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First download the web cam monitoring software.
How to find the webcam URL:
- Open your web browser and surf to the webcam page.
- Right click on the webcam image and click Properties
- Copy the URL from the Address field.
How to add a webcam:
- Click the "+" icon in the controls menu.
- Enter the webcam URL, webcam name and the refresh rate in seconds of the webcam you want to watch.
- Click OK.
- The webcam will now appear in your webcam list.
To watch a webcam:
- Double click the webcam in your webcam list. It will appear thumbnailed in the webcams menu.
- Click on the thumbnail to view it full size.
- In the Viewer window, you can zoom in and out, or use that cam as a screensaver.
- Click the "X" button on the webcam to stop the broadcast.
- Click the circular arrow button on the webcam to refresh it.
To save all new webcam pics:
- Check the "AutoSave New Pictures" box.
- All new images from the webcams you are watching will be saved in the /cam/ directory in the program folder.
- This is an awesome way to save all those webcam pics!
Webcam Monitoring Tips:
- Move your mouse over any button or text field to see what it does.
- You can only watch .jpg, .gif and .bmp images.
- The status bar under each watched webcam's thumbnail notifies you of image download progress.
- The status bar at the bottom of the screen will inform you when it saves a new picture.
- You can edit an existing webcam by selecting it in the webcam listing and clicking the edit button (icon that looks like a document).
- Stop all watched cams by clicking the "X" button in the controls list.
- Start all watched cams by clicking the check mark button in the controls list.
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