[HOW-TO] webcam

[wpte]

Thanks wpte & Edp -

This is great, I spent some time trying the rcamd commands but with no luck...

what does the -r setting do?

rcamd -p 7777 -s 4 -z MET-1METDST,M3.5.0/2,M10.5.0/3 -a 0 -t 0 -r 0 -f 640x480 -m 100 -c 100 &

and why does it record 6 files - record0.jpg - record5.jpg?

Really appreciate this, as there was no chance of me solving this in such an elegant way

Velcrow

what about using the -h parameter

 rcamd -h
Usage: rcamd [options]
       -d <debug level>
       -m <max difference threshold=0-255> (lower->more updates, default=30)
       -s <seconds between frames> (default==1)
       -f  <WidthxHeight obey supported size> define size of the output image (default:640x480)
       -p <port to listen for connections>
       -b <brightness=1-500> (default=400 available only cameratype=1)
       -g <gain=0-4> corresponding to a gain of 2^<gain> (default=0)
       -t <cameratype=0,1> corresponding to a camera driver (0:pwc or 1:ov511 default=0)
       -r <record interval=0-65535> (default=60 minutes)
       -a <alert=0,1> define if alert is on or off)
       -s <max count for difference threshold=0-999999> (default=100)
       -z <time zone string>

for me it only records 3 shots

but I don't understand completely... couldn't you get the bash script working?

[velcrow]

-h lol

No script is great - - just trying to see if rcamd has any "native" commands that could be used.

One question where should the script be created / saved - /opt/sbin/?

I plan to use cron to gzip the folder at night

Thanks again for the help...

[wpte]

-h lol

No script is great - - just trying to see if rcamd has any "native" commands that could be used.

One question where should the script be created / saved - /opt/sbin/?

I plan to use cron to gzip the folder at night

Thanks again for the help...

you can place the script anywhere you want, even on the harddrive
I tested in on a hdd, and it still spun-down good, so I guess it's a perfect script

np mate, any time

[EdP]

and why does it record 6 files - record0.jpg - record5.jpg?

it always makes those record*.jpg files and uses them to compare, motion can only be detected by comparing images after all.

[velcrow]

Thanks Edp - Yes, makes sense.

rcamd - our (my) misunderstood friend.

[Jarex]

Does anyone have a webcam running on WL-500gP v2? I have two different cameras which no go. I checked them with spca, pwc and ovc and they are not recognized. Spent to much time trying make it work. Give me please a webcam name which is working for sure under Oleg or dd-wrt firmware and I will buy it.

[EdP]

Check out the WL500g Reported Compatible Hardware > Webcams section.

[mandgeo]

I've recently reinstalled everything. Rcamd worked fine (even 24 hours), until i've installed rtorrent and i've started to download files. Now rcamd crashes in some minutes.

I think that CPU is to weak for that many tasks.

[wpte]

I've recently reinstalled everything. Rcamd worked fine (even 24 hours), until i've installed rtorrent and i've started to download files. Now rcamd crashes in some minutes.

I think that CPU is to weak for that many tasks.

try the beta firmware: http://code.google.com/p/wl500g/
it's easier to slow down the framerate for the webcam... limiting the cpu usage again.

I don't have any problems running them together.

[mandgeo]

Thanks. I've upgraded the firmware. I'm gonna put some more torrents to transfer ...

Can you recomend me the best firewall configuration? I need to open some ports for ftp, ssh, webadmin, web, torrents, torrents_dth and that's it. I saw to many sugestions and i still don't think i have the right configuration.

[wpte]

Thanks. I've upgraded the firmware. I'm gonna put some more torrents to transfer ...

Can you recomend me the best firewall configuration? I need to open some ports for ftp, ssh, webadmin, web, torrents, torrents_dth and that's it. I saw to many sugestions and i still don't think i have the right configuration.

Uhm... well just opening the ports in iptables should be good. in addition the beta firmware also has brute-force ftp and ssh blocking (check the firewall in the webinterface).

for the webcam, I forgot to tell, you don't need to restart rcamd or something, you can just adjust the "Refresh Time in seconds" value in the web interface. It'll just start the rcamd process directly in the right mode and keeps running forever

[mandgeo]

I saw this new and very usefull options.

Did something changed in security detection? I know that in the past the system tried to send the email, but not thru the right email server.

LE. Alert doesn't work. I've set the email where the message/picture should be send (yahoo mail), the email server (smtp.rdslink.ro...the isp server, the only one that let's me send mail) and asus still tries to sent mails to another server (98.137.54.237...yahoo server).

"
286 ? S 0:00 sendalarm /var/tmp/record5.jpg /var/tmp/record0.jpg /var/tmp/record1.jpg /var/tmp/record2.jpg /var/tmp/record3.jpg
299 ? S 0:00 \_ sh -c cat /var/tmp/alarmmail | mini_sendmail -s98.137.54.237 xxxxxx@yahoo.com
301 ? S 0:00 \_ mini_sendmail -s98.137.54.237 xxxxx@yahoo.com
"

Can i do something to make this work??