How do I capture an image of the network Camera ?

[blitzcraig]

yup, I thought of that one, it would be best to not have to do that buffered image to the harddrive...

what about camera control?  It has tilt and pan capabilities.

[km76107]

To do camera control, i would think that activex will be required, so you can change properties.  I am not aware of any other method to control the camera properties.

I did buffered imaging,  and it didn't take up too much space. the refresh rate was pretty good too...mine was working at about 30 fps.

[blitzcraig]

NICE!  maybe I'll try that method.  I think ActiveX control would be alright in my application, it's just the problem of viewing an ActiveX display over remote panel. 

[blitzcraig]

I have no idea how to find out the ActiveX component that this webserver uses, I have attached the source of the webpage, maybe it will key you into what's going on with this camera.  thanks for all your input.

[blitzcraig]

Here's a page about the camera...

http://www.globalsources.com/gsol/I/CMOS-PC/a/9000000072192.htm

[km76107]

my workplace's firewall is protecting from downloading the ACtiveX that you posted.  However, I did a quick search in google on winwebpush.cab and got a bunch of hits.. one of them talks about being able to download the activex component for Orite camera.  The other option is to contact someone at Orite and ask them to provide the activex component.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&rls=GGLD%2CGGLD%3A2004-11%2CGGLD%3Aen&as_qdr=all&q=winwebpush...+

hope it helps.

[blitzcraig]

ok, I got the WinWebPush.cab file and registered the WinWeb.dll

I can view the stream now in LabVIEW by installing the ActiveX component and setting the IP address

I can not find how to control the camera (tilt/pan) from the WebWatch Class

maybe there's another ActiveX component that I don't know about to control the camera's tilt/pan movements?  The camera's webserver software is cool because you can click anywhere on the Live Stream and the camera will center to that location.  I want THIS in LabVIEW, that would be cool.

[km76107]

i would think there is either an activex for camera controls or you might want to play with the different properties of the dll and see if you can find anything related to controlling camera.  in my case, i use the Gif89 and there is a property on MotionDetectControl.  I have not played with it since I didn't need it, but i'll try giving it a shot.

[blitzcraig]

There is a property called MotionDetect, but I think it's for the motion notification, not to move the camera.  I can't find how to pan/tilt the camera.

[blitzcraig]

here's the WinWebPush stuff I have access to...

Properties...

Audio
AudioFormat
AutoFrame
Avi
AviDownNum
AviFrame
AviPath
AviPre
AviSaveIntervalNum
AviTotalSize
AviTotalTime
BackColor
Brightness
CamHeight
CamName
CamWidth
Contrast
DateFormat
DownAviType
Download
DownloadNum
DownloadPath
DownloadPrefix
DownloadSize
DownloadTime
DownType
FontColor
Frequency
Hue
JpgNumInAvi
Layout
MotionDetect
Open
Quality
ReconnectTryNum
ReconnectTryTime
Resolution
Rotate
Saturation
SaveIntervalNum
ServerAudio
Sharpness
ShowIntervalTime
ShowText
StatusBarCtrl
TimeFormat
URL
UserCheck

Methods...

CloseModem
ClosePPPoE
DelMenu
DelUser
ExCmd
GetAllUser
GetCamVersion
GetExStatus
GetFtp
GetIP
GetLog
GetMail
GetModem
GetMyself
GetPPPoE
GetTime
JspExCmd
OpenModem
OpenPPPoE
RecordDialog
SaveCurJpgDlg
SendMail
SetExStatus
SetFtp
SetIP
SetMail
SetModem
SetPPPoE
SetTime


SetUser