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Assembling Octocam 

This tutorial will guide you through how to assemble your OctoCam kit. Octocam is the cutest way to set 
up a tiny motion-activated security camera, a baby monitor, or timelapse rig. 

The on-board wireless LAN and Bluetooth on the Pi Zero W mean that it's possible to monitor your 
OctoCam remotely, or have it send images or animated GIFs to Twitter periodically. 

The guide will show you how to attach the camera to your Pi Zero W, assemble the OctoCam camera 
mount, and how to attach the optional desk stand. 

It should less than 30 minutes to assemble everything. 

Preparing the OctoCam mount 

You should have the following pieces: 

 

red, etched acrylic OctoCam mount 

 

clear acrylic desk stand 

 

4x clear suckers 

 

4x M2.5 white nylon bolts 

 

8x M2.5 white nylon nuts 

 

4x M2.5 white nylon spacers 

 

small rubber foot 

 

 

 

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Страница 1: ...emotely or have it send images or animated GIFs to Twitter periodically The guide will show you how to attach the camera to your Pi Zero W assemble the OctoCam camera mount and how to attach the optional desk stand It should less than 30 minutes to assemble everything Preparing the OctoCam mount You should have the following pieces red etched acrylic OctoCam mount clear acrylic desk stand 4x clear...

Страница 2: ...s Push each of the four bolts through the circular holes at the top and bottom of the mount from the front Now flip the whole thing over and place face down on your desk table so that the ends of the bolts are sticking upwards and use the four nuts to secure the bolts at the back ...

Страница 3: ...p them onto each of the four bolts They will space the camera just the right distance away from the Pi Zero W and the rubber foot that we ll add later will prevent too much heat from radiating from the Pi Zero W s CPU to the camera ...

Страница 4: ...camera lens also facing upwards on your desk Gently pull the camera connector clip out on either side It s fairly easy to pull the clip right off irreparably damaging it in the process so be really careful Push the cable of the camera into the connector just underneath the black clip and then gently push the clip all the way back in pushing on either side ...

Страница 5: ...e one on the camera module itself Take the small rubber foot and stick the non sticky side of it to the sticky tape on the camera module so that the sticky side of the rubber foot is exposed This means that when you mount the camera the sticky side of the rubber foot will stick to the back of the Pi Zero W holding it in place ...

Страница 6: ...Peel the small piece of plastic film off the camera lens and then place the camera lens into the large hole on the OctoCam mount as in the image below ...

Страница 7: ...Now fold the Pi Zero W over carefully making sure that the camera lens stays located in the hole in the OctoCam mount Slip the Pi Zero W down onto the bolts and use the remaining four nuts to secure it ...

Страница 8: ... and push the four rubber suckers through the holes in the OctoCam mount If you re using your OctoCam mounted to a window then you re done skip to the bottom for links to the software guides If you d like to use the desk stand then read on ...

Страница 9: ...ith is the desk stand It allows you to sit your OctoCam on your desk or on a shelf if you wish The two slots on it hold the stand to your OctoCam using the bottom pair of bolts and nuts Loosen up the bottom pair of nuts and then slot the desk stand onto the bolts nuts as shown below ...

Страница 10: ...Tighten up the nuts until they grip the stand firmly in place You can now sit your OctoCam on your table shelf your own personal cephalopod security guard ...

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