WVC80N problems - linux mplayer capture, FTP issues

Question

This camera was very stable for months, not sure what that heck happened about a month ago.
First off, only use this on Linux OS.  I use mplayer to capture a still image every minute.  Used to be very stable, for weeks on end (the linux way!).   About a month ago the cam would just freeze, I could access the cam through the network but could not capture an image (either viewing on network page or via mplayer).  The only way would be to reboot the camera and all was fine for a few hours before it would freeze again.  I have not been able to fix this problem.
Now I decided to try the motion detection FTP feature.  No luck, I cannot get the cam to find my ftp server.  I can access this server from my other computers (including my windows box).   I opened the port, no dice, nothing.  Never seen an image saved via the motion sensor FTP option. 
I anyone out there able to use the FTP feature (preferably on linux)??
Thanks so much for any help or feedback on this...
Charles
(www.camasweather.com)

Answer 1

Problem solved.  I finally got around to reading the manual and the answer was right there in an appendix.  Using linux all you need to do is...
curl -o 00000001.jpg  http://192.168.1.115/img/snapshot.cgi?size=3&quality=1
Substitute the ip address of your cam.  I save a time dated file and send it to my web server and can run a time lapse of my cam.   Been very stable so far.
Hope this helps someone,
CR