Range of wireless X10 camera -- Chicken coop PIX (2025 Update)

Jul 30, 2003 Last reply: 8 months ago 2 Replies

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Ignoramus2016 22 years ago

I recently made a chicken coop in my shed

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I have a bunch of x10 equipment that we have not been able to use. Specifically I have their wireless cameras and the receiver.

What I would like to do is to install the camera in the shed, the receiver in the basement, connect it to my linux box, and make a live webpage about those chicken with the webcam.

I own a website for kids

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and a live chicken cam would be quite complementary.

My main questions are:

1) The camera will be about 15 yards away from the receiver, separated by the shed walls, house wall, and basement wall. Is that too far for their camera to transmit images?

With a USB cable extender, I may be able to place the receiver to a more advantageous location if necessary.

2) Is there linux software that can grap images off x10 camera.

I can write perl scripts and such if necessary.

thanks

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Kahlua53 22 years ago

FYI X-10 uses both Power lines and RF to send signals. The cameras don't use the power line to send any information other then to turn them on and off.

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Joseph Meehan 22 years ago

Thanks. I was not sure of that and had never really looking into it, however it does make sense.

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