Some Ideas to bounce off you,

[Hotwire]

I have been trying to get something similar to this off the ground, but I am learning C++ and Python to do so. Not to mention QT. That being said I have looked over your work, and I like what is already there. But I have a few things to suggest, or to get your help with.

I have a large property almost 50 acres, and I have 6 of these cameras up. There are a few locations I can stand where I can activate or at least see the devices on the android app. I do NOT want to have to walk out in the middle of the night, or in the rain, or be interrupted during a hunt.

My work has been focused on using a "Hacked" router, that is powered by a solar panel. The router, running Linux, having a much better WIFI reception and mounted high up so as to maximize the radio RX/TX, would periodically poll the cameras looking for changes in the saved files, then download them locally. To make a "Central repository" so to say. I could then connect to that router via my tower mounted Unifi AP. I would be able to then download (and wipe) the saved files from the hub router.

No need to trapes around the property to each camera.

I could also use a setup like this to make monitoring my trapline much less invasive.

[mikeirvingweb]

Hi @Hotwire.

Thanks for getting in touch. I've been meaning to reply since day 1, so sorry for the delay.

It's interesting to hear about your setup / experiments.

Signal strength is my biggest issue, both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.

Many factors affect my setup, such as the weather, and I'm not that far from Raspberry Pi to Camera (from indoors to the outside location).

An Aerial, external Wi-Fi adapter would likely help.

I have had situations where I connect, then it fails pre or mid transfer. (Wi-Fi)

Or I send the Bluetooth wake-up command, and then nothing.

A roving buggy that could visit the locations would be cool, but would likely spook animals.

I feel with several locations that you'd need several connecting devices (PC or Mobile) that would then need to be connected centrally via a different network (like with your router), or Ethernet connected back to base / the internet.

Sometimes I feel a PC with a custom camera directly connected would be best.

Mike.