Hello Everyone, Anatoliy thank you for your reply. I was thinking Raspberry Pi boxes because I've got about four of them and I could make three available for this project. I'm not commited to it, but I thought that would ease startup costs? I'm an Android user and so I'd need something with an android accessible app. I'm also not to keen on trusting cloud storage, so I've got some multi-terrabyte USB external drives I can use for video storage, that's why I mentioned that. With regards Amazon's Blink XT camera I hadn't heard of it I will look it up. How long do batteries last? How unobservable is it? I'm wanting something small like a pinpoint camera that's what I envision, so that it is not readily visible. What kind of batteries does it take? Do you have yours set up with either a solar charger or external battery pack? How much did those run you? As I said my router is in the basement, it use to be an Asus RT-N66U before that died and my cable provider gave me one, i'd love to give it back to them. Your RT AC88U is mesh capable but you've not tested it, do you know if it has removable antennas? I've got some 9Dbi long range removable antennas I bought for my 66u and which i'd love to put back in to service. I don't have my house wired up which is a major bummer, so that's why I was proposing mesh. Any other thoughts very helpful. Thanks. Dave. On 5/21/19, Anatoliy Shudrya <anatoliyshudrya@hotmail.com> wrote:
Hello David,
Why raspberry PI? Have you considered Blink XT camera from Amazon? WIFI capable, no NVR/DVR required, almost unlimited cloud storage. It is battery operated and batteries do go down quickly if extended clip size selected but it can be fixed with a solar charger or external USB power supply. It is very easy setup, quite accessible with voice over on IOS. It is dirt cheep on Amazon about $120 and sometimes during sales for $80. HD quality, free cloud storage, accessible on the iPhone, I am happy with the one I have setup for my front door. Mesh routers: I have Asus RT AC88U and it has mesh capabilities, but I never tested it because my house is all wired with CAT6 to each room.
Anatoliy
-----Original Message----- From: David Mehler <dave.mehler@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2019 7:44 AM To: blind-sysadmins <blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org> Subject: [Blind-sysadmins] Mesh Network, Raspberry Pi, IP Camera setup, Night Surveillance, suggestions needed
Hello, If anyone has any suggestions on mesh network products and setup, Raspberry Pi IP camera for surveillance setup, and integration please let me know. I'm needing some advice.
My situation is this, I've got an area of my backyard that is needing to have an IP-based surveillance camera pointed at it to capture videos of any intruders. I've got several Raspberry Pis, and am wanting to use them in a video surveillance setup. My place has the cable modem and a router in the basement, then the main floor, then an upstairs area. I'm already thinking to support this setup of video surveillance I'm going to need to go mesh, put a wireless setup in each room I've got occational drops that I'm going to need to correct and thinking mesh might be the way.
Once I get the mesh then going to get a Raspberry Pi camera and hook that to a pi then to an external drive for file storage. I'm thinking a 3 to 5 day rotation time, is this feasible?
I'm also going to need a way to examine the files see if there's something other than blankness in them.
Lastly, and this is a big one, i'd prefer not to break the bank on this.
If anyone has any suggestions please let me know.
Thanks. Dave. _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave@lists.hodgsonfamily.org _______________________________________________ Blind-sysadmins mailing list -- blind-sysadmins@lists.hodgsonfamily.org To unsubscribe send an email to blind-sysadmins-leave@lists.hodgsonfamily.org