the number of seconds to pause between attempts to connect 33

34 dialup before FTP/ /ppm - select if you wish to dial up ( and later hang up ) and connect to the Internet before the program uploads the files ( don't check this if you are already or always connected to the Internet ). The dialup is used in FTP, and PPM. hide transfer status window - hide the File Transfer Status window ; If you run the webcam-control-center in the background, it's better to hide this window. For testing purposes, show the window to see what happens. 34

35 FTP connection to the FTP server hostname - the FTP server name (address) username - username for your FTP server access password - password for your FTP server access x hostport - the port of your host ( 21 is the default in most cases. ) use passiv mode - the passive mode should be activated, but in some cases the firewall needs to disable the passive mode change to directory - if you want to change to a specific directory on your FTP server before uploading files, input the directory name (leave it blank to not change to a different directory. ) start the file transfer every x sec - select if an FTP transfer should start periodically every x seconds take a picture... - select if the program should take a picture from the current video source before uploading. select the picturefilename -select the filename of the taken picture. Conversion into JPG / GIF are made like you have selected. transfer now - starts the file transfer when clicked stop transfer - stops the file transfer choose files to transfer - opens the Files To Transfer dialog to choose which files should be uploaded. You have also to choose the just taken picture. Remarks If you want to use the dialup function, you must have installed the Dialer Network component of your OS. This includes the file RASAPI32.DLL. The program tests the existence of RASAPI32.DLL at startup. The convert to GIF and convert to JPG options in Picture Settings are useful if you would prefer to show your video picture as a GIF and/or JPG on your webpage. All browsers support GIF and JPG pictures. If you have checked take a picture and would like to upload this file, insert the filename of the picture (i.e. MyImage.GIF or MyImage.JPG) into the files to transfer list Files To Transfer. You cannot specify wildcards in the file names, so you cannot upload multiple images with numbers appended (i.e. Move_001.JPG, Move_002.JPG...) to your FTP server. Files you have already uploaded will be overwritten by files of the same name the next time that you upload those files to your FTP server. While the file transfer is happening, the File Transfer Status dialog shows you the status of the transfer. If you wish you can hide the transfer status window. 35

36 Sending sender name - Insert the name of the sender sender address - Insert your address ( the address from which the is being sent ) ; If you leave this blank, the 's sender will be unknown. send the to these addresses - Insert the address of the receiver and press the 'Insert' button. You can insert several different receivers. To remove an address, select the address and press the 'Remove' button. The 36

37 addresses are listed in the file _TO.DAT. You can edit this file manually; in the first line is the number of addresses, and in the following lines are the addresses. SMTP server - Insert your SMTP server ; You can find your SMTP server in your standard application. SMTP server needs an authentication - check if your smtp server needs an authentication to send an Username, Password - authentication datas for the SMTP server subject - the subject of the ( the headline. ) body - a text for the body of the message send the every x sec - select if an should be sent periodically every x seconds take a picture before sending - select if the program should take a picture from the current video source and attach it to your before sending. Choose the picture file for transfer in Files To Attach. select the picturefilename -select the filename of the taken picture. Conversion into JPG / GIF are made like you have selected. record an AVI before sending - select if the program should record an AVI with the desired length and attach it to your before sending. Choose the AVI file for transfer in Files To Attach. select the AVI-filename -select the filename of the AVI send now - sends the when clicked choose files to attach - opens the Files To Attach dialog to choose which files should be attached to the . You have also to choose the just taken picture and recorded AVI. 37

38 Perm.Pic.Mode select the picturefilename - opens a file dialog to select the picture file name for the PPM take a picture every x sec - select if the program should take a picture and convert it every x seconds take a picture continuously - select if the program should takes pictures as often as possible stop after x sec - select if the picture taking and sending should stop after x seconds. If you have selected 'dialup before FTP/ /ppm', the program hangs up after x seconds. restart after x sec - select if the picture taking and sending should be restarted in x seconds after a stop 38

39 send JPG picture - select if the last taken picture ( converted into JPG - Picture Settings ) should immediately be sent after taking send GIF picture - select if the last taken picture ( converted into GIF - Picture Settings ) should immediately be sent after taking Remarks In permanent picture mode the program connects once to your FTP server on the Internet ( if selected ) and then takes and uploads pictures permanently or in second intervals. If you like, the program can take a break for a while and then restart from the beginning. This way you always have the current video picture on your webpage to always see what is currently happening in front of the camera. A JAVA applet is included for showing these pictures "live" on your webpage. Another possibility is to take permanent pictures (with breaks and/or intervals) and save them on your hard drive. Then install one of the several freeware webservers/ftp servers and you will have a constant surveillance on your LAN or from the Internet. File Transfer Status Shows the current action while Dialup, FTP transfer or sending. 39

40 Files To Transfer insert - inserts a file or several files into the file list delete - deletes the selected files from the file list delete all - erases the file list add all files from: - select a directory from which all files or only the files which suits the wildcard, should be uploaded these files: - insert the wildcard The selected files for the FTP upload are listed in the file FILES_T.DAT (in the file transfer mode) or in the file FILES_MD.DAT (in motion detection mode). You can edit these files manually. In the first line stands the number of files and in the following lines are the filenames with paths. 40

41 Files To Attach insert - inserts a file or several files into the file list delete - deletes the selected files from the file list delete all - erases the file list add all files from: - select a directory from which all files or only the files which suits the wildcard, should be attached to the these files: - insert the wildcard The selected files that are attached to the are listed in the file ATTACH_T.DAT (in the file transfer mode) or in the file ATTACH_MD.DAT (in motion detection mode). You can edit these files manually. In the first line stands the number of files, and in the following lines are the filenames with paths. 41

42 Part 3: General Remarks If you have enabled AVI recording, the next motion detection and the next file transfer are made not until the recording ends. Motion detection halts while a file transfer is happening. All saved program settings are loaded when the program starts and saved when the program ends in the file WCCC.DAT. If you are using IP-Cams, all needed settings are loaded when the program starts and saved when the program ends in the file IPCAM.DAT. The selected files for the file transfer upload are listed in the file FILES_T.DAT ( in file transfer mode) and in FILES_MD.DAT ( in motion detection mode). You can edit this file manually. In the first line stands the number of included files, and in the following lines are the filenames with paths. The selected files for the attachment are listed in the file ATTACH_T.DAT ( in file transfer mode ) and in ATTACH_MD.DAT ( in motion detection mode ). You can edit this file manually. In the first line stands the number of included files, and in the following lines are the filenames with paths. The mask file MASK_widthxheight.BIN is generated when you close the SELECT RELEVANT AREAS dialog, and it is loaded when the program starts. Click with the left mouse button on the taskbar icon to make the applications window appear in the foreground. Click with the right mouse button on the taskbar icon to enable a menu from which you can quit the program. You can right double click in the preview window to alternately show and hide the main window. You can press the ESC key to hide the main window. If you have selected FULLSCREEN or ONLY PREVIEW you can left click into the window or press ESC to change back to the former preview window size. To get the best image quality on FULLSCREEN, change the preview window resolution to the highest before you select FULLSCREEN. All pictures that are taken will be converted to RGB-24Bit. This works better for the motion detector and the conversion to other picture formats. The conversion to GIF and/or JPG works for all pictures manually taken, pictures taken using FTP/ /Perm.Pic.Mode and pictures taken at motion detection. It does not work for the START.BMP and AKT.BMP pictures, which are generated when motion detection is running. Only if you want to upload the current picture that triggered the motion detection, you should select the AKT.JPG picture for the files to upload and enable the conversion to JPG. The text output works for all pictures manually taken, pictures taken using FTP/ /Perm.Pic.Mode and pictures taken at motion detection. It does not work for the START.BMP and AKT.BMP pictures, which are generated when motion detection is running. The REMOVE BMP option does not work for the START.BMP and AKT.BMP pictures. The addresses to which is being sent are saved in the file _TO.DAT. No matter if the IP-Cam pictures has the BMP- or JPG-format, the program works intern with BMP. So if you want to take a JPG picture, by button press, in motion detection mode etc., then you have to select the conversion to JPG. 42

43 Part 4: Development History WebCam-Control-Center V7.0 Release New in version 7.0 tested and recompiled under Windows Vista WebCam-Control-Center V6.2 Release New in version 6.2 after a detection of motion the program waits x sec. before the testing resumes as an action at detection, the video window comes in front the program datas are saved in.dat files instead of.ini files the client supports authentication WebCam-Control-Center V6.1 Release New in version 6.1 you can select a directory and a wildcard for the files, which should be uploaded by FTP or attached to the internal improvements WebCam-Control-Center V6.0 Release New in version 6.0 add a number to the AVI filename, which is recorded from the main window by button press the motion detection test interval is adjustable in 0.1 sec. steps you can select how many motions must be detected to report a motion; by example after 3 detections you are sure to have a motion there is a time period adjustable in which the motion detector is active the % of area change which results in a detection is adjustable in 0.1% steps AVIs and pictures which are generated before sending or FTP upload have selectable filenames. the picture settings dialog is integrated into the settings dialog complete new motion detector dialog internal improvements WebCam-Control-Center V5.6 Release New in version

44 record videos (AVI) for IP-Cams ( with textout into the AVI if selected ) you can select all files ( filenames ) for files to be uploaded, not only the ones which already exists on your harddisk you can hide or show the program icon in the systray add a number to the picture filename, which is generated from the main window by button press WebCam-Control-Center V5.5 Release New in version 5.5 support of IP-Cams ( IP addressable network cameras ).!! if wanted, hide the dummy window if no camera is connected to the PC now there are 2 timeperiods to select in which the file transfer is active saving of the AVI- and picture- number, which is added to the picturename in motion detection mode upload the taken picture under a different name and rename after uploading to the FTP sever, with that no incomplete picture is shown on your website WebCam-Control-Center V5.3 Release New in version 5.3 deleting the transferred files in FTP/ mode if wanted new improved FTP/ dialog new settings dialog with options for the startup process, changing the used video device driver while running ( to change the working video device ), AVI settings a lot of internal improvements WebCam-Control-Center V5.2 Release New in version 5.2 the position of the main window is saved and restored at program start for the FTP settings you can select if a passive connection ( passive mode ) should be used or not; some firewalls needs this selection the selections FTP upload and/or sending at motion detection are now available in the ADJUST MOTION DETECTION dialog, where they should be already WebCam-Control-Center V5.1 Release New in version 5.1 you can adjust the preview window resolution ( width x height ) to your desired values you can specify a time delay so you will have time to leave the room, etc. before motion detection begins the preview window is restored to its last location after using 'fullscreen' or 'only preview' display modes if the FTP connection interrupts within Permanent-Picture-Mode, the program tries to reconnect to the FTP server 44

45 some internal improvements WebCam-Control-Center V5.0 Release New in version 5.0 NEW support for sending . send when motion is detected or at user specified time intervals take a pic and/or record an AVI, attach the file to an , and send the determine the time period during which file transfer (FTP/ /Permanent Pic. Mode) is active ( example: always or only from 8:30 until 10:30 h ) hide the file transfer status window if you wish double click in the preview window to hide or show the main window; you can also use the ESC key to hide the main window the WCCC manual in HTML Format WebCam-Control-Center V4.1 Release New in version 4.1 you can specify the maximum number of new pics or a new AVIs to create upon motion detection ( example: MOVE_001.BMP to MOVE_030.BMP; if 30 is reached the number starts again at 001. ) in the motion detector you have the new selection 'check against last no detection pic' so that you don't get always two detections one after the other, which is what would happen if you had selected 'check against previous picture'. there was only one mask.bin file, but now there is a separate one for each resolution, so it is no longer necessary to select a mask each time you change the resolution WebCam-Control-Center V4.0 Release New in version 4.0 it's no longer necessary to select RGB picture mode, but RGB picture mode is still needed so that picture taking is possible in the background when another program or a screensaver is active. You can select RGB24bit for best quality and best performance.! if you have several video devices, you can select one of your devices at startup with a program parameter (start: ' wccc.exe 0' to select the first video device. ) to start the program with an active motion detector, you have to quit the program before with motion detector running to start the program with an active permanent picture mode, you have to quit the program before with permanent picture mode running WebCam-Control-Center V3.5 Release New in version

46 the setting for 'window on top' is saved the position of the preview window is saved the main window state ( whether the program is displayed in a window or an icon ) is saved when the program ends (click on the taskbar icon to quit the program when it is iconized ) the text output in the preview window can have a background color as well as be transparent there was a 1 second pause after motion detection, and after AVI recording and picture taking when in 'often as possible' mode. The pause has been removed. the preview window caption can be removed by double left clicking in the preview window the main window appears when you double right click in the preview window WebCam-Control-Center V3.4.1 Release New in version makes picture taking possible if the program is in the background WebCam-Control-Center V3.4 Release New in version 3.4 the NEW permanent picture mode creates and/or uploads pictures permanently, in intervals, with or without breaks, to support a total observance JAVA applet to view your webcam picture on your homepage supports the saving of pics/avis in different directories than the startup directory improvement of the motion detector both picture taking and AVI recording is now possible when motion is detected new manual in Windows Help Format WebCam-Control-Center V3.3 Release New in version 3.3 show the recording time in the window caption while AVI recording convert BMP pictures (16/24/32) to RGB24-Bit convert BMP pictures to GIF and/or JPG ( JPG with compression factor ) you can automatically remove the BMP picture after conversion to GIF/JPG to save disk space date and/or time and/or user text can appear in the picture WebCam-Control-Center V3.2 Release New in version 3.2 show the preview window fullscreen tests for the existence of RASAPI32.DLL (the dialer) at startup to enable or disable the dialup functions 46

47 WebCam-Control-Center V3.1 Release New in version 3.1 the application generates no button in the taskbar, but only an icon in the system area of the taskbar if you minimize the applications window, the preview window stays on the desktop ( if it is enabled ) so you have only the preview window on your desktop. WebCam-Control-Center V3.0 Release New in version 3.0 the main window has a new look and feel supports several video devices can show only the preview window in the middle of the screen with a black background can make the preview window the topmost window above all other windows WebCam-Control-Center V2.0 Release New in version 2.0 automatic connection to the Internet ( dialup/hangup ) connection to an FTP server directory change and file upload to the server periodic and direct uploads WebCam-Control-Center V1.1 Release New in version 1.1 take a picture from the video device view the picture in a picture window record AVI videos motion detector, with a lot of settings WebCam-Control-Center V1.0 Release First version 1.0 adjust the video device over the driver-specific dialog boxes adjust the frames per second setting of the video device show/hide a preview video window from the video device run/halt the preview video 47

48 Part 5: Included Files, Java Applet Included Files wccc.exe: the WebCam-Control-Center Program readme.txt: information about the installation order.txt: information about registration camview.htm: sample HTML page for displaying the webcam picture on a website javaview.class: JAVA applet for displaying the webcam picture on a website file_id.diz: short program description ( used on FTP servers) pad_file.xml: Portable Application Description ( used for shareware) pad_file.htm: Portable Application Description in HTML format alarm1.wav: sound file to use when motion is detected Java Applet (for displaying your webcam picture on your website) The JAVA applet JAVAVIEW.CLASS is included. Here is an HTML example that uses this applet: <APPLET code="javaview.class" width=176 height=144> <PARAM name="page" value=" <PARAM name="time" value="5"> </APPLET> Specify the width and height of your uploaded picture in the first line. The value of the PAGE parameter is the URL address of your picture. The picture and the applet must exist in the same folder on your web host's server. The value of the TIME parameter determines the reload interval in seconds. In the example, the latest version of video.jpg will be shown every 5 seconds. You can also use the CAMVIEW.HTM sample page for your webcam picture. 48

49 Part 6: First Steps First Steps Sending an at motion detection Play an alarm sound at motion detection Periodic generating a picture on your harddisk Periodic generating a number of pictures with different filenames on your HD Periodic upload a picture to your webpage Recording an AVI video in DIVX format 49

50 Sending an at motion detection Step 1 main dialog - select adjust from the motion detector section adjust motion detector dialog - select select the relevant picture areas 50

51 You have to select which areas of the video picture should be tested for a motion. The pixels in this selected areas are the only ones which are tested for differences. Step 2 adjust motion detector dialog - select from the action at detection dialog the sending option 51

52 If you want to take a picture before sending the , select take a picture before sending.if you want to attach the picture which causes the motion, you don't need to select this option, you have to include the akt.jpg picture within the choose files to attach dialog. If you want to record an AVI before sending, select record an AVI Video before sending. All files which should be attached to the , must be selected within the choose files to attach dialog. Then you have to go to the general settings dialog and select the standard motion detector settings. How to test the current picture and how often to test for motion. Select how many % of the selected area should be different to the reference picture, to report a motion. Select a COLOR-VALUE-DIFF value, which is important for the pixel comparsion. If you want a delay for the motion detection between starting the motion detection from the main dialog and beginning to test for motions, select the at start of the motion detector wait option. Step 3 main dialog - select adjust from the file transfer section. Select the sending dialog. 52

53 Input the address of the receiver under send the to and press the insert button. Input your SMTP server. You can find this setting in your standard program. If you want you can input your address under your address. Input an subject for the headline and an body text. Then press the 'choose files to attach' button. All other settings are made within the motion detector dialog, not here.! 53

54 If you are not already online and want to dial up before sending select the dialup before FTP/ /ppm option from the dialup dialog. Input your dial up settings. You can hide the file transfer status window by selecting the hide the file transfer status window option. 54

55 It is not necessary to select the activate option, because this is only necessary for sending in intervalls within the file transfer mode. For the motion detection mode, you have selected the sending in Step 2. 55

56 Step 4 main dialog - select picture settings from the settings dialog. Select convert taken BMP picture into JPG to generate JPG pictures from the taken BMP pictures.there are smaller in size and could be faster uploaded. You can select different options here. Press the preview button to see the result. 56

57 Step 5 Press the start button from the motion detector section. Don't select activate file transfer, because this is only for /ftp sending in intervals or for the Permanent-Picture-Mode. 57

58 Play an alarm sound at motion detection main dialog - select adjust from the motion detector section adjust motion detector dialog - select select the relevant picture areas 58

59 You have to select which areas of the video picture should be tested for a motion. The pixels in this selected areas are the only ones which are tested for differences. Step 2 main dialog - select adjust from the motion detector section 59

60 Select the sound playing option from the action at detection dialog.then select the sound playing dialog. If you want to let the sound play in a loop select play the sound in a loop. Press the select the sound button to select the WAV file, which should be played. Then you have to go to the general settings dialog and select the standard motion detector settings. How to test the current picture and how often to test for motion. Select how many % of the selected area should be different to the reference picture, to report a motion. Select a COLOR-VALUE-DIFF value, which is important for the pixel comparsion. If you want a delay for the motion detection between starting the motion detection from the main dialog and beginning to test for motions, select the at start of the motion detector wait option. 60

61 Step 3 Press the start button from the motion detector section. 61

62 Periodic generating a picture on your harddisk Step 1 main dialog - select adjust from the file transfer section We use the Permanent-Picture-Mode for our purpose. Select the activate Permanent-Picture-Mode option from the general dialog. 62

63 Then select the Perm.Pic.Mode dialog. Select in which intervals the picture should be taken. You can select take a picture continuously to take the picture often as possible. Or select the interval in seconds with the take a picture every x sec option. Press the select the picturefilename button to select a filename for the picture. If you want to stop the picture taking for a while, select stop after x sec and restart after x sec. So you can take pictures, let's say, every 3 seconds, for a duration of 5 minutes, with 10 minutes pause between. Let the options for the stop and restart time unchecked to use the whole time your selected interval without an interruption. If you have a LAN, you can install a webserver program to let all people see what the camera connected to your PC is seen. 63

64 Step 2 Select the activate file transfer option to activate the Permanent-Picture-Mode. 64

65 Periodic generating a number of pictures with different filenames on your harddisk Step 1 main dialog - select adjust from the motion detector section We use the motion detection for our purpose. The relevant area is not important here, because we want only new pictures in intervalls and no test for motion. Select under test for motion the intervall for a new picture. Select often as possible or every x sec.then select for % of the selected area... 0 %. So each test for motion would report a motion. 65

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67 Now select the picture taking option from the action at detection dialog. Then select the picture taking dialog. If you want select add a number to the filename. Then set the max picture number with set the max number to. To generate 50 pictures select 50. Select the picture filename with select the filename. If you have selected the filename move_.bmp, the program generates the picture files from move_001.bmp to move_050.bmp. 67

68 Step 2 Press the start button from the motion detector section. 68

69 Periodic upload a picture to your webpage Step 1 main dialog - select adjust from the file transfer section We use the Permanent-Picture-Mode for our purpose so select activate Permanent Picture Mode. You can also use the FTP mode, but there is no option for pause and restart the taking and uploading. If you use the FTP mode you have to select the picture for uploading in the choose files to transfer dialog. The second difference is, that in FTP mode the program each time it uploads files it connects to the FTP server and in PPM only at the start the FTP server 69

70 connection is established. So the PPM can faster upload the pictures, the interval could be shorter, because the connection always exists. 70

71 Step 2 Select the Perm.Pic.Mode dialog. Select in which intervals the picture should be taken. You can select take a picture continuously to take the picture often as possible. Or select the interval in seconds with the take a picture every x sec option. Press the select the picturefilename button to select a filename for the picture. If you want to stop the picture taking for a while, select stop after x sec and restart after x sec. So you can take pictures, let's say, every 3 seconds, for a duration of 5 minutes, with 10 minutes pause between. Let the options for the stop and restart time unchecked to use the whole time your selected interval without an interruption.select the send GIF picture... option to upload a GIF picture or the send JPG picture... option to upload the JPG picture or both. 71

72 Step 3 Select the dialup dialog. If you are not already online and the program should dial up at PPM start and disconnect at stop after and redial up at restart after, select the dialup before FTP/ /ppm option. You can hide the file transfer status window by selecting the hide the file transfer status window option. 72

73 Step 4 Select the FTP dialog. Adjust the FTP settings in the FTP section connection to the FTP server. The additional settings are only important for the FTP mode, not for the PPM. Step 5 main dialog - select picture settings from the settings dialog. 73

74 Select convert taken BMP picture into JPG to generate JPG pictures from the taken BMP pictures.there are smaller in size and could be faster uploaded. You can select different options here. Press the preview button to see the result. 74

75 Step 6 Select the activate file transfer option to activate the Permanent-Picture-Mode. 75

76 Recording an AVI video in DIVX format Step 1 main dialog - select video compression from the adjust video device section Your dialog could look different to this one, because it's a dialog of the video device driver manufacturer. You must have installed the DIVX codec for your Windows OS. If this has happend you can select the DIVX codec in the compressor section. Sorry for the german dialog, but you can see the DivX selection. 76

77 Step 2 Select a filename for the AVI video with select filename from the AVI record section. Press the start AVI record button to start the recording. Now a really small in size AVI is recorded through the DivX codec. 77