Community workshop

[Derekja]

Hi,

Trying to put together a system for a community workshop in Canada. We have a woodshop, metal shop, electronics area, etc.

On the one hand, the $450 6 camera Lorex lvh2000 setup from Costco looks to do 90% of what we need.

On the other hand, we're building card access readers on the individual machines and I'd like the ability to take a picture on demand when a card is swiped which suggests a more custom solution.

Any suggestions on where to start?

Thanks!

Derek

 

[alphawave7]

Each machine needs a cam, or a cam covering many machines? Oh, and welcome Derek!

 

[Derekja]

Thanks! Happy new year.

Initial though was to have one camera cover the woodshop with a wide angle, but if I use something like zoneminder or blue iris and the camera had a ptz I think I could repoint it based on which machine was being used.

 

[Q™]

...I'd like the ability to take a picture on demand when a card is swiped which suggests a more custom solution...

Who was it who built the camera with the alarm which interfaced with the doorbell, so that when the doorbell rang the camera was triggered? I can't remember who did that, but he explained it well and it was impressive.

Try checking these topics out Derek...

https://www.ipcamtalk.com/showthread.php/697-How-to-use-Hikvision-Audio-and-Alarm-IO-connections

https://www.ipcamtalk.com/showthread.php/2580-My-Z-Wave-Doorbell-Project-w-pics

P.S. Welcome!

 

[Zorac]

I'm currently working on a raspberry pi setup where when a door sensor is triggered, it calls to trigger blueiris. you trigger could be anything BI permits. just waiting on some resistors, right now, half the code is already written, lots of examples in python for the raspberry pi to do similar things. you could do something similar, or integrate into the card reader if it has some sort of output.

blueiris allows for input from an arduino as well (which you could rig up in a similar fashion as im doing with door sensors and a raspberry pi), although ive never played with that.

 

[Derekja]

Very neat! The card swipes we're building are arduino based. Researching cameras with ptz now

I'll post more as the design gets fleshed out!

Derek