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Cam Alarm 2.0 - Alarm system run from a web camera

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16 Jun 2010CPOL3 min read 86K   9.5K   150  
Simple alarm system for those on a budget..
// Motion Detector
//
// Copyright � Andrew Kirillov, 2005
// andrew.kirillov@gmail.com
//
namespace CamAlarm
{
	using System;

	/// <summary>
	/// IVideoSource interface
	/// </summary>
	public interface IVideoSource
	{
		/// <summary>
		/// New frame event - notify client about the new frame
		/// </summary>
		event CameraEventHandler NewFrame;

		/// <summary>
		/// Video source property
		/// </summary>
		string VideoSource{get; set;}

		/// <summary>
		/// Login property
		/// </summary>
		string Login{get; set;}

		/// <summary>
		/// Password property
		/// </summary>
		string Password{get; set;}

		/// <summary>
		/// FramesReceived property
		/// get number of frames the video source received from the last
		/// access to the property
		/// </summary>
		int FramesReceived{get;}

		/// <summary>
		/// BytesReceived property
		/// get number of bytes the video source received from the last
		/// access to the property
		/// </summary>
		int BytesReceived{get;}

		/// <summary>
		/// UserData property
		/// allows to associate user data with an object
		/// </summary>
		object UserData{get; set;}

		/// <summary>
		/// Get state of video source
		/// </summary>
		bool Running{get;}

		/// <summary>
		/// Start receiving video frames
		/// </summary>
		void Start();

		/// <summary>
		/// Stop receiving video frames
		/// </summary>
		void SignalToStop();

		/// <summary>
		/// Wait for stop
		/// </summary>
		void WaitForStop();

		/// <summary>
		/// Stop work
		/// </summary>
		void Stop();
	}
}

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