Raspberry Pi Meetup

Isaac Carter

A little about me…

Been a developer now for a little over 5 years

Prior to that I was in the Marines for 4 years

Used to work on the gov side of things, now I’m in the private sector

I love to golf, death metal, read, Linux, Raspberry Pi and FOSS

I’m easy to talk to

I help run the MCJUG at where I work in Rockville

I’m working on creating a charity with old computers, Linux, and families in need

Why did I start the meetup?

Well there wasn’t one.

I really like the Pi cause it always my inner redneck to take things even further

I also like what the Pi brings to the table Teaches kids and adults

Programming Computer science Robotics electronics

Raspberry Pi DC meetup

I plan for us to always meet here at Difference Engine

Might meet on the weekends??

Created a twitter and github account for it

Try to be quick about replying to comments

Looking for anyone to give a talk Don’t have to be an expert Just be passionate about your project/talk The more you guys talk, the better the meetup is

Currently having issues with that in the MCJUG

Next month or the one after I should have someone from Dexter Industries to talk about GoPiGo

My project

A homemade redneck security system

Super easy to setup and install

What you need Raspberry Pi Webcam Internet hookup Power supply

Steps

Install Motion sudo apt-get install motion I’m using Raspbian

That’s it.

Make changes to the config file /etc/motion/motion.conf

Things you might want to change Daemon on Width and height Where the files are stored File naming standards

View from another network

Make sure to set up ‘port forwarding’ on your router

Helps if you set a static ip for your pi

This will tie the port set up in the config file to the one set on your router.

Will allow you to view the cam from any other network

Why do this?

Cheap way to keep tabs on what is going on in your apartment, house, or where ever

Compare the cost with Nest Nest – 1 webcam = $199 10 days of video history = another $100/year 30 days of video history = another $300/year

You are in control of all of the software

This is super easy to build on My next plan involves a doorbell that turns on the

cam

Questions??