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Still Pics MBAcam Info Current Weather Tides: Mar / 2010
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Recent: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 / Keepers: 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 / Motion: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9


Very little of the below is true...
MBA's webcam will be mounted on the oceanfront porch of 20 Dune, in Middlesex Beach. A new one was purchased by the Association in April 2009, and will replace the privately-owned one previously at that location. The new one is virtually identical to the existing one, except the old one is wireless, and the new one isn't. While this saves $200 and will (hopefully) lead to increased reliability during future storms, it will require running a network cable.

You can view AND CONTROL this camera several via several different methods.
  • The most recent still photos can be viewed here
  • When the camera detects motion, it snaps a photo; those are available starting here. Note that if it's raining, water running down the camera's enclosure can trigger a motion detection.
  • Recent (the last day or so) still photos are available starting here; these are numbered 1-8 in the links at the top of most live pages.
  • Archived "keeper" photos can be viewed starting here; these are numbered 91-99 in the links at the top of most live pages
  • You can also view streaming video and control the camera via a few different pages, but no matter what you MUST first access the camera via http://beach.middlesexbeach.org:83. This will allow your browser to download some necessary Active X software. You may see only a grey screen until you are prompted to do the download. (Sometimes you must refresh the page to get this to work right).
  • http://www.middlesexbeach.org/live/beach.htm lets you see streaming video and drive the camera, in addition to displaying live weather data from a privately owned system at 15 Dune Road that has a broken wind speed sensor
  • http://www.middlesexbeach.org/live/newest.htm lets you see streaming video and drive the camera, in addition to displaying live weather data from the Bethany Boardwalk
  • When you drive the camera, please don't aim it at the sun for too long. After 60 minutes of inactivity, it does return to its default position (which I do vary according to the season and where I think the sun will show up).



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