Anyone using wireless cams?

ryan1918

ryan1918

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stumpjumper said:
How do you conect to your laptop with your cellphone?
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Well I just use my boost mobile phone, android, then get a app called Team viewer, and have it installed on your pc and phone and then you can connect to it and remotely control it, and if you have the webcam stream up there you can watch it, or turn it on from there. I also stick a temp gauge to see that if i'm away.
 
legallyflying

legallyflying

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Just curious about the night vision.. Doesnt the camera have lights on it that turn on to see the room at night? ARe they bright enough to cause herms?

Been looking at doing this, pretty damn cool.

Also, how in th HELL did you set up the reote control of your mini split? I have been looking for a way to do that remotely for EVER. My mii split has no controls on it, they are all on the remote.
 
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NoBarriers

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The lights are infrared and very faint, you really can't see any light. At week 6 and no hermies. I don't think it will be an issue. I don't know anything about mini splits, just got a new space with central ac.
 
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Kervork

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Make sure you properly secure it. I wouldn't trust forwarding ports to a foscam directly, no telling what holes those stupid chinese built into it. If you find it keeps locking up you can put it on a timer and powercycle it twice a day, they do that sometimes.

Foscam is kind of crap, I'll never use them again. Better than nothing though.
 
TechnoMage

TechnoMage

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I use Vivotek cameras. Overkill but I'm using Vivotek elsewhere so I was familiar with the software. Also I'm a huge fan of POE.
 
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bandai

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Canniman12 said:
I'd recommend the Foscam FI8910W. It's inexpensive, easy to setup, can be access from any computer with an internet connection, or your Apple/Android mobile devices; just be sure to setup port forwarding on your router and choose a non-default port when you setup the camera! It has a great picture as it's 480 resolution, includes audio in case you're trying to listen for pumps running, etc. You can also pan and tilt and has an outstanding night mode. Most importantly, it mechanically adjust incoming light so you don't end up with over-saturation when your lights a

Furthermore, it can be used in wireless or wired mode and has a password-protected interface. The wireless is also compatible with WPA2...if you put it on the wireless network, you'll need to be sure your wireless network is secured. If you're monitoring your special tomato plants, you might want to consider just using the wired option to eliminate some minimal security concern, if you can pull that off.

Foscam also has a newer model that uses H.264 compression and even higher resolution, but they cost much more and current firmware is reported to provide for an unreliable and low resolution picture, not to mention reports of poor performance in low light. I don't recommend you waste your money on this model.

Oh and I almost forgot to mention, it has two-way audio so you can talk to your ladies, if you're in to that.

Just my $0.02.
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Thank you very much, it's very helpful
 
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Stu2000

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Does the infrared from the camera effect the plants. At the moment I have my camera connected to my light circuit, so when lights are on camera is on and when off. But would love to view them with lights out.

Will this hermie them?
 
fir3dragon

fir3dragon

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Wireless ones in my opinion are expensive so I just use wired ones and put the DVr and stuff in a room I don't use don't I don't got a glob of wires all over the place. I don't got one in the grow room but I got them all over outside so I can view who's here on my phone and it alerts me when it detects motion. I got th cameras at Walmart for like 100 bucks for 2 so I got 2 boxes of them and then I got 4 more off craigslist for 100 and bought a DVr for another 100. Best investment I ever did.
 
CannaCole

CannaCole

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Stu2000 said:
Does the infrared from the camera effect the plants. At the moment I have my camera connected to my light circuit, so when lights are on camera is on and when off. But would love to view them with lights out.

Will this hermie them?
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Never found a concrete answer. Some say it's not enough light for the plants to absorb. I put electrical tape over IR can only see when lights on but that's all k need.
 
jijiandfarmgang

jijiandfarmgang

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I totally forgot to add but....

I'm very familiar with cameras that are wired, analog and IP, but know next to nothing about wireless cams.

There was a wireless cam installed at my place of work maybe 50 feet from the exterior of the building. A contractor backed up near the building to load some supplys in his truck. He had an aftermarket reverse camera on his truck that was wireless. When he backed up near the building, his monitor picked up the camera footage inside the building, not from his reverse cam.

Food for thought, it would be funny if someone intercepted your signal. Don't know if there is a way to make them secure or not.

- Jiji
 
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SmokenToke1

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I think the best way to think about whether the LED lights for night time viewing affects your plants is to consider natural growing conditions. How many nights in the outdoors would a plant have complete darkness? Very few. Most nights there is enough light from the moon and stars that it equals the amount of light coming off those tiny LED lights. I would not worry about them.
 
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