Somikon IP Control


Somikon IP Control
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Description

*** The only one official Somikon IP camera app! ***
With this app you can remotely view and control your Somikon IP camera from your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch. From wherever you are*! You can use it for example for home security (is someone breaking into your home?), home automation (did I leave the lights on?) or to watch your little baby kid while it sleeps.

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FEATURES
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- View the live video feed of your cameras
- Control the cameras in all 8 directions (if supported by the camera)
- Motion detection (only for cameras that support it): send mail on motion detection, set sensitivity, Quickly enable/disable the alarm
- Preset camera positions (for camera models that support it)
- Zoom in and out on the image by pinching (even when your camera doesn't support zoom)
- Fullscreen by rotating the device to a landscape position
- Fullscreen controls
- Swipe in fullscreen view to select another camera, this only work when not zoomed in (double tap to zoom to 100%)
- Take snapshots and save it to your camera roll
- Adjust brightness/contrast
- Mirror and flip is taken into account (so the controls will still work intuitively, even when the camera is mounted to a ceiling for example)
- Change camera resolution
- Adjust brightness and contrast
- Multiple camera support (up to 144 cameras)
- Mosaic view for showing 4 cameras (in landscape) and 6 cameras (in portrait) simultaneously
- Swipe in mosaic view to view more other cameras
- Possibility to lock PTZ controls and/or rotation
- iOS 4 and iOS 5 tested and supported
- Takes full advantage of retina display on iPhone 4 and iPhone 4s.

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HOW TO USE
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- Use the controls on the screen: tap and hold to move the camera into that direction, release to stop the motion.
- Rotate the screen to view the image fullscreen, swipe in fullscreen (when not zoomed in) to select another camera
- Rotate in mosaic view to show the mosaic in fullscreen. Swipe mosaic view to show more.
- Use the pinch gesture on the image to zoom in and out, double tap to restore to the original size.
- In the fullscreen view tap the top of the screen to show a menu with extra options

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SUPPORTED CAMERAS
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Somikon models that are supported: Somikon MJPEG compatible cameras. I'm not sure about all, models because I couldn't test them all. Please note this app is not compatible with all 7Links cameras.

Known to be compatible: PX3688 7Links Speed-Dome camera IPC-430, PX3309 7Links Pan-Tilt camera, PX3615/PX-3615-671 7Links Pan-Tilt camera, PX3614/PX-3614-671 7Links Outdoor camera IPC-710IR, PX3675 7Links IPC-720.HD camera.

Known to be NOT compatible (yet): PX1069 7Links Robocam II, PX1179 7Links Robocam III, PX1279 7Links Robocam IV, PX5480 Edimax IC-3005Wn, PX3677 7Links.

Please note that this app is ONLY compatible with Somikon cameras, cameras of other brands are not supported.

*** NOTE THAT NOT ALL FEATURES WILL WORK WITH ALL CAMERA MODELS ***

*3G or wireless network connection required, for use outside your home network you'll need to setup portforwarding on your router, see the FAQ.
Please note that I'm an independent developer, I made this app commissioned by Somikon.

What's New in Version 1.02

New features:
-Added preset feaure
-Changed order of swipe pages

Known issue:
- Sometimes/on some device rotating to fullscreen causes a corrupted image. We’re investigating this issue. Workaround: rotate back and forth again or tap a camera in landscape-mosaic view.

Please rate the app after every update, thank you!

Screenshots

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