Internals

The original studio

BromTV1 Studio Remember, professional studio's are not much more than this, a corner, some light and a camera. That's all :-))).

The Christmas display

Camera setup for 'Etalage'.

The camera

This is the way it works:

If you choose your light setting and hit the 'Submit' button the command travels from your computer and internet provider to the BromSmurf provider, from there it goes to the embedded webserver at BromSmurfs place. The light is switched by a microcontroller and the changed camera image travels its way back to your computer. The components that make this happen operate totally independent, so no PC is needed to run this system.

The camera has its own local IP-address and is connected to port 81 in the modem/router. The BromSmurf WEBsite looks for the camera with the following code:

CODEBASE="http://peanutprojects.xs4all.nl:81"

This code represents the IP-address supplied by the hosting provider and this enables the BromSmurf WEBsite to display the camera images anywhere on the internet.

The embedded WEBserver, which does the remote control, is connected to port 80. The BromSmurf WEBsite looks for the WEBserver, with the following code:

src="http://peanutprojects.xs4all.nl/Control.html"

This code enables the 'light switching' feature through an additional mirocontroller.

Hardware setup for remote control

Hardware for NetCam application Top left is the NetBurner embedded webserver, below the PIC for basic communication and to the right the circuit with the solid state relais to switch the mains power.