https://www.webtruck.org/forum/feed_rss?section=systemWebTruck is a site for internet robotics and camsMon, 04 May 2026 15:53:35 GMTPyRSS2Gen-0.1.1http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rsshttps://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=460Two weeks ago I started a online petition to keep TrackCam online. As I have to leave my office in the Stahlrain building, I was asked to remove all hardware - including the camera. The petition has been signed by TrackCam users all over the world, and today the local newspaper reported the petition and the camera. https://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=460Wed, 14 Jun 2023 00:42:00 GMThttps://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=456Hi all there are bad news for Truck Drivers and Train Spotters: I have to clear the Truck Room by end of September 2013. After 12 years of continuous operation, the little green truck has to retire. TrackCam might be available a bit longer, maybe until the end of 2013. I am still negotiating the exact dates and conditions. The deadline for the truck room is final, for TrackCam it is uncertain.https://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=456Tue, 17 Sep 2013 09:32:00 GMThttps://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=439Last year I have started with new software to make panoramic images. I use Hugin to stitch the images and krpano to put the images on the web. While it takes a lot of time for the images to look good, I still think it's worth the effort. The tree latest images are: 2010-09-29 Cow Maze 2010-10-23 Autumn Forest 2011-02-06 My home town on a sunny winter day https://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=439Wed, 09 Mar 2011 18:39:00 GMThttps://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=434Hi all after a problem with the power the owners of the building did not allow me to put TrackCam back into operation. This was back in June 29th. Today we had a meeting to discuss how to bring this cam back into operation. I was requested to comply with the swiss privacy policy requlations. Federal Regulations for WebCams (in german, also available in french and italian. Here's the google translation) In short: either the camera must not show persons in a recognizable clarity (no zoom, no panning to where people are), or there must be some privacy filter (eg pixelate people) to prevent recognition of persons. Was it possible to recognize people? Does anybody know software to pixelate people in jpeg images using linux? The motion jpeg stream came right off the camera. To support any kind of privacy filter, this would have to change to add the filter -> required CPU power, might limit number of people visiting the camera. Seeing this requirements, I am not sure if I'll not only invest money to improve the wiring but also manpower and money to decrease the quality of the images... What do you think?https://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=434Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:33:00 GMThttps://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=432The generation of the time lapses has been moved to faster machine. this means that Time Lapses are displayed faster and smoother than ever.https://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=432Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:39:00 GMThttps://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=419The Axis 213R on TrackCam broke down after five years of service. I replaced it with an Axis 214 - this replacement was planned, but I wanted to do it when it was warmer... The new camera copes much better with the conditions - it has a night vision mode. It also has audio. The audio stream is not available yet, but I am working on it. https://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=419Tue, 03 Feb 2009 06:50:00 GMThttps://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=418Because I received more and more bogus Join Requests, I had to change the procedure. After submitting the join request, you will receive a confirmation email with a URL. When you open this URL, you will be registered and the login information will be sent out. Using this challenge - response procedure, requests with invalid email addresses will not make it into the WebTruck Member database. This will reduce the time required to maintain the operation of this website. https://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=418Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:39:00 GMThttps://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=411Monday, May 5th 2008 at 3.24am the computer controlling the truck broke down. When I reached the truck room, the computer was off and there was no way to power it back on, probably a power supply failure. This computer has been controlling the truck for about 7 years, it was on 24/7 all the time. As the relais card for the cam control broke down a while ago, it was not too hard to find a parallel port to do the job. The old computer was running on Windows 98 - that's why I had to reboot it about once per week to make sure the timing for the bucket does not get too sluggish. As the software to control the moves is written in Perl, I moved the whole stuff over to the better Windows - the linux server which runs the Webtruck.org CMS system. With this new server, the controls work better. Reversing is smoother now, so it is much easier to pick up blocks. [Reversing is done by a a burst of 10 milisecond pulses as the switches used don't know a 'half on' position ] Of course I have still plans to upgrade all the controls to more up to date hardware and reestablish the camera control - plans are patient... https://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=411Tue, 06 May 2008 17:14:00 GMThttps://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=377The parallel port interface controlling the RemoteCam moves broke down. Until I have time to fix / replace this, camera controls will not be available. As the system depends on both parallel port interfaces working together controlled by one computer, this cannot be fixed easily. This might remain this way until I have time to move everything over to the K8055 controls I have planned a long time. That requires time, parts, soldering, software writing and testing...https://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=377Sun, 08 Apr 2007 08:06:00 GMThttps://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=25starting from today, Personal Messages are forwarded to the Members email account. This is a convenient way for Members to address other Members. https://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=25Mon, 13 Mar 2006 18:51:00 GMThttps://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=1Hi all I was updating the forum on LogiSphere.seiz.ch, and as I liked the new version so much, I also implemented it here. For the moment this is quite empty - now it's your turn WebTruckhttps://www.webtruck.org/forum/view_topic?topic_id=1Sat, 25 Feb 2006 10:57:00 GMT