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Worried about someone breaking into your house in your absence? Or just need to keep a tab on who enters your room while you are away? Well, all you need is a webcam, a linux PC/laptop and a twitter account. And you are set for real time updates through twitter about all that goes on at your abode behind your back (can even receive a text message/sms on your phone). Keep reading for the very simple setup you need.
1.) Download and install "motion" on your computer. For ubuntu users, this is as simple as running
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sudo apt-get install motion
2.) Setup your motion configuration file. (Usually at /etc/motion/motion.conf). There are quite a lot of options available. You might want to tweak it a lot according to ur needs later on but the most important ones that you can begin with are (leave the rest untouched for now):
2a.) Add/edit the option "target_dir" to point to the directory where you want to save the images of the event when motion is detected.
2b.) Add/edit the option "locate" and set it to "on" so that you get a nice square box around the detected moving object/person.
2c.) Add/edit the option "webcam_port" and set it to, say, "8000". Motion includes a mini http server so now, you can use it to view the actual images of the happening when you get the update and check for false alarms.
3.) Now, comes the most important part, about getting the update. Continue reading »
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