camera_trap

Records a video after a movement is detected by a motion detection sensor (e.g., of a fox in front of the camera trap).

Hardware used

• Raspberry Pi 3 Model B+
• Raspberry Pi Camera V 2.1 (including connection cable)
• PIR Infrared Motion Sensor (HC-SR501)

Picture of the test setting

Installation

The following command copies camera_trap.py to directory where the deamons are located. This allows that the programm will be automatically started after booting (in the desired run level).

sudo make install

Uninstallation

Execute the following uninstallation command if you do not longer want to automatically run camera_trap.py after booting your system.

sudo make uninstall