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To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/motion-user or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to motion-user-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net You can reach the person managing the list at motion-user-ow...@lists.sourceforge.net When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Motion-user digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Recording Skip (a.mot...@loopw.com) 2. Re: Recording Skip (Barry Martin) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2025 14:52:37 -0700 From: <a.mot...@loopw.com> To: Barry Martin <barry3mar...@gmail.com> Cc: Motion discussion list <motion-user@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [Motion-user] Recording Skip Message-ID: <20250424144103.3e6e0e6e@amail.ocean> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Thu, 24 Apr 2025 15:21:11 -0500 Barry Martin <barry3mar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Now here comes the part I'm uncertain of.? Can I use a PoE > (extension) but (temporarily) still power the Pi's with their wall > warts?? I believe you can use either or. That is, you can have the PoE hat connected to only the pi and not ethernet while powering the pi over its usb power port. One power source at a time only. > The key word in my question (though I might be running in to a power > limit too) is can I plug the two Motion Pi's in to the PoE extension > while still using the wall warts?? no, from the PoE+ Hat documentation ( https://datasheets.raspberrypi.com/poe/poe-plus-hat-product-brief.pdf ) "When the Raspberry Pi PoE+ HAT is connected to your Raspberry Pi, your Raspberry Pi should only be powered through the ethernet cable. Do not use any additional method to power the Raspberry Pi" There are redundant ways of powering the pi's over USB that people have come up with, I suggest exploring that route. ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2025 18:15:51 -0500 From: Barry Martin <barry3mar...@gmail.com> To: a.mot...@loopw.com Cc: Motion discussion list <motion-user@lists.sourceforge.net> Subject: Re: [Motion-user] Recording Skip Message-ID: <dc2e1c52-880c-471c-873b-a51c9301c...@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" >> Now here comes the part I'm uncertain of.? Can I use a PoE >> (extension) but (temporarily) still power the Pi's with their wall >> warts? > I believe you can use either or. That is, you can have the PoE hat > connected to only the pi and not ethernet while powering the pi over > its usb power port. One power source at a time only. Makes sense.? The articles I've read indicated the power was sent over unused connectors, but if those connections are unused why would the manufacturers include them -- they want to save every tenth of a cent!!? So my project may take a little longer to switch over but at least it won't include a fire extinguisher! >> The key word in my question (though I might be running in to a power >> limit too) is can I plug the two Motion Pi's in to the PoE extension >> while still using the wall warts? > no, from the PoE+ Hat documentation ( > https://datasheets.raspberrypi.com/poe/poe-plus-hat-product-brief.pdf ) > > "When the Raspberry Pi PoE+ HAT is connected to your Raspberry Pi, your > Raspberry Pi should only be powered through the ethernet cable. Do not > use any additional method to power the Raspberry Pi" Very clear!??? Will download and read the datasheet. > There are redundant ways of powering the pi's over USB that people have > come up with, I suggest exploring that route. I think I'll leave those alone! :)?? UPSs power the computers and the PoE Injector.? Generator kicks in as necessary.? Enough redundancy for me! <g> Thanks for the precise answer! Barry -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... ------------------------------ ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________________ Motion-user mailing list Motion-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/motion-user ------------------------------ End of Motion-user Digest, Vol 221, Issue 5 *******************************************