2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. My project
A homemade redneck security system
Super easy to setup and install
What you need
Raspberry Pi
Webcam
Internet hookup
Power supply
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15. 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
16. 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
17. 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
