Hi, I'm new here and joined to forum to help me design and spec out a 32-camera system for an indoor shooting range that is currently under construction. We own a firearms retail store and we are finally adding a range and will be moving the entire operation to the new building next summer.
One of the features I have been wanting to do is to have fixed cameras, mounted above one of the protective steel baffles down range, to provide live-view camera feeds to the shooters in each lane. The camera will be mounted in such a position that it will provide a nice view of the target when it is sent out to 100 yards. This should be great for sighting in a new scope or to just allow the shooter to see their shot placement without the need to retrieve the target or to use a spotting scope. The system uses the displaycameras package for Raspbian Buster, which utilizes the RTSP camera feed. I didn't come up with this system myself but basically just replicated what someone else detailed in this youtube video: Raspberry Pi Surveillance Monitor v2
We will have 4 100yd lanes for rifle so I built a system that utilizes 4 Raspberry Pi 3 B+ with POE hats, 4 50mm varifocal bullet cameras, 4 10" 1080p LCD monitors with VESA mounts, and a 16-port POE switch that can power the cameras and the Pi's. The nice thing about how this is configured is that the Pi will boot right back into the live-view on a power cycle so hopefully maintenance will be at a minimum. Because of the height of the camera looking down onto the target I needed to move the camera far enough away to eliminate a "keystone" view of the target. Because of the distance, I decided I needed a 50mm camera to zoom onto the target to completely fill the display screen.
Equipment I used:
Urban Security Group 5-50mm Motorized Auto-Focus Remote Zoom Telephoto Lens 5MP Mega HD H.265 IP PoE Bullet Security Camera
Element14 Raspberry Pi 3 B+ Motherboard
LoveRPi Power-Over-Ethernet (PoE) HAT for Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+
GeauxRobot Raspberry Pi 3 Model B 4-layer Dog Bone Stack Clear Case Box Enclosure
Elecrow 10.1 Inch Raspberry Pi 1920X1080p Resolution HDMI VGA Display Monitor
Linksys LGS116P 16-Port Business Desktop Gigabit PoE+ Switch
Screenshot of the target image at the simulated distance to target and height above the steel baffle at 100 yards. I found that rotating the camera and the LCD 90 degrees provides a full view of the entire target. I'm sure it will take a bit of tweaking to optimize the position and zoom when I install the system, but not expecting any surprises since I have already simulated the camera position and distance to target using a tall ladder in my warehouse.
One of the features I have been wanting to do is to have fixed cameras, mounted above one of the protective steel baffles down range, to provide live-view camera feeds to the shooters in each lane. The camera will be mounted in such a position that it will provide a nice view of the target when it is sent out to 100 yards. This should be great for sighting in a new scope or to just allow the shooter to see their shot placement without the need to retrieve the target or to use a spotting scope. The system uses the displaycameras package for Raspbian Buster, which utilizes the RTSP camera feed. I didn't come up with this system myself but basically just replicated what someone else detailed in this youtube video: Raspberry Pi Surveillance Monitor v2
We will have 4 100yd lanes for rifle so I built a system that utilizes 4 Raspberry Pi 3 B+ with POE hats, 4 50mm varifocal bullet cameras, 4 10" 1080p LCD monitors with VESA mounts, and a 16-port POE switch that can power the cameras and the Pi's. The nice thing about how this is configured is that the Pi will boot right back into the live-view on a power cycle so hopefully maintenance will be at a minimum. Because of the height of the camera looking down onto the target I needed to move the camera far enough away to eliminate a "keystone" view of the target. Because of the distance, I decided I needed a 50mm camera to zoom onto the target to completely fill the display screen.
Equipment I used:
Urban Security Group 5-50mm Motorized Auto-Focus Remote Zoom Telephoto Lens 5MP Mega HD H.265 IP PoE Bullet Security Camera
Element14 Raspberry Pi 3 B+ Motherboard
LoveRPi Power-Over-Ethernet (PoE) HAT for Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+
GeauxRobot Raspberry Pi 3 Model B 4-layer Dog Bone Stack Clear Case Box Enclosure
Elecrow 10.1 Inch Raspberry Pi 1920X1080p Resolution HDMI VGA Display Monitor
Linksys LGS116P 16-Port Business Desktop Gigabit PoE+ Switch
Screenshot of the target image at the simulated distance to target and height above the steel baffle at 100 yards. I found that rotating the camera and the LCD 90 degrees provides a full view of the entire target. I'm sure it will take a bit of tweaking to optimize the position and zoom when I install the system, but not expecting any surprises since I have already simulated the camera position and distance to target using a tall ladder in my warehouse.
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