vanish13/cameraexperiments

C# Functionality for connecting to Wildlife / Security Cameras and downloading their recording files. Can currently to Ceyomur cameras, including the Ceyomur CY95 Solar 4K Trail Camera, or any device housing a Toshiba FlashAir SD Card.

Camera Experiments in C#

📹 C# Functionality for connecting to various* Wildlife / Security Cameras and downloading their recording files.

*Can currently to Ceyomur cameras, including the Ceyomur CY95 Solar 4K Trail Camera, or any device housing a Toshiba FlashAir SD Card.

➕ More camera makes and models will be added over time

How to use

✏️ Modify Settings.json to suit your setup.

localFilePath - set this to a folder where files can be downloaded.

📹 For Ceyomur cameras..
WifiSSID - set this to the Wifi SSID of your camera.
WifiPassword - set this to the Wifi Password of your camera.
BluetoothDeviceId - set this to the Bluetooth Device ID of your camera.

☁️ For Toshiba FlashAir devices..
WifiSSID - set this to the Wifi SSID of your Toshiba FlashAir card.
WifiPassword - set this to the Wifi Password of your Toshiba FlashAir card.
RemoteFolder - set this to the folder where your camera / device stores files.

🪟 Windows

Uses SimpleWifi and InTheHand.BlueToothLE.

To execute, simply run CameraExperiments.exe.

🐧 Linux (Experimental)

Uses scripts / system commands in place of SimpleWifi and InTheHand.BlueToothLE.

To run, you may need to start NetworkManager first.

sudo systemctl start NetworkManager

Wifi requires nmcli, Bluetooth requires hcitool and gatttool.

You will need to add execute permissions on the two script files, and the main executable.

chmod +x Scripts/BluetoothLinux.sh
chmod +x Scripts/WifiLinux.sh

chmod +x CameraExperiments

Then to execute, run:

sudo ./CameraExperiments

Contributions

🍴 Feel free to Fork / Branch / Modify, raise any Pull Requests for changes.

Further reading

🦔 Built as part of .NET, IoT and Hedgehogs!

Credits

🙏 Thanks to Peter Foot for help with Bluetooth connectivity, achieved using the InTheHand.BluetoothLE NuGet Package, part of 32feet.NET.