RA cam

lnevo · Post by **lnevo** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 5:23 am

The post that holds the stand on the dlink camera unscrews and so i have a pretty flat cam attached to the side of the tank. I used suction cup hangers that i bent the little metal hooks and put a rubber band between and it holds the camera pretty well. For $60 i cant complain. It does need a wide angle solution though to get a more inclusive shot.

alexwbush · Post by **alexwbush** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 1:28 pm

Here's the cam I use: http://slickdeals.net/f/5249986-Foscam- ... e-shipping

You can rotate it and move it around while away with web interface or even free android apps.

Looks like $65 now.

lnevo · Post by **lnevo** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 1:33 pm

Here's pics of my mounting.

alexwbush · Post by **alexwbush** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 1:52 pm

cool, now where's the live feed??

lnevo · Post by **lnevo** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 2:09 pm

http://www.easte.net:8080

Username is fishcam / No password

alexwbush · Post by **alexwbush** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 4:24 pm

very cool! What kind of fish of the blue with yellow stripe?

lnevo · Post by **lnevo** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 4:36 pm

They are Orange-line Chromis. I have a school of three

jsclownfish · Post by **jsclownfish** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 4:37 pm

I just set something similar up and I really like it...

camera.JPG

Here's the mount I used....

http://www.buy.com/prod/large-window-va ... 75716.html

-Jon

lnevo · Post by **lnevo** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 4:49 pm

Nice option and good price for that mount.

alexwbush · Post by **alexwbush** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 4:57 pm

nice. Where is your feed?

I am debating mounting mine closer. I have mine mounted on a counter across the room. I can't zoom, but I can pan and tilt. You can see my cam in my thread http://forum.reefangel.com/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=1837 If you don't see it, someone else is viewing... I think it only lets 1 or 2 on at a time

I want to be able to see the sump if I leave. I am debating picking up another camera and mounting this one in my sump.

jsclownfish · Post by **jsclownfish** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 11:12 am

sorry, I haven't figured out the 'feed' process yet. I just use the weblink and apps from D-link to monitor it. It's a little clunky (probably my home internet speed). I'd like to set it up as a feed independent from that system at some point.

-Jon

lnevo · Post by **lnevo** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 11:19 am

jsclownfish wrote:sorry, I haven't figured out the 'feed' process yet. I just use the weblink and apps from D-link to monitor it. It's a little clunky (probably my home internet speed). I'd like to set it up as a feed independent from that system at some point.

-Jon

You need to do a port forwarding to your webcam and then you can access the page directly from your external ip and whatever port you setup.

jsclownfish · Post by **jsclownfish** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 11:20 am

Here is a snapshot from my camera if you're interested. The container on the other side of the tank was a "hospital" to seperate out a big Rhodactis that was either dividing or dying and I didn't want to lose it in the rockwork.

The great thing about the suction cup arm is that I can move it around the tank to focus on different corals and such without building another mount. I really don't have a good place to mount a panning camera in front of the tank.

-Jon

tankpic.JPG

lnevo · Post by **lnevo** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 2:21 pm

Beautiful. Love the yellow tang peeking from below

We really need to find a good wide angle for this cam

jsclownfish · Post by **jsclownfish** » Thu Sep 27, 2012 9:33 pm

Thanks, I'll check the port forward. I think it is set-up, but just blocked at my work firewall.

Ever since I put this on the tank, I've been wanting to code in a trigger for the autofeeder so I can get all the fish to come to the camera when I want to see them.

Alex,
How did you get your feed to show up on your forum post?
-Jon

alexwbush · Post by **alexwbush** » Fri Sep 28, 2012 12:47 am

I'm pretty sure it depends on your webcam, but to post a live feed, I used:

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http://wolfpack06.no-ip.org:1984/videostream.cgi?user=user&pwd=password

So I have my no-ip setup in there to link back to the camera and user/password for a guest account. You can't control the camera

When doing port forwarding, I highly recommend using a port other than 80 since that's the most frequently blocked.

jsclownfish · Post by **jsclownfish** » Wed Oct 03, 2012 2:39 pm

Have you seen those plexiglass boxes/containers the fish stores use so you can look at corals overhead without the ripples in the water? I was thinking about trying to mount my camera over one of those so that it wasn't so "ugly" on the side of the tank. It would be a smaller view, but the camera in theory would be enclosed in the hood.

-Jon

alexwbush · Post by **alexwbush** » Thu Oct 04, 2012 11:17 pm

I think those would work great short term. But what if the power cord gets to the water? I just need to wait for HD IP cams to drop in price and raise in quality.

lnevo · Post by **lnevo** » Sat Oct 06, 2012 5:26 am

jsclownfish wrote:I just set something similar up and I really like it...

camera.JPG
Here's the mount I used....

http://www.buy.com/prod/large-window-va ... 75716.html

-Jon

Just ordered one of these mounts and this fish eye lens... Let's see what it can do!

http://gorillagadgets.com/cellphone-fis ... html?sl=EN

rimai · Post by **rimai** » Wed Nov 21, 2012 1:26 pm

Does anyone know how to place a component to a webpage to watch your stream?
Is it camera specific?

binder · Post by **binder** » Wed Nov 21, 2012 2:46 pm

rimai wrote:Does anyone know how to place a component to a webpage to watch your stream?
Is it camera specific?

It probably is camera specific. On my IP camera, you have to grab the stream by looking at the pages it generates. That's how dave displays my ip camera on my network inside his Client Suite.
I created a test page that just embedded the default /wifi page and my camera stream. It worked pretty good for me.

lnevo · Post by **lnevo** » Wed Nov 21, 2012 3:12 pm

Mine either you need the app, java, or active-x. The last two are in an html and finally if none of the above, i can url to a live static image. But i'm sure each has it's own. The best strategy for support would be to give a url to embed and whatever works for each camera can be used.

lnevo · Post by **lnevo** » Wed Nov 21, 2012 7:19 pm

Here's the pics with/without the fisheye lens.

Before:

ImageUploadedByTapatalk1353550562.820361.jpg

After:

ImageUploadedByTapatalk1353550578.175511.jpg

I'm using the mount that jsclownfish posted and the lens was $20. It really makes a huge difference. One thing though...the lens comes with a magnetic ring with adhesive to hold the lens to the camera. The weight of the lens was causing the ring to shift, so I ended up using some frag glue to secure it to the camera.

jsclownfish · Post by **jsclownfish** » Wed Nov 21, 2012 9:15 pm

Thanks for the update on the lens. That's pretty cool. I'll have to give it a try.
-Jon

rimai · Post by **rimai** » Thu Nov 22, 2012 3:44 am

Yeah, that's really sweet!!!
I'm gonna try it too

Thanks for sharing!!!

Redadeath · Post by **Redadeath** » Sat Mar 09, 2013 6:23 pm

i have easy n camera and i usually ask to choose activex - java -or app and to sed as default

what king of os does the client suite use

binder · Post by **binder** » Sun Mar 10, 2013 9:09 am

Redadeath wrote:i have easy n camera and i usually ask to choose activex - java -or app and to sed as default

what king of os does the client suite use

the client suite is written for windows.

rossbryant1956 · Post by **rossbryant1956** » Sun Mar 24, 2013 12:39 pm

the dlink allows you to just call the outside IP address and the port you previously setup forwarding on (like we did with 2000 for the RA.) Try hitting mine at 69.250.225.122:3462

if it asks for a id and password use "guest" and "fishtanks"

LMK if this works

I am still working with the X10 cameras to get them up from a browser

lnevo · Post by **lnevo** » Sun Mar 24, 2013 12:43 pm

Its working...but it didn't prompt for authentication....

sherman · Post by **sherman** » Wed Aug 27, 2014 8:32 pm

lnevo wrote:http://www.easte.net:8080

Username is fishcam / No password

I sign in. Only show black screen. Why? Is it the cam is off

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