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Re: What's the latest ATT wireless router for 79.99/renewal?
Yes, this is a service sold by AT&T to help you watch your home, kids, elderly parent, etc. while you are away. It isn't new. They started it last fall, but apparently they are trying harder now to promote it.
They are in partnership with Xanboo: »www.xanboo.com/ and it is Xanboo's gateway and sensors that are being sold.
As best I can gather from their manuals, installation guides, and FAQs (this stuff has been incredibly simplified for the end user so technical details are left out for the rest of us  ), the gateway acts as sort of a DDNS client and keeps the AT&T Remote Monitor site appraised of your IP. To view live action on your network cams, you go through AT&T's site which then gets the feed from the cams and "reformats" it into a pop up window. The AT&T site also acts as a storage site for any video captures that may have happened while you were away. These captures could be on a timed basis or even triggered by macro controlled sensor actions. You can also set permissions for others to view your video captures or your live feeds though the AT&T site.
There is a question as to whether your BC-C30A cams would work with this system. They might. There is a "discovery" mechanism that finds other Panasonic cams on your router during the set up, but they don't sell BL-C30A cams in their store. If they were in the system, I not sure you could access them directly using the Viewnetcam.com method.
I can't say if this only runs on Cingular phones. I thought that it should work on any phone.
The initially supplied equipment is a fabulous deal for only $99 and is easily worth at least two to three times that. You might break you wallet adding the additional sensors to your system though.  They seem pricey. The $10/mo is probably a reasonable price for the simplicity, convenience, and the on line storage space of the AT&T service. I don't know if the gateway and sensors could be used without the service. The camera and powerline adapters certainly could be used separately.
Sorry for the long winded post. I've researched this a bit previously.  | |
pal481
join:2002-01-08
Huntley, IL
2 edits | Thanks for the xanboo link. Motorola Homesight seems to be a partner, which makes sense, because the equipment looked so familiar.
I went with a GE Caddx wireless system for monitoring. It's a work in progress, waiting for parts.
I haven't really thought about home automation yet, but the ATT system might work. I'll have to study it further.
BTW, I am having a hard time getting 4 cameras to be seen at viewnetcam.com. I can't seems to find the magic IP addressing scheme that works, any ideas there would be appreciated. I can see one camera, but not multi. | |
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