Fr Robert Ballecer, SJ - How to set up a home security system on your own Basics would include...

[G+_Tony Padgett]

Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ - How to set up a home security system on your own. Basics would include cameras through the home, alarms for unauthorized entry, and all can be monitored on your smartphone and other mobile devices.

[G+_610GARAGE]

I could highly recommend Blue Iris for camera monitoring. It can send you email alerts if there is motion in one of the cameras, and is has json support. I am actually using json with a Raspberry Pi for a door lock control. The Raspberry Pi reads an rfid tag, unlocks the door, and depending on the user, disables camera recording.

[G+_Earl Broyles]

how about a show on setting up such a system but using equipment most of us already have like our webcams and some free software?  I don't know if it's possible but it would be cool.

[G+_Tony Padgett]

Yes! Kind of what I was trying to get at, but didn't explain so well.

[G+_610GARAGE]

Their is a Linux program that can monitor a webcam for motion. But I don't think it would be able to make a home security system. Unless you can have a computer for each webcam and have them talk to a server. But it does make a nice computer security system.

 

http://www.chriswpage.com/2009/05/setup-an-advanced-webcam-security-system-with-ubuntu-8-04-and-motion/

[G+_Fr. Robert Ballecer, SJ]

uhhhhhmmmmm.... We did this already....

 

Ep 77

 

http://twit.tv/show/know-how/77

[G+_Earl Broyles]

Marvelous!!!