This page explains how to set up FTP for Time-lapse and Stand alone Motion Detection modes. For information on FTP in webcam mode, look at the Webcam tutorial.

Screen shot of the FTP settings form

1. From the main window, click on "Alerts" then "FTP...".
2. Make sure that the "Enable FTP upload" is ticked, and enter the Server name and your user details (Your ISP would most likely have given you these.)
3. If you are behind a proxy server, make sure "Use proxy" is ticked, and enter its details in the boxes. (i-Catcher only supports FTP proxies, not HTTP or SOCKS Proxies.)
4. If you are behind a firewall, make sure "Passive mode" is ticked. (You may need this for some Proxy servers as well.)
5. Enter a directory and filename in the boxes. (The directory is relative to the home directory on the server unless you prefix it with a "/".)
6. In both Time-lapse and Motion Detection modes, i-Catcher needs a directory of its own on the FTP server. It uses existing JPG files to see what else it needs to upload, and it overwrites the index.htm, and optionally history.htm.
7. The page template option allows you to specify a template that is used for the index.htm page. These files are normal HTML files in c:\Program Files\iCatcher\Templates\ and the images are replaced with place holders (e.g. "[Pic1]" and "[Pic2]"). i-Catcher will fill in place holders incrementally until a place holder is not found.
8. The "Maximum number of stills on server" allows you to set a maximum number of stills on the server. The old stills are deleted after the new ones have been uploaded, so make sure there is enough free space.
9. If you are in Time-lapse mode, select the interval at which you want i-Catcher to do an upload. It can range from 1 second up to 6 million years. (This interval is the time between finishing an upload and doing the next one.)
10. If you are in Time-lapse mode, you can now jump to step 14.
11. The buffer and trigger boxes allow you to specify what triggers an upload, and the minimum time to wait between uploads.
12. Ticking the "Upload history page" will make i-Catcher upload a page with a list of all the stills on the server in chronological order.
13. "Only upload trigger motions", will tell i-Catcher to only upload the amount of stills specified in the "Trigger on" box. This stops i-Catcher uploading motions that were insignificant (not enough to trigger an upload)
14. To test the settings, click "Test now", and it will dial up if necessary. If the test fails, you will find the error message in the Log (See logging on the main window).

15. Go back to the main menu, and click "Start Monitoring". You should now have a working web camera.