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Solar Powered Wireless Camera option?

Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2022 4:46 pm
by joseph85750
Does anyone know of a solar powered wireless camera which is compatible with ZoneMinder?
I've found a few solar wireless cameras, but they're all proprietary and I can't actually web/http/https directly to the camera.

Thanks!

Re: Solar Powered Wireless Camera option?

Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2022 9:15 am
by dougmccrary
Do any of them you've looked at even stream continuously? Whatever needs to do that, unless maybe there's something in 1.37/1.38 to come.

Re: Solar Powered Wireless Camera option?

Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2022 12:39 pm
by freedomlives
Given that WiFi cameras accept a 5V or 12V input, you can DIY some solar. You'd need to measure what is the energy consumption of the camera and size a battery and PV panel to match that (taking into account that the battery needs to charge during day while camera is also running and then have enough stored energy to run it during night, and thru cloudy days, etc). The resolution of the stream would probably make a difference on energy consumption.