“Arrives in a brown cardboard box containing a Pi Zero, the camera module, a USB cable, a heatsink, and an SD card - no instructions, but the label on the box tells you to go online and follow the pretty clear steps there.
Quick and simple to build - took about half an hour - and needs no soldering. Once built, you connect to the camera's own wireless network from your phone, tablet or computer, tweak the settings (exposure, rotation, sensitivity) and hit a button to start the capture. It works by detecting motion, and when this happens it captures an image of surprisingly good quality which is stored on the SD card. To view the pictures, you can reconnect to the camera's wireless and see or download them from its own web page, or you can connect to the camera via SSH and get to them that way.
The only snag is, as some others have mentioned, it seems a bit temperamental. It runs absolutely fine for an hour or so, and then you can't connect. Lots of people on the camera's forum seem to be having similar issues and there doesn't appear to be a fix as yet, aside from switch it off and on again and see how it goes. It's a fun first Raspberry Pi project for me though, and once the stability issues are fixed it should be great.”
“Setup was simple and the actual tech was up and running in about 10 minutes. The case was a bit trickier but suguru eased all of the pain. The interface is basic right now but the server and front end apps are available on GitHub for anyone to extend.”
“Simply Brilliant. An absolute dream. Textbook setup.
Easy to set up and get working and takes great pictures. Worked first time. I am Linux and Windows pro but did not need any of those skills to get it working.
The final step of all DIY projects is to make a nice enclosure!
A couple of observations, set up as shown the picture is upside down. Maybe a small tweak to the OS to allow a settings page to reset the defaults would be the way to go, and options to set the camera rotation for advanced users.
If you want to edit the WiFi settings etc., from windows 10 download Paragon ExtFS for windows which will give you access. Also you may need to use Notepad++ to edit the file (rather than the standard Windows Notepad) to preserve the Linux line endings.”
“Nice kit. Took some reading though the instructions a couple of times but got it working nicely. I did wonder what would happen if I did change the setting to "connect to home network" ?
WiFi name
naturewatch-******
WiFi password
*******
Connect to home network
No”
