Location: We live in the State of Minnesota, USA., which is south of Canada, east of North and South Dakota, north of Iowa, and west of Wisconsin.

How Did All This Start: Mostly as a home security camera system to monitor our home and property while away at work, on vacation, etc. Currently, Fifteen cams are now operating 24/7. Each of the webcams take a snapshot picture every 15 to 20 seconds depending on which cam you are viewing.

Computers Used: Three computers; all running Windows XP.

Webcams Used: 4 Logitech Pro 4000 CCD, 2 Creative Labs Webcam Live! CMOS, and 9 Creative Labs NX Ultra CCD. All of them are just USB webcams if you can believe that.

Webcam Placement: Living Room, Computer Desk Upstairs, Kitchen, Dining Room, Computer Desk Downstairs, Swimming Pool, Front Yard, and the Driveway.

Webcam Software: WebcamXP - (webcam_xp_v4.10_beta.zip). Before that we tried ConquerCam, SpyCam by Bill Oatman, and also WebCam32.

The FTP Connection: Just using a simple DSL phone line and FTP'ing the webcam snapshot pictures up to the phone company ISP.

Computer Knowledge: Trust Me, We know next to nothing about computers and were able to get our webcam experiment up and going after a very short period :) Basically, lots of messing around to see what worked and what didn't. lol.

Anyway: That gives you an idea of how we put together the webcam site.

If You Have Any Questions Or Comments:
Contact Email Is: tchomecam@charter.net

TC HomeCam
August 14th, 2009