Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2001 17:51:49 -0500 From: "Joe & Fhe Barbish" <barbish@a1poweruser.com> To: "Kent Stewart" <kstewart@owt.com> Cc: "FBSD Questions" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: FreeBSD for home security cameras? Message-ID: <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOIEKLCKAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <3C2CE34D.2010505@owt.com>
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I had a 4 cameras set of those x-10's and tried to do just like you are talking about. They are engineered for hookup to vcr's and need a human operator to switch between cameras. They also have a USB control plug in unit for PC access and control, but the pc software was very very poor and had no way to sense motion and switch to camera to record action. Pc control was still human control, substitute a pc for hardware control unit. That was 15 months ago, maybe they put some development into the software by now. The nice thing was the cameras did not need cabling, they transmitted using radio waves and control was controlled over the electric house circuit the camera got it's power from. Could not put a camera where it would freeze. The picture quality was just barely acceptable. Returned equipment for refund which took 5 months. Buyer be ware -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Kent Stewart Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 4:26 PM To: David Greenman Cc: Nick Barnes; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD for home security cameras? David Greenman wrote: >>My house was burgled just before Christmas. Next time this happens, >>it would be satisfying to present the police with pictures of the >>villains in the act of carting off our TV in our wheelbarrow, or >>ransacking our CD collection. I'm thinking a few cheapo cameras, >>inside and out, hooked up to a server in an inaccessible spot >>(e.g. the attic) or off-site, after I get a cable modem. I would >>prefer FreeBSD on the server. What's the economic way of building a >>system like this? >> > > You know, I've been thinking about doing something very similar. I haven't > really looked into this much yet, but it seems like one could use a video > capture card like the Hauppauge WinTV along with the ports/graphics/fxtv > software. It looks like fxtv could use some modifications, however, such as > a way to reduce the framerate, to make it more suitable for surveillance > applications. I'm not sure how well this would work with multiple WinTV cards > and cameras, nor do I know how much disk space this is going to eat...but > even having the last few hours of video would be useful. Half of the time when I browse somewhere this little X-10 cam pops up. I thought it looked pretty interesting for just that purpose. Kent -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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