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FLAG! · 01-23-2006, 04:16 PM

Boy I feel like a moron... I'm usually pretty good with anything technical or mechanical, but this web cam is driving me nuts. I'm using an Axis 2100 Network Camera. I finally got it to work and began setting up the camera though it's internal software. But then I lost the connection. I don't understand it. All I'm doing is connecting the camera via a null modem cable to the com port of my computer through dial-up networking. I used the user name and password as instructed to and I got right in, but then after about 5 minutes I lost the image and I was "disconnected by the computer I was connected to". After that I could not reconnect. I kept on getting messages telling me the "modem I am connecting to is not working properly".

I'm also perplexed as to why in this day in age the camera would come with a serial connection instead of a USB. Is this so that it can be connected to an external modem?

I know sooner or later I am going to figure this out and kick myself for making it more difficult than it needs to be...

01-23-2006, 04:16 PM	#5
FLAG! Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Upton, MA Posts: 112 Thanks: 44 Thanked 14 Times in 6 Posts	Trying hard to get the web cam thing... Boy I feel like a moron... I'm usually pretty good with anything technical or mechanical, but this web cam is driving me nuts. I'm using an Axis 2100 Network Camera. I finally got it to work and began setting up the camera though it's internal software. But then I lost the connection. I don't understand it. All I'm doing is connecting the camera via a null modem cable to the com port of my computer through dial-up networking. I used the user name and password as instructed to and I got right in, but then after about 5 minutes I lost the image and I was "disconnected by the computer I was connected to". After that I could not reconnect. I kept on getting messages telling me the "modem I am connecting to is not working properly". I'm also perplexed as to why in this day in age the camera would come with a serial connection instead of a USB. Is this so that it can be connected to an external modem? I know sooner or later I am going to figure this out and kick myself for making it more difficult than it needs to be...