Note: when embedding the Y-cam video in your web page it will only work with the Y-cam’s ActiveX component. It will work for both 1st and 2nd generation models. We will be running a number of these guides to cover as many camera manufacturers as possible. This guide will focus on the Y-cam. The Y-cam is ideal for use as a streaming IP webcam as it is affordable and can be placed outdoors using it’s specially designed Shell housing. Whether it’s from a customer of ours who has a business they would like to promote, say from the leisure or tourism industry or from a customer who is an end user and is working on their family website, we can help with the answer. “ How can I show the live image from my IP camera on my web page?” When troubleshooting or setting up FTP for the first time we normally set the FTP transfer time to something small like 1 every minute until we are satisfied the event is set up correctly, then we change it to the required time.How to embed live images from your Y-cam in a web page Once stored you can begin to check your FTP server for images. All you need to do is perform an overall save of the configuration in the camera by clicking the ‘Store’ button under the Configuration heading in the Admin Menu. Save the Time Task table by clicking the ‘Set’ button. You can use numbers to limit the number of FTP transfers as we have done above. Note that the special asterisk character means “all the time” so if you have asterisks under all the columns the camera will try and FTP an image every minute of every day, 24-7 all year round. If you follow the instructions above the camera will transfer an image by FTP every half hour. This table can be a little confusing when you first try to use it. Week Days: Enter an asterisk so that the event will be active for every day of the week. Months: Enter an asterisk so that the event will be active for every month of the year. Hours: Enter an asterisk so that the event will be active for every minute.ĭays of Month: Enter an asterisk so that the event will be active for every day of the month. Minutes: Enter ‘0-30’ to have an image transferred every hour and every half hour. Under the ‘Task’ column Select an entry from the bottom of the table which isn’t currently being used and using the drop-down box select your FTP profile which you created in Step 2 of this guide.
You will see a screen with a series of table entries as shown below: To set how often each image is transferred you need to create a ‘Time Task’, so click the ‘Time Tasks’ link on the Admin Menu which you can find under the ‘General Administration’ heading. This is only for event triggering.Ĭlick the ‘Set’ button to save your settings.
This is useful when updating a live image on a public web page as the viewer will only ever see a full downloaded image every time they visit the site.Įvent Directory: Leave set to disabled. Temporary name: Enable this option to have the image transferred to the FTP server using a temporary file name. NOTE: if you don’t include any variables after the file name the file will be overwritten with each transfer.įile Type: You can choose to use an existing image profile or create new image/MxPEG clip settings. See the camera for a full list of supported variables. You can include variables in the filename to add such information as date/time etc. FTP Profileĭirectory Name: Enter the path where you want to store the files on your FTP serverįile Name: Enter the filename you wish use for your stored images.
Password: Enter the password for FTP account.Ĭonnection: Choose Passive or Active FTP depending on your server. User name: Enter the username to access your FTP account.
You can enter a domain name such as “” or an IP address. The global server settings and the FTP profile.įTP Server: Enter the address of your FTP server here. There are two areas which need to be configured here. Step 2: Setting up your FTP server detailsįrom the Admin Menu choose the ‘FTP Profiles’ option under the ‘Transfer Profiles’ heading. The areas we will need to configure are located in the Admin Menu so from the menu on the left select the “Admin Menu” option. We are using an Mobotix M22 camera in this example but it should be valid for all Mobotix IP cameras in their range.Īccess your camera and log in as the administrator until you can see a live image from the camera. In this example we will configure the camera to send an image every 30 minutes but we will explain how you can adjust the time to suit your requirements.
This guide will show you the simple steps required if you want to send an image by FTP on a periodic basis from your Mobotix camera. Mobotix cameras, while amazingly flexible can sometimes be a little tricky to operate, especially for the non-technical user.
How to configure periodic FTP image transfer in a Mobotix IP camera