From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 4 15:57:20 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A6D416A41F for ; Sun, 4 Sep 2005 15:57:20 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsilver@chrononomicon.com) Received: from trans-warp.net (hyperion.trans-warp.net [216.37.208.37]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E232743D58 for ; Sun, 4 Sep 2005 15:57:18 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bsilver@chrononomicon.com) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (unverified [65.193.73.208]) by trans-warp.net (SurgeMail 2.2g3) with ESMTP id 22309946 for multiple; Sun, 04 Sep 2005 11:57:12 -0400 In-Reply-To: <200506041507.48388.vdemart1@tin.it> References: <200506040056.04165.vdemart1@tin.it> <200509040006.10946.nbco@screaming.net> <200506041507.48388.vdemart1@tin.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v622) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Bart Silverstrim Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2005 11:57:07 -0400 To: vittorio X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.622) X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com X-Authenticated-User: bsilver@chrononomicon.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: video surveillance with freebsd X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 04 Sep 2005 15:57:20 -0000 On Jun 4, 2005, at 9:07 AM, vittorio wrote: > Alle 01:06, domenica 04 settembre 2005, nbco ha scritto: >> On Friday 03 June 2005 23:56, vittorio wrote: >>> The aim: with up to 4 small cameras connected to a pci board in a >>> freebsd 5.4 box, scattered suitably around to guard, surveille a >>> seaside resort flat *** remotely ***. The open-source software I'm >>> looking for should: 1) manage the pci board & the cameras; >>> 2) start,trigger a script for, e.g., a gsm connection to transmit >>> images to a remote server via ppp OR start an alarm *** whener a >>> motion is detected ***. >>> >>> Is there any software in the ports satisfying these requirements? >>> >>> Ciao >>> Vittorio >> >> Hhmmm I used to have a landlord like that... >> .nbco > > Amusing but that isn't actually my purpose! > Actually I was speaking of using some anti-burglar device for our > little > family house house at the seaside resort placing in the garden cameras > "sensitive" to people moving in it when my family and I are absent, > that is > 10.5 months per year. > Asking around for (anti-burglar) alarm systems they asked me a mere > fortune. > Having a spare old pentium and a much older would like to use it for > the same > purpose but a very cheap price. > That's all! > Any idea........? > Vittorio What about rigging up wireless web-cams that send info to a web page on the FBSD box inside the house? I know most of them already have a built-in "notify" feature that will email you a warning and usually take a few minutes of video footage if motion is detected. Unfortunately they cost something like $200, but it saves on having to rig up some other way of doing auto-notify and email as well as getting a reliable wiring setup. You could set up the FBSD box to act as a data repository so it collects information from the cameras and then you go to the FBSD box for information (or have it collect and send info to you) in case your Internet connection to the house goes down. Having the cameras independent also means less chance of failure...i.e., if the FBSD box goes down you may still be able to set it up so the cameras can still work in your absence until the machine can be rebuilt/repaired. -Bart