[Klug-general] Kent Digest, Vol 395, Issue 2

Tue Nov 13 19:50:06 UTC 2012

I'm using Z-Wave devices. Quite interesting wifi mesh system.

On 12/11/12 22:47, Adrian wrote:
> Ah nice one Kev :)
> I was thinking a bit of home automation on and off for the past couple 
> of weeks.
>  and thinking on how it or I, would or could make me more lazier than 
> I already am :D
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>   1. Re: PI 512MB revision 2 version (Adrian)
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> :D
> I'm getting one of those, for my "continued patience".
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> Est delivery 26th Nov - 2nd Dec.
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> Ordered - 23 Jul
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> Can't wait!?
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> How is everyone as well ?
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> Subject: Re: [Klug-general] BBC: Dad builds video baby monitor
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> Sounds interesting. I'm well on the way with the home automation
> project. For example now have temp sensors around the house and outside,
> although i theme of what is on this thread I have door sensors in place
> which have proved very handy. And the door bell(s) now text so I know
> when someone is at the front door, what I want next is for the PIR to
> trigger and to add a cam so that door bell/PIR will take a snap and send
> to phone. Quite east by the looks of things.
>
> What would also be cool is an intercom where we can see who is at the
> door in/out of the house and talk to them...? Maybe...
>
> On 10/11/12 18:22, Antonio Mendoza Mendoza wrote:
> >
> > Hello everybody
> > A few years ago I had a break in at home, so I did set up a quite
> > similar system with 2 old webcams and my laptop, using Yawcam software
> > (for Windows), I tried to set up in Linux but failed miserably :(
> > It worked pretty good, though with a few glitches.
> > Yawcam allows ftp, http, email and remote "surveillance", timed
> > shooting and motion detection.
> > Later on time I moved to a different house and set up the same, and
> > worked pretty well while I was on holidays abroad.
> > The system was set to take pictures when a movement in the house
> > occurred and also took pictures every few minutes. These pictures were
> > stored in a computer, as well as sent by e-mail to me (I didn't and
> > don't have any kind of smartphone, as that dad from the news).
> > Only 1 big issue, I put the cameras pointing to the windows in the
> > living room, which looks at the end of the street, where cars turn
> > around quite often, so my account was flooded with pictures every time
> > a car turned around.
> > Another time (again in a new house) my landlady was reported to the
> > Council because the dogs were barking all day when they were on their
> > own. I set a laptop on top of one of the cupboards, with a webcam
> > running Teamviewer to record the dogs and find out if she was right...
> > and she was, but no because of my landlady's dogs, but a friend's of
> > her which was staying at our place during the week. I could remotely
> > see the dogs from my room upstairs :)
> > The e
> > I think it could be an interesting subject for a meeting.
> > Regards you all
> > Antonio
> >
> >
> >
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> From: Peter Childs <peterachilds at gmail.com 
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> To: Adrian <junglelee345 at yahoo.co.uk 
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> On 12 Nov 2012 21:22, "Adrian" <junglelee345 at yahoo.co.uk 
> <mailto:junglelee345 at yahoo.co.uk>> wrote:
> >
> > :D
> > I'm getting one of those, for my "continued patience".
> > Est delivery 26th Nov - 2nd Dec.
> > Ordered - 23 Jul
> > Can't wait!
>
> What have you ordered?  6 months is a long time. Generally I would call
> that a preorder.... the sort of thing you might get on a raspberry pi 12
> months ago or the next apple mini thingy.
>
> Peter
>
> Peter
>
> >
> > How is everyone as well ?
> >
> >
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> >  1. Re: BBC: Dad builds video baby monitor (Kevin Groves)
> >
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> > Message: 1
> > Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2012 16:06:44 +0000
> > From: Kevin Groves <kgroves at ksoft-creative-projects.co.uk 
> <mailto:kgroves at ksoft-creative-projects.co.uk>>
> > To: Kent Linux User Group - General Topics <kent at mailman.lug.org.uk 
> <mailto:kent at mailman.lug.org.uk>>
> > Subject: Re: [Klug-general] BBC: Dad builds video baby monitor
> > Message-ID: <509FCD14.5010400 at ksoft-creative-projects.co.uk 
> <mailto:509FCD14.5010400 at ksoft-creative-projects.co.uk>>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed"
> >
> > Sounds interesting. I'm well on the way with the home automation
> > project. For example now have temp sensors around the house and outside,
> > although i theme of what is on this thread I have door sensors in place
> > which have proved very handy. And the door bell(s) now text so I know
> > when someone is at the front door, what I want next is for the PIR to
> > trigger and to add a cam so that door bell/PIR will take a snap and send
> > to phone. Quite east by the looks of things.
> >
> > What would also be cool is an intercom where we can see who is at the
> > door in/out of the house and talk to them...  Maybe...
> >
> > On 10/11/12 18:22, Antonio Mendoza Mendoza wrote:
> > >
> > > Hello everybody
> > > A few years ago I had a break in at home, so I did set up a quite
> > > similar system with 2 old webcams and my laptop, using Yawcam software
> > > (for Windows), I tried to set up in Linux but failed miserably :(
> > > It worked pretty good, though with a few glitches.
> > > Yawcam allows ftp, http, email and remote "surveillance", timed
> > > shooting and motion detection.
> > > Later on time I moved to a different house and set up the same, and
> > > worked pretty well while I was on holidays abroad.
> > > The system was set to take pictures when a movement in the house
> > > occurred and also took pictures every few minutes. These pictures were
> > > stored in a computer, as well as sent by e-mail to me (I didn't and
> > > don't have any kind of smartphone, as that dad from the news).
> > > Only 1 big issue, I put the cameras pointing to the windows in the
> > > living room, which looks at the end of the street, where cars turn
> > > around quite often, so my account was flooded with pictures every time
> > > a car turned around.
> > > Another time (again in a new house) my landlady was reported to the
> > > Council because the dogs were barking all day when they were on their
> > > own. I set a laptop on top of one of the cupboards, with a webcam
> > > running Teamviewer to record the dogs and find out if she was right...
> > > and she was, but no because of my landlady's dogs, but a friend's of
> > > her which was staying at our place during the week. I could remotely
> > > see the dogs from my room upstairs :)
> > > The e
> > > I think it could be an interesting subject for a meeting.
> > > Regards you all
> > > Antonio
> > >
> > >
> > >
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