Cheaper than DVR system? Security surveillance system with Raspberry Pi board!
Are you still using expensive security surveillance system equipment? In this manual we are going to disclose a secret how to make your video surveillance cheaper than DVR with Raspberry Pi board. For this you will need Raspberry Pi board computer, Xeoma and a simple IP camera.
You can easily buy Rasberry Pi board on eBay for $20 and Raspberry Pi 2 for $40.
To create security surveillance system with Raspberry Pi board as an alternative to DVR systems, first of all you need to install an operating system on to the bare board.
Then download Xeoma ARM version with the command
wget https://felenasoft.com/xeoma/downloads/latest/linux/xeoma_linux_arm7.tgz or
wget https://felenasoft.com/xeoma/downloads/latest/linux/xeoma_linux_arm8.tgz:
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If you have Raspberry Pi 3 B+, download Xeoma Beta 18.4.5 (or up) for ARMv7 (if your OS is 32-bit) or for ARMv8 (if your OS is 64-bit) here If you have Raspberry Pi 1 B+, download Xeoma 17.5.5 for ARMv6 here Xeoma versions older than 17.5.5 are not available for a Raspberry or other ARM-devices. |
Then you need to unzip the downloaded file with the command
tar -xvf xeoma_linux_arm7.tgz (or tar -xvf xeoma_linux_arm6.tgz):
Now let’s install the server to the auto start with
./xeoma.app -install -coreauto
If installation is successful, password for remote access will be displayed:
Please make sure that Xeoma process is really started:
ps axu|grep -v grep|grep xeoma
or in top:
In the end, we need to know the IP address and password of security surveillance system’s on Raspberry Pi board:
You will need Xeoma password for remote connection, which was desplayed after installation. To remind the password, execute
-showpassword
Now, download the client for any operating system and use remote access to connect. In the remote access option enter device IP address and password. More about remote access
Alternatively, if your Raspberry has GUI, you can run Xeoma’s client on it directly – just double-click xeoma.app. There is a catch, though – the most common OS for Raspberry is Raspbian, whose current versions do not have any OpenGL drivers by default. This results in relatively high CPU load from simply running Xeoma’s interface. This can be avoided by following these simple steps:
- In the terminal execute this command: sudo raspi-config
- Choose Update in the window – this will update the drivers to the newest version
- Once the update is completed, choose Advanced Options
- Now choose GL Driver
- Now choose GL (Full KMS) OpenGL desktop driver with full KMS – you will see the message that the driver is enabled, time to reboot your Raspberry
This works for Raspberry 2 and 3. We do need to warn you, though: that driver is considered experimental, so it’s possible for it to crash.
Now configure your camera!
As you can see, security surveillance system with Raspberry Pi board and a couple of IP cameras or web cameras is easier to create and cheaper than using DVR system.
21 October 2015
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