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sunish

Joined: 04 Sep 2005
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05 Feb 2007 6:15 gprs camera

hai all
how can we interface camera to GPRS module and send pictures ?
i am planning to use SIM300
and 8051 microcontroller.
i would like to get more details

thanking you

sun

budhy

Joined: 21 Oct 2006
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Location: Indonesia

05 Feb 2007 6:29 gprs cameras

This document describes the hardware interface of the SIMCOM SIM300 ... applications, all functional components of SIM300 are described in great detail. ...
http://www.infortech.com.tw/SIMCOM/DataSheet/SIM300_HD_V1.06.pdf

techie

Joined: 05 Feb 2002
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Location: Pakistan

05 Feb 2007 10:00 sending mms using simcom

I think the easiest way to do this is to use a phone and the full functionality of the phone. Keeping in mind that what you want to do can be done pressing the buttons of the phone and that the phone buttons can be emulated by sending some AT commands, you can design a microcontroller board that sends AT commands to the camera-phone under program control. The phone takes pictures and sends the images via MMS to anywhere you like.

reflectarray

Joined: 06 Nov 2006
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05 Feb 2007 11:00 gsm gprs camera

But mobile phones don't have built in TCP/IP stack whereas GSM/GPRS modules have.

techie

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05 Feb 2007 12:50 windows mobile gprs camera

Yes. That is why I said that you dont send the image by GPRS. You send it by MMS. It just be a matter of sending a few AT commands to press a few keys.

sunish

Joined: 04 Sep 2005
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06 Feb 2007 6:56 gsm camera project

hai all
the real problem here is the cost and the application
i want to get the photo/video of a place where i am fixing the system
and a camera phone with mms support will cost you more
and you will not get any type of project experiance
we here trying to something ourselves
assume a system in your office and you are out of town
when you want to check what is happening at your office,
you just can get it on ligin to the internet
or get pictures by sending an sms to the system

sun

techie

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06 Feb 2007 8:10 uart camera module

In that case you will have to have (1) a camera with a digital interface (b) a GPRS module like SIM300 and (c) a controller (8051 maybe slow for this application. The Camera portion seems to be the difficult part here since most digital cameras come with a USB port and have a USB host in a controller is somewhat difficult for a beginner. Also you will be able to control the camera like for taking pictures, going into video mode etc. On the other hand if you use an analog surveyllance camera, you will have to have a fast capture circuit and some picture / video buffer.

sunish

Joined: 04 Sep 2005
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06 Feb 2007 8:36 camera send gsm mms projects

dear friend

i found the camera here which can be directly connected to the television
and in a purticular channel you can see the motion pictures.ther are cameras with rs 232 out put also. there are two serial ports in sim 300.so i think i can connect one camera to one serial port and another for AT commands.when i want send pictures i will provide the command to capture the pictures and send it.
i think this can be done with 8051.this is just an idea of mine.you all are the experts
and you can guide me in a better way
we can select 8051/PIC/AVR controllers for this purpose.they are available here

sun

techie

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06 Feb 2007 8:53 uart camera

How will you program the SIM300 to communicate with the serial port of the camera. It looks simple in hardware but I think you will have a hard time trying to get the camera RS-232 protocol details and to program the SIM300 to communicate with Camera on the second serial port. I have not seen any AT commands that can do this.

prd

Joined: 13 May 2003
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12 Feb 2007 11:56 camera interface gprs modem

Dear techie,

I 've been informed that simcom have module that support MMS, but I do not experienced with such application.
try SIM306 Tri-Band GSM/GPRS/MMS Module
http://www.sim.com/productssolutions/wirelessmodule/sim306.htm

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kargo1977

Joined: 26 May 2008
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26 May 2008 13:56 simcom datasheet

what kind of camera did you use?

gurinder_dhiman

Joined: 03 Aug 2006
Posts: 9

27 May 2008 8:19 sending pictures through gsm modules

i think using a cheap mobile phone like chenese one is the best option, because they are cheap and can be controlled using AT commands easily. also they provide you to omitt many complexity of design and implimentaion.

davemaster

Joined: 23 Jan 2007
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03 Sep 2008 0:11 how to send mms using gsm module avr

techie wrote:

Yes. That is why I said that you dont send the image by GPRS. You send it by MMS. It just be a matter of sending a few AT commands to press a few keys.

Greetings,

I think it can be don't bur you must firs decode the image to data that can be sent by GPRS, that 's the challenge... any idea?

AhmedAli

Joined: 14 Nov 2008
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14 Nov 2008 0:56 jpeg uart camera module

I have the same problem i need GPRS module with IP camera

pirulo

Joined: 18 Feb 2006
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01 Dec 2008 1:12 gprs sim300

I found this document about the SIM 306 that support MMS. This pdf explain the funtions and applications with examples.
Following functions are provided by Sim306:
(1) Download MMS subject, picture and text to module from serial port
(2) Query the status of download
(3) Set and save recipients of MMS
(4) Set the URL of multimedia message switch center(MMSC)
(5) Manage MMS box
(6) Send MMSain

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akswami

Joined: 29 May 2007
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14 Jan 2009 11:15 gsm ip camera

The SIM306 has MMS Capability and the image size can be up to 60K

hjehanzeb

Joined: 03 May 2009
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05 May 2009 9:34 send photo gsm module

Anybody who can upload the Data sheet of sim306

I shall be thankful

AyaTamimi

Joined: 19 May 2009
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19 May 2009 22:46 camere ip gprs

hjehanzeb,

here is how to program the SIM306 module to send MMS using AT commands, I hope I'm not too late =)

http://www.simtechnology.ru/document_131.html?875CD5BA913B3F41632750F2E7817077

herlambang

Joined: 20 Apr 2009
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20 May 2009 14:45 serial camera module

Good project..

vanithagrd

Joined: 08 Jun 2009
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08 Jun 2009 17:25 gsm cameras

Dear friends
I have the similar problem. But
I use Blackfin 561 processor attached camera which has to be connected with GPRS modem to send MMS/SMS.
They want me to write C code in Windows Platform
Kindly help me.

choto

Joined: 08 Jun 2009
Posts: 5

09 Jun 2009 16:06 uart gprs module

hi everyone,

i want to interface sim 340e with uart of controller 8051 and want to transfer some data through GSM service provider. is it possible to send large amount of data this way??

teja321

Joined: 16 Oct 2006
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09 Jun 2009 18:05 camera supported gsm module

I have worked on a Camera with UART interface.

We used an FPGA to communicate with the camera (CMOS Sensor Omnivision) and store the images in an SDRAM (since camera would output data at a very fast rate). An raw yuv 4:2:2 image for VGA resolution is around 600 KB and JPEG encoded image around 20-30 KB.

We had developed a camera controller, SDRAM controller and UART controller.

The operation was somewhat like this. We get some command from the UART after receving this command, the fpga captures a single image and stores it in an SDRAM and sends the image through the UART at a fixed baud rate.

Through the UART u could connect anything, SIM 300 or Siemens MC55 to send the image through GPRS interface to a fixed i/p. The FPGA can be used to send AT commands to the GPRS module.

A server would be needed to be developed on a PC to receive the image through the internet and u need to develop some protocol to receive the image properly (some header/footer stuff to indicate start and end of image).

The CMOS/FPGA board would cost around $10-$15 Siemens MC55 with built in TCP/IP stack cost around $30-$35.

Using GPRS is more better since we can send a big file which is not possible in case of MMS.

vanithagrd

Joined: 08 Jun 2009
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16 Jun 2009 6:14 gsm module mms camera

hi teja

Can I send MMS/SMS from a Ip-camera to a GSM modem without a PC in between?

Kindly tell me since i am new to this field.

If you have code, give me so that i can test for understanding

thanks

reda11

Joined: 26 Nov 2006
Posts: 7
Location: egypt

18 Jun 2009 12:08 connecting camera on gsm modem

AyaTamimi wrote:

hjehanzeb,

here is how to program the SIM306 module to send MMS using AT commands, I hope I'm not too late =)

http://www.simtechnology.ru/document_131.html?875CD5BA913B3F41632750F2E7817077

hello the link didn't open with me Sad

could u please send me that files attached

thanks for ur help Smile

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budhy wrote:

hello

this link oped in an error page

could u please send me the file not the link?

thanks for ur help

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hello

i want a link to buy SIM306