About this app
Use this app to act like a 'CCTV' for you; but in handy and photos-only format. Let this app point to a site you want to monitor, activate the timer and just wait for the photos to be taken and sent directly to your Telegram Messenger. Then use any device that compatibles to open the messenger, namely Android, iPhone/iPad, WP, PC/Mac/Linux/macOS and others. You will see the photos taken by the app wherever you are, as they are sent over the internet. For example, monitor your kids in their room to know their activities, or your pets in the backyard or your stove remotely when you are cooking. You also can use Arduino to trigger the app to capture photos, which this function is useful when you need a presence-detection style, to detect burglar, trespassers, wild animal sightings and many more.
Installation procedure:
1. Install Telegram Messenger on your phone or PC.
2. Search for myTelecam_bot.
3. Telecam_bot will be found. Select the bot. Click START or send /start command.
4. Bot will respond by replying a Telegram Chat ID. Copy the Chat ID given by the bot.
5. Open Telecam app into your phone. The app will display your phone’s camera window on the screen.
6. Tap on Menu icon (located on the top left of the screen, below the Camera icon). A series of buttons and text fields will appear on screen.
7. Enter the Telegram Chat ID obtained in step 4.
8. Click Return icon located at the top right of your phone’s screen, or your phone's back key.
9. Click on the Camera icon. Check your Telegram Messenger to see the photo which the Telecam app has sent.
10. Click on Timer icon if you want the photos to be captured periodically. You can set the capture interval through the Menu, which 15s is the default interval.
Remote control via another phone
1. Install Bluetooth Serial Terminal app (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nudge.me.TermFree) on another phone.
2. Open your phone's Bluetooth setting and pair both phones.
3. On Telecam app, tap on the Menu icon. You will see Bluetooth icon on the right of the screen. Press the icon and connect to the Bluetooth Serial Terminal app.
4. On Bluetooth Serial Terminal app, go to Settings menu and change the menu “2. Text Size (U/L)” to 17 and 14 to make the welcome text fit to be displayed on the screen.
5. Follow the instruction from the welcome text shown on the screen. Send Capture, Flash, Front, Main, Timer, Stop and Help sequentially and see what happens (all commands are case insensitive).
Remote control via Arduino
1. Connect a Bluetooth module (such as HC-05 or HC-06) to the Arduino (connect TX pin of BT module to Arduino's A2 and BT's RX pin to Arduino's A3 pin, VCC to 3.3V and GND to GND).
2. Connect a digital infrared sensor (like this one: https://www.cytron.io/p-sn-e18-b03n1) to Arduino (VCC to 5V, GND to GND and OUT to pin 2 of Arduino).
3. Upload this code to the Arduino:
#include
SoftwareSerial mySerial(A2, A3);
void setup() {
mySerial.begin(9600);
pinMode(2, INPUT);
}
void loop() {
int buttonState = digitalRead(2);
if (buttonState == 0)
{
mySerial.println("capture");
delay(4000);
}
delay(1);
}
(or you can download the above code here: https://goo.gl/3ctMHH)
4. Open Telecam app. Connect the app to the Bluetooth module through the Menu and Bluetooth icon.
5. When the connection is successfully established, try to block the sensor. The above code will make the Arduino send the word "capture" to the app via Bluetooth connection.
6. The app that receives the "capture" word will take a photo and send it to your Telegram Messenger.
7. Open Telegram Messenger app and check the photos received.
For the sake of enjoying project R&Ds, this app does not have ads and it is totally free. Thank you.
App Permissions
Allows an application to write to external storage.
Allows applications to open network sockets.
Allows applications to connect to paired bluetooth devices.
Allows applications to discover and pair bluetooth devices.
Allows using PowerManager WakeLocks to keep processor from sleeping or screen from dimming.
Required to be able to access the camera device.
Allows access to the vibrator.
Allows an application to read from external storage.
