Re: Driveway sensors

[Stuart Grimshaw <stuart.grimshaw@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 8 Jul 2004 09:40:59 +0100, Mark McCall
<lists@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > This is one solution that may have another solution after the few
> > years since Mark installed his sensors, anyone done anything
> > different?
>
> My sensors work perfectly.  There are two of them to detect movement,
and
> the order in which they go off gives direction of travel.  They also
go off
> a few seconds before the thunder :)
>
> However this is a different requirement, it's not a movement sensor
that's
> required in this application. Its more of an "occupancy"
sensor for a
> parking space.  I'm sure there is such a thing.

ah sorry, I didn't read the post properly :-)

There is some software that does what he wants by comparing an image
of the space to the current image and reporting changes. I can't for
the life of me remember what it's called though. I don't think it was
"motion"

Might be worth jumping on their IRC channel as I'm sure they'll know
what it was.

I don't know of any off the shelf products, but you could use
something as simple as a beam break?

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-S