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Posted by Simon Finnigan on October 4, 2005, 11:20 pm
If you were Registered and logged in, you could reply and use other advanced thread options > Simon Finnigan wrote:
>> Maybe OT, maybe not - not entirely sure :-)
>>
>> Anyway, for various reasons I'd like to install a CCTV system in my home.
>> Any images taken would be limited to being on my own property, and
>> anotice would be placed at the enterance to the property explaining the
>> situation to cover myself under the DPA - lets leave the legal issues to
>> the uk.legal thread I'll be starting up :-)
>
> This isn't an issue so long as you're careful where you point them. If
> it's at your own property, it isn't a problem.
If Iwhere to extend the system to cover the back garden and driveway, while
avoiding the neighbours gardens/public path out the front of the house, is
this still the case?
> This demo has an annoying habit of keep requesting your username and
> password. I didn't have this issue with mine, I don't know if they've
> configured it in some cack-handed way. While there's some good
> functionality there, none of this is present in non-IE browsers. This may
> or may not be an issue for you. I had one of these for a while, and it
> worked reasonably well.
I can't remember the last time I used a PC that didn't have IE installed.
It could well have been last cenury :-)
>> Now if I get this and buy 4 normal CCTV cameras (a cheap source for these
>> would be greatly appreciated) I'd have a system that would let me have 4
>> cameras, sited where I want them (within cabling restraints), viewable
>> over the internet without the need to leave a PC running 24/7.
>
> The 9100A would be fine for this, but you'd be lucky doing recording with
> it too. The motion detection wasn't too good on the one I had (It would
> constantly trigger, even when the sensitivity was changed, and this was
> with version 2.37 firmware). The 9100A just isn't meant for unattending
> recording. If you want decent recording, I'd go with setting up a proper
> video server with a 4-port camera PCI card in the back. These are usually
> expandable to 16 ports if you add more cameras.
How many cameras have you got in your machine, and what kind of spec is it?
the big issue I have is that I'm loath to leave a PC running 24/7 when I'm
out of the house for a few days or longer. How stable is the software that
you use?
I suppose if the PC needs low enough specs so it could all be passively
cooled, that removes a massive chunk of the mechanical reliability worries -
if there are no fans in the machine, there are no fans to break. Maybe even
run it on a solid state disk, a 1 or 2 gig compact flash card in an IDE
adaptor. Quick and silent.
> For home applications like this, eBay is also great for camera's. A while
> ago I picked up some night vision outdoor ones for £22 which have worked
> terrific (Seller was chinaezone). He sells them for £0.01 and £21.99
> postage (Obviously skirting around the eBay fees, but I could care less,
> good luck to him). These have happily sat outside the house come rain or
> shine and the night vision on them works very well. We can see clearly
> who's at the door and the entries to the house are covered. There's an
> abundance of other cameras on eBay too, I'd seriously check them out for
> this . I couldn't find any UK supplier anywhere that would beat the
> prices on there, I've bought from UK suppliers, and just the power sellers
> on eBay and they really just sell the same things with a BIG price
> difference!
I'll check him out. I'd like to get fairly decent night vision cameras that
work in colour in normal light too ideally - so there is no need to worry
about having lights on to ensure a good picture.
I don't suppose you have any screenshots from the cameras you've got, to
give me an idea of the kind of picture quality to expect? Also, what
capturing hardware/software do you use, so I can look into it.
> For me, I went with a bunch of normal camera's (not IP ones) and wired up
> them up with the proper cables (These have connectors for
> power/audio/video, and are about a £15-20 per 20m). They now link up to a
> dedicated server and it all does exactly what I want. The server
> constantly transfers the images to another site with SCP. I didn't keep
> the 9100A for long. I may have done if the motion recording/sending via
> FTP was better.
>
> No experience with IP cameras, they may do exactly what you want in one
> neat package. Could well be worth looking into.
An IP camera would let me have as many cameras as I want, where I want, and
with power over ethernet they'd needfewer cables. However, they are a LOt
more expensive, and this is for home security, a cheap little system.
I'd love to be able to set-up a webpage that contains a regularly updated
images from one or more of the cameras, and enter it as a bookmark on my
mobile phone. Then if I want to chec out a room, I can just do it from my
mobile (use up my free data allowances too ;-) ). Does your software allow
that?
And one final question - how much bandwidth does your system use to store
the images elsewhere? I'm planning on getting an offsite server still
connected to my network, so bandwidth shouldn't be an issue (up to 100
megabits anyway :-) ) but I'd still like to be able to store the images
offsite as they go - if I'm away for a week, get the images emailed to me or
similar, to ensure they are still accessible even if the entire house
contents go walkies.
Thanks for your help!
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