[tech] Broken Webcam

[Bob Adamson]

The IP camera I linked to has been approved by committee and purchased. 
Should arrive by the start of semester.

Andrew Adamson
UCC President
bob at ucc.asn.au

|"The faster you move, the slower time passes, the longer you live."     |
| ---Peter's Laws                                                        |

On Fri, 15 Jul 2011, Adrian Woodley wrote:

> Have something similar setup at my place, working with ZM. Works reasonably
> well, although the camer's dynamic range isn't that fantastic - need to be
> careful to position the camera so it has a fairly uniform light exposure,
> otherwise it'll lose people as they step out of a light area into shade.
> 
> My camera also doesn't have PoE, although was fairly simple to dodge up a
> cable. It also does on-board motion sensing, with ftp upload of triggered
> images. Haven't tried this out, but it might by-pass the need for ZM
> altogether.
> 
> Adrian
> 
> On 14/07/11 17:04, Bob Adamson wrote:
> > Zoneminder seems to have pretty good support for ip cameras now, so we
> > might even be able to go a little crazy and get something like
> > http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/WIFI-IP-Network-Wireless-CCTV-Night-Vision-Camera-/270774513986
> > 
> > Who's keen?
> > 
> > Andrew Adamson
> > UCC President
> > bob at ucc.asn.au
> > 
> > |"The faster you move, the slower time passes, the longer you live."     |
> > | ---Peter's Laws                                                        |
> > 
> > On Thu, 14 Jul 2011, Bob Adamson wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi All,
> > > 
> > > It looks like the Clubroom_SW camera is dead. I tested it by connecting it
> > > to the Machine_Room_SW psu and video (it's the same make and model) and
> > > it's not showing anything.
> > > 
> > > It's technically still under warranty, but with the company being Hong
> > > Kong based and the camera being only $32, I'm not sure it's worth the
> > > effort of chasing it up.
> > > 
> > > I assume we want to replace it, anyone know of a non-sucky, IR, under
> > > $50 camera?
> > > 
> > > Andrew Adamson
> > > UCC President
> > > bob at ucc.asn.au
> > > 
> > > |"The faster you move, the slower time passes, the longer you live."     |
> > > | ---Peter's Laws                                                        |
> > > 
>