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Remote Camera Monitoring from iPhone
yancy:
Very simply put, I can control my X10 devices at home from my iPhone, including my Cameras, and watch my cameras on my iPhone as well, all while being away from home. I've seen a few links that mentioned Mellowares X10 Commander, which I use to control the devices. I also use Orb's OrbLive product to stream all my media, including my WebCam configuration. Using the X10 VA11 Video to USB convertor, the Orb recognizes it as a connected Web Cam to the computer. All my cameras are setup in X10 Commander as a seperate controlable device.
To use, I go into X10 Commander and select a camera, turn it on.
Then I exit X10 Commander and to into Orb, select Video, WebCams, then the selection for the VA11 cam and see the stream from the camera I turned on. To change cameras I have to exist Orb and repeat the above process (including turning off the previous cam first).
Yes, it's a bit cumbersome, but I don't mind since I have full control and access to viewing my cameras from my iPhone.
HA Dave:
--- Quote from: yancy on December 07, 2009, 02:04:04 PM ---.... I can control my X10 devices at home from my iPhone, including my Cameras, and watch my cameras on my iPhone as well, all while being away from home.
--- End quote ---
Awesome!
tlchris:
How did you ( or how did he ) manage to get ORBLIVE to see your va11 as a web cam ? When i try to open the web cam in messenger , it work no problem, but once i try to open it whit ORBLIVE it doesnt.
yancy:
First it has to be added as a WebCam in your Orb Control Panel on the PC that you are running Orb and ahve the VA11 plugged in. It should come up as "X10 Video Capture, VA11A Version 2.55". (Version may be different, this is what mine shows.) Once this is setup you should see it as one of your Webcams under the Video group on your iPhone Orb app.
In order for you to see any video, you have to make sure the camera is turned on first, which you can't do inside of Orb. This is where I use X10 Commander to turn on the camera first, then go to the iPhone Orb app and select the webcam to view it.
tlchris:
thanks, il try that tonight.
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