Destinations Settings

If you want that your video or images from configured sources, will not only be displayed at main window, but also saved into archive (for later review), to another destinations (Internet websites, etc) or be processed via motion detector, then use <<Sources>> tab inside <<Settings>> dialog.

For configure destinations:

• choose a source from the <<Source>> list. Each source can have one or multiple destinations;
• choose a processing mode <<Use archive>> or <<Use motion detector>>;
• To configure click the <<Destinations settings>> button if <<Use archive>> — mode is selected.
• Click the <<Motion detector settings>> button if <<Use motion detector>> mode is selected.

Destination settings with archive using

For destination settings with use of archive click the <<Destinations settings>> button in <<Destinations and modes>> dialog. In the <<List of destinations>> window you can see the list of configured destinations for current source.

You can add new destination, edit destination, or delete destination by <<Add>>, or <<Edit>>, or <<Delete>> buttons. It is needed to select a destination from list of configured destinations before editing or deleting it.

Addition of destination

If you want to add a new destination click the <<Add destination>> button in <<List of Destinations>> dialog.

In a <<List of destinations>> window enter a name of the destination, choose type of destination from the list (video, photo, FTP, HTTP, etc.) and specify details.

For File, for example, it will be an optional path for a file if you need it to be stored in parallel to archive).

For video you will be able also to specify video codec (method of file compressing). Without compressing your video archive will growth very fast! Thus it is very recommended to use compressing coded.

When you choose type of destination as <<Photo>> you should choose an frame interval - the frequency of images saving.

When you choose type of destination as <<Photo>> you can also add marking to the saving images.

<<Send e-mail>> allows to send E-mail to you with text and image (optionally) with a configured frequency, or when motion is detected (like other destination types). For configuring click the Mail Setup button... To make sure all is right - make a Test e-mail sending.

Normally you need to enter from/to, subject and message body to send messages. If clicking on Test button does not send a message and you receive an error, please make sure you are connected to the Internet and have enabled Internet access to WebCam Looker at your firewall. Another reason your message is not sending could be a spam filters at provider (where you are sending the email). In this case it is recommended that you open your Email client/application and use your email account's settings for configuring the same at WebCam Looker.

To configure email settings, it is first recommended to try just with SMTP server address (of your email provider). If you do not have password authorization this will enough. Otherwise you may need to configure login/password (checkbox below) and if this does not work again, then also enter your email provider's POP3 server address (also from your email client/application). Try to click Test button to make sure everything is configured correctly and your message is sent.

<<Send SMS>> is like E-mail, but sends SMS to your mobile phone. You can send text and (if you have another destination sending image to a web-server) image URL to view on your cellphone. It is recommended to send test SMS to verify possibility to send SMS via your carrier. If your SMS carrier is not working, or your know how to send SMS via carrier that is not listed - please notify the authors of WebCam Looker.

Also you can use a commercial SMS-gateway to send SMS. (This service supports much more number of carriers and international characters in the body of SMS). To do this select "Use commercial SMS gateway" check box. If you are not registered on this service yet, press button "clickatell.com" and follow instructions on this site. After registration you will have: login, password and XML API_ID key (in order to obtain XML API_ID you need additionally register there for XML API service). Type these parameters to appropriate dialog fields and specify the receiver's telephone number. Attention! The full cell phone number should contain country code and city code like "+1(123)4567890".

You can limit number of SMSes per hour and per day in lower part of SMS settings dialog. By default these parameters are: maximum SMSes per hour - 4, maximum SMSes per day - 16.

<<Run program>> will execute any application with a given frequency (or on motion detected). Enter there a full path to the program and a command line it requires. The details field is a command like to be used to call your program (with path).

<<HTTP upload>> destination

This destination allows you to upload pictures via HTTP to remote computer with web server (with PHP support) running. HTTP upload is faster than FTP upload (because not need the FTP connection).

This destination is used in pair with PHP-script <<filereceiver.php>> located at <<Program Files\Webcam Looker\addons\>> folder.

<<Windows Messenger>> destination

You can use internal Windows net messages service <<Messenger>> as destination. This service transmits net send and alerter service messages between clients and servers. This service is not related to Windows Messenger. If this service is stopped, alerter messages will not be transmitted.

<<Popup Main Window>> destination

It automatically popup the WebCam Looker's window, that was minimized or in Tray before.

It is useful, in case, you are working on this computer and are using motion detector. So if, for example, somebody appears at your back, around your car, etc. you will immediately see it (even you are worked with another program) - WebCam Looker will immediately appear as your foreground window with a real-time preview of what is happening in your zone.

This saves much of your time, because you do not need any more to continuously looking for zones, where nothing is happening. Just safely work with other programs and know you do not miss any intrusions.