It begins to look to me like the way it works is they have a central place that all involved cameras log in to. We log out cameras into it via the ispy software.
then to connect remotely we do that again somehow. I can't find out how. They don't say. But probably by loading this software on that machine, too. Or maybe not. But somehow connecting with their central location and providing username and password and then we get access to our cameras.
I can't find it clearly spelled out. There's thousands of words there, millions maybe, but I can't find where it tells us what to do. It just says things like 'and then you will be able to...'
See - it says this:
If iSpy connected successfully to your computer (and you are subscribed) then you should now be able to access ispyconnect.com from anywhere in the world to access your live and stored content. If you are not subscribed then iSpy won't setup port forwarding and won't try to connect externally.
See?
Seems straightforward doesn't it? Log in to 'ispyconnect.com' from anywhere and you can access your own home cameras. But when I go to 'ispyconnect.com' all I get is a page of advertising for their products and invites to download. Nothing to log in to that might enable a connection....
Make me wonder if they've got any customers at all.
Cost me $80 to get this far.
If that's the way it works then I've just thrown $80 away I think. For Sricam offers the same thing, I think, only I steered away from them because they want you to have a smartphone and I haven't got one, don't want one. But I could use VOS I suppose.
And theirs is free.
Also complicated by this 'Agent' thing.
Nobody knows of a more direct iSpy forum where I can ask them directly?
Bit of a rum do, this. I feel.