evcam

Start snapshot recorder.

def evcam(
    camera: string,
    freq: float = 1.0,
    maxrate: float = null,
    loglevel: int/string = 0,
    logfile: string = null,
    pidfile: string = null,
    timer: object = null,
    app: object = null,
    **kwargs: dict
) - > null

Start snapshot recorder.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
camera	string	The class path or identifier for the camera implementation to instantiate.
freq	float = 1.0	The interval in seconds between consecutive snapshots.
maxrate	float = null	The maximum allowed rate for snapshot operations to prevent resource exhaustion.
loglevel	int/string = 0	The verbosity level for the logging subsystem.
logfile	string = null	The file system path where log output should be written.
pidfile	string = null	The file path used to create a PID lock file to prevent multiple concurrent instances.
timer	object = null	A custom timer instance used to schedule snapshot events.
app	object = null	The application instance providing configuration and event subsystems; defaults to the global app context.
**kwargs	dict	Additional keyword arguments passed to the camera instantiation.

Returns

Type	Description
null	This function does not return a value; it runs a continuous capture loop until interrupted.