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Okay, I apologize... this is a silly place and the time and money probably
ought to be spent elsewhere. But, I work long days on the road and it's
very nice to be able to peek in on the pooch.
A few random points...
- You will not see naked people here.
- Calder has a dog door to get outside.
- We sometimes go to the Verona Dog Park, although not as much in recent years.
- He's a great canoe dog. Everyone should paddle with their pooch.
- I don't hunt with him, although he likes to chase squirrels.
If you have questions, email me at weinhold @ berbee.com.
Technical details
I use Axis network cameras. They're
priced a bit steeper than cameras from companies like DLink and X10, but
I find the quality and the customizability is better. They run Linux and
have their own Ethernet port so no PC is required. The outdoor camera
supports pan, tilt, and zoom. I've implemented a governor to prevent
the camera from being zoomed into the neighbor's windows (shame on some
of you). All images you see on this site are served directly from the
cameras.
A 768 Kbps ADSL Internet connection seems to be adequate for 2-5 frames
per second (fps) of high resolution live video. The cameras generate
about 20 fps inside the house. If you want to set something like this up
at home, the upload speed of your Internet connection is important.
Snapshots JPG images are uploaded to a Linux server machine
every second. These are compiled into MPEG movies with the Berkeley
encoder. The movies are time-lapse with activity detection to skip
past the dull moments. As a result, the movie clock will not move at
a constant rate. The movies are a bit large, but the quality is pretty
good.
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