- So I have the intent of making a complete home security system with the Raspi as the brain. I want to have sensors on each door and window, cameras at each outer door and one in the garage, motion sensor lights on the corners of the house and a control panel that houses the raspi, a touch screen, and any other necessary components. There will also be an alarm system, email notification, and any other whistles and bells that may be worth the while.
- The Control/Information Panel will hold the touch screen monitor which would display a layout of my house. The windows and doors on that display will show green for secure/good and red for unsecured/etc. I want to make sure that I can bring up an on screen keyboard to enter the passphrase to arm/disarm the system (to include a distress code). I am also going to unsure that I have access to at least one external USB port so as to be able to hook up a wireless keyboard and mouse (or other devices) for maintenance.
- And the problems: I have a strong foundation in computer networking and communications... I know little on programming and null on graphics design. I would like help from the community to help me to learn how to write the software I need (I have an easier time learning things when given some direct help and attention with the subject).
- As I am a huge fan of open source software (not that I've ever actually looked at the source code of any of it), I would love to post a complete how to and source collection from the project.
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. I would be ok with email support, as that is easiest for me. However I prefer help through the forum so that others who may want to do something similar are able to use what I've learned, and input their ideas as well.