Weather

Willing Webcam Initial Configuration

After selecting Willing Webcam at my preferred weather web camera software, I did the following initial configuration:

  • Video Device – I first selected the Logitech C910 as the video camera.  I also set the resolution at 1280×720.  I set the Location for longitude and latitude.  I set the time zone offset and a –60 for the sunrise and a +60 for the sunset.
  • Preferences – I selected JPG at 100.  I also selected to Start with Windows and Minimize on Start.
  • Text Caption – I entered the text to be “Woicik Weather Camera” at a vertical position of 10 and a horizontal position of 10.  I set the font size to 18 with a color of blue and a background of white.
  • Time Caption – I set the format to be “MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm am/pm” at a vertical position of 40 and a horizontal position of 10.  I set the font size to 18 with a color of blue and a background of white.
  • FTP Upload – I entered the Server, Username and Password information.  I entered a filename of “woicik_weather.jpg”  I set a Cycle of 5 minutes and enabled binding.  I set the schedule to be from sunrise to sunset all week.
  • Time Lapse – I checked to create a new file every day and a file name of “woicik_weather.avi”.  I set a Cycle of 1 minute and enabled binding.  I set the Compress to be “MS Video 1”.  I selected filename format to “use time” with a time format of “yyyymmdd”.  I set the schedule to be from sunrise to sunset all week.

I enabled FTP and Lapse and starting monitoring the work.  Everything worked great.  I did notice the CPU was being heavily used when the software was visible but was reduced when I minimized the software.  I still needed to figure out a mounting system and tweak the Willing Camera settings but it works like this is one I will purchase.