[tech] Broken Webcam

[Adrian Woodley]

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                                                        |
>>