[TDA_wg] vendors for remote dome cameras?

[Frederic V. Hessman]

We’ve always used AXIS cameras (for purely historical reasons) and have been quite happy.  They also have panning/zooming opt+NIR cameras:

	http://www.axis.com/us/en/products/axis-q8721-e

I’m sure there are also other equivalent manufacturers.  Depends upon how much money you want to spend.

We’re switching our contollers (roof, weatherstation, ….)  in the long-term to RaspberryPi’s/BananaPi's - rather than panning it might be simpler, robuster, and cheaper to install 4x RPi’s running their own cameras  in a simple dome.  You would also have controll over what they do, which is harder if you are tied to some vender’s software.

RIck

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On 6 Jul 2015, at 17:03, Virginia Trimble <vtrimble at astro.umd.edu> wrote:

> Rob Seaman <seaman at noao.edu> wrote:
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>> Howdy,
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>> At lunch yesterday the question came up about cameras for remotely monitoring domes/enclosures of robotic facilities.  There was interest is relatively high-end cameras with features like panning and zooming, especially IR cameras that would be usable during active observing.  It appears that one vendor (don’t have the name) from a few years ago is no longer reachable and that Amazon or eBay is the only source.  The observatory would prefer a non-orphaned product, needless to say.
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>> Any suggestions?  Either for vendors or clever workarounds?  Presumably several on this list operate robotic telescopes.  How do you ensure safety and provide for remote trouble shooting?
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>> Rob
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> The folks at LCOGT seem a likely source of information, since they operate
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