I switched it to wireless mode, and it seemed to take a performance hit as far as framerate went, but I could be imagining things. When I had it plugged into my 100 Base-T switch, the framerate seemed to be adequate.
This being the first web camera I've had the opportunity to play with, I was expecting a higher frame rate per second. The Windows app, Toshiba Camera Finder, may be useful for novice users, but all you really need to know is the IP address.Ĭamera quality seems pretty good. Like I alluded to in my previous post, the hardest thing to grasp is logging onto the camera. However, from what I've seen, it's very workable once you log into it. Like I said before, I'm using the camera primarily with 3rd party software, so I am not using the camera's built-in web interface to its full potential.
I've been playing with the camera for a little bit, mostly exploring the web interface. These were taken using 640x480 picture size and "MIDDLE" picture quality. I took a couple of screenshots to give you an idea of video quality. Well, maybe just frustrated.ĪNYWAY, I don't know what the Apple firmware I was emailed will accomplish for me, but I installed it anyway. Just typing in the DHCP-assigned IP address only gets you to the guest login, and you'll be where I was last night, confused, lost and frightened. The Toshiba tech gave me this tip but left out the actual page that I needed to access, which is admin.htm. If you can figure out what the auto-assigned IP address of the camera is after you plug it into your DHCP network, you can access it via that IP address in your browser. In addition to the admin login method described above, the camera defaults to DHCP. I do not think a PC is needed to access and configure the camera. Clicking on the camera in the list simply brings up a browser window to either the root level ( ) or the admin login page ( ). So, I open the software after hooking the camera up to the network, and it finds the camera. I also had to switch my IP address in VPC to 192.168.0.50 and the subnet mask to 255.255.255.0. I brought the camera into my workplace where I have Virtual PC, and installed the Toshiba Camera Finder. I will continue to update this thread as new developments emerge. I also asked him to send me a PC to setup the camera, to which he politely replied, "I don't have a PC that I can send you." So, I guess I need to find a PC myself to apply the firmware update. I pointed out to him that "Mac® OS X" was listed on the Toshiba specifications page and that I was misled. I called the toll-free support number on the box, and the tech guy acknowledged the fact that they do not have a Mac OS X version of the software. So I unpack the camera, and following the directions on the Quick Start Guide, quickly find that there is no Mac version of the Toshiba Camera Finder, which apparently is required to setup the camera for the first time (I had assumed that I could simply type in the default IP address in my browser and access the web interface). The power supply has an extra long cable, presumably for more flexible installation.
Included with the camera was a 10 VDC power supply, mounting hardware, an ethernet cable, a couple of line filters to clamp on the ethernet cable, a manual and the Quick Start Guide. There is another software solution called EvoCam, but from what I've read, SecuritySpy has the edge when it came to multiple camera setups. The software I plan on using is the single camera version of SecuritySpy, which I bought for $50. This was the cheapest price around, and the service from Provantage was good. I bought the camera from for $180.81 + $9.45 for standard ground service shipping. I decided on the Toshiba IK-WB01A for my testing purposes, since it seemed to be a camera that I could use for my own personal use at my home after all the testing was done (it has 802.11b wireless + 10/100 Base-T capability). I'm in the process of researching network IP cameras for a new business we're opening, and I figured the best way to learn is to purchase a camera and play around with it a bit before we commit to buying a bunch.
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