Re: need wise guy ideas for special recording

["John W" <Don't_Spam_Me@xxxxxxx>]

I have a similar situation at my cottage.  We have no power and it was just
broken into.

My initial thought is an inexpensive digital still camera turned on and
triggered by an Ocelot and SECU16.  The whole works could be powered by
12vdc.  I'd need a solar panel to keep a battery charged for weeks or (over
the winter) months of coverage but in a car, I think it would run fine for
over night or during the day in a parking lot.

I'd choose a camera that does date and time stamping and supports an
expansion card to add 256mb of memory.  That would allow for several hundred
pictures at 3 megapixles and it stores them itself.  The memory card could
be removed to check the results without having to remove the camera from its
mount.

A couple of PIR's connected to the SECU16 inputs could tell the Ocelot to
power on the digital camera and then trigger the shutter as many times with
as much delay as the program chooses.

The power on and shutter would be controlled by the SECU16 outputs connected
in parallel with the camera' switches.

In my case, pointing the camera would be fairly easy be concealing it where
it could see a whole room.  In  car, you'd have to pick an angle and hope
for the best.  It could be housed in a box or case that can be "placed"
where you want to see.

You could also trigger the movie mode on the camera based on other criteria
(like if the car moves?).  The SEU16 provides 8 inputs and 8 outputs so you
have a lot of flexibility.

The cost would be around $150 for the Ocelot, $80 for a SECU16, $50-$75 for
a cheap/open box digital camera, $20 each for PIR's and another $20-$30 for
a 256mb SD card.

John

"Martin" <nospam.info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> one of my customer ask me to record inside his car . He had a lot of bad
> stuff experience on his car's body . ( scratch with keys) he wanna catch
> the guy that does that . I have cameras that works on 12 vdc but for the
> recording , something cheap but reliable ???? could someone help me please
> .
>
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