Hi Ky!
> > port? Thinking mechanical droop causing stress on the connection.
> KM> The ones I have don't weigh enough to matter -- less torque on
> KM> the port than an ordinary dangling USB cable.
> OK - so can pretty much take that potential problem out -- unless
> accidentally smack one! <g>
KM> Yeah, there's always that little problem, but at least when it's
KM> flipped up it's no more in the way than a cable, and maybe less.
KM> I have one that right-angles immediately, so you'd have to
KM> snuggle up to the PC to kick it.
That should help reduce the Smack Factor. Of course some of us wonder
as the case is metal how come it doesn't block or at least severely
attenuate the signal.
KM> Video "5 motherboards that shouldn't exist" -- one had like 25
KM> USB ports. Supposedly for industrial control circuits, but sure
KM> looked odd.
And then they still had to use a hub! <g>
Years ago I was getting towards that 25 number with the USB devices up
here. A motherboard with two dozen USB ports wouldn't quite work, but a
few USB hubs would: hang one to the left side of the desk, two to the
right. On the left side was the scanner, printer, a USB-powered light I
got as a gift, thumbdrive I used as a scratchpad. Also temporary
plug-in of various USB devices.
> KM> The thingee that makes signal go from there to here!!
> Yup!! ...And how come is 'route' as in "Route 66" can be pronounced
> 'root' or 'r-ow-t' but I've not heard 'router' as "root-er"?!
KM> So they wouldn't start singing about getting their kicks??
If only the Rockettes could sing!
> > TV so the televsion probably provides a bit of shielding if not RF
> > noise.
> KM> Maybe a LOT of shielding. I'd move it somewhere less sheltered.
> KM> Wave it around and see what works!
> That little project still on hold: other things 'filled the void' and
KM> Oh, THAT little problem. I need to pick and process tomatoes.
KM> Vines already froze. There are a LOT of tomatoes. Maybe tomorrow!
Well, guess you won't have to worry about crushing if the tomato is
frozen too! Won't be any frost and freeze warnings here for probably a
month, though doesn't seem like that will happen that soon from how it's
been lately. Has been in the upper 80's; today only the low 70's
because of last night's storm. By the weekend back into the 80's.
> regardless of the WiFi the camera can't be put in a position to get the
> full area: stuff's in the way. Dawned on me the other day to try "the
KM> Durn stuff!
Though without the stuff nothing to sit on, water would have to be on the
decking.... Could mount a camera/s to the support/s but then the run
the wire part creates problems, especially getting inside the house.
Haven't had the greatest luck with solar only because of positioning: if
good for the morning would be int he shade in the afternoon, etc.
> other way": instead of view from the house to the back yard maybe from
> the (storage) shed at the back of the property looking towards the
> house. Nothing structurally in the way from that direction, though may
> have a problem at night because of a decorative light 'blinding' the
> camera. Years ago tested and have signal back there, but then I was
> also 'told' have signal in the house.
KM> You can probably block the light with a suitably placed bit of
KM> dangly, or an overhang -- place camera high and point camera more
KM> down rather than squarely horizontal, should mostly avoid the
KM> problem. Right angle to the line of travel for the light, anyway,
KM> then a little shielding as needed. (Had to do something similar
KM> for outdoor lighting once.)
I'd probably have to go with something to block the light as the peak of
the shed is probbaly only 4' above the light, and have to run the camera
view pretty much through (so 'at') the light. Easiest way is to put
some sort of light blocker on the shed side of the light globes.
> KM> I have no idea... tho the notion of something cheap like a Pi as
> KM> a barn monitor is appealing. Have an old cell phone that can
> KM> connect from out there, dunno what Pi-Fi could do.
> For around $100 cheap enough to try, Raspberry Pi $35 -- Pi Zero and Pi
> W less (there is a $5 model IIRC), RPi 4 with more memory around $45.
> Case, wall wart, memory card. Attach a USB keyboard and mouse, HDMI
> cable during setup, otherwise run headless.
KM> ExplainingComputers did a Howto on that recently, with a PiCheap
KM> and whatever camera they sell. But I don't need to keep the
KM> pics....
Should be able to configure to have just the live stream. Here I keep
the videos for 35 days and then delete with a script. Nothing special
about 35 days, just seems like a little over a month made sense.
KM> Now that I mention it.... I suppose I could just use the
KM> cellphone's camera. It's a 3G phone so will be permanently
KM> obsoleted end of 2022. But it has great wireless range and
KM> connects painlessly, and takes tolerably decent video, so...
KM> final component is some way to stream from barn to house. I know
KM> there are apps to stream to the cloud but 1) ancient version of
KM> Android (3.x, I think?) and 2) do not want to go through someone
KM> else's cloud. Direct to some PC of mine is the way to go, this
KM> being ephemeral monitoring, nothing I want to save. Protect the
KM> phone in a plastic bag, plug it permanently into the wall, figure
KM> out the streaming part. Two out of three ain't bad!
Seems if the phone can connect to your WiFi that part's set. As you
said, the streaming part could be interesting, but there are probably
steaming apps out there -- and as you said hopefully not going through
the Cloud.
One potential problem is the battery. Here I played with an old tablet
- was going to use it as a small monitor. Plugged in to a wall wart so
external power all the time. Noticed the battery level eventually going
down to zero; still working but a couple days later it died and had to
recharge. Did try a few different wall warts, well over the mA draw,
with the same issue. I don't recall if I tried just chargers or actual
power supplies.
> Possibly. The only selection I've done is which network; figure the
> rest it can figure out on its own. ...Hmmm: wonder if some wise guy has
> an audio clip running while the WiFi is negotiating: "hchch! Boing!
> Boing! Squwarrrk! Ga-boing!!" (The dial-up modem sounds.)
KM> Wrong network!!
Ah darn!
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