<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — using wireless backup camera to watch printer]]> https://www.soliforum.com/topic/7838/using-wireless-backup-camera-to-watch-printer/ Sun, 28 Sep 2014 18:22:28 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Re: using wireless backup camera to watch printer]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/67256/#p67256 dubbsd wrote:

Here is what i have.
https://fcc.samknows.com/install/att/uverse

It says use  192.168.1.254 to log in to the router

]]> Sun, 28 Sep 2014 18:22:28 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/67256/#p67256 <![CDATA[Re: using wireless backup camera to watch printer]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/67254/#p67254 Is the host computer also in the laundry room?  If so, you can just use any video chat webcam and remote desktop (free Google app).  Remote desktop will have the additional bonus of giving you control from anywhere on the planet with internet.  For example, I will sometimes start a print in the morning before leaving for work (printer is fully enclosed in metal, in a separate unpopulated building, and I not longer use acetone.  So fire risk is reduced) and once I see it is complete (or I see that I need to abort the print), I can turn off the heaters and even shut down the computer from my smartphone.  One of these days I will build an electric actuator to push the completed project off the plate so I can start another job remotely, too.
P.S.  If you plan to put the camera inside the printer or near enough that you can inspect the quality of the print, you will likely have to disassemble whatever camera you purchase and manually adjust the focus to focus in close.  This is what I did so I can adjust the feed and flow if necessary as the print progresses.  If you go pan-tilt, maybe spend the extra $$ on one with remote focus capability

]]> Sun, 28 Sep 2014 17:35:36 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/67254/#p67254 <![CDATA[Re: using wireless backup camera to watch printer]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/67246/#p67246 Here is what i have.
https://fcc.samknows.com/install/att/uverse

]]> Sun, 28 Sep 2014 17:10:52 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/67246/#p67246 <![CDATA[Re: using wireless backup camera to watch printer]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/67243/#p67243 dubbsd wrote:

I have a WIFI cam and was not able to connect it
I have ATT Uverse. I would like to make it work
bit I can not go in and change the router settings.


Do you have a combo modem/router?

]]> Sun, 28 Sep 2014 16:40:13 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/67243/#p67243 <![CDATA[Re: using wireless backup camera to watch printer]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/67241/#p67241 I use an  IP wireless pan/tilt camera, .It's a Loftek ip wireless cam 3200. you can see it at http://www.dhmjr.com/

]]> Sun, 28 Sep 2014 16:34:13 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/67241/#p67241 <![CDATA[Re: using wireless backup camera to watch printer]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/67240/#p67240 I have a WIFI cam and was not able to connect it
I have ATT Uverse. I would like to make it work
bit I can not go in and change the router settings.

]]> Sun, 28 Sep 2014 16:22:53 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/67240/#p67240 <![CDATA[Re: using wireless backup camera to watch printer]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/67239/#p67239 I didn't take a close look at the camera, but my concern would be wireless range and frequency.  A lot of those devices work on the same frequencies as wifi and have potential to screw up your reception (if you have wifi).  I'd look into one of the many wifi enabled cameras available.  You can view them via a web browser, plus use your smartphone to monitor your prints if you aren't at your computer.  Amazon has a few available in that same price range.

]]> Sun, 28 Sep 2014 16:05:13 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/67239/#p67239 <![CDATA[using wireless backup camera to watch printer]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/67237/#p67237 Will a wireless backup camera work to view print.
My printer is in the laundry room and i keep the door closed (it's to noisy for my wife)
when my printer is running I sit at my computer doing CAD
so I an constantly getting up to look at my printer.
here is the camera I am thinking about. Will it work?

http://www.autozone.com/autozone/access … 51333_0_0_

]]> Sun, 28 Sep 2014 15:49:23 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/67237/#p67237