Use your webcam as a security camera with Motion4fon
OldMan released a pre-beta version of his plugin. He ported Motion software to the Fonera 2.0!
With the application installed and a webcam connected to your Fonera 2.0, you will be able to trigger events when motion is detected. A built in functionality is for example to save the images captured by the webcam when motion occurs. Needless to say with a bit of scripting the possibilities are endless.
Download the plugin Motion4fon_0.1beta.tar.gz
Draft version of the manual page on FON Wiki
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September 7th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
i’ll try!
thanks!
September 21st, 2009 at 11:00 am
Unfortunately using your webcam as a security camera is only possible from iside your LAN. Direct webcam access from internet side is still blocked by the La Fonera’s internal firewall. So you can not monitor anything from outside your home which limits the security camera abilities… !
The only possibility to connect via SSH and VPN to your La Fonera and them access the camera because you are “virtually” inside your LAN again.
So from my point of view there is an important FON-development job left to help and liberate router+webcam for finally offering suitable security camera posibilities.
Regards, Kyros
September 21st, 2009 at 1:56 pm
When will come out a _stable_ firmware ? I grow tired of unstable stuff…
September 26th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
When will we see new firmware? Wep and firewall are broken in all last images :(
November 23rd, 2009 at 8:55 pm
define cctv
November 27th, 2009 at 6:14 pm
I generally keep away from dvr equipment that have too much wiring
August 19th, 2010 at 8:28 pm
Keep in mind you can access your PC remotely to view recordings, either through Windows itself or through something like VNC.
Definitely a cheaper solution than a whole DVR system, especially if you’re just looking for minimal coverage.
- BP