Watching your tank from afar (webcams)

[michika]

Originally Posted by Rippin

There are many IP cameras out there, but the biggest problem is that the picture quality is quite poor.

Quality is a big thing in this search. I've even started researching using a video camera, because I want good quality picture, and color as well.

I'm not really sure where to go to look for help or even to get information on doing this type of project. Hence all the research.

[ixel25]

I'm not sure what is your budget, but this should give you a starting point www.axis.com and a sample http://64.21.226.243/view/index.shtml


ixel

[untamed]

There's watching your tank from afar...then there is having the power to do something about it from afar.

If you have much of your system controlled by some sort of controller, with a computer program option (Aquatronica w/computer software in my case), then contolling the system from afar becomes a matter of getting access to my computer from a remote location over the internet. Something like this
https://secure.logmein.com/home.asp?lang=en might do the trick.

I'm just in the process now of setting up a home WIFI network, so that my Aquatronica computer can see the internet, then I'll go from there.