PI-TIMOLO 
Raspberry (Pi)camera, (Ti)melapse, (Mo)tion, (Lo)wlight
For Details See Program Features and Wiki Instructions and YouTube Videos
PI-TIMOLO2 Update
PI-TIMOLO2 using libcamera and picamera2 on Bullseye, Bookworm or later is Now Available at https://github.com/pageauc/pi-timolo2
Requirements
Requires a Raspberry Pi computer and a
RPI camera module installed.
Make sure hardware is tested and works. Most RPI models will work OK.
A quad core RPI will greatly improve performance due to threading. A recent version of
Raspberry Pi OS, Bullseye or earlier is Recommended.
Quick Install or Upgrade
IMPORTANT - It is suggested you do a Raspbian sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get upgrade
before curl install, since it is No longer performed by the pi-timolo-install.sh script
Step 1 With mouse left button highlight curl command in code box below. Right click mouse in highlighted area and Copy.
Step 2 On RPI putty SSH or terminal session right click, select paste then Enter to download and run script.
curl -L https://raw.github.com/pageauc/pi-timolo/master/source/pi-timolo-install.sh | bash
The command above will download and Run the GitHub pi-timolo-install.sh script.
An upgrade will not overwrite configuration files.
- NOTICE gdrive is no longer installed with pi-timolo-install.sh, I have been testing
rclone and it is Now the Default. Some rclone- samples are included. Make a copy of one, rename and edit for
your own needs. See Wiki - How to Setup Rclone.
Note: If a /usr/local/bin/gdrive File Exists, It Will Remain. Older files are still available on this GitHub Repo.
Test Install
To Test Run default config.py - motion track(HD image) plus timelapse(5 min interval).
cd ~/pi-timolo
./pi-timolo.py
Description
PI-TIMOLO is primarily designed for headless operation and includes rclone that
can securely synchronize specified media folders and files with a users remote storage service of choice. This works well for remote security and monitoring
cameras. Camera config.py and conf settings can be easily administered remotely from a designated sync directory using watch-app.sh
script using a crontab entry to periodically check for updates between the pi-timolo camera and a users remote storage rclone service name.
pi-timolo is python 2/3 compatible and can take timelapse and/or motion tracking images/videos, separately or together. Will take
long exposure Night (lowlight) images for Time Lapse and/or Motion. Has relatively smooth twilight transitions based on a threshold light
setting, so a real time clock is not required. Customization settings are saved in a config.py and conf files and optional special
purpose plugin config files. Optional plugin feature allows overlaying config.py settings with custom settings for specific tasks.
Includes makevideo.sh to create timelapse or motion lapse videos from images, convid.sh to convert/combine
h264 to mp4 format, a simple minumum or no setup web server to view images or videos and menubox.sh
to admin settings and stop start pi-timolo and webserver as background tasks.
For more Details see Github Wiki
Minimal Upgrade
If you are just interested in a minimal upgrade (must have pi-timolo previously installed)
from a logged in ssh or terminal session execute the following commands.
cd ~/pi-timolo
sudo apt-get install python-opencv
cp config.py config.py.old
cp pi-timolo.py pi-timolo.py.old
wget -O config.py https://raw.github.com/pageauc/pi-timolo/master/source/config.py
wget -O pi-timolo.py https://raw.github.com/pageauc/pi-timolo/master/source/pi-timolo.py
To implement webserver3.py (Buster or Later) perform the following
cp webserver.py webserver2.py
cp webserver3.py webserver.py
Edit config.py to transfer any customized settings from config.py.old
Manual Install or Upgrade
From logged in RPI SSH session or console terminal perform the following. You can review
the pi-timolo-install.sh script code before executing.
cd ~
wget https://raw.github.com/pageauc/pi-timolo/master/source/pi-timolo-install.sh
more pi-timolo-install.sh # Review code if required
chmod +x pi-timolo-install.sh
./pi-timolo-install.sh
pi-timolo has a whiptail administration menu system. The menu’s allow
start/stop of pi-timolo.py and/or webserver.py as background tasks, as well as
editing configuration files, making timelapse videos from jpg images, converting or joining mp4 files Etc.
To run menubox.sh from ssh console or terminal session execute commands below.
cd ~/pi-timolo
./menubox.sh
Webserver
I have also written a standalone LAN based webserver.py to allow easy access to pi-timolo image and video files
on the Raspberry from another LAN computer web browser. There is no setup required but the display
settings can be customized via variables in the config.py file or via menubox admin menuing.
NOTE: webserver.py is normally run in background using menubox.sh, webserver.sh or from /etc/rc.local
To Test Run from ssh console or terminal session.
cd ~/pi-timolo
./webserver.py
This will safely halt the raspberry pi when a momentary switch is held for a specified number of seconds
for details see wiki How to Use shutdown.py
Reference Links
Detailed pi-timolo Wiki
my pi-timolo and other YouTube Videos playlist
MagPi Object Recognition using pi-timolo
makezine night vision project using pi-timolo
hackster facial recognition using pi-timolo
Neverending project timelapse using pi-timolo
hedgehog camera using pi-timolo and step by step
Museum Insect activity monitoring using pi-timolo
Brett Beeson timelapse cloud project using pi-timolo
Bird and Squirrel Detector
Good Luck
Claude Pageau
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