mjgillen
01-01-2015, 08:23 PM
In a nutshell, if you have an extra iPhone lying around like I do, you can set it up to broadcast like a security camera over the internet and access that live stream from anywhere including the iPhone in your pocket. If you're interested, read on.
First, setup the "extra" iPhone as a "security camera". I'm using a $4 App called "AirBeam" on the iPhone. Buy it once and you can install it on as many iPhones and iPads as you wish. When you have that running on the iPhone you just enable it for access from anywhere and then you can access it from the iPhone in your pocket while you're out shopping.
So what I do, after I have the iPhone setup as a security camera, it set it on a tripod, point it at my BBQ temperature gauge, and that's it. I can see my BBQ temp from anywhere, anytime.
I'm not affiliated with Air Beam, just a satisfied customer. They also have a free Mac App Store App.
My background is in software and I've been writing iPhone apps for a few years now and I'm quite familiar with the technology and capabilities. Whenever I get a new iPhone I save my old one as its needed for the work that I do. So I have a couple extras lying around. This summer I setup two iPhones as security cameras while we went on vacation and the app worked flawlessly, never quit, never crashed, and I could see what was going on at the house 24/7.
My "security camera" iPhone on the tripod streaming the BBQ temperature:
105989
This is what it looks like on the iPhone in my pocket while I'm out walking the dog:
105990
Just want to try and give back a little to the forum. Hope someone gets something out of this.
Cheers,
Michael
First, setup the "extra" iPhone as a "security camera". I'm using a $4 App called "AirBeam" on the iPhone. Buy it once and you can install it on as many iPhones and iPads as you wish. When you have that running on the iPhone you just enable it for access from anywhere and then you can access it from the iPhone in your pocket while you're out shopping.
So what I do, after I have the iPhone setup as a security camera, it set it on a tripod, point it at my BBQ temperature gauge, and that's it. I can see my BBQ temp from anywhere, anytime.
I'm not affiliated with Air Beam, just a satisfied customer. They also have a free Mac App Store App.
My background is in software and I've been writing iPhone apps for a few years now and I'm quite familiar with the technology and capabilities. Whenever I get a new iPhone I save my old one as its needed for the work that I do. So I have a couple extras lying around. This summer I setup two iPhones as security cameras while we went on vacation and the app worked flawlessly, never quit, never crashed, and I could see what was going on at the house 24/7.
My "security camera" iPhone on the tripod streaming the BBQ temperature:
105989
This is what it looks like on the iPhone in my pocket while I'm out walking the dog:
105990
Just want to try and give back a little to the forum. Hope someone gets something out of this.
Cheers,
Michael