Looking for an IP camera

Bruce Dawson jbd at codemeta.com
Tue Feb 27 14:39:48 EST 2007


If you're interested, I've got both an Axis and a Panasonic on our 
website at http://www.milessmithfarm.net/

The Axis (StallCam) is fixed, whereas the Panasonic (NorthCam) is 
pan/tilt-able by the viewer. (You'll need to click on the images on the 
web site to get to the actual camera though - I had to write some 
scripts to  upload stills to the web site once a minute to keep outgoing 
bandwidth manageable).

Keep in mind that when using these cameras, you're forcing a lot of data 
through a tiny Comcast upstream connection, so performance is going to 
be a pain. But within the farm, performance is great!

Note: Both of these cameras are expensive, but then again, they're 
all-weather rated cameras too. The indoor-only equivalents are 
substantially cheaper.

Oh, and did I mention? The farm is all Linux, so you don't need Windows 
or other proprietary S/W to view/operate the cameras. (And viewing 
multiple IP cameras simultaneously is a pain in the a** to write 
software for).

--Bruce


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