Calling an IP address?
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If I can have somebody point me in the right direction. I have a 2 ip cameras, hooked into a network switch. The I have two decoders that hooked into the switch. Now I have VGA monitors on the other side of the decoder. So I want to write a program that I can press a button click event. And camera 1 will send the video siginal to monitor 1 or 2, depending on what button I click. How would I go about doing this? I was thinking maybe I control this throught the network switch via rs232. Or can I send a command direct to the camere or decoder, which also has an IP address. Where would I start looking for stuff on this? TIA!! Rudy :)
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If I can have somebody point me in the right direction. I have a 2 ip cameras, hooked into a network switch. The I have two decoders that hooked into the switch. Now I have VGA monitors on the other side of the decoder. So I want to write a program that I can press a button click event. And camera 1 will send the video siginal to monitor 1 or 2, depending on what button I click. How would I go about doing this? I was thinking maybe I control this throught the network switch via rs232. Or can I send a command direct to the camere or decoder, which also has an IP address. Where would I start looking for stuff on this? TIA!! Rudy :)
I would choose for a hardware switch solution... Connect both camera's to a switch box which outputs to a monitor. No PC Needed. You can however create something like that, but you need to exactly specify your needs else we cannot help you... I think the solution you want is close to a DirectShow[^] solution but you may have a hard time developing the application. There are some examples out there, I also managed to get something to work in DirectShow... If I can do it, anybody can...
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I would choose for a hardware switch solution... Connect both camera's to a switch box which outputs to a monitor. No PC Needed. You can however create something like that, but you need to exactly specify your needs else we cannot help you... I think the solution you want is close to a DirectShow[^] solution but you may have a hard time developing the application. There are some examples out there, I also managed to get something to work in DirectShow... If I can do it, anybody can...
.: I love it when a plan comes together :. http://www.zonderpunt.nl
Hi Ed! Thank you for the reply. I plan to have one computer, one network switch, and then my monitors and cameras all hooked into a network switch. With a video switch, I can sedn a AT command via RS 232. But a network switch, I'm not sure if I can dial into specify what jack to connect with what jack?