Project Skip Find Web/weather Cam
Posted: Tue 15 Mar 2022 4:30 pm
Always liked the idea of setting up a weather camera but couldn't really justify to the Head of Finance (Mrs Turvey) going out and spending X amount of money on the equipment needed.
However I have now found (skip-dived) what seems to be a working system, albeit a bit old. It comprises of 3 Swann cameras and an IQ? camera, a Vivotek VS3100 video server and a Norbain VQLC box. I've rigged it all up in the garage and all cameras show up on a TV which was a good start
My problem is that I can't seem to get the cameras to show up on the laptop I'm trying to setup. I'm not going via the router just now as it's stuck in our son's bedroom (used to be a home office before we bought the house) so not very practical to get to. I've got as far as the laptop 'finding' the video server but anything I've tried to get it to show the camera just results in a blank screen. I'm just using one camera connected to the video server with this in turn connected via ethernet cable to the laptop initially to try and get it all set up.
Am I missing something simple? Probably or am I on a hiding to nothing with the equipment I have?
I've tried various CCTV software including iSpy and Agent, as well as Yawcam and Security Eye but none seems easy to understand, to me anyway.
Any hints or tips will be gratefully received.
However I have now found (skip-dived) what seems to be a working system, albeit a bit old. It comprises of 3 Swann cameras and an IQ? camera, a Vivotek VS3100 video server and a Norbain VQLC box. I've rigged it all up in the garage and all cameras show up on a TV which was a good start
My problem is that I can't seem to get the cameras to show up on the laptop I'm trying to setup. I'm not going via the router just now as it's stuck in our son's bedroom (used to be a home office before we bought the house) so not very practical to get to. I've got as far as the laptop 'finding' the video server but anything I've tried to get it to show the camera just results in a blank screen. I'm just using one camera connected to the video server with this in turn connected via ethernet cable to the laptop initially to try and get it all set up.
Am I missing something simple? Probably or am I on a hiding to nothing with the equipment I have?
I've tried various CCTV software including iSpy and Agent, as well as Yawcam and Security Eye but none seems easy to understand, to me anyway.
Any hints or tips will be gratefully received.