Weather widget for Papago weather station

Case study: Integration

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About the project

CamStreamer was tasked by a client to develop a weather widget for an AXIS camera that would display information such as wind speed, wind direction, humidity, dew point, and temperature. Weather information for the widget is sourced from PAPAGO Meteo ETH, an industrial weather station developed by Papouch. The purpose of the widget is to give real-time weather information to sailors and navigators as a graphic overlay on a PTZ camera.

Technical solution

PAPAGO Meteo ETH is connected to an AXIS P5655-E PTZ dome network camera via IP address. We developed a micro app for CamScripter App that processes meteorological data collected by the weather station. The information is displayed as a live stream with a custom-made graphic overlay created with the help of CamOverlay App.

“What makes this project interesting is the fact that thanks to the CamScripter App and CamOverlay App,” explained Filip Hanek, Product Manager for CamStreamer.

Conclusion

With this weather widget, we created a way to process and display locally collected weather data in a live stream with minimal hardware and software requirements: all you need is an AXIS camera,
a Papouch weather station, CamScripter App, and CamOverlay App.

When asked about the benefits of using CamStreamer apps for this project the client responded with: “We value the flexibility, licensing model, customization possibilities, CamStreamer team’s know-how, and user-friendliness.”

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What do you need?

Hardware	AXIS camera P5655-E PTZ  (MSRP $1,999)
	PAPAGO Meteo ETH (approx. $182)
	Anemometer for PAPAGO Meteo (approx. $228)
	TH3: Temperature and humidity sensor (approx. $42)
Software	CamScripter App (MSRP $199)
	CamOverlay App  (MSRP $299)
Plus custom development (approx. 1 - 3 MD’s) and it can work alsoon a cheaper AXIS cameras (starts at approx. $399).

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About PAPAGO Meteo ETH

Papago Meteo ETH is a weather station that can measure temperature, humidity, dew point, carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration, wind speed, and wind direction. The weather station collects data based on what sensors are connected to PAPAGO Meteo ETH: temperature sensor, combined sensor (measures temperature, humidity, and dew point), CO2 sensor, and wind speed and direction sensor. Current meteorological data can be extracted from the weather station as an XML file.