So... I have my Vantage Pro2 weatherstation up and running for about a year now, and with Wim's templates running pretty damn good without too many hiccups ... now its time to go from functional to sexy and add a weather cam (or two?) to the setup, UV/Solar Sensors and perhaps to make my better half happy some ground moisture sensors for the garden area
The sensors are straight forward, no bubbles/troubles there - but the weather cam... thats where things get funky.
I have a two story home plus attic and basement - when I built the house I ran CAT5e throughout the entire house - except the attic - so for weather cam options - either way I will need to drill through to the outside (Power over ethernet or for the transformer/power supply).
Questions/Recommendations for weathercams - either PoE or WiFi that will work with our Macs (mine a Mac Mini on the first floor)? Pros/Cons of each? IR or nonIR, so many choices and honestly so little information - or my GoogleFU is failing
Thanks in advance
Hello jhoke,
a bit late, but let me put in my 2 cents:
Maybe it is an alternative to take a DSLR Camera to get the best out of your area. I use two of them (Canon EOS 1100d) as you can see
here and
here.
The first linked webcam is powered by the Mac mini that serves WeatherCat, the second one is driven by a Raspberry Pi that puts the picture onto my webspace. Maybe its overkill, but I like to view my area (West & East) in high resolution.
Ok, there are several things additionally to do to get this project working, but the result is worth tying it!
Just take a look to
gphoto2 and
ImageMagick, build your script, let it run via Terminal - and enjoy!