Scheduled video capture of less than 1 minute ?

QFive
QFive
in SecuritySpy

I want to do a 15 second video recording once every 2 hrs. When I try to set this up in schedule it seems 10 minutes is the minimum?

This is to record data on a water softener that does not seem to be regenerating though the vendor says that it is. The softener display alternates between Time, Unit and Volume Remaining. It displays each for approx 3 seconds thus the 15 second recording should give me the active unit & volume remaining every 2 hrs.

Thanks,

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  • Ben
    Ben

    Yes, 10 minutes is the minimum allowed by schedules.

    I think the best solution for this would be to do some scripting. Here's a simple AppleScript that will cause recording for 15 seconds:

    tell application "SecuritySpy"
	set schedule "Armed 24/7" camera number 0 mode ContinuousCapture
	delay 15
	set schedule "Unarmed 24/7" camera number 0 mode ContinuousCapture
end tell

    Copy this into Script Editor, edit the camera number as appropriate (you can obtain camera numbers from the Camera Info window), and save this as a script file.

    Then use Lingon to schedule this script to run every 2 hours.

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