At Last

[droege@snapmail.us]

Many times in the past some of you have asked "how can I help with the
tass project?"

At last here is a project at which many of you are experts.  It would be
much better for those of you that want data for me to keep working getting
the cameras running and all the hardware working.  That is what I am good
at.

Here is what I have:

Network #1, mostly linux machines but some Windoz machines that only
partially work on the network. This network is connected to the internet
through an Earthlink DSL modem.  All the machines can get to the internet
and  the setup works well.  It has a dynamic IP which I check about once a
day.

Network #2  a single Windoz XP machine, router/modem with 3 unused ports,
SBC DSL, and 5 static IP addresses.  I can connect my Webcam to this
network and it works.  If put on Network #1 I can control the camera but
don't get pictures.

What I want to do:

Get one network running on the SBC DSL router/modem.  It would be nice to
use one of the fixed IPs for the camera and to get all the computers set
up so they could read from it.

This is a long term project for me.  It would probably be best if I
just had one or two of you to help with a longer comittment level.  It
appears that I can give you privelages on my networks so that one of you
could ssh to my system and work.

I am making good progress on getting Rob's software running.  Last night I
took a good sequence of images.  I would rather work on getting all this
going than fussing with the network.  I can follow instructions on what to
do but they have to be pretty specific.  I just downloaded, for example,
MPlayer as a possible fix for the video problem.  But the README is really
beyond me.

Tom Droege