Posted by: andym
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Think I might have a go at this myself
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I wonder if there is a way to link to my alarm and only turn the web cams on when the alarm is also turned on ???
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the first thing they did before entering the house was to cut the power.
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Good point !!! Add a UPS to my christmas list for next year
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I have a BT Home Monitor, it does have a serial port on the back. I have a spare main unit if you fancy helping me hack it, you are welcome to it when we are done.
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(Oh, yes and a packet of pork scratchings).
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Good point !!! Add a UPS to my christmas list for next year
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Good point !!! Add a UPS to my christmas list for next year
Yes, and make sure you connect your ADSL modem to it too! No point having your CCTV server frantically trying to offload data to your secure backup site if the modem is off!
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Let me know when you get that working
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AOL!
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I wonder if there is a way to link to my alarm and only turn the web cams on when the alarm is also turned on ??? Through some sort of serial link.
#!/bin/sh
mpack -s"motion" $1 my-email(at)offsite.address
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That said, when I got done over, the first thing they did before entering the house was to cut the power.
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Not sure why you don't think it is motion.