On Tuesday 09 May 2006 05:59 pm, lerninlinux@comcast.net wrote:
-------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Doug McGarrett
At 07:00 PM 5/9/2006 +0000, lerninlinux@comcast.net wrote:
I am looking for a webcam for a Linux box. It's been YEARS since I even
messed with a webcam, but do to a friends house being repeatedly broken into, he wants to set up a webcam, and find some motion activated software, to email the images.
1. Don't most usb webcams work nowdays? 2. Anyone used a motion activated web notification program.
Thanks for the help Randal
Computers are useful, but this is a job for an alarm monitoring company. What do you do if you're eating lunch in the cafeteria when the burglars break in? Or you're driving to work? etc., etc.
My question still stands. When they live in the country it takes a bit from the time the alarm goes off. Also, some family is involved, which means they would have things like alarm codes, so the computer is a secret backup. No matter what you do, if they want in/it bad enough, they will get it. Randal
I'll dig up an article I found a few months back in either Linux Magazine or Linux Journal about setting up a home monitoring system using *nix and a low-cost PC including motion sensing and email/phone notification. -- kai - www.perfectreign.com www.livebeans.com - the new NetBeans community 43...for those who require slightly more than the answer to life, the universe and everything.