Kenneth Brandon.com » Home Security http://www.kennethbrandon.com Check it out! Thu, 27 Jan 2011 23:54:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Home Security from your Phone for Free!! http://www.kennethbrandon.com/home-security-from-your-phone-for-free/ http://www.kennethbrandon.com/home-security-from-your-phone-for-free/#comments Fri, 17 Oct 2008 07:31:21 +0000 Kenneth http://www.kennethbrandon.com/?p=179 View your Computer’s webcam from your phone for free!

After writing an article last week on Controlling your Computer from your Windows Mobile Phone, I was looking for fun things I could do with my computer from my phone.  I went out of town over the weekend and while gone I realized I could turn on my computer’s webcam and view it from my phone!

Here’s what you’ll need:

  1. A Windows Mobile Phone
  2. Computer with webcam (Vista, XP, Mac, or Linux)
  3. A second computer with webcam (Optional)
  4. Read: Controlling your Computer from your Windows Mobile Phone

Check out the results!

After connecting to my computer I first opened the Logitech software that came with my webcam:




Next I zoomed-out to view the webcam:




Here I zoomed-in on the webcam:


(Oh no!!  Someone must have broken in to mess up my bed!  :-P )


The last thing I did was kind of cool.  I opened up Remote Desktop to connect my computer to the family’s computer in the living room.  Then I turned on that webcam as well.  This gave me two cameras:

(The family room camera was pointed down at the chair, not up at the room.)


Over all I’d say this is a great solution to check-up on your home when you’re away!

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