Topic: Weather Cam and Meteobridge

[haroldashe]

I want to install a weather camera to report to Weather Underground with my Acurite and Meteobridge system.  The MB network page shows a "Ubiquiti version 1.1" camera as one of two recognized options.  I cannot locate that camera anywhere.  For those of you running Meteobridge with an outdoor weather cam, what brand are you using and where did you buy it?

[gardengrub]

The camera that works with Meteobridge is called a "Ubiquity Air Cam."  I think Ubiquity has replaced the "Air Cam" with a new model.  You can still find the "Air Cam" for sale though - for around $100.

[haroldashe]

Thanks, Gardengrub!  Have ordered the camera and we will see if I'm smart enough to get it up and running.

[Bushman]

ANY camera that  can post to a URL will work.  I am using a couple different ones.  Stardot, D-Link and some USB ones that I manually FTP up images.  The Ubiquiti is just Boris' favorite I guesss. 

[wvdkuil]

ANY camera that  can post to a URL will work.  I am using a couple different ones.  Stardot, D-Link and some USB ones that I manually FTP up images.  The Ubiquiti is just Boris' favorite I guesss. 

1. The Ubiquiti is addressed by Meteobridge itself and Meteobridge will fetch the jpg for you.
2. Other webcams which have a http address to grab a jpg can be used by entering the snapshot link such as http://192.68.0.xx/cgi-bin/snapshot.cgi?loginuse=abc&loginpas=defghij
These links are different for every camera make, most webcams have such a link but not all.
3. All camera's which can upload a jpg with a static name can be used also. You have to enter the local or remote address of that image http:192.168.0.xxx/image.jpg
Sorry to say, but is seems that more and more webcams only allow ftp uploads with a time stamp in the name,  such as imageYYYYMMDDhhmmss.jpg
Those uploads can not be processed by Meteobridge.

Wim

[Bushman]

Good catch on the static name issue.  I've run into that before (another app) and had to write a script to convert a time-stamped image to a static name.  Maybe Boris could modify the  program to accept the latest stamped image?  FWIW, all my Dlink cams offer an option for static or dynamic time stamped images.