PC home security/Cameras?
Discussion
Anyone have any experiance of this?
After having my house broken into and my car stolen I'm going to set up a pc server in the garage and put a few cameras around, for deterence and evidence if it should happen again.
I have a spare PC that with a new HDD will be the server, but I'm not up on the technology all that much for multiple vid input, cameras and the software, seems to be a lot of it out there.
I'll want at least 1 obvious camera outside (prolly typical cctv box) and 3 discrete cameras with the possibility of adding more mebee later.
I know you can get systems to link to house alarms (which would be nice, but how?) and dump images to the internet (which I'll probaly setup too). Remote viewing isnt a must but seems like the bulk of software does it anyhow. Seen some that do X10, this isnt a must but if it comes I may use it.
I've no issues with configuring software, nor with cabling/installing the cameras either, just there seems to be a wide range of choice of software/hardware and simillaly in price...
After having my house broken into and my car stolen I'm going to set up a pc server in the garage and put a few cameras around, for deterence and evidence if it should happen again.
I have a spare PC that with a new HDD will be the server, but I'm not up on the technology all that much for multiple vid input, cameras and the software, seems to be a lot of it out there.
I'll want at least 1 obvious camera outside (prolly typical cctv box) and 3 discrete cameras with the possibility of adding more mebee later.
I know you can get systems to link to house alarms (which would be nice, but how?) and dump images to the internet (which I'll probaly setup too). Remote viewing isnt a must but seems like the bulk of software does it anyhow. Seen some that do X10, this isnt a must but if it comes I may use it.
I've no issues with configuring software, nor with cabling/installing the cameras either, just there seems to be a wide range of choice of software/hardware and simillaly in price...
Have a look here. The GeoVision range of cards work very well.
We've just become a reseller/installer of these systems, but the website isn't up yet (couple of weeks). Have a look at that link (which is actually RF Concepts) to get an idea of what GeoVision can do.
Cameras only need signal and power. I'd stay *well* away from X10 cameras; for inside use they're OK, but IMHO, useless for outside use. Don't bother with wireless; too much interference. Buy a decent cam with a Sony lens; can't go wrong for £100ish. The cameras that auto-switch between colour and B&W for night-time are good, but I would always have one camera that is B&W only for low-light visibility.
Cheers
We've just become a reseller/installer of these systems, but the website isn't up yet (couple of weeks). Have a look at that link (which is actually RF Concepts) to get an idea of what GeoVision can do.
Cameras only need signal and power. I'd stay *well* away from X10 cameras; for inside use they're OK, but IMHO, useless for outside use. Don't bother with wireless; too much interference. Buy a decent cam with a Sony lens; can't go wrong for £100ish. The cameras that auto-switch between colour and B&W for night-time are good, but I would always have one camera that is B&W only for low-light visibility.
Cheers
I have a four input pci card in my pc and with a few changed plugs, can monitor 4 cameras on the computer. I bought the card from ebay ( Around £20 ) and it works with most cameras, from large be seen to covert cameras. You can send the signals on the net, but I perfer to record and watch.
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