Today's Sponsor Spotlight is on Y-Cam.

Y-cam has some great, affordable ip cameras which are cross browser compatible, wifi and nas ready, and some models which support sd cards for direct recording storage.

Look for their White, Black, and Knight model lines in popular ip cameras stores around the world.

 More information on their ip cameras can be found here

http://www.y-cam.com/products.php

Total Control Cyber Week Sale

When:  Monday November 29, 2010 - through Friday December 3, 2010 Midnight

Where: www.totalcontrolapp.com or search 'total control' on Apple App Store

What:  One-Time Cyber Week Sale on our popular cctv video surveillance software for mobile phones sponsored by the partners listed below.  

• Enjoy the ability to watch live video right on your mobile device.
• Free demo to try before you buy on website for Android, Blackberry, & Windows Mobile (up to 6.5).
• Support for Android, Blackberry, Ipad, Iphone, Itouch, and Windows Moible (up to 6.5)
• Stock up now.  Purchase license keys now and use them later.  No expiration on license keys on our Estore *(Android, Blackberry, & Windows Mobile only).
  • Great for gifts
  • Excellent for integration companies for later customer use.
  • Don't have a camera?  Try our free demo on www.totalcontrolapp.com.
    • Then try some of our Public Cameras here Total Control Public Camera List
    • Get a license for future use after testing.  No expiration on licenses from our Estore.
      

• Support for up to 1, 4, 8, 16, 32, or 64 dvr channels, ip cameras and video encoder streams (depending on version)
• Support for cellular and wifi (BES option also for Blackberry)
• Single & MultiChannel video encoder support (selected models) for analog camera support.
• Support for authentication
• Support for Pan, Tilt, & Zoom (on supported models)
• Use of swipes Pan & Tilt as well as pinches for Zoom
• Ability to change ip address and port as desired for internal and remote use
• Support for over 100 manufacturers and 500+ models - Total Control Compatibility List Click Here
• Direct stream connection.  No video going through 3rd party servers
• No monthly or annual subscriptions
• Function to easily change cameras while viewing. 'Previous Camera' and 'Next Camera' function in menu while viewing to automatically change camera.
• Function to automatically rotate through cameras based on time period. For instance set the application to rotate to the next camera every 30 seconds automatically
• Support for landscape and portrait mode (on supported mobile devices)
• Jpg snapshot capability (while viewing live stream) to save to your local photo gallery.
• Support for MJPG and JPG codecs as supported.  Mjpg is preferred method of video streaming when supported.  Jpg used for jpg refresh (when mjpg not supported) and snapshots

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We are pleased to announce a 20% Discount Sale sponsored by Y-cam ip cameras (www.y-cam.com).  This sale is available for Android, Blackberry, and Windows Mobile via the Total Control Estore.  Just click the 'Purchase ' link on www.totalcontrolapp.com and use:

Coupon Code: YCAM2010

The coupon code expires September 30, 2010.

Click Here for instructions on 'how to redeem a coupon code'

Here is the full link to the instructions which can also be found under Support, FAQ, Estore, How To Redeem A Coupon Code on www.totalcontrolapp.com

http://totalcontrolapp.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=148&Itemid=25

We put a quick video up showing our Remote Edition on Android here:

Total Control Android Remote Edition Demo Video Click Here

also setup demo for profiles, boxes, favorites, categories, etc. here

Total Control Android Remote Edition Setup Demo Video Click Here

Pretty much going to be the same as our iphone/itouch/ipad IR remote here
Total Control Iphone - Itouch - Ipad Remote Edition Click Here

 It will not have the security functions and profiles in the initial release though.  Other than that it will have the main IR functionality such as IR dbase support, learn IR functionality, macro support, prebuilt GUI for device types, etc.  So basically you can set this all up in less than 1/2 hour for many setups.

It will be missing punch through support in the initial version but you can override buttons with learned IR so you can basically punch through manually for now until we add it in.

On the hardware side it will support the bitwisecontrols BC4 and HAI HTX Home Theater Extender

Should be released within the month directly via our website.

All of our Vidcam Editions except Singlecam have been approved for iOS4 Compatibility and are available on the Apple App Store.  New minimum requirement is iOS3.X or higher.  Application version os V1.3.3.

For anyone who is updating from a previous version and are still having issues after updating please see our upgrade faq located here: Vidcam Edition Upgrade FAQ For OS4 Support

The update for os4 has been submitted to apple today Monday July 12, 2010.  It has been tested for os4 compatiblity and is backward compatible to os3.0.  If you have any o/s version older than 3.0 DO NOT do this update.  All applications are required to support OS3 and higher now from Apple so it is basically End Of Life for any OS support before 3.0.

The new version is 1.3.3 for OS4 support and will be available through the usual Apple update method of the app store icon on your device when available.  At this point we just have to wait for Apple to approve the update and push it out on the App Store.

We also added support for Zoom icons in this version as shown below.  For anyone who would rather use buttons than pinches for Zoom functions the icons will work in addition to the pinch method for cameras that support this function in our application.

We are proud to announce our newest 3rd party hardware partner for our Vidcam Editions EZnetworkcam .  We currently support their ip cameras on all of our interfaces includin:

• Android
• Blackberry
• Iphone, Itouch, Ipad
• Windows Mobile
  

You can find more information on how Total Control integrates with EZnetworkcam at the following links:

• EZnetworkcam & Total Control FAQ
• Total Control Information on EZnetworkcam Blog
• EZcam Wireless Ip Camera Mobile Phone Support FAQ

Direct from their website information:

EZnetworkcam.com offers cheap affordable wireless cameras that have the same features of the most expensive internet cameras on the market.

So if you are in the market for a low cost, affordable wireless camera you will want to take a look at our newest hardware partner EZnetworkcam.com for more information.  They have straight video and ptz cameras offered.

All Versions (Android, Blackberry, Iphone/Itouch/Ipad, Winmo)

 Added support for:

• Rugged CCTV DVR
  
• Elite DVR
• Speco SIP ip camera (jpg/mjpg)

Android Vidcam

Added support for:

• Everfocus (DVR Paragon, Paragon264, & Ecor264 Only.  FW 1.2.11 or higher)
• Geovision (DVR & Ip Camera)
• fixed bug for some jpg codecs on certain models of vivotek and d-link.

• Relay Support
• Setup & Control of Relays can be found under the 'devices' tab.
• You can add direct relay control or use the timer function to automatically switch a relay after starting it.
• Full tutorial can be found here:
• Remote Edition: Relays Tutorial
• 
• Beta 3G cellular support
• 3G cellular support although the commands run much slower with this method.  best to use regular functions on wifi and 3g cellular for one-off controls like for remote lighting.
• Auto-discovery Box feature
• In the Box setup area there is now an AutoDiscover button.  clicking this button will automatically try to locate a box which is on the same network and populate the ip address automatically in the ip address field of that box setup.  Just save the box from there.
• Full tutorial here:
• Remote Edition: AutoDiscover Box Tutorial
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