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
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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  
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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

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