Dev47Apps

1. Turn on WiFi on your phone and connect to your home (or work/school) network as you normally would. You should be able to access web pages via the browser app.

2. Start the phone app (DroidCam or DroidCamX). It should print “Starting server..” and IP and Port information.
If the IP is all zeros (0.0.0.0) – you are not properly connected to a network.

3. Start the PC client (Start -> All Programs -> DroidCam). Make sure the connection method is “WiFi/LAN”, enter the IP and Port as displayed on the phone. Click [connect].

4. The phone app should start showing the camera output. The PC client should start updating the “webcam” output – you can check in Skype/MSN/whatever. Find “webcam” or “video” settings in the options/preferences of these programs.
You can also preview the video output by right-clicking on the PC client and choosing “show video output” from the menu.

5. Click [stop] to disconnect (or tap the “Stop” button in the phone app).

DroidCamX can connect to the PC Client, instead of the other way around.

1. Choose the “Create WiFi server” option on the PC client. Click [Start].

3. Press the Menu key on your phone, and choose “Connect to Server”. You will need the computers IP address, look in your network settings. This is still via WiFi on the phone.

Forward port 4747 to the PC, and you can connect to your external IP over 3G (be careful with data plan limits! Use Format B and a low resolution. I will not be responsible for your bill )

To use the “IP Cam” feature (available with DroidCamX) you normally don’t need to install any extra software on the computer.

1. Turn on WiFi on your phone and connect to a WiFi network as you normally would.

2. Start DroidCamX, it should print “Starting Server.. IP: A.B.C.D Port: 4747″

3. In the Internet browser on your computer type in A.B.C.D:4747 into the address bar (replace these with whatever DroidCamX prints). Example.

Format A at 384×288 works best, followed by Format C.

Bluetooth connections are slow and less reliable. Only video is supported. If you’ve never paired your PC and phone before, I suggest you try sending a picture from the gallery to the computer as a test run.

1. Turn on bluetooth on your computer. Start the PC client, choose Bluetooth as connection method and click [Prepare]. If no error messages get displayed the client is ready to accept a connection.

2. Start the phone app, press the menu key and choose the Bluetooth option. If bluetooth is off, the app will request for it to be turned on. Choose Bluetooth via the menu again once its enabled.

3. You will be presented with the standard device picker. Choose your computer from the list. If it’s not there, make the computer ‘discoverable’ and scan for it on the phone.

4. DroidCam will show a message indicating that the target device has been set. Choose the Bluetooth option again to try and connect.

5. You should start seeing video output as usual. Format A is probably going to be choppy – try format C or B.

• USB connections are made via a program called “Android Debug Bridge”, or ADB. A copy of adb.exe is included in the DroidCam installation folder.
• In order to communicate with the device, manufacturer drivers need to be installed on the computer. If you are using a device that is running a stock Android operating system, drivers are provided by Google. In case of other devices that ship with their custom version of Android and some tools to sync the device with the PC (eg. HTC Sync) the suitable driver for your device will be automatically installed with that software package.
• To manually check if drivers are installed:
  1. Open My Computer and find where droidcam was installed. By default it should be under Program Files (x86 on 64bit Windows). Note the location path. Connect your phone to the computer.
  2. Go to start -> all programs -> accessories. Open “Command Promt” as admin
  3. In the window that opens, enter cd “C:\Program Files\DroidCam\”, where the text in quotes represents the installation path. Change it to what you have from step 1.
  4. Enter cd adb
  5. Enter adb devices

  The last command above prints “List of devices attached”, followed by any detected device IDs (e.g. “device HT1234ABCD”). If the list is empty, adb doesn’t see the phone and drivers need to be installed – Disconnect the phone from computer. On the phone, go to Settings -> Applications -> Development. Enable “USB Debugging” if this option is available. Then follow the instructions here: http://developer.android.com/sdk/oem-usb.html.