Step-by-Step Webcam Setup Guide

Launch the EvoCam application and follow this step-by-step guide to set up EvoCam to capture and save images on your web server. After you're done, you may want to read the "Customizing Your Webcam With Items" section, which includes information on customizing your webcam with text captions, picture badges, clocks and effects.

Step 1: Specify your server location (for uploading to FTP servers only)
Step 2: Specify your image uploading, saving and archiving preferences
Step 3: Verify that EvoCam is able to upload/save images
Step 4: There's no Step 4!

Step 1: Specify your server location (for uploading to FTP servers only)

Click on the 'Server' tab, shown below. This tab contains settings for uploading to FTP servers. If you are using EvoCam with Web Sharing (or similar software) leave this tab blank and skip to step 2.



¥ Select 'FTP Server' as the server to configure in the popup menu.

¥ Enter the uniform resource locator (URL) for the destination image on your web server, your username, and your password. The URL should point to the same file referenced by your web page's HTML file.

¥ Depending on your network configuration (if you are behind a firewall for example) you may need to use Passive FTP in order to upload successfully to your FTP server. To use Passive FTP, click the 'Advanced' button, and check the 'Use Passive FTP' checkbox.

Step 2: Specify your image uploading, saving and archiving preferences

Click on the 'Options' tab, shown below:



¥ To select whether to periodically refresh or refresh only when motion is detected, use the 'Refresh' radio buttons. When using periodic uploading, click on the small arrows to choose a time between 1 second and 24 hours. When using motion detection, you need to create one or more motion sensors in the 'Items' tab. For more information, please read the "Customizing Your Webcam With Items" section.

¥ To specify when EvoCam should be online, click the 'Schedule' button. For any day of the week, you can set up EvoCam to be off all day, on all day, or on between two times (for example from 9 AM to 5 PM). For more complex schedules, use the 'Custom' schedule option which allows you to specify multiple on/off times at 15 minute intervals throughout the day. Click and drag in the timeline to toggle the schedule on or off.

¥ To enable uploading to the remote server specified in the 'Server' tab, check the 'Upload image to server' checkbox.

¥ To enable saving to a local folder, check the 'Save image locally' checkbox. To change the location for saved images, click the folder icon.

¥ To enable archiving, check the 'Archive all images' checkbox. The first time you check the 'Archive all images' checkbox, you will be asked to locate the folder in which the images will be archived. To change the location for archived images at any time, click the small folder icon to the right of the checkbox. To specify the format of the archive, click the 'Archiving OptionsÉ' button.

¥ To select what quality to use, click on the 'Quality' button. Higher quality images are larger and take longer to upload, so you may want to experiment to find the best compromise between image quality and upload time depending on the speed of your Internet connection.

¥ To adjust your video digitizer's settings, such as brightness and contrast, click the "Video InputÉ" button.

Step 3: Verify that EvoCam is able to upload/save images

Click on the 'Status' tab, shown below. This tab displays useful information about the last refresh operation. On the left is a thumbnail of the last image captured, and on the right is a summary of the last operation, including image size, format and quality, date and time captured, and whether the image was successfully uploaded, emailed, saved, or archived.



¥ To verify that EvoCam is able to upload, email, save or archive images, either wait for the next scheduled refresh or click the 'Now' button. If the refresh operation is not successful, the reason for the failure is displayed.

¥ To view the last image captured, click the 'View Image' button. ¥ To view a transcript of the last FTP/Email session, click the 'View FTP/Email Transcript' button. This will open the "EvoCam Transcript" file, which is automatically created in your Documents folder.

Step 4: There's no Step 4!


That's all there is to it - your webcam should already be up and running! If it isn't, check the 'Status' tab for errors, and check that the URL, username and password you entered in the 'Server' tab are correct. You should also try checking/unchecking the 'Use Passive FTP' checkbox in the 'Advanced FTP Settings' dialog, as this can sometimes help depending on your network configuration. If all else fails, send an email to support@evological.com and we'll be happy to help you get started. For FTP upload or email problems, please attach your "EvoCam Transcript" file, as it will help us determine the cause of the failures.