Re: FOSS GSM security camera?
>Dear all, Hi >Thanks for the suggestions. Looks like the financial & time cost of the >available options doesn't justify a FOSS solution for my application right >now, so I've stifled a retch and ordered one of the readymade models >from eBay :/ Well, what would our world be without eBay nowadays? ;-D >Still, I hope my question has prompted some of the hackers on the list to >think about packaging suitable software & hardware combos so that consumers >will one day be able to buy off-the-shelf FOSS GSM security cams! Yes, indeed, it did. I've got a FOSS-company (o2s.ch) and it might be a good idea to expand our range of products with FOSS-based observation camera sets... >Thanks again for your time, no problem >Sam - lev signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: FOSS GSM security camera?
Dear all, Thanks for the suggestions. Looks like the financial & time cost of the available options doesn't justify a FOSS solution for my application right now, so I've stifled a retch and ordered one of the readymade models from eBay :/ Still, I hope my question has prompted some of the hackers on the list to think about packaging suitable software & hardware combos so that consumers will one day be able to buy off-the-shelf FOSS GSM security cams! Thanks again for your time, Sam ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: FOSS GSM security camera?
"W. B. Kranendonk" writes: > How about a Freerunner with a webcam connected? It's difficult to find usb 1.1 cameras nowadays. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: FOSS GSM security camera?
--- On Fri, 2/25/11, Sam Kuper wrote: > Does anyone know of an open source (hardware/software/both) > GSM > security cameras? I.e. a device with at least the following > features: > > * Mains powered. > * Includes rechargeable battery to provide uninterruptible > power > supply for several hours in case of mains failure. > * Can be controlled via SMS. > * Built-in motion sensor (e.g. passive infra-red). > * Built-in camera with automatic night-vision (e.g. by > means of infra-red LEDs). > * Can be configured to automatically capture photos or > video from > camera and send same via MMS to a given list of phone > numbers, when > motion is detected. How about a Freerunner with a webcam connected? Using a modified USB-hub, the FR can be powered while controlling the webcam. Debian on FR provides "motion" for doing all kinds of things with the camera. Boudewijn ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: FOSS GSM security camera?
> there is also a project on qi-hardware.com: > http://projects.qi-hardware.com/index.php/p/xue/timeline/ The problem with that project is that it's just a plan now, not a single board has been produced. I'd say this is way out until it becomes a usable product (minimum 1 year). And we are not planning on integrating connectivity until even later. > There is a company with copyleft-hardware carmeras (I think some of them have > usb host or can connect to a gsm modem): > > http://www3.elphel.com/index.php Those cameras are awesome and if you are interested in openess, Elphel is the right choice. They are expensive though, for a full 353 camera you easily need 1000-1500 USD, and then you still don't have any GSM connectivity which is what you seem to be mostly after. So by the time you have built a GSM security camera, you will have a big box with lots of manually wired up gear, heavy, with high power consumption, etc. Elphel is about optical excellency (and openess), the founder is a Russian trained physicist and the coolest open hardware guy I know in the world :-) There is also the Frankencamera, a much hyped project at Stanford University with Nokia financing http://www-graphics.stanford.edu/papers/fcam/ But I'm not sure whether they sell anything - I think that leads you further away from what you want. It sounds like your best bet is to start with a phone/smartphone, and hack the camera functionality you need into it. You could even take a good old Freerunner and attach a cheap USB-host webcam to it? (need to solve the mains power problem then, I haven't thought about Freerunner hacking for a long time...) How about a Nokia N900? Cheers, Wolfgang ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: FOSS GSM security camera?
A Divendres 25 Febrer 2011 10:59:29, Sam Kuper va escriure: > Does anyone know of an open source (hardware/software/both) GSM > security cameras? I.e. a device with at least the following features: There is a company with copyleft-hardware carmeras (I think some of them have usb host or can connect to a gsm modem): http://www3.elphel.com/index.php there is also a project on qi-hardware.com: http://projects.qi-hardware.com/index.php/p/xue/timeline/ ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
FOSS GSM security camera?
Dear all,
Does anyone know of an open source (hardware/software/both) GSM
security cameras? I.e. a device with at least the following features:
* Mains powered.
* Includes rechargeable battery to provide uninterruptible power
supply for several hours in case of mains failure.
* Can be controlled via SMS.
* Built-in motion sensor (e.g. passive infra-red).
* Built-in camera with automatic night-vision (e.g. by means of infra-red LEDs).
* Can be configured to automatically capture photos or video from
camera and send same via MMS to a given list of phone numbers, when
motion is detected.
Bonus points for:
* Quad-band capability.
* The ability to send photos/videos as attachments via GPRS.
* The ability to provide one-way (listening) or two-way
communications, e.g. by accepting incoming calls, requiring the caller
to enter a passcode, and then putting the caller through to an
appropriate menu ("Press one to listen; press two to speak and
listen.") if the passcode is entered correctly.
* On-demand streaming via 3G video call or suchlike.
There seem to be a number of such devices being produced, but all are
apparently closed-source. See list at end of email for examples.
If no-one's producing such devices in the open source community, it
would seem - at least on the face of it - to be a reasonable area of
business for an open source entrepreneur (not me, I suspect - I don't
have the financial capital) to go into, given how large the market is
for ADT and similar monitored security services.
Many thanks,
Sam
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