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Title: 90 Days and the Cat is Going Strong
Post by: pbeaudet on December 13, 2016, 10:02:49 PM
What a champ!

Title: Re: 90 Days and the Cat is Going Strong
Post by: Blicj11 on December 13, 2016, 11:04:30 PM
Wow. Nicely done!
Title: Congratulations! (Re: 90 Days and the Cat is Going Strong)
Post by: elagache on December 13, 2016, 11:47:32 PM
Dear Phillip, Blick, and WeatherCat endurance runners,

Quote from: pbeaudet on December 13, 2016, 10:02:49 PM
What a champ!

Wow!  We haven't seen WeatherCat manage such an uptime in years!  I assume you Mac Mini is dedicated to WeatherCat?

Sad to say it wasn't that long ago that I found myself forgetting to reboot my Mac at the start of the month because everything was working fine.  Now I struggle to get through a whole week!  :(

As posted elsewhere, Sad times for the Macintosh faithful (http://athena.trixology.com/index.php?topic=2316.0).

Congrats on your success!!  ThU5:-)

Cheers, Edouard  [cheers1]
Title: Re: 90 Days and the Cat is Going Strong
Post by: WCDev on December 14, 2016, 11:52:00 PM
Very nice - I think that's probably the longest run I've ever seen. The one running http://live.trixology.com/custom/ is currently at 24 days - normally it goes until there's a security update or some other reason to restart the machine, but I'm pretty sure it's never made it to 90 days, so well done!
Title: Re: 90 Days and the Cat is Going Strong
Post by: pbeaudet on December 15, 2016, 12:10:02 AM
It is a dedicated Mac Mini running the Cat and EvoCam. Every five days I quit EvoCam and restart it. For some reason EvoCam ends up using an inordinate amount of memory after about eight days. It will finally produce the dreaded "Out of Memory" alert...... [banghead] It is the current version. I have tried contacting the developers but have had no response.
Title: Re: 90 Days and the Cat is Going Strong
Post by: Blicj11 on December 15, 2016, 12:18:49 AM
Quote from: pbeaudet on December 15, 2016, 12:10:02 AM
I have tried contacting the developers but have had no response.

Unfortunately, Evocam went dark and is no more.

http://athena.trixology.com/index.php?topic=2240.0
Title: Re: 90 Days and the Cat is Going Strong
Post by: pbeaudet on December 15, 2016, 01:52:14 AM
Thank you, Blick. That is not what I was expecting.  I am using a Sharx networked camera. I'll start looking into alternatives....
Title: Re: 90 Days and the Cat is Going Strong
Post by: Blicj11 on December 15, 2016, 02:05:59 AM
Here are some possibilities:

Security Spy, Apowersoft Mac Screen Recorder, Camtasia, Capture One Pro 10, CaptureSync, ScreenFlow, Wirecast

You could also ask Sharx for a recommendation for Macs.
Title: Re: 90 Days and the Cat is Going Strong
Post by: pbeaudet on December 15, 2016, 02:14:26 AM
 ThU5:-)
Title: Re: 90 Days and the Cat is Going Strong
Post by: xairbusdriver on December 15, 2016, 07:06:08 PM
I have a year-old Sharx 3905 that just connects via Ethernet and WC handles the uploading and video construction. I never got Evocam's uploading working and I like the way WC adds the wx info, anyway. ThU5:-)
Title: Re: 90 Days and the Cat is Going Strong
Post by: Randall75 on December 16, 2016, 01:28:26 AM
Phillip
 If you have EvoCam 3.7.6 seems to do better the version 4.0 for me may want to go back to it if you need a copy let me know.


cheers
 [cheers1]
Title: Re: 90 Days and the Cat is Going Strong
Post by: pbeaudet on December 16, 2016, 02:17:01 AM
Quote from: xairbusdriver on December 15, 2016, 07:06:08 PM
I have a year-old Sharx 3905 that just connects via Ethernet and WC handles the uploading and video construction. I never got Evocam's uploading working and I like the way WC adds the wx info, anyway. ThU5:-)

I am using the same Sharx as you. I have it set up as wireless to my home lan. How do you connect? What are your settings in WC?

Philip
Title: Re: 90 Days and the Cat is Going Strong
Post by: pbeaudet on December 16, 2016, 02:19:01 AM
Quote from: Randall75 on December 16, 2016, 01:28:26 AM
Phillip
 If you have EvoCam 3.7.6 seems to do better the version 4.0 for me may want to go back to it if you need a copy let me know.


cheers
 [cheers1]

I am running EC v5 beta 3 but I have v4 to try tomorrow.....Thanks for the suggestions to all.
Title: Re: 90 Days and the Cat is Going Strong
Post by: xairbusdriver on December 17, 2016, 04:54:35 AM
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How do you connect? What are your settings in WC?
POE, with a 25' cable to a 48v (I think) 'booster' with 100' of cable to the camera.

(http://i1327.photobucket.com/albums/u666/xAirbusDriver/mini-Webcam-settings_zpsvdbzlxrj.jpg)
My webcam settings
The Ethernet cable runs to the Airport Extreme and to my iMac. The mini collects the video/images via the LAN connection to the iMac. Hope that helps.
Title: Re: 90 Days and the Cat is Going Strong
Post by: Steve on December 17, 2016, 05:22:30 PM
Quote from: pbeaudet on December 16, 2016, 02:19:01 AM

I am running EC v5 beta 3 but I have v4 to try tomorrow.....Thanks for the suggestions to all.

I am also running EvoCam 3.7.6, and have a .DMG I can send if needed. I bought version 4 before it was released, so got to use 3.7.5 while waiting. I tried v4, and immediately went back to v3.7.5 because a lot of things I was using were removed. I never tried later versions of 4. I have a .DMG of v4.0.4 and v5.0, but I don't think my v4 license works with v4 (I haven't tried.)

Version 3.7.6 still works fine with Mac OS Sierra. I have four Sharx 3905 cameras running over wifi, and a Logitech 9000 USB running 24/7 on my 5 year old iMac. There has been a problem with it quitting twice a day for a number of years. I created a quick AppleScript to check to see if it is running every ten seconds, and if not, launch it again. Other than that, it has ben great.

With you needing to quit yours every so often, you can do something similar. Create an AppleScript to have it quit and relaunch just after midnight each day, or something similar.

Steve
Title: Re: 90 Days and the Cat is Going Strong
Post by: pbeaudet on December 17, 2016, 08:35:10 PM
Airbus, Thank for the screen shot. ThU32:-) I will try this later. I am using EC 4.1 for the next several days....

Randall, Please send me the 3.7.6 version of EC.

In the end I would prefer WC to do the work but just in case it does not, I will be prepared.

Great Work Stu!

 [cheer] [cheers1]

Title: Re: 90 Days and the Cat is Going Strong
Post by: pbeaudet on December 18, 2016, 01:18:56 AM
Thanks to all for the help. I now have WC handling the Sharx cam and it does very well. I no longer need EC.

Philip