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The box on my house wall contain a full HD camcorder. This is connected to my PC by USB and to i-Catcher by video leads. |
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Nest Box 1 is made from ext grade plywood |
and has a removable nest box compartment |
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The front cover can be removed to access the camcoder and
wiring. The camcorder can be remote controlled by a radio remote control extender. To control the camcorder remotely you just point the camcorder remote at a radio control box. This encodes the IR signal and transmits it by radio to a receiver in the nest box. The receiver then decodes it and send the signal as IR to the camcorder. You can buy these IR extenders quite cheaply (they are used to control TV etc. from another room). All I have done is take the receiver apart and monted the PCB in the nest box.
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The finished box with the camcorder installed. Note the camera picture can be monitored from the side mounted LCD screen. This makes setting up the camera very easy.
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Lighting is provided by four LED light panels mounted in the top of the box. These give off bright white light that has hardly any shadow and run very cool. |
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Click to view internal nest box plan |
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Nest Box 2 |
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Nest Box 2 also faces North West and is fixed around 8' high to a shed under a Willow Tree. This box is fitted with a mini Colour CCD and camera Illumination is provided by 8 white LEDs.
This box is around 80' from my PC and is fed by a 75ohm coax for video and a Cat 5 cable for sound and power.
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Box Wiring Schmatic The 8 white LEDs are wired in parallel from a 12v supply. Each LED has a series 320 Ohm resistor. There is also a protection diode in series in case the PSU connections are reversed.
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Nest Box 3 is no longer is use.
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Most pictures on this site are captured with i-Catcher software |
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I use a single
Euresys Junior 4 Video Capture Card that has 4 video inputs controlled through
i-catcher
console software. .
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Watch i-Catcher console working on my PC
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i-Catcher Go App |
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i-Catcher Go on IPOD Touch 4 used to setup focus & position on my cams
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I also use PocketMonitor from i-catcher on my PDA to setup focus & position on my cams
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PocketMonitor screen shot
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All Camera lighting, sound & power can be independently controlled from my Camera Control Panel. All Panel components from Maplin Electronic Supplies |
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Cam Connection Schematic Diagram click on image to enlarge
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Nestbox Dimesions/Plans & Wiring Diagrams |
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Nest Box 2 & 3 Wiring
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Nest Box 2 Plan Click Image to Download in Autocad Format |
Nest Box 2 Plan Click Image to enlarge |
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