Post by pete11 on Mar 10, 2021 18:27:58 GMT
petesbox Those 700TVL cameras look very good. How have you got yours installed in terms of weatherproofing?
I've got a Green Feathers kit - wifi cam in one of their 'deluxe' boxes, with their daylight led. Seems to work well on bright days, but on days like today when the skies are dark and cloudy the daylight led doesn't seem strong enough to keep the camera in full colour mode - it keeps flipping to night vision every so often. I suspect the deluxe box is so tall, the light cast by the led lamp from right up in the box roof isn't enough.
There's a phone app that complements the setup. Motion alerts and the camera live feed are all accessed on the app via (I think) a 3rd party P2P server - so essentially it's all very much like the sort of setup you get with an IP security camera.
I've got a router by the garden window configured as a wifi access point, which is wired back to my main router. I've then got a Raspberry Pi 4 sitting next to the main router hooked to it via wired connection. I've set up the Raspberry Pi to continuously record the RTSP stream from the camera in 2 minute chunks as separate MOV files.
All I need now are some nesting birds! Alas, no amount of geeky tech will summon them
I've got a Green Feathers kit - wifi cam in one of their 'deluxe' boxes, with their daylight led. Seems to work well on bright days, but on days like today when the skies are dark and cloudy the daylight led doesn't seem strong enough to keep the camera in full colour mode - it keeps flipping to night vision every so often. I suspect the deluxe box is so tall, the light cast by the led lamp from right up in the box roof isn't enough.
There's a phone app that complements the setup. Motion alerts and the camera live feed are all accessed on the app via (I think) a 3rd party P2P server - so essentially it's all very much like the sort of setup you get with an IP security camera.
I've got a router by the garden window configured as a wifi access point, which is wired back to my main router. I've then got a Raspberry Pi 4 sitting next to the main router hooked to it via wired connection. I've set up the Raspberry Pi to continuously record the RTSP stream from the camera in 2 minute chunks as separate MOV files.
All I need now are some nesting birds! Alas, no amount of geeky tech will summon them
