November 27, 2009
As some of you know, I was working on the W55 IR mod and got the bugs worked out. George, bulltalk.65, has
a really nice example on Hags of one he built. I am looking into converting some of the other W cams to IR
as well. I changed over my only W35 to IR using the no glass mod from the W55. I have not had a chance to
really try it out yet, but at least I got it converted.
I am also working on some L11's for Christmas gifts, and I think I may have found a better way to power hack
there cameras. Its sort of tricky, so I am testing it out to see if it is going to work or not. If so, I'll hack
all of them like this for the Christmas builds.
January 15, 2010
I took the W35 out in the yard for some testing and so far its not too bad. About the same as the W55 anyway.
I did however notice some issues with the focus. I am not sure, but I think its because the apple tree limbs were close
and the other objects were farther away. I am hoping to set up an actual testing area in the lower part of the yard
where things are more level.
The testing wennt pretty well on the new wiring method for the L11. It's a 5 wire hack with a split common. The initial
works, but I think we will have have betteries in the camera at all times. There is a relay cicuit that closes to connect
the battery negative to one of the commons used in the hack. That little tidbit is why I wanted to test it before sharing.
I'll try to get a pdf together in the next couple of weeks for the site here.
