Re: video surveillance with freebsd
On Sat, Jun 04, 2005 at 12:56:03AM +0200, 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? multimedia/camserv which will manage a bunch of video cameras connected by some TV tuner cards and convert the output info the sort of camera images you can view on a website. I don't think it does motion detection though. We tend to use cameras with that function built into them -- for instance http://www.axis.com/products/cam_210/index.htm -- which do just about everything you could wish for. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 8 Dane Court Manor School Rd PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Tilmanstone Tel: +44 1304 617253 Kent, CT14 0JL UK pgpSgdNb9SaWP.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: video surveillance with freebsd
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 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: video surveillance with freebsd
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 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
Re: video surveillance with freebsd
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 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
video surveillance with freebsd
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 ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
