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neacpa
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Anyone know how to set them up and the best ones out there.
MIL would like 4 of them installed. She does not want some security
company coming in though to do it. I know you can get the cameras at Wally World and Home Depot.
You need a computer set up for them also.
What else?
MIL would like 4 of them installed. She does not want some security
company coming in though to do it. I know you can get the cameras at Wally World and Home Depot.
You need a computer set up for them also.
What else?
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Hunt with your son today instead of hunting for him tomorrow.
https://myplacesecurity.com/top/aukey-watchtower-surveillance-camera-system-four-weatherproof-1920-x-1080p-security-cameras-with-82ft-night-vision-and-a-1tb-hd
It is better to be prepared, than to be suprised.
I'm pro choice: I choose to hunt, trap, eat meat, and wear fur.
get yourself a good DVR with a nice big hard drive, and you can also get remote monitoring hooked up pretty easily too, especially if you have broadband.
check out www.supercircuits.com .. can't beat the selection and the knowledge.
If god meant for us to talk more than we listened he'd have given us one ear and two mouths- Vince Lombardi
My first system was a Burle VCR and a multiplexer for the cameras, then switched to a passive IR sensor for the 2 most important cameras, then got serious and installed a graphics generator for the time/date bug.
The system I have now was all of $290, and it will hold 1920 hours of real-time video. It also will auto-dial selected phone numbers when the IR sensor indicates warmth AND movement in the guarded areas.
I got the cameras from Harbor Freight ($29ea.), switched the lenses for real ones ($12 ea.), bought a TiVo from Computergeeks.com ($56 incl. shipping), installed a 4-input video capture card from computergeeks.com ($39), and the PIR sensor was from Lowes ($30).
I already had the graphics generator and a bunch of wiring, so that didn't get added in.
I've had this current system for just over a year, and I might upgrade the cameras for some used Professional jobbies from a friend that runs a security firm (He's the one that does all the local banks, gas stations, etc., so he's got a coupla used ones with good lenses).
A single camera setup is nice, but what do you see when the "bad guy" turns around?
Also, do not place a camera on top of your furnace.
"Qui non est hodie cras minus aptus erit" --OVID
There are several very cool software programs out there these days that can do this, plus they would fit your motion detection criteria without the falsing problems of microwave or sonic sensors. The cameras remain active all the time but constantly record over the same area of your hard drive. They only save images/audio to the drive when a specified number of pixels in the camera's view change. Due to the cams always being active this type system can be set to save data for a specified period of time prior to motion actually being detected. In other words you get to see and hear what led up to the activation.
This software also allows you to designate areas of the camera's view to disregard any movement. This allows you to have cameras watching a large area but only record when movement occurs within certain zones.
An added feature to all this is that these can be set up to alert you via cellular of any movement and real time images can be viewed either from a remote net-connected computer or even a video capable phone.
Besides the expanded capabilites of this type system, they are actually less expensive to operate.
I don't have any of the software brand names on hand at the moment, but an online search should turn up some for you.
pinhole cameras 1.5"x1.5" from grainger.com $88 grainger also has bulet cams, 1.25" dia. x 2" in b/w, color and one with a wide angle lens. but think you could do better checking the brands and check if they sell direct on-line
i.r. unit will require a relay-timer to stay running for a set time after activation or a mini chip to tell it to record till it is broken a second time. motion/heat sensor will record as long as motion/heat is detected and a set interval after. use at least 2-4 cameras for full coverage of ALL activity in the room and a splitter (4 cam images on screen at once) is preferable to a sequencer (switches from one cam to the next at set intervals)
hope any of this helps
Hunt with your son today instead of hunting for him tomorrow.
take away my guns, use knife, take away my knifes, i starve, sorry for u BRITS out there
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dont screw around with a VCR, or even a time lapse vcr.. the heads wear out from the constant pausing/recording..
get yourself a good DVR with a nice big hard drive, and you can also get remote monitoring hooked up pretty easily too, especially if you have broadband.
check out www.supercircuits.com .. can't beat the selection and the knowledge.
Yes get the DVR. I have them in all of my businesses and they are inexpensive and they only record on to the hardrive when their is motion. In a house it would only overwrite itself every month or so depending upon your activity and hard drive size...Its the only way to go, ask London! Plus you can always add cameras to protect other areas of your property.
David from jax
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