Hi I want to put up a few cameras connected to a CentOS box. I currently have a box with one camera and that works (USB), I can take a pic (the script does that) and see that on a webpage. However, I want to have a couple of cameras a little further away (more than 5 meters). USB has a limit, I have tried that camera with a longer cable and it does not work ... so I need to route that in a different way. Are there equaly as cheap other moethods? Or can I use USB<-adapter->network cable<-adapter->USB? How can I get that to work? Jobst -- Student to Teacher: Sir, what's an oxymoron? .... Teacher to Student: Microsoft security. | |0| | Jobst Schmalenbach, jobst at barrett.com.au, General Manager | | |0| Barrett Consulting Group P/L & The Meditation Room P/L |0|0|0| +61 3 9532 7677, POBox 277, Caulfield South, 3162, Australia
Hi, Am 17.06.10 08:22, schrieb Jobst Schmalenbach:> Hi > > I want to put up a few cameras connected to a CentOS box. > I currently have a box with one camera and that works (USB), > I can take a pic (the script does that) and see that on a webpage. > > However, I want to have a couple of cameras a little further > away (more than 5 meters). > > USB has a limit, I have tried that camera with a longer cable > and it does not work ... so I need to route that in a different > way. Are there equaly as cheap other moethods? Or can I use > USB<-adapter->network cable<-adapter->USB? > > How can I get that to work?may be with that usb extender: XTENDEX? USB-C5-LC - http://www.networktechinc.com/usbc5.html Cheers - G?tz -- G?tz Reinicke IT-Koordinator Tel. +49 7141 969 420 Fax +49 7141 969 55 420 E-Mail goetz.reinicke at filmakademie.de Filmakademie Baden-W?rttemberg GmbH Akademiehof 10 71638 Ludwigsburg www.filmakademie.de Eintragung Amtsgericht Stuttgart HRB 205016 Vorsitzende des Aufsichtsrats: Prof. Dr. Claudia H?bner Gesch?ftsf?hrer: Prof. Thomas Schadt
Jobst Schmalenbach wrote:> Hi > > I want to put up a few cameras connected to a CentOS box. > I currently have a box with one camera and that works (USB), > I can take a pic (the script does that) and see that on a webpage. > > However, I want to have a couple of cameras a little further > away (more than 5 meters). > > USB has a limit, I have tried that camera with a longer cable > and it does not work ... so I need to route that in a different > way. Are there equaly as cheap other moethods? Or can I use > USB<-adapter->network cable<-adapter->USB? > > How can I get that to work? >micro systems running linux at each USB location, all connected with ethernet. it doesn't take much. http://www.globalscaletechnologies.com/p-31-guruplug-server-standard.aspx or http://www.mini-box.com/Alix-2B-Board-2-LAN-2-MINI-PCI_3 etc etc.
On Thu, 2010-06-17 at 16:22 +1000, Jobst Schmalenbach wrote:> Hi > > I want to put up a few cameras connected to a CentOS box. > I currently have a box with one camera and that works (USB), > I can take a pic (the script does that) and see that on a webpage. > > However, I want to have a couple of cameras a little further > away (more than 5 meters). > > USB has a limit, I have tried that camera with a longer cable > and it does not work ... so I need to route that in a different > way. Are there equaly as cheap other moethods? Or can I use > USB<-adapter->network cable<-adapter->USB? > > How can I get that to work? > > > Jobst > >How about IP Cameras? -- Calin Key fingerprint = 37B8 0DA5 9B2A 8554 FB2B 4145 5DC1 15DD A3EF E857 ================================================"There is no distinctly American criminal class except Congress." -- Mark Twain -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20100617/c813f726/attachment-0001.html>
At Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:22:48 +1000 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote:> > Hi > > I want to put up a few cameras connected to a CentOS box. > I currently have a box with one camera and that works (USB), > I can take a pic (the script does that) and see that on a webpage. > > However, I want to have a couple of cameras a little further > away (more than 5 meters). > > USB has a limit, I have tried that camera with a longer cable > and it does not work ... so I need to route that in a different > way. Are there equaly as cheap other moethods? Or can I use > USB<-adapter->network cable<-adapter->USB? > > How can I get that to work?It would be simplier to just get a network camera, such as the ones made by axis.com.> > > Jobst > >-- Robert Heller -- Get the Deepwoods Software FireFox Toolbar! Deepwoods Software -- Linux Installation and Administration http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Web Hosting, with CGI and Database heller at deepsoft.com -- Contract Programming: C/C++, Tcl/Tk
On 6/17/2010 1:22 AM, Jobst Schmalenbach wrote:> Hi > > I want to put up a few cameras connected to a CentOS box. > I currently have a box with one camera and that works (USB), > I can take a pic (the script does that) and see that on a webpage. > > However, I want to have a couple of cameras a little further > away (more than 5 meters). > > USB has a limit, I have tried that camera with a longer cable > and it does not work ... so I need to route that in a different > way. Are there equaly as cheap other moethods? Or can I use > USB<-adapter->network cable<-adapter->USB? > > How can I get that to work? > > > Jobst > > >If you're using them for a security and surveillance solution. A capture card and zoneminder would be a more professional grade solution. Also an all-in-one device like the one found here http://www.nightowlsp.com/products.htm are a great low cost alternative.