Welcome to the AirBeam for OSX Online Help

AirBeam streams live audio and video from the cameras of iPhones, iPods, iPads and Mac computers. You can watch the stream remotely in a browser or with another instance of the AirBeam app.

To use this computer as a camera device, switch to the camera tab. Other devices running AirBeam on the same local network will automatically discover this camera. Camera mode is only available with the Pro Version of AirBeam and requires OSX 10.9 or later.

To use this computer as a monitor device, launch AirBeam on a second iDevice or Mac and switch it to camera mode. If on the same local network, it will automatically appear in the monitor window.

Select one of the links to jump directly to a specific help section.

Monitor Mode
Camera Mode (only AirBeam Pro)
Recordings View
Preferences

Monitor Mode

Monitor-Mode is selected by choosing the ‚Monitor‘ button in the left bar of the main view. In monitor mode AirBeam uses Bonjour to search the local network for active AirBeam-cameras. While searching, the scanning animation is shown. Alternatively you can connect a camera manually by address and port number. To do so use the „+“ button in the lower right corner of the monitor window.

Monitor Mode searching for cameras

For each camera found, a thumbnail image is shown with a preview of the current camera image. The text at the bottom of the preview image shows the camera’s name. The preview image is updated once a second. If more cameras are discovered than fitting into the AirBeam window, the previews can be scrolled up and down. To watch the camera and listen to the audio, click the thumbnail image and a monitor window for the camera will open.

Previews for discovered cameras

The monitor window shows the live stream from the camera and starts audio playback when activated on the camera. Several controls are available to control the camera remotely:

• Camera controls on the bottom to start recording and to capture still images. The microphone button activates the two way audio so that you can talk to the camera device.
• Motion detection indicator and threshold slider on the top. Press the button to turn motion detection on/off.
• Audio detection indicator and threshold slider on the top. Press the button to turn audio detection on/off.
• A battery indicator in the top right corner to shows the charging status of the camera

Monitor Window to follow and control the camera

Camera Mode

Camera Mode is activated by choosing the ‚Camera‘ button in the left bar of the main view. It is only available with the Pro Version of AirBeam for OSX. As soon as the camera is started it can be discovered by other AirBeam instances on the same local network. Several buttons are available to control the camera:

• The buttons on the bottom of the screen are the recording controls. The left button starts a video recording, the right button captures a photo and the middle button starts motion controlled recording.
• The green Wi-Fi icon on the bottom right indicates that the camera has can be discovered by others on the local network. It turns red when sharing failed for some reason. By clicking the icon a message box with the detailed camera address opens up.
• The slider on the top left indicates the current motion level and can be used to adjust the threshold for motion detection. You can turn motion detection on/off by pressing the button next to the slider.
• The slider on the top right indicates the current audio level and can be used to adjust the threshold for audio detection. You can turn audio detection on/off by pressing the button next to the slider.
• The green text on the top shows the URL for browser access to the camera. Enter this URL into a browser on the same local network and you will be able to watch and control the camera with your browser.

Camera Mode

Recordings View

The Recording View is selected by choosing the ‚Recordings‘ button in the left bar of the main view. It is only available with the Pro Version of AirBeam for OSX. The recordings view shows the contents of your local recordings folder (see preferences). Videos and still images are shown as small thumbnails in a grid view. To watch a video or image in full size, just double-click on the thumbnail. You can delete recordings by selecting them and pressing the ‚backspace‘ key on your keyboard.

Recordings View

Preferences

You can open the preferences window by selecting ‚Preferences‘ from the AirBeam menu at the top of your screen. The preferences window contains several tabs to configure all detailed settings of AirBeam. For the basic version of AirBeam only the ‚monitor‘ tab is available.