[TriLUG] bash script, motion, scp

James Tuttle jjtuttle at trilug.org
Sat Jan 12 17:20:51 EST 2008


Mind sharing details about manufacturers and models of your equipment?
I'd like to buy a reasonable (read 'cheap') camera.  I was thinking of a
D-Link DS900 IP camera.  They're about $80, which isn't presently in my
budget, but is on a wish list.

Thanks,
Jim

Scott G. Hall wrote:
> James Tuttle wrote:
>> The first thing my wife had to say about the webcam in the window was "Don't you think they'll steal your computer?"  I'd like to hide it and will start playing with it this weekend.  I have no idea how to begin, though.
>>
>> Any ideas?  There aren't many possible locations to place the camera so I'll have to try to disguise it.
>>
>> I was thinking of trying to disguise the camera behind a lightcatcher or something.
>>
>> Jim
> 
> My wife has a couple of large pots on the porch with those ceramic 
> figures in them (one a turtle with a bouncing head, the other a 
> rabbit).  The turtle is hollow and has openings in it that would easily 
> fit a webcam.  They also make figurines with holes in them -- easy 
> enough to hide a webcam in.
> 
> At our house, though, we have a motion sensor mounted on the corner of 
> the garage near the front door, and I have a webcam mounted on the 
> motion sensor so that it looks like part of the motion sensor.  I have a 
> couple of infrared lamps mounted in the same base that holds the 
> security spotlights, that just look like burned-out security lights.  
> (The motion sensor trips the security lights on via my controller 
> computer, which also records video from the camera).  At night the 
> camera gets a good view of the door, porch and immediate front yard from 
> the infrared spotlights.
> 
> Now if I can just get a camera on the mailbox to catch the license plate 
> of those kids baseball-batting our mailbox ...  Did someone say wireless 
> webcam?
> 


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