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, Sixteen cams are now operating 24/7. Each of the webcams take a snapshot picture every 10 seconds

Computers Used: Three computers; all running Windows XP.

Webcams Used: 16 Creative Labs NX Ultra CCD..All of them are just USB webcams if you can believe that. In the past, we have used; Logitech Pro 4000 CCD webcams and also Creative Labs Webcam Live! CMOS webcams.

Webcam Placement: Upstairs Living Room, Computer Desk, Kitchen, Dining Room, Downstairs Living Room, Swimming Pool, Front Yard, Back 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 Cable TV Broadband Line and FTP'ing the webcam images up to the Internet Service Provider (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 TC HomeCam site.

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

TC HomeCam
April 3rd, 2010