Tweet Mi Casa FAQ

FAQ

• What does this do exactly?
  • This software takes your home PC with a web camera and turns it into a home monitoring station that you can control and use from using just standard text messages on your phone*
  
  


• What do I need to make this work?
  1. You need a PC with an internet connection.
  2. Utlimately two twitter accounts (one that is your pseronal one where house txts goto your phone and one so that the house may actually text
  3. Windows compatiable webcam.
  4. Windows XP or later
  5. 512 MB Ram
  6. Windows compatiable webcam.


• How easy is this to install?
• Three simple steps- Download and Install, Create and link up twitter accounts, RUN! It is that easy.



• How does it work?
  • Tweet Mi Casa works by taking what you already have: a pc, internet connection and web cam and combing them smartly using the internets favorite messaging site: twitter. Each piece of your PC comes together to create a motion sensing image snapping home monitoring system that requires NO extra fees and NO extra hardware.
  
  


• Is my information kept private?
  • Yes you can set the twitter account that the house uses to keep its timeline private. You can also control who has access to send and receive commands from your house.
  
  


• Don't Worry, Be Happy!
  • Now with Tweet Mi Casa being your eyes at home while you are away you can put your mind at ease and request a screen shot, a web cam image or "arm" your house alarm all from your phone by sending a text message to twitter. Check on your house from your phone or your web browser. Be notified INSTANTLY of intruder or other alerts. Even remotely reset or shut your pc down!
  
  


• What are the commands available?
  • -webcam : Have the house send a twit pic of the current webcam snapshot.*
  • -screenshot : Have the house send a twit pic screenshot of the computers desktop.
  • -help : Have the house send a text to you with a short list of these commands.
  • -reboot : Have the house reboot itself.
  • -shutdown : Have the house shut down the computer Tweet Mi Casa is running on.
  • -status : Have the house send the uptime of the computer.
  • -status -alarm : Have the house send what state the alarm is in.*
  • -sensitivity .05 : Set the alarm sensitivity, .1 is default*
  • -arm : Arm the house*
  • -disarm : Disarm the house*
  • * REQUIRES FULL VERSION