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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