Reply to: Remote camera - Need some advice

[DaveB]

Any updates for those who were considering buying - what did you get in the end & are you happy with it?

Has anyone found a motion sensitive system that you could hook up to a shotgun (mere joke m'lud)

Quick up date, never actually ended up setting it up. The Mare's health got worse so she was sent down to the Royal Veterinary Colledge Hospital at South Mimms. Sadly, despite the efforts of the staff there, the foal died shortly after being born.

On a lighter note, you should be able to rig up a shotgun on one of these .

[lexington_spurs]

I love the search button on this site.

Great thread, very helpful, even G..ner ;o)

Another suggestion for those interested in the next generation of home surveillance:

http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Scienc...sp?NewsNum=762

[Troll]

A bit off-topic, but I had a scout around on the interweb, and was amazed to see fingerprint recognition car immobilsers are available, and, IMHO, not too expensive (£350-ish, all-in).

can you hook up shotguns to them?

[DBA_bloke]

A bit off-topic, but I had a scout around on the interweb, and was amazed to see fingerprint recognition car immobilsers are available, and, IMHO, not too expensive (£350-ish, all-in).

[Troll]

Any updates for those who were considering buying - what did you get in the end & are you happy with it?

Has anyone found a motion sensitive system that you could hook up to a shotgun (mere joke m'lud)

[Ardesco]

I did some work for Sony a few years ago testing a product called Realsho manager and they had some stunning PTZ cameras an RZ-30 if I remember correctly.


Very very good image quality, excellent zoom and all the benefits of 360 * 180 degree movement. Unfortunatly they were about £1500 at the time, but that was 3-4 years ago now. Worth having a look to see what the current version is like.

[Clippy]

This one does and is probably the one I'm going to go for.

MAX-IP-CAM

This looks pretty good.

I know Maplin sell Swann products so might be worth poping into your local store to eyeball it first.

[Clippy]

so can these plug directly into a BB router then with no need for a PC, I'll be in the market for some of these when I take over the shops, I want to be able to monitor them, whilst at work.....

Yes - they have a built in webserver or you can publish the images on your own site or sign up (some may involve a subscription) to a service provided by the manufacturer.

I had a similar scenario for a client several months ago - he wanted to monitor a couple of shops he had as he was sure the staff had their hand in the till.

I speced up a solution (he didn't go with us in the end) and when researching cameras it was obvious the DLinks etc image quality wasn't as good as I had expected.

I would look for a specilaist camera maker who has added IP functionality to his products as opposed to your 'IT' manufacturers churning out another networking product for home use.

[DaveB]

so can these plug directly into a BB router then with no need for a PC, I'll be in the market for some of these when I take over the shops, I want to be able to monitor them, whilst at work.....

This one does and is probably the one I'm going to go for.

MAX-IP-CAM

[where did my id go?]

have you seen this ?

http://www.zoneminder.com/

[Paddy]

Using my old laptops (some with busted screens) as CCTV recorders. They connect to a phone line and email me if there is any movement.

[n5gooner]

Nowadays, you can get IP based wireless webcams that can publish the pictures directly to the internet.

A lot of the large manufacturers now do them - DLink, Linksys etc but as you can appreciate, as the cost comes down, so does the image quality.

I can't recommend a specific model, but a quick Google has brought up the following which may help:

http://tinyurl.com/2pkssr

so can these plug directly into a BB router then with no need for a PC, I'll be in the market for some of these when I take over the shops, I want to be able to monitor them, whilst at work.....

[Bluebird]

Trendnet do wireless, but don't know if they have night vision...

[Clippy]

Nowadays, you can get IP based wireless webcams that can publish the pictures directly to the internet.

A lot of the large manufacturers now do them - DLink, Linksys etc but as you can appreciate, as the cost comes down, so does the image quality.

I can't recommend a specific model, but a quick Google has brought up the following which may help:

http://tinyurl.com/2pkssr

[Kyajae]

Need some advice from those a little more technical than I am these days.

I Need a wireless infrared camera setup that can be viewed remotely via the internet from multiple locations.

It's to be used to monitor the progress of a mare in foal who has some serious medical complications with the pregnancy. Both the owners and vets would need to be able to view the camera 24/7 from different locations.

Wireless is needed because the camera will have to be mounted in the stables while the host PC is in the yard office.

You can get multiple wireless cameras on the market that transmit to a single reciever that in turn connects to a PC or laptop via a capture card. Maplins do some good CCTV stuff of this kind www.maplin.co.uk