ezwatchusr

Hi Ron. As noted I am using XP with up to date SP's. The PC and cameras have been on a UPS since originally installed. The storms don't bother the cameras. Storm can interrupt the cable internet service outside the building and EZWatchIP does not like that. Also EZWatch itself does not like an internet outage if it sends an email so I disabled that feature. I have sent screen shots and anything else EZWatch support asked for. At some point I gave up as they stopped responding. Sometimes I am lucky and get in via the remote control to kill EZWatch and reboot since the autoreboot won't work when EZWatch decides to puke. Fortunately I have a patient friend who has been stopping in when I am out of town to reset. When it works it is very useful for remote monitoring. I would like to see the cameras from my iPhone but would be happy to just have a reliable application doing what it is supposed to do- watching my building in a different state! Let me look at the Events to see if the last lockup or no-start was captured. Thanks Doug

I have had ongoing problems with mine (3.0) on a dedicated PC running XP with no other apps in use. It is a pain asking a neighbor who has a key to reboot everytime it locks up. Often just the usual Windows message states that there is an error with EzWatch. EzWatchIP locks if the internet connection is lost during a storm and when it locks it locks the entire PC. Their answer was to get an internet service that stays up. Sure, such a thing exists on cable service. I have a timer that turns off the router and cable modem every day to clear them and bought a 5$ IP app to replace EzWatchIP. Half the cameras have failed but were replaced under warranty. I considered upgrading versions but wonder if that will be money wasted since I would probably have to buy another board. Perhaps I can use the board with another vendor's app?