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size=2 face=Arial>Dear people:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial>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. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Chris Daum<BR>Oasis Montana Inc.<BR>406-777-4309<BR>406-777-0830
fax<BR><A href="http://www.oasismontana.com">www.oasismontana.com</A><SPAN
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org
[mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Jason
Szumlanski<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 06, 2013 7:04 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
RE-wrenches<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [RE-wrenches] Security cameras for off grid
home: Who has a low wattage solution?<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana,sans-serif" class=gmail_default>This is not a
full answer to<SPAN class=515142801-07082013><FONT color=#0000ff size=2
face=Arial> </FONT></SPAN>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.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana,sans-serif" class=gmail_default>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.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana,sans-serif" class=gmail_default>I am interested
if anyone has any low power consumption ideas.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana,sans-serif" class=gmail_default>Jason
Szumlanski</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-FAMILY: verdana,sans-serif" class=gmail_default>Fafco
Solar</DIV><BR><BR><BR>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 7:41 PM, Mick Abraham <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:mick@abrahamsolar.com"
target=_blank>mick@abrahamsolar.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Hello, all~
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<DIV>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. </DIV>
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<DIV>+++++++++++++++++++++++++</DIV>
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<DIV>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. </DIV>
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<DIV>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. </DIV>
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<DIV>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. </DIV>
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<DIV>+++++++++++++++++++++++++</DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>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. </DIV>
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<DIV>The Wrench List is the Bomb! Thanks & Jolliness,</DIV>
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<DIV>Mick Abraham, Proprietor<BR><A href="http://www.abrahamsolar.com"
target=_blank>www.abrahamsolar.com</A><BR><BR>Voice: <A
href="tel:970-731-4675" target=_blank
value="+19707314675">970-731-4675</A></DIV></DIV></DIV><BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>