Currently the use of CCTV cameras are needed for everyday needs whether it is in the home environment or in an office environment. If you suddenly need a CCTV camera whenyou do not have it, then you can use other devices such as camera phones Android.
This trick can also be used to test the reliability of the new Android phone you just purchased. In addition, you can also use it as a fun activity to fill your time is empty.Remember, do not use this trick for negative things because you yourself would know if the negative things can damage health.
Here are step by step how to use your Android phone as a so-called IP Camera withCCTV cameras.
Preparatory stage:
One Android phone.
One fruit that is integrated with WiFi notebook or PC sudag one equipped with a WiFi device.
Install Software Process:
Go to the Market, find the application by key word IPCam and there will be some options.At the time of this experiment, we use an application made by Happy Droids that can be obtained free of charge.
Select it and install the application on your Android phone.
After the install is complete, uses the same time IPCam as CCTV cameras:
Activate the WiFi Sharing Tethering on Android phones.
Run the application IPCam had just installed.
At the bottom of the far left, you'll see a button with the letter (i). That is a clue the use ofIPCam. Please read for a bit to understand how this camera works.
In some key images. The choice to provide authentication if anyone wants to access thecamera. For this experiment, for easy, clear the course of this option.
Choose a Quality setting to your liking. The better Quality, then access can be added slowly and vice versa, the more ugly Quality then access the faster (Figure not broken). Paca this example, we tried 50%, the middle of the quality of the camera.
on the size, select the size to your liking. It also depends on the phone, if the phone is not yet capable of taking high resolution, do not be forced. In the example, we use the size 640 × 480 pixels size.
Press the IP image on the bottom and enter the port you will use. If you do not understand itswhat's ports, use only por 8000 (default port) and continue by selecting Save.
Now, turn on the camera by way of "touch" on the bottom right of the button On / Off.
There you will see the IP address of the camera along with the port of the camera.
At present, back to the notebook / computer, connect to WiFi with Android phones that haveWiFi Tethering dikatifkan Sharing.
Once connected, open a web browser and enter the IP address as stated in the previous image. In the example, the IP address used is 192.168.43.1 with port 8000 then in the browser address, write http://192.168.43.1:8000/
If all processes are configured properly, you will see the words as shown below.
Next select one of the methods that will digunkan, whether choosing to use a web browser,using the media player or use the other. Please creativity. In the example, we use the webbrowser Firefox
To remember, not all web browsers support with this application. To make sure that you usethe most recent web browser or using media other than web browsers.
It's finished, now your Android phone can be used as a CCTV camera as a cameraconvensinal. You can put it anywhere as long as the WiFi signal from the Android be accepted by the computer / notebook.
If using a web browser, make sure the computer / high speed for your notebook webbrowsers require a great resource when streaming video from the camera Android. Do not let your CCTV camera needs to be blocked just because the computer / notebook is slow.
In addition to using the direct sharing of WiFi, you can also use a WiFi network alreadyavailable on condition that both computers and notebooks are equally able to access the network. IP address of the Android also will follow the existing WiFi network.