Y-Cam YCB003 Black SD Wireless Indoor IP Camera

Questions on Y-Cam YCB003 Black SD Wireless Indoor IP Camera

• From senait at 05/09/2011 15:18
  • hello!
    what other thing do i need other than the y-cam package to install and operate it?
    
  • Hello senait,
    If you have a network, you can add a network camera!
    If you want to view via the internet, then you will need a router and an internet connection.
    Y-cam provide all the software you need FOC on a CD in the box with the camera.
    The camera is supplied with a mains power supply.
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• From Carl at 15/08/2010 11:06
  • Hi
    If I wanted a camera in-doors, but facing out-doors, through a glass window, are there any conditions under which I could avoid infra-red light being 'reflected' off the window pane and creating 'flare' light.
    eg maybe by placing the unit flush to the glass??
    Also - if the glass was 'thin' - ie not double glazed etc, would it significantly reduce the range of IR transmission
    Regards
    
  • Hello Carl,
    
    The actions you suggest (placing the Y-cam IP camera very close to a thin glass window) would help to minimise the infra-red reflections, but unfortunately we suspect that you will still experience a reflection problem.
    
    When a Y-cam is fitted into a Y-cam shell housing the housing's front window is actually removed in favour of the clear cover which is already on the front of the camera - to reduce reflections.
    
    When IR LEDs are fitted inside dome cameras a black foam ring is fitted around the lens and between it and the ring of LEDs and tight up to the inner surface of the dome cover - to exclude internal reflections.
    
    The best solution is to fit the camera outdoors, using either a Y-cam Black or Knight in a Shell housing, or better still a Y-cam Bullet. The Ycam Bullet can be installed using power over ethernet with just a single data cable for the power supply and data connection (you will of course need a POE injector).
    
    Hope that helps ...
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• From Pierre at 08/07/2010 13:28
  • Can you see the IR light when the camera is in night mode?
    
    Most of the IR Cam leds are slighly illuminated. I want to be able to monitor at night without having a light circle around the lens.
    
    
  • Hi Pierre,
    
    The human eye cannot see infra-red light i.e. you will not see a beam of light or a patch of light where the beam lands.
    However, you will be able to see the source LEDs glowing red. This is true of almost all cameras with built-in infra-red LEDs, as most cameras of this type use infra-red LEDs which operate at around 730 nanometres (nm).
    Higher wavelength LED light sources are available at 850 and 950nm. The higher the number, the less evident the light source, with 950nm IR lamps often being described as covert - because the face of the lamp will not glow, and will in fact appear black. The consequent problem with these higher wavelengths is that the light is less useful to the camera, and the camera needs to be especially sensitive to use these higher wavelengths, hence it's not often used with cameras which have built-in IR LEDs.
    
    Hope that helps ...
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• From Peter at 20/11/2009 08:15
  • Any tips on setting up the video motion detection on the Y-cam?
  • With regards to the Motion-Detection setup, the threshold value indicates the amount of motion required to trigger a detection, the sensitivity is the level of difference between the current image and the previous image. If you move the sensitivity slider to the left then it will require a lot of change from the scene to register an alarm, and to the right it will trigger all the time e.g. small changes in the scene will trigger detection.
    
    The best way to set these things up is just a case of adjusting the settings and having someone walk in front of the camera until you feel you are getting the required results. These settings are very trial and error, and it may take you quite some time to perfect.
    
    Don't forget that you can have up to four windows or detection zones that you can set up, so you can remove areas of the frame for the trigger, and set each zone’s threshold and sensitivity independently e.g. if bushes & trees in the scene are causing unwanted triggering then you can configure the detection zones to exclude them.
    
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• From Chris at 18/11/2009 02:37
  • Hi if I have 4 of these cameras does the software allow me to view/monitor all four cameras at the same time. ie quad view. All the screenshots ive seen only have a single camera shown at one time.
  • Y-cam's 'Multi-Live' software allows you to view up to nine cameras on a single screen.
    A quad view is of course also available.
    Multi-Live software is available for free download from Y-cam's site (after registration).
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