Sep 27

Fight garden shed thefts with IP based surveillance

A new type of crime appears to be evolving – certainly in parts of leafy Surrey. A Neighbourhood Team Coordinator recently sent out this warning to members of the Neighbourhood Watch  …

“We have seen a number of burglaries recently where residents have reported seeing males on motorbikes acting suspiciously in the vicinity. (more…)

Apr 07

Sharing Video Clips on Jabbakam Network Forums

Jabbakam makes it easy for you to share your camera footage on other social networking sites and by email.  But did you know that it is just as easy to share your saved footage in the Jabbakam network forums?

Want to share a clip you have of someone breaking into your house, so that other Jabbakam users in your network can be on the lookout for the person?

Eager to share your wildlife or bird watching clips with other animal lovers?

Let Jabbakam show you how.  All you need is a Jabbakam account and a video or snapshot saved in your inbox that you want to share. We do the rest.

Follow the simple steps below on how to post clip a clip to a Jabbakam network forum and get the conversation started!

1.  Go to the network forum that you want to post to and select the button to either create a new thread or post a reply to an existing thread.

2.   Write your message in the text of the post to thread box,  like so:

3.   Click on  the ‘attach media’ link, as shown:

4.   A new dialog window will appear.  Simply select the Jabbakam folder in your inbox where the clip you want to post is saved, as shown:

5.  Scroll through your clips and pick the clip you want to post and select it. Your clip will appear in the lower left hand corner of the pop up screen, then click on the ‘Attach Media’ button.

6.   If you arrive at a screen like the one below – your clip has been successfully attached!  Now you can review and make any changes to your message as you want, then, when you’re happy, just hit ‘Send Reply’ to post it to the forum.

7.  You will then see your message displayed on the forum  – the film strip icon on the left indicates there is a clip attached.

9. All another forum member then needs to do, is click on the green arrow ‘play’ icon on the right to view your video attachment, which will open in a new dialog windown as shown below:

10. It’s that simple. Anyone within your network that wants to can not only view the clip that you have attached but also has the options to save the clip to their own inbox, download, or create a snapshot as they wish, using the icons on the right as indicated below.

So, start sharing!

Mar 17

The Beauty of Private Messages

One of the great things about Jabbakam is that when you sign up to the service and add a IP camera, you will discover you are part of a new online community. There are hundreds of people who join our service, sharing their footage, creating networks, setting up cameras that you can connect with. You will see Jabbakam is not just about security, there are so many creative and interesting ways to use camera networks.

Interacting with other users is a great way to make the most of your experiences with the service.  Everyone is welcome to browse and leave public messages and embed footage for others to see on the Support forums, however, to encourage people to chat and set up new networks the Jabbakam application also includes a simple but sleek private messaging system.

You can send a private message to an another user from a variety of Jabbakam locations:

• network map
• camera map
• support forums
• directly through private message page

From the Network or the Camera Map, you can find other users who own cameras by location. Use the search map tool to search for the area you are interested in to see if there are any public cameras in that area as shown below.

Any cameras that are found to match your search terms be returned as results on the map.

To contact a camera owner you just need to select a camera icon – this will open up an information bubble for that camera, as shown below:

Then, click the “send PM” link to send a private message to the user.

To contact a user privately through the Support forums use the “Send private message” link as indicated below.

Use the private messaging system to discuss all aspects of using your IP camera on Jabbakam with other users. All private messages you send and receive are accessible via the Private Messages page under your Account. You will also see links to your latest Private Messages on your dashboard every time you login to Jabbakam.

In your account options you can choose whether you are alerted by email when you receive a private message. This option is easy to turn on and off as you wish.

All of this is very useful, but what happens if a user starts send you spam or messages with inappropriate content? Jabbakam is here to protect your privacy and peace of mind. If you do start to receive any sort of bothersome messages from another user then simply use the “Report user” link to let us know, giving us a little explanation as to what’s happened and Jabbakam will then take appropriate action as necessary.

Jabbakam is a real community. Start networking with other users and find out how you can help each other.

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