Time-lapse DCS-1000W

File Release Notes and Changelog

Release Name: 0.54

Notes:
History:


Date: 2004-01-25
Summary: Bug fix, Feature addition, version 0.54

1. A misplaced option on the ffmpeg command caused the
   created movies to only contain one frame per minute
   of the original captures.

2. Support for a user exit on an error retrieving images
   has been added.  The program '/usr/local/bin/dcs1000w-error'
   will be executed when an error is detected and logged if
   it exists.  A sample routine that uses X10 units to power
   cycle the camera is included.


Date: 2004-01-15
Summary: Overall improvements, version 0.53

1. Remove movie creation on interrupt
   This was unnecessary with the restart code.

2. Display version on startup
   Useful to make sure you're running the correct release

3. Write messages to system log too
   That way, log monitors (like swatch) can perform automated
   recovery operations, page you, whatever.

4. Intercept additional signals
   No matter how the script is killed, it should clean up
   the temporary files it creates.

5. Check for midnight processing during error delay
   If we were in the original error handler when midnight
   arrived, the code skipped the movie creation.  Duh.

6. Improve wget error recovery
   I managed to lock-up the camera firmware a couple of times,
   by pounding it with too fast retries.  This code has been
   working very reliably.  The firmware in the camera still
   reboots occassionally (reported as a bug to D-Link),
   but it recovers automatically in a few seconds.



Date: 2004-01-05
Summary: Initial public release, version 0.52

I had purchased the D-Link DCS-1000W as a present for myself.  Since
I only use Linux, the included software was of no value.  I wanted to
use the camera for security, and occasionaly for other projects.  For
example, I had recently watched a caterpillar metamorphize into a 
Luna moth.  It would have been neat to capture the whole process in
time-lapse.  Since I couldn't find any existing software to do this
I created this Bash script.


Changes:
# Changelog:
#
# 0.54 - Correct misleading comment
#        Correct misplaced ffmpeg option
#        Call '/usr/local/bin/dcs1000w-error' on an image retrieval
#           error, if it exists
# 0.53 - Remove movie creation on interrupt
#        Display version on startup
#        Write messages to system log too
#        Intercept additional signals
#        Check for midnight processing during error delay
#        Improve wget error recovery
# 0.52 - Initial public release