[RE-wrenches] Security cameras for off grid home: Who has a low wattage solution?

[Lee Bristol]

Mick,

I am using very low power ASUS EEEbox computers (15 watts + or -) in
Developing World applications from Inveneo.  The computers run either
Windows or Linux (Ubuntu) and may work for your client.
Contact Colm Pelow at (415) 901-1969 in San Francisco.

Lee

Lee Bristol
Executive Director
NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional
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Global Solace Inc
20530 Beallsville Road
Beallsville, MD 20839
(301) 972-8672
(240) 479-1510 (c)
lee.bristol at globalsolace.org
www.globalsolace.org


On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 8:58 AM, William Dorsett <wmdorsett at sbcglobal.net>wrote:

> A game warden came to me to see what he might use to catch poachers. And
> I’ve thought that a cell phone camera could easily be relied on for
> collecting and transmitting a still photo or video feed, and be triggered
> by a magnetometer (vehicles) or IR detector. IR triggered still cameras are
> used in detecting an counting wildlife. Not that we more surveillance, but
> there could be a whole line of “stealth cameras” in thrown away bottles,
> trash or no-hunting tires. Probably already are. ****
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> Sunwrights****
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> *From:* re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org [mailto:
> re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org] *On Behalf Of *Chris Daum
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 06, 2013 8:31 PM
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> *To:* 'RE-wrenches'
> *Subject:* Re: [RE-wrenches] Security cameras for off grid home: Who has
> a low wattage solution?****
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> Dear people:****
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> I have a neighbor who's been vandalized twice to the tune of thousands of
> dollars.  He is a nice guy who's only at his Montana home for 5 weeks out
> of the year.  We have dumb kids in the neighborhood with too much time on
> their hands.  I too am looking forward to all your ideas for remote
> monitoring in a cost-effective manner.  ****
>
> Chris Daum
> Oasis Montana Inc.
> 406-777-4309
> 406-777-0830 fax
> www.oasismontana.com
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> *From:* re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org [
> mailto:re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org<re-wrenches-bounces at lists.re-wrenches.org>]
> *On Behalf Of *Jason Szumlanski
> *Sent:* Tuesday, August 06, 2013 7:04 PM
> *To:* RE-wrenches
> *Subject:* Re: [RE-wrenches] Security cameras for off grid home: Who has
> a low wattage solution?****
>
> This is not a full answer to  your question, but I wanted to point out
> that live remote viewing is not a 24/7 need usually. I have set up a
> monitoring solution where the router, wifi, modem shut down on a timer at
> night and a DVR captures camera video from selected night cameras with IR.
> This can cut the energy requirement dramatically. If you do not need to
> send video over the Internet at times, this might be something to explore.
> ****
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> There are plenty of PCs that draw far less than 100W, but I'm guessing it
> needs a PCI card for the camera input. That's a bummer. A laptop would be
> ideal.****
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> I am interested if anyone has any low power consumption ideas.****
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> Jason Szumlanski****
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> Fafco Solar****
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> On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 7:41 PM, Mick Abraham <mick at abrahamsolar.com>
> wrote:****
>
> Hello, all~ ****
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> My client likes to watch what's going on at his remote cabin while he's
> away. The problem is the energy impact on his battery system resulting from
> the presently deployed system. ****
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> +++++++++++++++++++++++++****
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> They're running a Windows XP desktop computer, circa 2010. That has
> software loaded which collects the video from about five cameras then the
> computer sequences that data out beyond the firewall, through the satellite
> modem, uplinked to Hughesnet then eventually can be viewed by my client far
> away. ****
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> It's amazing this can work at all but just the computer box is ~100 watts
> running, 24/7. The cameras are relatively low in their wattage demand, and
> of course there's the satellite modem plus a router for the LAN "local area
> network" which are also relatively low wattage. ****
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> If we were attempting "energy triage", the satellite modem and LAN wifi
> router are most justifiable in terms of their energy impact relative to the
> benefit my client receives while at the cabin. The cameras are next most
> justifiable but of course those are useless without some way to serve the
> data, but the power demand for that computer is making me cranky...and we
> don't want cranky. ****
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> I think beginning with the Windoze operating system is one of the errors
> here but of course the video software is built for that OS. Surely someone
> sells a video streamer that's built from the ground up for this purpose and
> maybe running Java or some other code that's more appropriate to this
> solitary task. ...and surely that only needs a small percentage of the
> power demanded by a full blown Windows box.****
>
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> OK, I've done my part in describing the challenge. Now it's up to the crew
> to name that product! Just kidding; I will do some more legwork but it's
> often the case that the Wrenchies have already invented the wheel. ****
>
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> Mick Abraham, Proprietor
> www.abrahamsolar.com
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> Voice: 970-731-4675****
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