Apex Dashboard with Video

[ReeferGil]

Hey, I finally got my Foscam FI8910W up and running on my dashboard. I went with this camera because it was less than $100 and it came recommended by Gordon at Neptune. I AM NOT A NETWORKING GURU, so I am going to explain this in the simplest terms.

I have to assume you've done a few things before you can proceed.

1) You've gotten your FosCam up and running wireless. (Follow Foscam's instructions, this was not too hard, even for me)
2) You've obtained a DNS/URL for your Foscam. Again, very easy to do. I used DYN, but there are several other DNS servers you can use. Gordon recommended NoIp.com, but I already had DYN for my Apex.

Lets assume you have the following configurations (These are just examples, obviously you would enter your own configurations):

1) Camera's IP address is 192.168.1.50
2) URL is reefing.dyndns.org
3) Login: admin and Password: 1234
4) Your camera is setup to port 8080

Go to your Dashboard and do the following. I inputted configurations based on the example above, again, use whatever you configurations are, login and password:

1) Click the "edit" button.
2) Drag the video tile into your dash
3) Click on the wrench within the video tile
4) Start the Local and Remote URL with http://
5) Local URL: Step 4 here admin:1234@192.168.1.50/videostream.cgi
6) Remote URL: Step 4 here admin:1234@reefing.dyndns.org:8080/videostream.cgi
7) Save your settings

It's important to note you can NOT use several symbols ($,%,? etc).

Now you should be able to log into your dashboard and view you streaming video without having to enter the login and password everytime.

I hope this helps.

[gcgangsta187]

When I open the video tile it doesn't ask anything about the REMOTE or LOCAL URL