Add your logo to the IP Camera interface

On most MayGion V3 compatible IP Cameras, the free access to the WebUI via FTP allows some easy customization, like adding your own logo...

Create a bitmap about 320px wide max and save it as logo.gif. You can download the existing one from /www/images to use as a model.

Access the camera with an FTP client and:
- put logo.gif into /www/images folder (replaing the existing one)
- get the file tools.js from \www folder

Create first a backup copy of tools.js and, with an editor (like Notepad++), look at the end of file for the InsertLogo function, which content is actually commented out (//)

function InsertLogo() {

//document.write("<div align=\"center\"/><a href=\"http://www.cctvhw.com\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"images/logo.gif\" ></a></div><p/>"); 

}

Remove the // before "document.write..." and feel free to change the url in a href=, then save the file.

Access the camera with an FTP client and put the modified tools.js file back in /www

Check your login page and also the left frame of the configuration interface:

Disclaimer...blah blah blah...know what you're doing...blah blah...not my fault...well, the usual!

Note: This method is no longer valid for firmware above 05.20. I'll publish an update soon.

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CyberNova WIP604MW Firmware 00.00.05.17

CyberNova is releasing a new firmware today to resolve a problem with some 3rd party Smart Phone software. Again, they shown a great reactivity in solving problems reported by their customers...
The new firmware 00.00.05.17 released on 29th of November 2012  is just coming 10 days after the previous update. It seems to be mainly a step back to an earlier stage following reports of problems that appeared between 00.00.05.07 and  some 3rd party camera software.


The problem

Accessing the IP Camera from IP Camera Viewer became impossible since firmware 05.07.

The solution is either to upgrade to 05.17 or to try the one below from the IP Camera Viewer side:

Solution to try:
- I first exported my existing configuration to camera.xml
- Wiped the camera list (More > Delete Selected Cameras).
- Uninstalled and re-installed Ip Camera Viewer from the Play store (in the case of Android)
- Create a new Maygion IP Camera V3 configuration, and check that the "Test" now succeeds.
- exported that working config in xml file for inspection.

Comparing the old backup with the new one, I found only one difference for the MayGion V3 line, at the end, where bitOptions was different (set to 1 for the failing config and to 0 for the working one)

Repairing the camera.xml backup file:
- open camera.xml with an editor
- find your "MayGion IP Camera V3" line and check the end for bitOptions="1"

- change it to bitOptions="0"
- save the file
- Import your configuration now in IP Camera Viewer

That worked for me ...

I don't know what this bitOptions is for but it seemed to be set to the wrong value somehow.

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CyberNova WIP604MW Firmware 00.00.05.07

A new firmware (00.00.05.07) has been released by CyberNova on 19th of November 2012.
While they didn't publish any changelog, so we have to figure out by comparing with an older version, like 00.00.05.04.



I decided to re-baptise my new CVLM-I234-2GEN as CyberNova WIP604MW, because that's what it really is and since the firmware upgrade to their version 00.00.05.07 went so well.

The most obvious addition is in the main page (IE interface only), where the Aspect Ratio can be changed: 4:3, 5:4, 16:9

In the same area, the Video Size can be set as low as 160x120

On non-IE browsers, Mirror and Flip have been added to the interface.

The /www folder on the camera contains a videomask.htm file which is not yet integrated to the camera interface, but this seems to indicate that we may have soon the option to define zones to hide on the picture.

Preset.htm file is still there but nothing new in the interface neither. These two features would bring this camera almost on par with the Tenvis IPRobot3. 

The French language has been added (it was previously commented out in lang.js because the translation was not partial). However, the current version is a 'bit funny' and I'll send a reviewed lang_french.js to MayGion  or CyberNova when I have time. Until then, using English is preferable.

The IR led problem is not resolved and the relay will go clicking endlessly at times. I've tried to isolate the light sensor with black tape in case it would be reacting to the IR LED but it didn't help (Update 15/01/13: After some time with this fix in place, it seemed to reduce the frequency of it but did not eliminate the problem completely).

Contacting the customer service: I recently emailed CyberNova and they replied promptly. According to them a new firmware version should be available around the 29th of November.

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