Now there's a recommendation I can live with... Thanks for this.
On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 08:38, Matthew W. Ross <[email protected]> wrote: > Kurt, if you're going to go with the inexpensive indoor camera looking out a > window, your prices drop dramatically. > > Probably the best Bang for the least Buck camera you can get out there: > TrendNet's TV-IP501P. $100 at Provantage.com. PoE, which saves you from > running power to the camera (Which also saves on the cost). No removable > lens, manual focus, no zoom... but it works and gives you a 640x480 jpeg. > > So, there ya go... both extremes. Pick your poison: $100 or $1000, or > something in between. Sm:)e. > > > --Matt Ross > Ephrata School District > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Kurt Buff > [mailto:[email protected]] > To: NT System Admin Issues > [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 > 07:20:23 -0800 > Subject: Re: OTish: Weather cam for work > > >> Certainly a possibility. >> >> Actually, almost a certainty once they see the prices on the external >> cams, because the cost of the cam in that case is going to be on par >> with the installation price, or even much less than the installation. >> >> But, I was asked to look at this alternative, so here I am... >> >> Kurt >> >> On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 06:42, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Kurt, >> > >> > What about a cheap webcam in your office pointed outside? >> > >> > David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER >> > NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION >> > (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 >> > >> > >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] >> > Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 3:17 PM >> > To: NT System Admin Issues >> > Subject: Re: OTish: Weather cam for work >> > >> > Yup. Any you'd care to recommend? I can see tons of them on CDW, >> > Provantage, etc. >> > >> > Picking one that will work well without a recommendation is, well, not >> > fun. Tedious, you might say. >> > >> > On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 15:12, Steven Peck <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> There are ip based webcams that have their own built in web server. >> >> Give them an IP Address and people can browse to them depending on >> >> security settings. >> >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 2:58 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Didn't take it as smartassery... >> >>> >> >>> Because of what is known as the Puget Sound Convergence Zone, the >> >>> region sometimes has wildly variable weather over relatively small >> >>> distances, and we have people commuting from as far away as 60 miles, >> >>> though I don't know what the average is. I suspect the average is >> >>> around 20 miles, though it could be as much as 25. >> >>> >> >>> I've been snowed in and needed to use chains to get out of my >> >>> driveway, and the parking lot at work was nearly bare. Others have >> >>> experienced the opposite. >> >>> >> >>> See especially the reference to the April 18th, 2008 snowfall here: >> >>> >> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puget_Sound_Convergence_Zone >> >>> >> >>> Cliff Mass is a meteorologist in the area whose book and blog posts >> >>> discuss the phenomenon quite a bit. >> >>> >> >>> Here's his most recent post: >> >>> >> >>> http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2009_12_01_archive.html >> >>> >> >>> Kurt >> >>> >> >>> On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 14:35, Sean Martin <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>>> Can they not look out their own window at home or do some of them >> commute >> >>>> such great distances the weather could be that different? >> >>>> >> >>>> *I'm really not trying to be a smarta$$ >> >>>> >> >>>> - Sean >> >>>> >> >>>> On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 12:34 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Don't need PTZ, either . >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Just a fixed view of the parking lot so they can gauge snow/ice >> >>>>> accumulation. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Kurt >> >>>>> >> >>>>> On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 13:30, Sean Rector <[email protected]> >> >>>>> wrote: >> >>>>> > We have 3 Axis inside and 1 Panasonic w/ PTZ in a bubble for >> outside. >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> > Sean Rector, MCSE >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> > -----Original Message----- >> >>>>> > From: Kennedy, Jim [mailto:[email protected]] >> >>>>> > Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 4:26 PM >> >>>>> > To: NT System Admin Issues >> >>>>> > Subject: RE: OTish: Weather cam for work >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> > +1 on Axis. We have 6 or 8 of them outside and they are trouble free >> for >> >>>>> > a couple of years. Only issue is there is a codex or something >> (don't >> >>>>> > remember for sure what it was) that requires admin rights to install >> on the >> >>>>> > desktop. >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> > -----Original Message----- >> >>>>> > From: Phillip Partipilo [mailto:[email protected]] >> >>>>> > Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 4:21 PM >> >>>>> > To: NT System Admin Issues >> >>>>> > Subject: RE: OTish: Weather cam for work >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> > At my last job, we installed one of these on the roof: >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> > http://www.axis.com/products/cam_2130/index.htm >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> > Inside an outdoor weatherproof dome, of course. >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> > Really sweet camera. >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> > Might be overkill. >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> > Phillip Partipilo >> >>>>> > Parametric Solutions Inc. >> >>>>> > Jupiter, Florida >> >>>>> > (561) 747-6107 >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> > -----Original Message----- >> >>>>> > From: Webster [mailto:[email protected]] >> >>>>> > Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 4:05 PM >> >>>>> > To: NT System Admin Issues >> >>>>> > Subject: RE: OTish: Weather cam for work >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> > Yes, you will need 32 ports opened on your FW! :) Unless the >> camera is >> >>>>> > a Celsius version. >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> > Webster >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> >> -----Original Message----- >> >>>>> >> From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] >> >>>>> >> Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 2:59 PM >> >>>>> >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> >>>>> >> Subject: OTish: Weather cam for work >> >>>>> >> >> >>>>> >> All, >> >>>>> >> >> >>>>> >> We're looking at potentially getting an external cam that puts up >> >>>>> >> pictures of the parking lot so that employees can see what the snow >> >>>>> >> conditions are in the parking lot. Needs to be weather resistant, >> of >> >>>>> >> course. >> >>>>> >> >> >>>>> >> Definitely doesn't need to do more than a picture every minute or >> so - >> >>>>> >> it's not for surveillance. >> >>>>> >> >> >>>>> >> Anyone have recommendations on something like that? Any tips on >> what's >> >>>>> >> needed to install it, too? >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> >>>>> > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> > -- >> >>>>> > If this email is spam, report it here: >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> > >> http://www.onlymyemail.com/view/?action=reportSpam&Id=ODEzNjQ6MTAxNzcyMjgxNTpwanBAcHNuZXQuY29t >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> > THIS ELECTRONIC MESSAGE AND ANY ATTACHMENTS ARE CONFIDENTIAL >> >>>>> > AND PROPRIETARY PROPERTY OF THE SENDER. THE INFORMATION IS >> >>>>> > INTENDED FOR USE BY THE ADDRESSEE ONLY. 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