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* Motion detection * [[Motion Detection]] * [http://www.pysoft.com/ActiveWebCamMainpage.htm Product Web Site] PY Software== Review ==[[Image:15star.png]] Pros:* works with the [[Pico UCC4 Conexant 878A 4-port PCI DVR Card]]* motion detection* records in video or still picture formats* can launch exe upon motion detect* can call phone on motion detectCons:* Stability issues* Memory leak, PC requires reboot every couple days* Program crash may wipe out all camera settings* No automatic settings backup or recovery=== Software Configure ===== Software Settings ==Best not to let Active WebCam auto detect the cameras, you can add them manually. It seems to number them incorrectly when done automatically and when using multiple Pico cards, it may detect more ports than actually exist. However, if you choose to auto detect you can delete the camera ports detected that are incorrect or unnecessary.* It is recommended you have [[Microsoft DirectX]] installed, version 9x or higher. * Best not to let Active WebCam auto detect the cameras, you can add them manually. It seems to number them incorrectly when done automatically and when using multiple Pico cards, it may detect more ports than actually exist. However, if you choose to auto detect you can delete the camera ports detected that are incorrect or unnecessary. * A note on [[motion detection]] recording: Unlike Pico2000, if there is further motion detected during the recording interval, the software will continue to record. Once triggered, recording will continue for the duration set or longer if motion persists. * It is recommended you not use an image size setting over 640x480 under the camera device setting. Anything over 320x200 is interlaced. Anything over 640x480 will have incorrect aspect or will disable video in most circumstances. [[Image:ActiveWebCamWorkingSettingsExample01.png]] === Recording Settings ===* Hotkey CTRL-ALT-V Default Cam{CAMERA}_{yy-mm-dd@hh`nn`ss}Better {yyyymmdd}{COUNTER}-H{hh}M{nn}S{ss}-{CAMERA} === Motion Settings ===* Hotkey CTRL-ALT-M Create Snapshot Setting Window: Default filename: Snapshot{COUNTER}: Better filename: {yyyymmdd}{COUNTER}-H{hh}M{nn}S{ss}-{CAMERA} Recording: Default Cam{CAMERA}_{yy-mm-dd@hh`nn`ss}: Alternative filename: {yyyymmdd}{COUNTER}-H{hh}M{nn}S{ss}-{CAMERA} Email Settings: Defaults Subject - Motion {MOTION}% has been detected Message - Camera #{CAMERA} at {hh:nn:ss} has detected {MOTION}% motion in the watched area. : Alternative Subject - Warning on {yyyymmdd}{COUNTER}-H{hh}M{nn}S{ss}-{CAMERA} Message - {yyyymmdd}{COUNTER}-H{hh}M{nn}S{ss}-{CAMERA} detected {MOTION}% motion. === Time formatting macros === {| width="365" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="1"| width="74" valign="top" |<div align="CENTER"><font size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial">'''Placeholder:'''</font></div>| width="281" valign="top" |<div align="CENTER"><font size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial">'''Displays:'''</font></div>|-| colspan="2" bgcolor="#000000" valign="top" ||-| width="74" valign="top" | <font size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial">'''d'''</font>| width="281" valign="top" | <font size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial">Displays the day as a number without a leading zero (1-31).</font>|-| width="74" valign="top" | <font size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial">'''dd'''</font>| width="281" valign="top" | <font size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial">Displays the day as a number with a leading zero (01-31).</font>|-| width="74" valign="top" | <font size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial">'''ddd'''</font>| width="281" valign="top" | <font size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial">Displays the day as an abbreviation (Sun-Sat).</font>|-| width="74" valign="top" | <font size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial">'''dddd'''</font>| width="281" valign="top" | <font size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial">Displays the day as a full name (Sunday-Saturday).</font>|-| width="74" valign="top" | <font size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial">'''m'''</font>| width="281" valign="top" | <font size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial">Displays the month as a number without a leading zero (1-12).</font>|-| width="74" valign="top" | <font size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial">'''mm'''</font>| width="281" valign="top" | <font size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial">Displays the month as a number with a leading zero (01-12).</font>|-| width="74" valign="top" | <font size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial">'''mmm'''</font>| width="281" valign="top" | <font size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial">Displays the month as an abbreviation (Jan-Dec).</font>|-| width="74" valign="top" | <font size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial">'''mmmm'''</font>| width="281" valign="top" | <font size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial">Displays the month as a full name (January-December).</font>|-| width="74" valign="top" | <font size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial">'''yy'''</font>| width="281" valign="top" | <font size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial">Displays the year as a two-digit number (00-99).</font>|-| width="74" valign="top" | <font size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial">'''yyyy'''</font>| width="281" valign="top" | <font size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial">Displays the year as a four-digit number (0000-9999).</font>|-| width="74" valign="top" | <font size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial">'''h'''</font>| width="281" valign="top" | <font size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial">Displays the hour without a leading zero (0-23).</font>|-| width="74" valign="top" | <font size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial">'''hh'''</font>| width="281" valign="top" | <font size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial">Displays the hour with a leading zero (00-23).</font>|-| width="74" valign="top" | <font size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial">'''n'''</font>| width="281" valign="top" | <font size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial">Displays the minute without a leading zero (0-59).</font>|-| width="74" valign="top" | <font size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial">'''nn'''</font>| width="281" valign="top" | <font size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial">Displays the minute with a leading zero (00-59).</font>|-| width="74" valign="top" | <font size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial">'''s'''</font>| width="281" valign="top" | <font size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial">Displays the second without a leading zero (0-59).</font>|-| width="74" height="19" valign="top" | <font size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial">'''ss'''</font>| width="281" valign="top" | <font size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial">Displays the second with a leading zero (00-59).</font>|-| width="74" height="19" valign="top" | <font size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial">'''ts'''</font>| width="281" valign="top" | <font size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial">Displays the tenth-second with a leading zero (00-09).</font>|-| width="74" height="19" valign="top" | <font size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial">'''hs'''</font>| width="281" valign="top" | <font size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial">Displays the hundredth-second with a leading zero (00-99).</font>|-| width="74" height="19" valign="top" | <font size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial">'''ms'''</font>| width="281" valign="top" | <font size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial">Displays the millisecond with a leading zero (000-999).</font>|-| width="74" valign="top" | <font size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial">'''am/pm'''</font>| width="281" valign="top" | <font size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial">Uses the 12-hour clock and displays 'am' for any hour before noon, and 'pm' for any hour after noon.</font>|} Special wildcards:*{CAMERA} - displays camera number.*{MOTION} - shows current value of motion.*{COUNTER} - a placeholder for counted value.*{VIDEODEVICE} - shows the video device name. This wildcard can be used to separate video records from different cameras when the *Cycle through video devices option is active.*{IP_ADDR} - shows IP address of computer.*{EXTERNAL_IP_ADDR} - shows external IP address of computer. This is the address that the "outside world" sees. === Broadcasting and Web Server === The HTTP Server feature is somewhat problematic. It is important to understand that each camera requires its own Port on the HTTP server. Even though the web page creation wizard allows selection of multiple cameras, the Broadcasting settings are unique to each camera and each must have a unique port set. If the user sets all ports to the same, the default camera will broadcast for all cameras on the web page. HTML "Stills" page: HTML page on local web server that refreshes still images. Utilizes JavaScript. The following code is embedded in the HTML page by the creation wizard. This is the minimal code necessary to create the refreshing. 1. Goes inbetween <HEAD> tags right after <TITLE> tags: <nowiki><SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"></nowiki> <nowiki><!--</nowiki> <nowiki></nowiki> <nowiki>function ShowButton(objName, ImageName) {</nowiki> <nowiki> objName.src=ImageName;</nowiki> <nowiki>}</nowiki> <nowiki></nowiki> <nowiki>function PreloadImages() {</nowiki> <nowiki> if(document.images) {</nowiki> <nowiki> if (!document.tmpImages)</nowiki> <nowiki> document.tmpImages=new Array();</nowiki> <nowiki> with(document) {</nowiki> <nowiki> var</nowiki> <nowiki> i, j=tmpImages.length,</nowiki> <nowiki> a=PreloadImages.arguments;</nowiki> <nowiki> for(i=0; i<a.length; i++)</nowiki> <nowiki> if (a[i].indexOf("#")!=0) {</nowiki> <nowiki> tmpImages[j]=new Image;</nowiki> <nowiki> tmpImages[j++].src=a[i];</nowiki> <nowiki> }</nowiki> <nowiki> }</nowiki> <nowiki> }</nowiki> <nowiki> startClock();</nowiki> <nowiki>}</nowiki> <nowiki></nowiki> <nowiki>//--></nowiki> <nowiki></SCRIPT></nowiki> <nowiki></nowiki> <nowiki></nowiki> <nowiki><!-- Function is refreshing web page</nowiki> <nowiki>// --></nowiki> <nowiki><script language="JavaScript"></nowiki> <nowiki><!--</nowiki> <nowiki>var x = 500;</nowiki> <nowiki> function startClock(){</nowiki> <nowiki> x = x - 200;</nowiki> <nowiki> timerID = setTimeout("startClock()", 200);</nowiki> <nowiki> if (x <= 0) {</nowiki> <nowiki> window.location.reload(true);</nowiki> <nowiki> x = 500;</nowiki> <nowiki> }</nowiki> <nowiki> }</nowiki> <nowiki>// --></nowiki> </script> 2. JavaScript that goes in <BODY> tag to activate refresh script <nowiki>onLoad="startClock();"</nowiki> 3. Display Still Image to be refreshed <IMG WIDTH=640 HEIGHT=480 SRC="capture1.jpg"> == Software Troubleshooting ==solution in progress...It is likely an issue of frame crossover, also sometimes present using the Pico software with this card. To get rid from the frames crossover increase value in the "Drop the first" edit box in the "Device" tab in the "Camera Settings" window. The default setting was [5] and adjusting it to [6] seems to resolve the flickering problem unless you are using motion record. # CNTRL-ALT-I# Device Tab# In "Video Device" frame, right under "Video Source" drop-down is a textbox with the numer 5, arrows, and label "Drop the first X frames when switching between sources." and increase value to 6 or more.* motion activated record note: After recording stops the entire screen seems to flicker activating 100% [[motion detection]] and triggering continuous recording. It was necessary to increase the "Drop the first X frames" to a value of 12-15.This is a jumping of the image up and down that is minor, at approx 1 line of resolution, yet enough to trigger motion detection. This condition is a result of the poor quality of the inexpensive [[Pico UCC4 Conexant 878A 4-port PCI DVR Card]] and there is no known resolution found currently.This is a jumping of the image up and down that is minor, at approx 1 line of resolution, yet enough to trigger [[motion detection]]. This condition is a result of the poor quality of the inexpensive [[Pico UCC4 Conexant 878A 4-port PCI DVR Card]] and there is no known resolution found currently.=== Troubleshooting: cannot capture audio from audio port on Pico UCC4 card ===The btwincap driver offers no support for the audio part of the Bt878 chip. The driver can use the use the main sound card installed in the computer to digitize audio. See [http://btwincap.sourceforge.net/problems.html btwincap Known problems / Limitations] for more details.=== Troubleshooting: poor quality image capture ===Make sure your system is set to display 24-bit or 32-bit color. 16-bit color is acceptable, although images won't show their true 24-bit color depth. 16-color (4-bit) and 256-color (8-bit) modes are unacceptable for image viewing and are not recommended.=== Troubleshooting: ASF Recording File Format produces no video file ===researching...[[Category:Security]]keywords: CCTV