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<\/p>\nDo you want to turn your Raspberry Pi into a surveillance camera system? The best way to do it is using MotionEyeOS.\u00a0In this post we’ll show you how to get started with MotionEyeOS on your Raspberry Pi.<\/p>\n
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MotionEyeOS is a Linux distribution that turns your single-board computer into a video serveillance system. The MotionEyeOS supports the following devices:<\/p>\n
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MotionEyeOS is the perfect solution to build your own surveillance system because it is simple to install and has a web-based, user-friendly interface that is responsive in practically any browser.<\/p>\n
It supports most USB cameras, Raspberry Pi camera modules, and IP cameras. Additionally, it brings other useful features when it comes to a surveillance system:<\/p>\n
For this project we’re using the following parts:<\/p>\n
You can use the preceding links or go directly to MakerAdvisor.com\/tools<\/a> to find all the parts for your projects at the best price!<\/p> To install MotionEyeOs in your Raspberry Pi 3, follow the next steps.<\/p>\n You’ll install MotionEyeOS on a microSD card and then, insert the microSD card into your Raspberry Pi board. But first, you need to format you microSD card – there are several ways to do this, but we recommend following the next procedure:<\/p>\n Choose the right image for your device: MotionEyeOS releases page<\/a>. If you’re using the Raspberry Pi 3, choose\u00a0motioneyeos-raspberrypi3-xxxxxxxx.img.gz<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Next, extract the image from the .zip folder. Then, you can use\u00a0win32diskimager or Etcher, to write the image onto the SD card.<\/p>\n We’re going to use Etcher. If you don’t have Etcher installed, you can click here<\/a> and install it on your computer.<\/p>\n With the microSD card formatted, and connected to your computer, open Etcher. Select the image you’ve get previously, select your microSD card, and click Flash!<\/p>\n When the flash is completed, your microSD card is ready!<\/p>\n Follow the next steps to boot MotionEyeOS for the first time on your Raspberry Pi.<\/p>\n 1. Insert the microSD card in the Raspberry Pi;<\/p>\n 2. Connect an Ethernet cable – this is needed on the first boot;<\/p>\n 3. Connect a camera. If you’re using the Raspberry Pi camera V2 module, make sure you’ve connected the camera in the right orientation as shown in the following image;<\/p>\n 4. Apply power to your Pi, and wait for about 2 minutes for the system to be ready.<\/p>\n Now, to access your Raspberry Pi, you need to find your Pi’s IP Address<\/p>\n To Find your Raspberry Pi IP address, you can use Angry IP Scanner<\/a>. The IP you’re looking for is the one with “meye<\/strong>” on the name, as shown in the following figure.<\/p>\n Open your browser and type the Raspberry Pi IP address. You’ll see the MotionEye login page.<\/p>\n At the first boot, use the following credentials:<\/p>\n If you have a camera connected to your Pi, it should be detected automatically, and you should see a live image from the camera. We’ve connected two cameras, an USB camera, and the Raspberry Pi Camera V2 module, and it automatically shows live image from both.<\/p>\n You can configure pretty much everything in your web user interface. We recommend taking a look at the following configurations when configuring the MotionEyeOS for the first time.<\/p>\n Click the orange button at the top right “Apply” to apply the changes – this will require a reboot.<\/p>\n You can also enable Wireless Network in the Network menu. You need to enter your network credentials as shown in the following figure.<\/p>\n The software is intuitive to use. Take a look at the menus and see what they can do.<\/p>\n This was just an introduction on how to get started with MotionEyeOS on the Raspberry Pi 3. In this example we’re using a single device (the Raspberry Pi board) with two cameras, but it can be more useful using a Raspberry Pi 3 as a Hub, and then use several cameras in different locations, each of them connected to a Raspberry Pi Zero W. Learn how to build a\u00a0CCTV Raspberry Pi Based System with Storage using MotionEyeOS<\/a>.<\/p>\n We hope you’ve found this post useful. If you want to build your own surveillance system, then the MotionEyeOS is the way to go.<\/p>\n You may also like the following projects:<\/p>\n Thanks for reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Do you want to turn your Raspberry Pi into a surveillance camera system? The best way to do it is using MotionEyeOS.\u00a0In this post we’ll show you how to get … <\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/randomnerdtutorials.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/header-200.png?w=1200&quality=100&strip=all&ssl=1\")
<\/a><\/p>\nInstalling MotionEyeOS<\/h2>\n
Formatting your microSD card<\/h3>\n
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<\/p>\nDownloading the OS Image<\/h3>\n
Writing the Image<\/h3>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nBooting MotionEye on Raspberry Pi<\/h2>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nFinding Your Raspberry Pi IP Address<\/h2>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nAccessing MotionEye For the First Time<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nInitial Setup<\/h2>\n
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<\/h2>\nWrapping Up<\/h2>\n
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