Hrm.. Most software that allows uploads can also set the filename to the time and date it was taken. Have you tried this? If so, I presume then that the filenames stay the same as it doesn't take a new picture?
On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 7:54 AM, Mike Kear <afpwebwo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks for all your helpful responses ... > > @phillip: The symptom we get is that images are uploaded every 30 > seconds ok, but at some point during the day instead of uploading new > images, it uploads the same image again and again. The problem is with > the computer that's providing the images, not coldfusion or the web server, > but what we're trying to pin down is exactly when this occurs, so we can > look at what's happening in our network at that time to cause the software > to hang. > > We know the web server's working ok, and we know the ftp server's working > ok. The images are identical, but with different creation times. So > that means we're getting 'new' images every 30 seconds, but at some time in > the day instead of the content being a new snapshot from the broadcast > studio, it's the same snapshot being uploaded again and again. If we can > learn that the software hangs at (say) 2.17am, we can look at what happened > around the station at 2.17am and work out what's causing the problem - > either human or IT based. > > That's why we want to pin down at what exact time (plus or minus a few > minutes) do the images uploaded stop changing each time. I want to > compare this current image, with the last one that was uploaded - about 30 > seconds ago, and see if the image content is the same or not. > > So in short, we know the ColdFusion and web aspects of this functionality > are working ok, but we want to use it to trace back in our system and see > where/when the webcam software is going haywire. > > Cheers > Mike Kear > Windsor, NSW, Australia > Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer > AFP Webworks > http://afpwebworks.com > ColdFusion 9 Enterprise, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month > > > On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 2:38 AM, Phillip Vector > <vec...@mostdeadlygame.com>wrote: > >> >> This may seem like a stupid question, but what do you mean exactly >> that the webcam hangs? You mean the software.. right? >> >> If it's the software that hangs (since hardware can't really hang), >> that means it doesn't upload a file or is it a different FTP program >> that does it? >> >> You could always set up something on cfschedule to check the most >> recent file and see if the time changed on it.. >> >> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:349362 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
