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How to track a squirrel

Published on December 17, 2023.

[Disclaimer: This is not meant as a tutorial, more as some chitchat. You can find the source on github nonetheless, but I assume this is a VERY specific use case noone else uses]

Let's start by telling you that this whole project ist utter nonsense. Noone really needs this feature. I decided to...

Switching the LED of a surveillance cam on and off using Linux

Published on January 15, 2016.

I already wrote a script on my Raspberry that starts and stops the surveillance mode of my camera using the "Surveillance Station" on the Synology DiskStation. Now I wanted to extend that tool and light the LEDs of the cam when it is recording and turning them off if it isn't.

This has two reaso...

Automate your Synology Surveillancestation with some simple Linux - commands

Published on January 7, 2016.

I own a Synology diskstation which has the "surveillance station" on board which records content from any LAN (or WiFi)-enabled webcam and sends an alarm when someone is moving at my home. It is possible to enter time schedules when the camera should be enabled and when it shouldn't. But that does n...