Re: [MBZ] OT web cam and cheap tablet
I found a refurb Belkin Netcam on Amazon for cheepcheep, arrived this morning, took about 3min to set it up, works great. You can set motion sensing at various levels, sends an email when it detects some motion. Can view on various devices. Easy and cheap solution. I guess I will abandon the old one, or find the setup software and see if i can see it on a winders box. --R On 7/8/15 12:33 PM, Tim Crone wrote: On Jul 6, 2015 1:41 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Or, web cam and existing fone or ipad... Now I am wondering if I could use a cheap tablet as a monitor for it, somehow. I have an old Android phone and an old ifone too, there is a VLC app for the phones and ipad, so I am wondering if that might work somehow. If I could get it working then I could buy one of those $50 tablets and have a continuous monitor. THere might be some other apps too, I have not looked into it. I have an application called TinyCam (Android) that does this, no idea whether it will support your camera. I have also heard of IP Cam and Quick Cam (I think). There are another hundred of these apps in the store, many of them hardware specific, if the generic ones don't work. I assume the Apple store is similarly blessed with options. I would not bother with VLC for this use, at least on Android. I expect one of the aforementioned apps will work more conveniently. Best, Tim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT web cam and cheap tablet
On Mon, 13 Jul 2015 10:45:37 -0400 Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I found a refurb Belkin Netcam on Amazon for cheepcheep, arrived this morning, took about 3min to set it up, works great. You can set motion sensing at various levels, sends an email when it detects some motion. Can view on various devices. Easy and cheap solution. URL, product name and number? Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT web cam and cheap tablet
The Linksys 932 and 933 wireless models work well for this sort of thing and are close in price. Linksys has a nice application that lets you view multiple cameras on the same screen, too. I have three of these around the exterior of the house, and I'm pleased with them. I'm surprised at the IR visibility, as it's pretty good considering the distances involved and the light levels. The one on my lanai is inside the screen, so it won't see beyond the screen with the IR. That being said, the motion detection part can see past the screen, and it appears to trigger when wildlife goes by, but I can't see it. None of mine are rated for outdoor use, but I have them mounted in protected areas (under eaves) that are exposed to the elements. No problems for a year now. Dan Sent from my iPad On Jul 13, 2015, at 12:47 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MEHROC4?psc=1redirect=trueref_=od_aui_detailpages00 Belkin NetCam Wireless IP Camera for Tablet and Smartphone with Night Vision and Digital Audio- (Certified Refurbished) by Belkin http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=bl_dp_s_web_502394?ie=UTF8field-brandtextbin=Belkinnode=502394 javascript:void(0) 110 customer reviews http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MEHROC4?psc=1redirect=trueref_=od_aui_detailpages00#customerReviews | 34 answered questions http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MEHROC4?psc=1redirect=trueref_=od_aui_detailpages00#Ask Price:$44.99 *FREE Shipping* In Stock. Ships from and sold by Linksys-Official-Store http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/at-a-glance.html/ref=dp_merchant_link?ie=UTF8seller=AERUS22BMUKUJ. Seems like an OK unit. Came in a plain box with instruction pamphlet and a charger. I'll see if the night vision works tonight but I think it might not work inside a window as it has IR LEDs I think so they will probably reflect back. I can see it on a web browser and on my ipad, iphone and an old iphone I just use mostly as a music/streaming device now. Just download the app, set up an acct with a name, email, and password, connect to the cam and you're good ta go. It has a network jack on it but I have it set up on wifi. Others can see it too if they set up the app and you give them a password or link to the cam or something. I set the motion detection at LOW (it has 4 or 5 settings) and in testing it I got an email with 2 snapped pics attached, that is pretty cool -- you can see whatever it is that triggered it then connect to the live view and see what's going on from wherever you are. I think it does alerts on your phone too, I haven't tried that yet. All in all very simple and a good set of features. I think I might find one of those cheap tablets with a bigger screen to set up as a monitor so I can see the live view from the kitchen -- they have an Android app too. Anyone want to donate one? --R On 7/13/15 10:59 AM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: On Mon, 13 Jul 2015 10:45:37 -0400 Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I found a refurb Belkin Netcam on Amazon for cheepcheep, arrived this morning, took about 3min to set it up, works great. You can set motion sensing at various levels, sends an email when it detects some motion. Can view on various devices. Easy and cheap solution. URL, product name and number? Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT web cam and cheap tablet
Great work, guys. So here is my scenario. Doorbell rings. I want to look at know who's at the front door from an upstairs office in the rear corner of the house. How do I access the video feed? Can I do it on my computer or smart phone or both? How about a walkie-talkie set up so I can speak from upstairs to whoever is ringing the bell, without bothering to go downstairs? On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 1:14 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: The Linksys 932 and 933 wireless models work well for this sort of thing and are close in price. Linksys has a nice application that lets you view multiple cameras on the same screen, too. I have three of these around the exterior of the house, and I'm pleased with them. I'm surprised at the IR visibility, as it's pretty good considering the distances involved and the light levels. The one on my lanai is inside the screen, so it won't see beyond the screen with the IR. That being said, the motion detection part can see past the screen, and it appears to trigger when wildlife goes by, but I can't see it. None of mine are rated for outdoor use, but I have them mounted in protected areas (under eaves) that are exposed to the elements. No problems for a year now. Dan Sent from my iPad On Jul 13, 2015, at 12:47 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MEHROC4?psc=1redirect=trueref_=od_aui_detailpages00 Belkin NetCam Wireless IP Camera for Tablet and Smartphone with Night Vision and Digital Audio- (Certified Refurbished) by Belkin http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=bl_dp_s_web_502394?ie=UTF8field-brandtextbin=Belkinnode=502394 javascript:void(0) 110 customer reviews http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MEHROC4?psc=1redirect=trueref_=od_aui_detailpages00#customerReviews | 34 answered questions http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MEHROC4?psc=1redirect=trueref_=od_aui_detailpages00#Ask Price:$44.99 *FREE Shipping* In Stock. Ships from and sold by Linksys-Official-Store http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/at-a-glance.html/ref=dp_merchant_link?ie=UTF8seller=AERUS22BMUKUJ . Seems like an OK unit. Came in a plain box with instruction pamphlet and a charger. I'll see if the night vision works tonight but I think it might not work inside a window as it has IR LEDs I think so they will probably reflect back. I can see it on a web browser and on my ipad, iphone and an old iphone I just use mostly as a music/streaming device now. Just download the app, set up an acct with a name, email, and password, connect to the cam and you're good ta go. It has a network jack on it but I have it set up on wifi. Others can see it too if they set up the app and you give them a password or link to the cam or something. I set the motion detection at LOW (it has 4 or 5 settings) and in testing it I got an email with 2 snapped pics attached, that is pretty cool -- you can see whatever it is that triggered it then connect to the live view and see what's going on from wherever you are. I think it does alerts on your phone too, I haven't tried that yet. All in all very simple and a good set of features. I think I might find one of those cheap tablets with a bigger screen to set up as a monitor so I can see the live view from the kitchen -- they have an Android app too. Anyone want to donate one? --R On 7/13/15 10:59 AM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: On Mon, 13 Jul 2015 10:45:37 -0400 Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I found a refurb Belkin Netcam on Amazon for cheepcheep, arrived this morning, took about 3min to set it up, works great. You can set motion sensing at various levels, sends an email when it detects some motion. Can view on various devices. Easy and cheap solution. URL, product name and number? Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT web cam and cheap tablet
This looks like what I need but with multiple (three or four) screens . http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wireless-7-Video-Door-Phone-Intercom-Doorbell-Home-Security-Camera-Monitor-CH/161571819495?_trksid=p2047675.c15.m1851_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D3%26meid%3D415f4c90cb2b4425af375321cee38a5f%26pid%3D15%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D291498795766rt=nc On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 2:11 PM, Andrew Strasfogel astrasfo...@gmail.com wrote: Great work, guys. So here is my scenario. Doorbell rings. I want to look at know who's at the front door from an upstairs office in the rear corner of the house. How do I access the video feed? Can I do it on my computer or smart phone or both? How about a walkie-talkie set up so I can speak from upstairs to whoever is ringing the bell, without bothering to go downstairs? On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 1:14 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: The Linksys 932 and 933 wireless models work well for this sort of thing and are close in price. Linksys has a nice application that lets you view multiple cameras on the same screen, too. I have three of these around the exterior of the house, and I'm pleased with them. I'm surprised at the IR visibility, as it's pretty good considering the distances involved and the light levels. The one on my lanai is inside the screen, so it won't see beyond the screen with the IR. That being said, the motion detection part can see past the screen, and it appears to trigger when wildlife goes by, but I can't see it. None of mine are rated for outdoor use, but I have them mounted in protected areas (under eaves) that are exposed to the elements. No problems for a year now. Dan Sent from my iPad On Jul 13, 2015, at 12:47 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MEHROC4?psc=1redirect=trueref_=od_aui_detailpages00 Belkin NetCam Wireless IP Camera for Tablet and Smartphone with Night Vision and Digital Audio- (Certified Refurbished) by Belkin http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=bl_dp_s_web_502394?ie=UTF8field-brandtextbin=Belkinnode=502394 javascript:void(0) 110 customer reviews http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MEHROC4?psc=1redirect=trueref_=od_aui_detailpages00#customerReviews | 34 answered questions http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MEHROC4?psc=1redirect=trueref_=od_aui_detailpages00#Ask Price:$44.99 *FREE Shipping* In Stock. Ships from and sold by Linksys-Official-Store http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/at-a-glance.html/ref=dp_merchant_link?ie=UTF8seller=AERUS22BMUKUJ . Seems like an OK unit. Came in a plain box with instruction pamphlet and a charger. I'll see if the night vision works tonight but I think it might not work inside a window as it has IR LEDs I think so they will probably reflect back. I can see it on a web browser and on my ipad, iphone and an old iphone I just use mostly as a music/streaming device now. Just download the app, set up an acct with a name, email, and password, connect to the cam and you're good ta go. It has a network jack on it but I have it set up on wifi. Others can see it too if they set up the app and you give them a password or link to the cam or something. I set the motion detection at LOW (it has 4 or 5 settings) and in testing it I got an email with 2 snapped pics attached, that is pretty cool -- you can see whatever it is that triggered it then connect to the live view and see what's going on from wherever you are. I think it does alerts on your phone too, I haven't tried that yet. All in all very simple and a good set of features. I think I might find one of those cheap tablets with a bigger screen to set up as a monitor so I can see the live view from the kitchen -- they have an Android app too. Anyone want to donate one? --R On 7/13/15 10:59 AM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: On Mon, 13 Jul 2015 10:45:37 -0400 Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I found a refurb Belkin Netcam on Amazon for cheepcheep, arrived this morning, took about 3min to set it up, works great. You can set motion sensing at various levels, sends an email when it detects some motion. Can view on various devices. Easy and cheap solution. URL, product name and number? Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT web cam and cheap tablet
It will work fine for that, though I have 3 very noisy anticipatory driveway/door alarms but they can't tell me who/what it is -R On 7/13/15 11:28 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes wrote: So our problem is the need to monitor the front door when upstairs and the doorbell rings. On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 10:59 AM, Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: On Mon, 13 Jul 2015 10:45:37 -0400 Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I found a refurb Belkin Netcam on Amazon for cheepcheep, arrived this morning, took about 3min to set it up, works great. You can set motion sensing at various levels, sends an email when it detects some motion. Can view on various devices. Easy and cheap solution. URL, product name and number? Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT web cam and cheap tablet
So our problem is the need to monitor the front door when upstairs and the doorbell rings. On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 10:59 AM, Craig via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: On Mon, 13 Jul 2015 10:45:37 -0400 Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I found a refurb Belkin Netcam on Amazon for cheepcheep, arrived this morning, took about 3min to set it up, works great. You can set motion sensing at various levels, sends an email when it detects some motion. Can view on various devices. Easy and cheap solution. URL, product name and number? Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT web cam and cheap tablet
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MEHROC4?psc=1redirect=trueref_=od_aui_detailpages00 Belkin NetCam Wireless IP Camera for Tablet and Smartphone with Night Vision and Digital Audio- (Certified Refurbished) by Belkin http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=bl_dp_s_web_502394?ie=UTF8field-brandtextbin=Belkinnode=502394 javascript:void(0) 110 customer reviews http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MEHROC4?psc=1redirect=trueref_=od_aui_detailpages00#customerReviews | 34 answered questions http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MEHROC4?psc=1redirect=trueref_=od_aui_detailpages00#Ask Price: $44.99 *FREE Shipping* In Stock. Ships from and sold by Linksys-Official-Store http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/at-a-glance.html/ref=dp_merchant_link?ie=UTF8seller=AERUS22BMUKUJ. Seems like an OK unit. Came in a plain box with instruction pamphlet and a charger. I'll see if the night vision works tonight but I think it might not work inside a window as it has IR LEDs I think so they will probably reflect back. I can see it on a web browser and on my ipad, iphone and an old iphone I just use mostly as a music/streaming device now. Just download the app, set up an acct with a name, email, and password, connect to the cam and you're good ta go. It has a network jack on it but I have it set up on wifi. Others can see it too if they set up the app and you give them a password or link to the cam or something. I set the motion detection at LOW (it has 4 or 5 settings) and in testing it I got an email with 2 snapped pics attached, that is pretty cool -- you can see whatever it is that triggered it then connect to the live view and see what's going on from wherever you are. I think it does alerts on your phone too, I haven't tried that yet. All in all very simple and a good set of features. I think I might find one of those cheap tablets with a bigger screen to set up as a monitor so I can see the live view from the kitchen -- they have an Android app too. Anyone want to donate one? --R On 7/13/15 10:59 AM, Craig via Mercedes wrote: On Mon, 13 Jul 2015 10:45:37 -0400 Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: I found a refurb Belkin Netcam on Amazon for cheepcheep, arrived this morning, took about 3min to set it up, works great. You can set motion sensing at various levels, sends an email when it detects some motion. Can view on various devices. Easy and cheap solution. URL, product name and number? Craig ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT web cam and cheap tablet
On Jul 6, 2015 1:41 PM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote: Or, web cam and existing fone or ipad... Now I am wondering if I could use a cheap tablet as a monitor for it, somehow. I have an old Android phone and an old ifone too, there is a VLC app for the phones and ipad, so I am wondering if that might work somehow. If I could get it working then I could buy one of those $50 tablets and have a continuous monitor. THere might be some other apps too, I have not looked into it. I have an application called TinyCam (Android) that does this, no idea whether it will support your camera. I have also heard of IP Cam and Quick Cam (I think). There are another hundred of these apps in the store, many of them hardware specific, if the generic ones don't work. I assume the Apple store is similarly blessed with options. I would not bother with VLC for this use, at least on Android. I expect one of the aforementioned apps will work more conveniently. Best, Tim ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
[MBZ] OT web cam and cheap tablet
Or, web cam and existing fone or ipad... I have an older wifi cam and wanted to see if I could get it working with a cheap tablet of some sort as a remote viewer. The cam had some sort of windows software that I never used, but I could see it with VLC on my Mac after putting in some sort of weird script, but a VLC upgrade would not see it any more. I found an earlier version and installed that and it worked again, but then I got a new router with my Uverse install, and it wouldn't see it anymore though it was still visible on the network. I sorta gave up on fooling with it at that point. Now I am wondering if I could use a cheap tablet as a monitor for it, somehow. I have an old Android phone and an old ifone too, there is a VLC app for the phones and ipad, so I am wondering if that might work somehow. If I could get it working then I could buy one of those $50 tablets and have a continuous monitor. THere might be some other apps too, I have not looked into it. Or should I just buy one of these and use it and not fool with the other one? Or will the same s/w work with the old one I have? http://www.banggood.com/ESCAM-Brick-QD300-WIFI-720P-P2P-Cloud-IP-IR-Waterproof-Security-Camera-p-975582.html https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/vmeyecloud-lite/id64544?mt=8 --R ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
