Tuesday, 7 July 2009

Edimax IC-3010Wg IP Camera and Linux

I have just got an Edimax IC-3010Wg IP Camera. I intend to use it as a replacement for the analogue video system we use to keep an eye on our disabled son.
I was rather disappointed to find that it does not work with Firefox - you need an Internet Explorer ActiveX control to view the video images. This means it will not work on my Linux computers as supplied by the manufacturer.

What works:
  1. The camera gets its network configuration by DHCP (despite what the quick start guide says) so by checking the DHCP deamon log you can find its IP address.
  2. You can access its configuration screen with a web browser (default username admin, password 1234)
  3. Receive a snapshot picture using http:///snapshot.jpg
  4. Download a mjpeg video stream using wget http://admin:1234@192.168.1.117/mjpg/video.mjpg. (I don't know how to display this in real time though - mplayer doesn't seem to work).
  5. Some other things are detailed here.
  6. Someone has written a tcl application that works with a similar camera, but not this one (see here).
I think I am going to end up writing something based on the tcl application shown above to display live video with sound, which is what I need. If anyone knows an off-the shelf one, please let me know!

The most up to date information I have on using this camera with linux can be found at http://ic-3010wg.webhop.net.
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7 comments:

  1. Anonymous6 December 2009 at 21:58

    With 43% using firefox, Edimax should make it possible for the costumer to use their product without having to rely on Microsoft products.

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  2. Anonymous1 October 2010 at 18:12

    this camera is continuosly crashing, in detail is the webserver crashing every few hours, exactly like the 1510wg model.
    any way to fix this?
    thanks

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  3. Graham Jones1 October 2010 at 21:09

    I don't know I'm afraid - I am not using the camera any more - probably worth complaining to the manufacturer - every few hours does not sound right!

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  4. Anonymous7 October 2010 at 12:48

    I use this webcam from juillet and i have no crash with this device. It's solid like a rock, no probleme for me and th eebcam run 24hours evrey day of the week.

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  5. Anonymous17 November 2010 at 10:50

    For the crashes it maybe caused by the autonegociation of the ethernet.
    Just try to force 100Mb/Full duplex in your switch. For me, it was the pb.

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