/pi-timolo

Raspberry PI-TIMOLO ( PI-TImelapse, MOtion, LOwLight ) uses RPI picamera and python for Remote Headless Security Monitoring & Auto Sync files with Google Drive. Auto Transitions Camera Settings During Twilight.

Primary LanguageShellMIT LicenseMIT

pi-timolo

Raspberry (Pi) - (Ti)melapse, (Mo)tion, (Lo)wlight

YouTube Videos https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLXJw_uJtQLa11A4qjVpn2D2T0pgfaSG0

Quick Install

For Easy pi-timolo-install.sh onto raspbian RPI.

curl -L https://raw.github.com/pageauc/pi-timolo/master/source/pi-timolo-install.sh | bash

From a computer logged into the RPI via SSH(Putty) or desktop terminal session

  • Use mouse to highlight curl command above, right click, copy.
  • Select RPI SSH(Putty) window, mouse right click, paste.
    The command will download and execute the GitHub pi-timolo-install.sh script

IMPORTANT - A raspbian apt-get update and upgrade will be performed as part of install so it may take some time if these are not up-to-date

or Manual Install

From logged in RPI SSH session or console terminal perform the following. You can review the pi-timolo-install.sh script code before executing.

cd ~
wget https://raw.github.com/pageauc/pi-timolo/master/source/pi-timolo-install.sh
chmod +x pi-timolo-install.sh
./pi-timolo-install.sh

Run pi-timolo

Default is motion only see config.py for detailed settings

cd pi-timolo
./pi-timolo.py

see Github Wiki for More Details https://github.com/pageauc/pi-timolo/wiki

Description

pi-timolo is a python picamara module application for a Raspberry PI computer. A RPI camera module must be attached. It can take timelapse and motion detection images separately or together. Takes Long exposure Night (lowlight) images for Time Lapse and/or Motion. Has smooth twilight transitions based on a threshold light setting, so a real time clock is not required. Customization settings are saved in a config.py and conf files. The application is primarily designed for headless operation and includes sync.sh that can securely synchronize files with a users google drive. This works well for remote security cameras. Camera settings can also be administered remotely sync.sh

Menubox

The lastest version of pi-timolo has a whiptail admin menu system. The menu's allow start/stop of pi-timolo.py and webserver.py as background tasks, as well as editing configuration files, making timelapse videos from jpg images, converting or joining mp4 files Etc.
To run from ssh console or terminal session.

cd ~/pi-timolo
./menubox.sh

menubox main menu

Webserver

I have also written a standalone LAN based webserver.py to allow easy access to pi-timolo image and video files on the Raspberry from another LAN computer web browser. There is no setup required but the display settings can be customized via variables in the config.py file or via menubox admin menuing.
To run from ssh console or terminal session.

cd ~/pi-timolo
./webserver.py

webserver browser screen shot

Reference Links

Detailed pi-timolo Wiki https://github.com/pageauc/pi-timolo/wiki
YouTube Videos https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLXJw_uJtQLa11A4qjVpn2D2T0pgfaSG0

Good Luck Claude Pageau