{"id":378,"date":"2011-01-18T01:35:38","date_gmt":"2011-01-18T00:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/abiro.com\/"},"modified":"2024-01-17T09:27:28","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T08:27:28","slug":"watchdog-m","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/abiro.com\/mobile-apps\/watchdog-m\/","title":{"rendered":"Watchdog (MIDP)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Table of Contents<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#Introduction\">Introduction<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Main_Screen\">Main Screen<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Verify\">Verify<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Trig\">Trig<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Setup\">Setup<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#HTTP_Transfer\">HTTP Transfer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Advice\">Advice<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#Compatibility\">Compatibility<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a name=\"Introduction\"><\/a>Introduction<\/h2>\n<p>Abiro Watchdog and the accompanying WatchdogTrig enables you to use a\u00a0secondary mobile phone as a camera surveillance device, either receiving photos\u00a0when things happen or trigger photos yourself by sending the other phone an SMS.<\/p>\n<div>\n<table id=\"table5\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"7\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-379\" style=\"border: 0px;\" title=\"awd-splash\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/abiro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/awd-splash.png\" width=\"180\" height=\"208\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Watchdog has two principal modes of operation:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Motion detection<\/strong>: Photos are taken automatically when a major\u00a0change in what the camera sees is noticed. Watchdog checks for any changes\u00a0at a set interval, and sends a photo only when there is a noticeable change.\u00a0The method for detection compensates for sun light shifts and other slow\u00a0changes, to avoid false triggering.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Manual Request<\/strong>: This works by using WatchdogTrig or Watchdog to send an SMS\u00a0to the phone used for surveillance, that then takes a photo and sends it\u00a0back via MMS to the same phone as sent the SMS. The MMS is received in the\u00a0regular message inbox of the phone.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a name=\"Main_Screen\"><\/a>Main Screen<\/h2>\n<p>The main screen show<span lang=\"sv\">s<\/span> what the camera sees, and you can perform the actions\u00a0described below from the main screen menu.<\/p>\n<div>\n<table id=\"table7\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"7\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-380\" style=\"border: 0px;\" title=\"awd-main\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/abiro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/awd-main.png\" width=\"180\" height=\"208\" \/><\/td>\n<td align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-381\" style=\"border: 0px;\" title=\"awd-main-menu\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/abiro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/awd-main-menu.png\" width=\"180\" height=\"208\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h2><a name=\"Verify\"><\/a>Verify<\/h2>\n<p><span lang=\"sv\">Verify i<\/span>s used to simulate motion detection, so you can try out the settings made in\u00a0Setup.<span lang=\"sv\"> Use it also to get rid of initial permission warnings.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><a name=\"Trig\"><\/a>Trig<\/h2>\n<p>Performs the same function as the stand-alone application WatchdogTrig.<\/p>\n<p>Triggers (via SMS) another phone running Watchdog to send back a photo as an\u00a0MMS.<\/p>\n<p>Preferably set Watchdog on the other phone to Auto-start.<\/p>\n<p>Also make sure that permission warnings are not stopping the other phone from\u00a0taking a photo and sending an MMS without user intervention.<\/p>\n<h2><a name=\"Setup\"><\/a>Setup<\/h2>\n<p>Through Setup it&#8217;s possible to control where photos taken via motion\u00a0detection (and Verify) are sent, what types of alerts should be activated\u00a0locally, whether <span lang=\"sv\">auto-start and <\/span>motion detection should be activated<span lang=\"sv\">,\u00a0and what resolution to take the photos at.<\/span><\/p>\n<div>\n<table id=\"table6\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"7\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-382\" style=\"border: 0px;\" title=\"awd-setup\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/abiro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/awd-setup.png\" width=\"180\" height=\"208\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Send method<\/h3>\n<p>Used for motion detection and Verify.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>SMS<\/strong>: Sends a text message to a given destination (phone number only).\u00a0<span lang=\"sv\">Default: off.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>MMS<\/strong>: Sends a text message and the taken photo to a given destination (phone\u00a0number or e-mail address).<span lang=\"sv\"> Default: off.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>HTTP<\/strong>: Sends the taken photo to a server via a given URL.\u00a0<span lang=\"sv\">Default: off.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These can be combined for greater effect, e.g. HTTP can be used for\u00a0<span lang=\"sv\">transferring <\/span>the photo,\u00a0and an SMS can be sent to notify the user that <span lang=\"sv\">a photo has been\u00a0taken<\/span>,\u00a0etc.<span lang=\"sv\"> You can also use SMS only for lower cost, and then request\u00a0a photo on demand via WatchdogTrig.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The following three options set the actual destinations for the Send method\u00a0selection.<\/p>\n<h3>Phone number (SMS, MMS)<\/h3>\n<p>Must be a valid phone number<span lang=\"sv\">, that <\/span>can be looked up in the phone book. Default:\u00a0blank.<\/p>\n<h3>E-mail address (MMS)<\/h3>\n<p>Must be a valid e-mail address<span lang=\"sv\">, that c<\/span>an be looked up in the phone book. Default:\u00a0blank<span lang=\"sv\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Script URL (HTTP)<\/h3>\n<p>Must be a valid URL, pointing to a receiving script. See under HTTP\u00a0<span lang=\"sv\">T<\/span>ransfer\u00a0for how to interpret the data sent. Default: blank.<\/p>\n<h3>Alert<\/h3>\n<p>Used to alert the intruder that a photo has been taken. <span lang=\"sv\">Due\u00a0to the arguable value of that, they are de-activated by default f<\/span>o<span lang=\"sv\">r m<\/span>aximum stealth action.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Beep<\/strong>: A short audible beep. Default: off.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Light<\/strong>: The display blinks. Default: off.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vibrate<\/strong>: The phone vibrates. Default: off.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Auto<span lang=\"sv\">&#8211;<\/span>start<\/h3>\n<p>Controls whether the application shall auto-start after a power cycle. This\u00a0can be useful for autonomously activating Watchdog after a power failure.\u00a0Default: off.<\/p>\n<h3>Motion detection<\/h3>\n<p>Activates the automatic motion detection. Note that this setting is not saved\u00a0in persistent storage, to avoid false triggering while configuring Watchdog.\u00a0Default: off.<\/p>\n<h3>Motion detection interval<\/h3>\n<p>Controls the time between motion detection snapshots. A shorter interval\u00a0makes it more likely to catch the change, but could also lead to more false\u00a0triggering if things change continuously. Default: 15 seconds.<\/p>\n<h3>Phone number for Trig<\/h3>\n<p>The phone number used for triggering a photo on another phone (see Trig above),\u00a0making it easy to send repetitive triggers.<\/p>\n<h3>Resolution<\/h3>\n<p>The pixel resolution of the taken photos. Higher resolution leads to more\u00a0data, so try with the lowest resolution first, to see if that&#8217;s sufficient. Note\u00a0that cameras have different resolution choices, so <span lang=\"sv\">this is<\/span> very much phone\u00a0dependent. Default: the lowest available resolution.<\/p>\n<h2><a name=\"HTTP_Transfer\"><\/a>HTTP Transfer<\/h2>\n<p>This is the information provided to the server script as URL-encoded\u00a0arguments via HTTP POST:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>text<\/strong>: An informative text, URL encoded using UTF-8; the same as sent via SMS\u00a0or MMS<\/li>\n<li><strong>length<\/strong>: The byte length of the photo, URL encoded using UTF-8<\/li>\n<li><strong>photo<\/strong>: The Base64 encoded image file, URL encoded using UTF-8<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Please note that some phones have problems submitting to Apache servers (especially version 1.x) due to a bug in Apache regarding chunking of data. This has (supposedly) been solved in all 2.x versions.<\/div>\n<h2><a name=\"Advice\"><\/a>Advice<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Use Verify to get rid of any permission warnings related to use of\u00a0camera, SMS, MMS, HTTP<span lang=\"sv\">, before activating motion detection<\/span> etc.<\/li>\n<li>For motion detection to work, the surveillance phone needs to be placed\u00a0rigidly, so that it doesn&#8217;t false trigger due to changing view.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s always preferable that the surveillance phone is connected to a\u00a0power supply.<\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"sv\">The motion detection method is reliable yet\u00a0intentionally rather conservative, and it detects only within the 20% middle\u00a0part of the photo. The benefit is though that when the phone is mounted in a\u00a0stable way, the likelihood of false triggering is very small.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a name=\"Compatibility\"><\/a>Compatibility<\/h2>\n<p>Watchdog should be compatible with any phone supporting CLDC 1.0 and MIDP\u00a02.0, that has a camera, and optionally SMS and MMS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents Introduction Main Screen Verify Trig Setup HTTP Transfer Advice Compatibility Introduction Abiro Watchdog and the accompanying WatchdogTrig enables you to use a\u00a0secondary mobile phone as a camera surveillance device, either receiving photos\u00a0when things happen or trigger photos yourself by sending the other phone an SMS. 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