Login






Lost Password?
No account yet? Register

Last Forum Posts

midafricam
Webcam Status

 

All webcams are operational except Knysna webcam (will be removed)

27 Feb 2010: Replaced UPS, Voltage 275 volts and higher
21 Feb 2010: Low voltages (<200v) at Vicbay is causing the UPS to trip
13 Feb 2010: Vicbay: Power surge blew wireless device again - thanks funkey.com for replacement unit,now on UPS
18 Jan 2010: Vicbay: Replaced faulty wireless equipment
16 Aug 2009: Owlcam (17h09-17h56) Images not uploaded correctly due to 25% packet loss & duplicate IP
14 Aug 2009: Owlcam run backup wget a& FTP upload script (17h40)
13 Aug 2009: Owlcam webcam: FTP stalled on uploads (15h01)
16 Jul 2009: Vicbay webcam: Internet link down
1 July 2009: Mossel Bay webcam online
12 Jun 2009: Mossel Bay webcam is off temporary
19 May 2009: Kaaimans offline due to faulty wireless router (10 years old kit)
17 Apr 2009: Jeffreys Bay surfcam down due to DSL sync problem,reported to Telkom
26 Mar 2009: Rebooted VMware Host server
13 Mar 2009: Kaaimans webcam: Replaced faulty router (2x in one day)
13 Mar 2009: Vicbay webcam: Replaced faulty router
28 Dec 2008: Vicbay webcam: Not uploading due to connection broken
2 Nov 2008: Knysna  webcam: image not uploading
13 Sep 2008: Rebuilt Server and some webcams on line
 7 Aug 2008: Linux server hardware crashed
17 July 2008: Vicbay operational again : Failure due to Internet connection being down for all cams
29 Jun 2008: Cape Town Blouberg cam out of order
15 Jun 2008: Vicbay Webcam: Replaced faulty power supply at Mahaba
12 Jun 2008: Vicbay webcam: Link down
26 Mar 2008: Vicbay webcam: Replaced 5 year old webcam with newer Mobotix M22 megapixel camera
9 Mar 2008: Vicbay webcam - Replaced power supply
21 Feb 2008: Midafricam - iframe vulnerability
17 Feb 2008: Vicbay webcam - Offline
16 Feb 2008: Hosting provider changed IP address of web server
5-7 Nov Linux image collection server down
2-8 Oct: Knysna webcam: Waiting for locked room to be opened to reset camera
27Sep - 5Oct 2007: Cape Town webcam down due to power switched off ?
24 Sep 2007: George CBD webcam rebooted
31Aug-5Sep 2007: VicBay webcam Reset power supply for webcam
19-21 Aug 2007: Victoria Bay webcam was down due to Murphy, replaced router & power supply
14-22 Aug 2007: George CBD cam down due to power supply.
22 June 2007: Cape Town webcam down
17 Jun 2007: Faulty internet router, replaced 25 June 2007.
27 May 2007: Cape Town webcam down due to Internet feed
17 May 2007: Knysna webcam online, power problem
16 May 2007: Knysna webcam offline, contact ISP
17 Apr 2007: Vicbay cam faulty,power related
14 Apr 2007: All cameras operational by 10:50am except Outeniqua Choo-Tjoe webcam awaiting access to the camera.
13 Apr 2007: Web Hosting ISP changed my FTP  password
15 Mar 2007: Cape Town webcam up: Power failure
15 Mar 2007: Cape Town webcam down, investigating the cause
 8 Feb 2007: Vicbay webcam down again, power supply I suspect or cabling
 6 Feb 2007: Vicbay webcam down for 9hrs due to power failure
30 Jan 2007: International link up
29 Jan 2007: International uplink to website down, awaiting ISP to resolve technical problem 


 

Jeffreys Bay Surfcam

Jeffreys Bay Surfcam

Newsflash

Midafricam - Twitter feed

We have introduced a Twitter feed to alert you on interesting events unfolding in front of the various webcams http://twitter.com/midafricam

Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read other users' updates known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length which are displayed on the user's profile page and delivered to other users who have subscribed to them ( known as followers).

YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON TWITTER in the following easy steps!

1. Click this link and sign up for your free Twitter account. TWITTER

2. Follow "MIDAFRICAM" on your twitter account. http://twitter.com/midafricam

3. Select the software package ( twirl, twitterlicious ) to monitor Midafricam tweets (alerts)

4. Enjoy the updates of the webcams !

Midafricam Twitter alerts for webcam updates