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Step by Step on How to Use Smartphone as Home Video Monitoring System (Smartphone as CCTV)

Some Android applications or iPhone apps can give you the access of making smartphone to be video monitoring system hence android smartphone can be used as security camera that monitoring all ongoing activities at your home. There are some requirements and procedures needed to make smartphone a video monitoring system.

I am going to explain all the important requirements which will ensure smartphone camera gives security at home as a CCTV camera.


Tricks explained for android video monitoring system in this post are based on some specific apps used in android operating system although they can be used in any iPhone. Creating home video surveillance system using android smartphone or any other smartphone is very easy and it does not need any technician. The only thing you need is to follow this guidelines.



In order to make your phone as video monitoring system two phones will be needed and each phone should use android but these tricks can involve computer or laptop as you will see later. The two apps that will be explained for wireless security camera on your smartphone are AtHome Video Streamer - security monitor camera and  AtHome Camera - Home security video surveillance. And the last requirement is connection, two devices can be connected via WI-FI (local network) or by using mobile data thus internet connection.

After having checked these requirements now it is time to turn your smartphone into a CCTV camera by doing the following procedures.

The first thing is to install AtHome Video Streamer on your smartphone that will be at home as CCTV camera (I assume this is old smartphone). This phone will be used for streaming the camera feed.

Open AtHome Video Streamer app on the phone that will be used as CCTV camera at home. when the app is connected, it generates a unique ID (CID) with username and password.

Don't modify anything on generated CID, username and password. Up to this stage our portable security camera is ready to be connected with another smartphone or computer to track the activities at your home.

Second step to set up video monitoring system on android is as follow, Download the AtHome Camera - Home Security Video Surveillance on the device that will receive CCTV feed. This phone will be used the as camera feed. Therefore through this app you will be able to watch your surrounding from a place where you put your android smartphone CCTV camera as residential security camera.

To connect with atHome Video Streamer phone, choose Add Camera by CID number, username and password on AtHome Camera app. Alternatively you can scan QR code which is best option for saving time. From there You can start monitoring your home with smartphone.

With AtHome it is easy to stream, take a snapshot, and you can store the video in mp4 format. This app perform its tasks very fast and features of this app can be used without any payment.

Some companies that deals with CCTV camera installations offer android apps that have the access with wireless security camera directly and it does not need smartphone to monitor video at home, for example NYXCAM have mobile apps that give you ability to view your home at the camera feed.
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