>> IoT IN ACTION - REMOTE MONITORING DEPLOYED AND LIVE!

.. to finish it all up, the solution is deployed - can you spot it?

I took it easy last night to wake up at 05:00 so I could make the trek down to my building site to install the remote monitoring solution. I made a few small tweaks based on how much of a data plan was available and started the journey with it facing forward in the car so I could capture some of the Australian outback on my way down.

The most difficult problem was making sure that the solution was concealed sufficiently to the untrained eye, so the unsuspecting contractors would not figure out they were being watched - it is impossible to hide completely, especially if the viewer knows what they are looking for.

Unfortunately I was unable to install it exactly how I wanted - the USB extension cable was too long to power the camera hardware so a little bit of improvisation needed was needed. I can always make a trip down with a new extension before I head back to Europe - but this will be a good test of how the system is configured and how it handles the weather.

A small sample (cut from different times of the day) is below:

Only time will tell if I chose the right solar panel to maintain charge to the 12V battery and if the weather conditions do not have a major impact on how the solution runs - as the first day almost reaches a close, so far there have been no hick-up's. My fingers and toes are crossed!