[GRLUG] Jenison Electrician

[Bob Kline]

On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 10:59 AM, <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 10:36 AM, <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Casey DuBois <casey at grlug.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> For something like that you need a real electrician, however I'm not
>>>> sure how many if any have the thermal imager like we've seen on TV.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Most of my day job involves writing software that talks to them, but the
>>> hardware we talked to is danged expensive. That said, we've written
>>> software
>>> specifically for folks who do property analysis using thermal cameras.
>>> (Windows-only, sorry; Driver support issue.) If anyone's interested in
>>> starting such a business in the area...
>>>
>>> -
>>>
>>
>> For people who want to sell you
>> information about how to better
>> insulate your abode?  Maybe
>> starting with triple pane windows?
>> Is that a hot (...) business in cash
>> strapped MI?
>>    -- Bob
>>
>
> To a point, yeah, it's about replacing poor windows and adding insulation.
> The nice thing a thermal camera can do for you is help you figure out which
> windows, doors, walls and areas of the roof you ought to shore up, and which
> you shouldn't bother with.
>
> (Now, if I may deflect the subject into a personal rant)
>
> What irritates me greatly is that the SDKs for talking to the main types of
> cameras we work with is only practically available for Windows.  In one
> case, the manufacturer only provides an OCX file. In the other case, the
> manufacturer opted for a 3rd-party API called GigEVision, but the number of
> implementations of that API is exceedingly small, and the group of companies
> controlling the spec manage it more tightly than the MPEG group; I'm not
> sure how one could legally build a FL/OSS implementation.  There's one
> non-Windows implementation, but you pay through the nose for it, and say
> Hello to system library version requirements.
>

 It's still the case that many - most? -
companies will only talk to M$ about
their hardware.  Canon is notorious
that way.  All an aid to keeping M$'s
de facto monopoly intact.

    -- Bob
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