Zoneminder Camera Setup Examples

Zoneminder

Three Examples of Camera Configuration for Zoneminder

My first camera I bought for surveillance was an Edimax IC-520 from memory, a network camera with a resolution of 640x480px, it also has the great fisheye lens feature, I now believe a fisheye lens is an absolute must after using non fisheye lens cameras for Zoneminder. The Edimax sure is a reliable camera and definitely good enough for a surveillance camera.

Edimax IC-1520DP Network Camera Zoneminder Setup

There won't be a lot of text in this post, screenshots taken from the camera setup should be more than sufficient.

Edimax camera setup "General" tab

Name: Anything

Source Type: Remote

Function: Choose from - Monitor, Modect

Enabled: Checked

Maximum FPS: As low as reasonable, start with 5.00

Alarm Maximum FPS: I usually set double Max FPS

Reference Image Blend %ge: 7 though never tried changing this number, works fine!

Edimax camera setup "Source" tab

Remote Protocol: HTTP

Remote Method: Simple

Remote Hostname: admin:1234@192.168.xxx.xxx

Remote Host Port: 80

Remote Host Path: /jpg/image.jpg

Remote Image Colours: 24 bit colour

Capture Width: 640

Capture Height: 480

Preserve Aspect Ratio: Unchecked

Orientation: Adjust to suit if necessary

Logitech C270 HD USB Webcam Zoneminder Setup

Logitech USB Camera Setup "General" tab

Logitech USB Camera Setup "Source" tab

Brickcom CB100A HD Camera Zoneminder Setup

Brickcom CB100A HD Camera Setup "General" tab

Brickcom CB100A HD Camera Setup "Source" tab

Raspberry Pi - Installing Sabnzbd and Transmission

I have just one unit, I decided to get the Pi to see if it could run Torrents and Usenet on the one box, a low energy alternative to running a desktop pc 24/7. I have managed to have a very workable solution, for Torrents, I use Transmission, for Usenet, I use Sabnzbd, I am using the Raspbian OS for the Raspberry Pi. I used a combination of CLI and Gui on the Desktop to configure settings etc.

I did reinstall the Operating System once so far, I'm always fiddling with things so it was all my own fault. For the latest install I used the new Noobs Installer, not a bad way to go for what I needed, it all worked perfectly. I will list the tutorials that helped me to install Sabnzbd and TransmissionBT. It's all been a great success, I might try XBMC on a Pi next...

Transmission installed on the Pi

I just found a decent tutorial on the web for installing Transmission, the following link served me well, of course you may need to tweak a few things, change a few paths etc.

Click the link below for a "how to" for installing Transmission Daemon on the Raspberry Pi

How to Install Transmission on Pi

Sabnzbd Installed on the Pi

Once again I searched for the appropriate "How to" online for installing Sabnzbd on the Raspberry Pi and once again you may need to tweak and adjut things for your install.

Click the link below for a "how to" for installing Sabnzbd on the Raspberry Pi

How to Install Sabnzbd on Pi

I will also list information on other needed software etc. I followed the tutorials above to set everything up, I also don't run the same settings on the Raspberry Pi as I would on a Desktop PC, I try not to stress the little Pi out too much.

Linus Torvalds and Linux

Profile

Linus Torvalds was born in Helsinki, Finland, the son of journalists Anna and Nils Torvalds, and the grandson of poet Ole Torvalds. His family belongs to the Swedish-speaking minority (5.5%) of Finland's population. Torvalds was named after Linus Pauling, the American Nobel Prize-winning chemist, although in the book Rebel Code: Linux and the Open Source Revolution, Torvalds is quoted as saying, "I think I was named equally for Linus the peanut-cartoon character," noting that this makes him half "Nobel-prize-winning chemist" and half "blanket-carrying cartoon character." Both of his parents were campus radicals at the University of Helsinki in the 1960s.

Torvalds attended the University of Helsinki from 1988 to 1996, graduating with a master's degree in computer science. His M.Sc. thesis was titled Linux: A Portable Operating System. From 1997 to 1999 he was involved in 86open helping to choose the standard binary format for Linux and Unix.

His interest in computers began with a Commodore VIC-20. After the VIC-20 he purchased a Sinclair QL which he modified extensively, especially its operating system. He programmed an assembly language and a text editor for the QL, as well as a few games. He is known to have written a Pac-Man clone named Cool Man. In 1990 he purchased an Intel 80386-based IBM PC and spent a few weeks playing the game Prince of Persia before receiving his MINIX copy which in turn enabled him to begin his work on Linux.

Linus Torvalds - Wikipedia

How to Pronounce Linux and Linus

Pronouncing Linux, straight from the horses mouth, so to speak