[LDJ]

Hi guys,
Im looking to buy two cameras that I want to mount at home that will allow me to monitor my (vacant) property during the day. I want to set one facing the driveway/garage (so I can see when anyone comes to the house) and one inside the house, or maybe on the back of the house.

I therefore need two cameras that are both wireless and waterproof. I dont want to spend a fortune, but need to be able to connect up and view the images from the web - whether that be a live stream or snapshots sent by FTP/email etc.

Can anyone recommend something suitable?

Thanks

[Technaut]

quite a few cameras on maplin.co.uk that may meet your requirements

[hornydragon]

well sounds like IP cameras are the way to go can be wireless (still need power) i would run some cat5 and 2 exterior IP cams there are other opions but none as sweet look at panasonic they include the software and everything to view from the web with the cams

[LDJ]

Originally Posted by Technaut

quite a few cameras on maplin.co.uk that may meet your requirements

Are there? I cant find any wireless IP cctv cameras on Maplin ?

[JagoPlasma]

any particular reason why you need wireless?

you will get a much better and cheaper selection if you go wired

[LDJ]

I could go wired i guess, I was thinking wireless purely because it would save me running an ethernet cable outside to the garage. That said, i guess i could use one of the homeplug ethernet adapters to run the signal through if there's already electricity going to the garage couldn't i?

In that case then, i'd just need a good outdoor IP CCTV camera that I can monitor from the web.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

[hornydragon]

Panasonic BB HCM 331 http://www.panasonic.co.uk/ip-cameras/bbhcm331.html comes with everything you need to make it work over the internet and is Day/Night spec you can pan move the cams remotely as well

[LDJ]

Originally Posted by hornydragon

Panasonic BB HCM 331 http://www.panasonic.co.uk/ip-cameras/bbhcm331.html comes with everything you need to make it work over the internet and is Day/Night spec you can pan move the cams remotely as well

Yeah, looks the business. But at >£300 its a bit out of my price range!

[hornydragon]

what is your price range?£100? will struggle i think could use http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?...=CCTV&doy=21m5 but then you need web interface http://www.digidave.co.uk/product_in...roducts_id=105 so £220+

[LDJ]

Thanks for all the info. I have a media center PC running 24/7 - is there any OSS that I could use to handle the uploading of images etc to save a few pennies?

Can you use the homeplug adapters with wired cameras? Would save the added expense of wireless and also greater reliability.

[hornydragon]

havent tried but dont see why homeplug wouldnt work

[noel-pilot]

yes you could use homeplug but unless you've got a couple lying around thats gonna cost you another £85 or so (if i remember the prices correctly).

depends what premium the wireless is.

Personally i'd go wired over homeplug any day, far more reliable than wireless.

Unfortunately outdoor ip cameras are still a bit expensive, another option is to buy a camera enclosure and put a normal ip camera inside that?!

[bobsplace]

If your running a server,put a Geovision card in your pc.

You can buy one second hand ,then you can use any camera.

Viewing over the web is a breeze and will give you recording playback etc also.

[robertchas]

try webcam xp, good little program for remote viewing you can download a trial version and it's very easy to set up, works with ptz cameras as well.

http://www.webcamxp.com/

hope this helps

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