Hi everyone,

Have any of you ever used a web cam over dialup to monitor something? How did it work? What are the group's opinions as to the best hardware/software solution?

The requirement is that a remote computer, with several cameras attached to it provides a way to view and monitor those cameras remotely -- using only dialup without a full-time connection.

I realize this seems simple, and many web cam options are available, but the complication is that the remote computer only has access to dialup. No highspeed or full time internet connection is available. The idea is to monitor a cabin several hours away to make sure no damage has occured and to see if there is enough snow for snomobiling (making a drive up worthwhile).

It would be fine if the remote computer dialed in hourly or something and uploaded a static image to a server. Live is not a requirement and video is not a requirement. Static images on a schedule are sufficient.

Ideally, one should be able to dial up the remote computer from another location and change settings like capture frequency, etc.

I think the hardware piece of this is pretty simple. It's the remote software that I wonder about.

Any experiences?

Jim