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| '''Materials:'''
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| * Beaglebone Black Industrial
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| * Logitech C525 webcam
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| '''Steps:'''
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| Installed Debian Jessie via a netinstall from [http://elinux.org/BeagleBoardDebian Elinux.org BeagleBoardDebian]. Used serial port. Migrated to Devuan. Installed Zoneminder using jessie-backports according to [http://zoneminder.readthedocs.io/en/stable/installationguide/index.html official install guide].
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| Industrial BBB was chosen, in the hopes of using it as a dashcam under winter conditions.
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| Camera works plugged into USB. No external power needed. The camera was obtained by looking at the [https://h-node.org/ H-node] hardware compatibility list for webcams. Another good resource is [http://elinux.org/RPi_USB_Webcams Elinux RPi USB Webcams] There is no guarantee that all webcams will support the framebuffer grab that ZM requires, but in this case, it did. The webcam is 960x720p and cost about $12. See [[Logitech Webcam Pro 9000]] or other webcam setup docs for hints on setup.
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| Logitech camera works under the following settings
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| '''Zoneminder settings:'''
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| * Source: Local
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| * Maximum FPS: 3
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| * Device Path: /dev/video0
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| * Capture Method: Video for Linux 2
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| * Device Format: PAL
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| * Capture Palette: *MJPEG
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| * Capture Width (pixels): 960
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| * Capture Height (pixels): 720
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| Total load with camera, gets about 960x720 3FPS, with roughly .7 load on the server in record mode. I can see using this as an external ZM server
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| YUYV works with resolution of 320x240, but no higher. MJPG is able to get 320x240, 640x480, and 960x720. I put the wrong resolution in during MJPEG mode, but the ZM logs told me that the 'correct' resolution available was 960x720, so I used that.
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| This being an SBC, there is a additional interfaces, expansions (I2C, GPIO) to use in addition to the camera itself. Sensors can be added easily. Possibilities are many. No longer just a camera, an SBC with a cam is a swiss army camera.
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| '''Notes:'''
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| * I ran into problems using this BBB with a long (>25 ft) ethernet cable. Network functions were slow, or failing. This could be a problem if you were to use these as substitutes for cameras. It may have been my particular model (BBB Element14 industrial). A shorter cable resolved all issues.
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