My Foscam FI9900P IP-camera does not offer an option to only upload images to my server when it’s light out. Additionally, it does not create a directory for each date. Hence, I end up with a directory full of useless images made during the night that also grows enormously over time. In my previous post, […]
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Converting weather cam images to video with FFmpeg
As of November 2020, I use a Foscam FI9900P as a weather cam. It is configured to upload an image twice a minute to my server over FTP. The latest image is then made available on https://meteodrenthe.nl/#/weercam. The static image is fine, but I also want to be able to show a time lapse, a […]
Reading the Meteostick from the Linux terminal
Recently I obtained several Davis Vantage Pro 2 components. Since I’m not interested in using the Davis console, but want to write sensor readings directly to a database, I looked into the Meteostick. Even though the Meteostick costs around 160 euros, it is still a relatively cheap way to access the readings from Davis sensors. There […]