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And now, the answer
to the burning question:
How?, or more importantly why, these marvels work:
The web-cams work (well,
sometimes) as follows:
Hardware:
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X10 Ninja Pan &
Tilt Wireless Camera |
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Linksys Cable / DSL router |
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Super Circuits
PC-47XS4 with medium wide angle lens and custom made
weatherproof
housing |
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2 Haupauge TV thingy cards
for video input |
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AMD Athlon 2GHz / 512MB
ram etc. (Wait, this one has nothing to do with cams anymore!) |
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WebCam32 software |
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AMD Athlon 700 / 256MB
/etc. etc |
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Looooong wires |
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Pentium 233 / 64 MB /etc.
etc. |
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Cable modem for
connectivity to the thing called "Inter-net" |
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3 Network cards/1 hub |
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Oregon Scientific WM918
Weather Station |
FRONT CAM
The "Front of the House Cam" uses the X10 Ninja Pan & Tilt Wireless Camera
connected thru a Haupauge TV card to the P233 machine. The images from the
Ninja "stream" over the internet via some java & software on the P233
machine, pulling images as fast as the connection will allow. Images are
also uploaded to the server every 2-3 minutes via FTP, just for those
folks that may be having some java woes, or wish to save a pic for
posterity. Hopefully soon this cam will be controllable over the internet.
DOCK CAM
The "Dock Cam" uses the PC-47XS4 and another Haupauge TV card to the
Athlon 500 machine to capture the video. Images from the PC-47 make their
way to the web much the same as Front cam. The dock cam machine also
provides the data for the live weather report on the Front Cam page. Every
15 minutes it uploads the current temp, wind direction & speed, etc.
Allowing you, the internet user to know our current weather.
This
camera
is located in a strangler fig tree in the back yard, and connected via a
really long piece of coaxial cable to the video input on the pc..
Whew!
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(WOW, those are some
really bad digital pictures!) |
NOW....Where?
and
WHY?
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