My Multi Meteor Cam Housing

A homemade Housing with 400mm Acrylic Dome for 6 Meteor

cameras.

by Jochen Richert

Why 6 cams in one cabinet?

• Every time I run in trouble, that one of the housing had water or water vapour in it.

• It is easier to bring all the cables into one housing.

• Also heating and ventilation could be controlled easier.

• Only one maintenance point.

Parts in Pictures

All pictures stolen from internet without copyright remarks, so for personal use only ;-)

Component ListI tried to use as much as possible parts, which are easily available in Switzerland• Housing: elcase.ch – IP65 Thalassa PLS

http://www.elcase.ch/de/produkte/industriegehaeuse/kunststoff/modulsystem

• Acryl Dome 400mm (100 to 1000mm)http://shop.novoglas.com/site/index.cfm/id_art/89666/vsprache/DE

• LAN Switch: anel-elektronik.deNET-PwrCtrl HUT, brack.ch

• 6 Port USB 3.0+ Frame Grabber VC006AUSBhttp://www.vd-shop.de/kanal-videoaudio-framegrabber-p-576.html driver from http://www.magewell.com/xi006ausb

• Special 5 x Mini Coax Cable and BNC Plugs (hard to find in CH) you can also use 6 standard RG59 or other 75 Ohm video cable.

• Mainboard: Asus X99-A-USB3.1, i7-5820K Six Core CPU @ 2.9-3.3 GHz, 16 GB RAM, Ultra fast Kingston HyperX Predator M.2 SSD for OS, 2 x Intel 256 GB SSD for Cams 1,3,5 – 2,4,6, OS = W7x64You also may need a PS, CPU Cooler and a PC housing.

• Watec 902 H2 Ultimatehttp://www.modernastronomy.com/shop/watec-astro-video/watec-902h2-ultimate/

• Computar TG3Z2910FCS-IR http://www.vd-shop.de/82mm-computar-tg3z2910fcsir-sensor-mount-blende-p-517.html

Software:• Startup Delayer for delayed startup of UFO capture

The Cabinet

First positioning of the parts

A bit more structured

My daughter with the nearly finished housing.

On the roof…

First Test Setup on a special mount on the roof of my house.

The housing on the roof

The Cam Server in a 19 inch Rack Cabinet, USV buffered.

The final setup ?

Groundmap of the 6 Cams