PCI card to send me a email ?? is it possible?

Lex · 5 Jul 2006 at 16:16

question:

Is there a piece of software that displays whether there is signal coming into a pci slot and can alert me via email to do so? Do you think this is possible and if so HOW exactly what i achieve this?

someone told me you'd have to go right down into the pci bios and write a windows driven program to come up with these kinda results which means huge amounts of programming. i was wondering if there is any other way.

basically the setup i have is a camera and i want to detetermine whether there is a problem with the camera or not and if signal = null then send automated email to me.

possible? please let me know the complications or the feasibility

gracias!

Lex · 5 Jul 2006 at 23:58

oh riight i wasnt sure why one of them got locked thats impressive. i just wasnt sure of the thread to post this message so i put it in two.

yes its cctv recording so now you know do you have any suggestions?

Lex · 6 Jul 2006 at 08:31

Hamish said:
It would be easier to do it through the Parallel or Serial port, but you will probably have to write your own program to do it.

but its information coming through the pci card that i care about. So how does that work ?

Lex · 6 Jul 2006 at 09:03

bitslice said:
the vid capture card is supplying an image, all the software has to do is check whether that image is valid or not.
i.e. no image means camera is dead, so send email

the alternative is to get the API software for the vid card.
like:
http://btwincap.sourceforge.net/features.html

the other alternative is to generate an external event, like an LED flash, and check the camera can see it. if it can, it working.

("signal coming into PCI slot" doesn't make a lot of sense ?
and PCI slots don't have a BIOS)

You said this isnt correct so how does it work?

"signal coming into PCI slot" doesn't make a lot of sense ?
and PCI slots don't have a BIOS"

The API software can be installed and used on top of the current application that i'm using? and is it capable of alerting me a camera is down?
The current application i'm using if a camera does not display an image aka the camera is broken it merely displays a blue screen. That is not good enough because i have a few cameras so i want to be alerted of which one is down thats all i want.

possible?

sorry to be a hassle.

Lex · 6 Jul 2006 at 09:47

bitslice said:
Do you know any programing languages ?

I have a programmer and he knows asp and sql as well as some other programming languagaes i'm sure. If not i can get someone who may know the language that maybe required to fulfill my requirements just let me know what's needed.

bitslice said:
it isn't going into a PCI slot as such.

sorry i didnt really mean pci i should be more clear i meant the video capture card because thats where it sits in the PCI slot right?

Lex · 6 Jul 2006 at 10:11

bitslice said:
....not to dis the ASP bods on the forum, but I meant a proper language like C++, and a programmer who's done more than 10 classes at Uni.

.

Yes i know. I have an experienced programmer thank you and he does a range of languages including experience in c++ and he's experienced enough. Just what are you suggesting anyway?

Lex · 6 Jul 2006 at 10:33

zen62619 said:
Sounds like he is suggesting you find someone to write you a program to manage this. This is a real task even for the good programmers.

Yeh i think it is a real task. But i need this so i need more help and suggestions.

Lex · 6 Jul 2006 at 11:16

bitslice said:
I still kinda like the external event trigger thing though, more reliable..

what external event trigger thing?

BITSLICE said:
write a program to poll the cameras and pull off an image every minute.

explain please.

Lex · 6 Jul 2006 at 13:13

i'll give this some further research is it possible get your e-mail just so i can get some further knowledge if required?

p.s thanks for your help!