Dialogs
Main
Dialog
Picture Settings
Picture Viewer
Preview Window
Adjust Motion Detection
Select Relevant Areas
Device Driver Dialogs
File Transfer FTP/EMAIL/PPM
File Transfer Status
Files
To Transfer
Files To Attach

Main
Dialog

GROUPS
AVI
record
AVI filename - shows the filename
of the AVI file which will be generated at recording
select filename - opens a filedialog
to choose the filename for the AVI file
start AVI record - starts the recording
stop AVI record - stops the recording
AVI with audio - select if the AVI
should recorded with audio, if possible
picture
capture
picture filename - shows the filename
of the BMP picture file
select filename - opens a filedialog
to choose the filename for the BMP picture
take a picture - takes a picture from
the actual preview window + selected settings Picture
Settings
view picture - opens a dialog which
shows the last taken picture Picture Viewer
adjust - opens a dialog with picture
settings Picture Settings
preview
video device
video run - enable the video running
in the video window
video halt - halts the video at the
actual picture
show window - shows the preview window
in which the video is shown Preview Window
hide window - hides the preview window
Preview Window
only preview - shows the preview window
in the middle of the desktop with a black background around
fullscreen - stretches the actual
preview window to fullscreen
adjust video device
frames/sec - selects the amount of
frames per second which the video device should show in the preview window
video source - this dialog is supported
from the device driver of the video device ( enabled if available ) Device
Driver Dialogs
video format - this dialog is supported
from the device driver of the video device ( enabled if available ) Device
Driver Dialogs
video display - this dialog is supported
from the device driver of the video device ( enabled if available ) Device
Driver Dialogs
video compression - this dialog is
supported from the device driver of the video device ( enabled if available
) Device Driver Dialogs
motion
detector
adjust - opens a dialog to adjust
all motion detector settings Adjust
Motion Detector
stop - stops the motion detector
start - starts the motion detector
( the activate file transfer option would be disabled )
DIFFERENCE - shows the difference
between the two tested pictures in %
TESTED - shows how often the motion
detection tested for difference since start
DETECTED
- shows how often the motion detection have detected a motion
file
transfer
activate file transfer - check this
if you want to activate the selected modes from the File
Transfer FTP/EMAIL/PPM
adjust - opens a dialog to adjust
all settings for the file transfer File
Transfer FTP/EMAIL/PPM
window
on top - select if the preview window should be topmost above
all other windows
about
- opens an info window
quit - quits the program

Picture
Settings

Select
what should be done with the taken picture !
convert
to GIF - select if the taken BMP picture should be converted
into GIF
convert to JPG - select if the taken
BMP picture should be converted into GIF
% quality - determines the picture
quality and file size of the JPG picture
The
convert to GIF and convert to JPG options are useful if
you would show your video picture as a GIF and/or JPG on your webpage
! A GIF picture has max. 256 colors, so it's smaller than the BMP. If
the BMP has more than 256 colors, the amount of colors would be decreased
to 256 ! The JPG format supports a high compression factor, so you can
reduce very
much the picture file size,
at nearly the same quality. If you reduce the quality factor you get smaller
picture file sizes. All browsers supports GIF and JPG pictures.
remove
BMP - select if the taken BMP
picture should be removed after conversion
GROUP
textoutput
in picture
date - select if the date should be
printed in the picture at the selected position
format - day/month/year or month/day/year
time - select if the time should be
printed in the picture at the selected position in 12 or 24 h format
text - select if your user defined
text should be printed in the picture at the selected position
textcolor - select the textcolor
backgroundcolor - select the backgroundcolor
background transparent - select if
the text should be printed transparent
preview
- takes a picture and shows the picture with the choosen settings

Picture
Viewer

Shows
the last taken BMP picture ! The filename is the picture filename from
the picture capture group.

Preview
Window

Shows
the actual video in a preview window.
In
the caption is the driver name and version shown.
Double click with the left mousebutton to hide or unhide the caption.
Double click with the right mousebutton to hide or unhide the Main
Dialog.

Adjust
Motion Detector

In
this dialog you can adjust nearly all settings for the motion detector.
Two additional settings are the FTP transfer and Email sending at motion
detection, which you can select
in the File Transfer FTP/EMAIL/PPM
dialog.
select
relevant areas - opens the dialog for the selection of the
areas which are tested while motion detection. Select
Relevant Areas
GROUPS
how
to test the actual picture
test against start picture - select
if the actual picture should always be compared against the start picture,
made at the start of the motion detection
test against previous picture - select
if the actual picture should be compared against the previous actual picture,
so permanent changes are only reported once
test against last no detection picture -
select if the actual picture should be compared against the last picture
which had no detection. This if important after a detection, with that
you don't get immediately a second detection reported. If you select previous
picture you get in most cases 2 detections one after the other, because
after a detection the previous picture includes the detection movement
and the actual not !
test
for motion
until the first detection - the motion
detection only runs until the first detection appears, it runs with the
every x sec adjustment
often as possible - the detection
runs as often as your PC it make possible ( be careful with that mode
! )
every x sec - every x seconds the
program tests for motion ( if you want one test in an hour input 3600
! )
report
detection at x % area change - to detect a motion x% of the
selected area must be different
x COLOR-VALUE-DIFF for change - if
the color value difference of one pixel is greater than x this pixel is
counted as a different one
action at detection
record AVI - select if an AVI video
should be recorded at motion detection
only one AVI - there is only one AVI
file in existence, the actual motion detection overwrites the AVI file
( this is useful if you have less harddisk space ! )
every detection a new AVI - a new
AVI file is created every motion detection, the filenames are the selected
filename plus the detection number 001...99999 ! ( Example: filename is
MOVE_.AVI, this results in MOVE_001.AVI, MOVE_002.AVI, ... )
set max AVI nr - set the max filenumber,
restart beginns at 001 ( Example: MOVE_001.AVI to MOVE_020.AVI )
AVI length x sec - the length of the
AVI video in seconds
select filename - opens a filedialog
to select the filename for the AVI video
take a picture - takes a picture at
motion detection + picture settings Picture
Settings
only one picture - there is only one
BMP file in existence, the actual motion detection overwrites the BMP
file ( this is useful if you have less harddisk space ! )
every detection a new picture - a
new BMP file is created every detection, the filenames are the selected
filename plus the detection number 001...99999 ! (Example: filename is
MOVE_.BMP, this results in MOVE_001.BMP, MOVE_002.BMP, ... )
set max PIC nr - set the max filenumber,
restart beginns at 001 ( Example: MOVE_001.BMP to MOVE_020.BMP )
select filename - opens a filedialog
to select the filename for the BMP picture
execute a program - an extern program
would be executed if a motion detection occurs
execute once - the program will be
executed only once
execute at each detection - the program
will be executed at each motion detection
select filename - opens a filedialog
to select the filename for the program
create
a protocol file - select if a protocol file should be created
at the start of the motion detection. A previous file gets overwritten.
It's a TEXT file which includes the detection number, date and time when
the detection occurs:
Nr.:001 DATE: 13-04-1999 TIME: 17:48:47
Nr.:002 DATE: 13-04-1999 TIME: 17:48:53
select filename - opens a filedialog
to select the filename for the protocol file
play a sound - plays a sound if a
motion detection occurs ( WAV file ! )
play in a loop - plays the sound permanent,
if you don't check, the sound plays only until it ends
select filename - opens a filedialog
to select the filename for WAV file
Remarks
The motion detection generates at the start the picture START.BMP. During
the detection the program generates the picture AKT.BMP every time a detection
should be made. Then the pictures would be compared and different pixels
will be counted. The pixels ONLY in the selected areas will be compared
! Are at least x % of the pixels are different, a motion detection occurs.
The COLOR-VALUE-DIFF value is important to decide if two pixels are different.
Video cameras makes always different pictures, also when the object doesn't
change. To bring the difference on an useful level you can adjust this
value. The program calculates the difference for the red, green and blue
value of the both pixels. If the difference is greater than the COLOR-VALUE-DIFF
value, the pixel is counted as different ! The differences goes from 0
to 255. To get the best result you must select a RGB picture format Device
Driver Dialogs . All RGB formats are converted into 24 bit !

Select
Relevant Areas

You
have to select areas of the video picture or the whole picture, before
you can start the motion detection.
The
pixels in this selected areas are the only ones, which are tested for
differences.
These areas are saved in a mask, which results in the mask file MASK_widthxheight.BIN
( example: MASK_160x120.BIN ).
For each selected video resolution a mask file is saved.
select
all - selects the whole video area
unselect
all - unselects all
3 buttons for the brush size - changes
the brush size for drawing the mask
color - changes the brush color to
get a better contrast against the picture
Press
the left mousebutton down to draw into the picture.

Device
Driver Dialogs
With
the device driver dialogs you can adjust the main settings for your video
device.
The device driver dialogs are:

Additional
there is sometimes a Video Display driver dialog available !

File
Transfer FTP/EMAIL/PPM

GROUPS
dial
up
phone # - insert the phone number
for your internet access
username - username for your internet
access
password - password for your internet
access
x attempts to connect - quantity of
attempts to connect
x sec pause between attempts - sec
pause between attempts to connect
dialup
before FTP/email/ppm - select if you wish to dial up ( and
later hang up ) and connect to the internet before the program uploads
the files ( if you are already or allways in the internet don't check
this ). The dialup is used in FTP, Email and PPM !
hide transfer status window - hide
the File Transfer Status
window ; If you run the WCCC in background, it's better to hide this window,
for test purposes, show the window to see what happens !
permanent
picture mode
stop after x sec - select if the picture
taking and sending should stop after x seconds, if you have selected dialup
at start, the program hangs up !
restart after x sec - select if the
picture taking and sending should be restarted in x seconds after a stop
take picture every x sec - select
if the program should takes and converts a picture periodic every x seconds
take picture permanent - select if
the program should takes pictures as often as possible
send GIF picture - select if the last
taken picture ( converted into GIF Picture
Settings ) should be immediatly sended after taking
send JPG picture - select if the last
taken picture ( converted into JPG Picture
Settings ) should be immediatly sended after taking
select filename - opens a filedialog
to select the picture file name for the PPM
Remarks
In the permanent picture mode the program connects once to the
internet ( if selected ) and your FTP server and then takes and uploads
pictures permanent or in second intervals. If you like, the program makes
a break for a while and then restarts from the beginning ! So you have
always the actual video picture on your webpage to see what is happening.
A JAVA applet for periodic picture showing on your webpage is included
! JAVA applet
The other possibility is, to take permanent pictures (with breaks and/or
intervalls) on your harddrive. Then
install one of the several freeware webservers/FTPservers and you have
a constant surveillance in your LAN or from the internet !
fiel
transfer is active
always - the whole day all activated
modes are active
only from - the activated modes are
only within the selected time intervall active ( Example: 8:30 to 14:30
h, if you have activated email every 60 sec, the WCCC sends every 60 sec
an email, but only from 8:30 to 14:30; Perhaps your provider has a cheaper
access within this period ! )
FTP
/ connection to FTP server
hostname - the ftp server name (address)
username - username for your ftp server
access
password - password for your ftp server
access
x hostport - the port of your host
( 21 is default and in most cases correct ! )
change to directory - if you want
to change on your ftp server to a decided directory before upload, then
input the directory name ( input nothing for no directory change ! )
FTP
/ file transfer
on motion detection - select if the
transfer should start after a motion detection occurs, it is not necessary
to select additional activate FTP, you have only to start the
motion detection, that this option works
every x second - select if the transfer
should start periodic every x seconds
take a picture - select if the program
should take a picture from the actual video source before upload ( the
filename is taken from the picture caption option ! Main
Dialog ) Conversions are made if selected Picture
Settings. Choose the picturefile for transfer
Files To Transfer
transfer
now
-
starts the file transfer direct
stop transfer - stops the file transfer
choose files to transfer - opens this
dialog Files To Transfer to
choose which files should be uploaded
Remarks
If you want to use the dialup function, you must have installed
the Dialer Network component of your OS ! This includes the RASAPI32.DLL.
The program tests the existence at startup ! The convert to GIF
and convert to JPG options Picture
Settings are useful if you would show your video picture as a
GIF and/or JPG on your webpage ! All browsers supports GIF and JPG pictures.
If you have checked take a picture and would upload this file,
insert the filename.GIF/.JPG into the files to transfer list Files
To Transfer. If you haven't checked take a picture the
actual motion detection picture AKT.BMP would be converted, it results
AKT.GIF/.JPG ! During the file transfer is running, the File
Transfer Status dialog shows you the status of the transfer !
Email
send email to - insert the address
of the receiver and press the + button, you can insert several different
receivers ; To remove an address, select the address and press the - button
! The email addresses are listed in the file EMAIL_TO.DAT ! You
can edit this file manual. In the first line stands the number of addresses,
in the following lines are the addresses.
SMTP - insert your SMTP server ; You
can find your SMTP server in your standard email application !
email address - insert your email
address ( the address from which the email is sending ) ; If you leave
this field empty, the email was sended from unknown !
email subject - the subject of the
email ( the headline ! )
email body - a text for the body
send
email
on motion detection - select if the
transfer should start after a motion detection occurs, it is not necessary
to select additional activate Email , you have only to start
the motion detection, that this option works
every x second - select if the transfer
should start periodic every x seconds
take a picture - select if the program
should take a picture from the actual video source before email sending
( the filename is taken from the picture caption option ! Main
Dialog ) Conversions are made if selected Picture
Settings. Choose the picturefile for transfer Files To Attach
take AVI - select if the program should
record an AVI with desired length before email sending ( the filename
is taken from the AVI record option ! Main
Dialog ) Choose the AVIfile for transfer Files
To Attach
send
email now - starts the email sending direct
choose files to attach - opens this
dialog Files To Attach to choose
which files should be sended
activate
FTP - select to activate the FTP transfer ; You have additional
to select the activate file transfer checkbox from the Main
Dialog.
activate Email - select to activate
the Email sending functions ; You have additional to select the activate
file transfer checkbox from the Main Dialog.
activate Permanent Picture Mode -
select to activate the PPM ; You have additional to select the activate
file transfer checkbox from the Main Dialog.
Remarks
You can activate both FTP and Email together, but the Permanent
Picture Mode only works alone !

File
Transfer Status

Shows
the actual action while Dialup, FTP transfer or Email sending.

Files
To Transfer

insert
- inserts a file or several files into the file list
delete - deletes the actual selected
file from the file list
delete all - erases the file list
The selected files for the file transfer are listed in the file FILES.DAT.
You can edit this file manual. In the first line stands the number of
files, in the following lines are the filenames with pathes.

Files
To Attach

insert
- inserts a file or several files into the file list
delete - deletes the actual selected
file from the file list
delete all - erases the file list
The selected files which are attached to the email are listed in the file
ATTACH.DAT. You can edit this file manual. In the first line stands
the number of files, in the following lines are the filenames with pathes.
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