[Nottingham] ZoneMinder and camera security

[James Moore]

On 13/12/2011 10:24, kurtisbrown2 at sky.com wrote:
> Completey off topic but any idea why they have been trying to steal ur gas meter? Only the other day saw someone hanging around mine when I got home from work and am a little concerned about it now.
>
>   Thanks kurt
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> From: Jason Irwin<jasonirwin73 at gmail.com>
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> Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 09:20:36
> To: Notts GNU/Linux Users Group<nottingham at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> Reply-To: Notts GNU/Linux Users Group<nottingham at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> Subject: [Nottingham] ZoneMinder and camera security
>
> Has anyone had any experience with using ZoneMinder?  It seems simple
> enough (I've played around with "motion" thus far) and offer plenty of
> scope to say "Ignore this bit of the picture, alert if motion in this
> other bit".
>
> Also, any advice on camera?  USB?  IP?  Something else?  IR - yes/no?
> Motion sensitive security lighting is going up this week, that's
> something I'll have to keep in mind when it comes to purchasing/siting
> the cams.
>
> I am giving serious consideration to fitting two on the house after a
> second attempt was made on the gas meter (this time they only got the
> regulator, seems a neighbour's dog disturbed them).
>
> And yes, we are considering a four legged intruder alarm as well.
>
The only thing I can think of is that domestic gas meters regulate the 
feed pressure from the mainline (which feeds at a push pressure which 
would be dangerous to directly feed into a gas cooker). Thus, you could 
use a domestic meter to mainline a neighbourhood feed anywhere on the 
pipeline and not blow yourself up.