Advice needed for security camera project

[verge]

My parents have a farm near Kimberley. The would like to monitor what happens around the farm house when they are not there - and receive push notifications on their phone when the system detects movement. There is electricity at the house and cell phone reception - no landline/fiber/adsl.

I have the following in mind - 4 weather proof cameras around the house. Cameras must also have infrared lights to enable night time detection. The cameras should preferably be powered over Ethernet to simplify the install.

I have done some research and found the Ubiquity system and products that could work https://www.ubnt.com/products/#default - and know about system that use two phones loike https://alfred.camera/

I am looking for something in between - I will use proper weather proof PoE cameras - but were hoping to find an small android box or Raspberry Pi that can run the back end and the connectivity. I have not been able to find such a system that meets my requirements.

Any advice will be appreciated

 

[PsyWulf]

There's a CCTV NVR Project called motionEye available for the Pi,you can set up alerting and triggers for IP cameras
Take a look maybe it'll be a good starting point

 

[Tman*]

It depends on how much you want to spend and how much effort you want to go through.I bought a 8 channel Hik vision system few moths ago for R5500.

The cams are waterproof, and you have the following functionality :
1. Can view remotely via app
2. You can exclude certain areas per cam to motion (if there is a tree for example )
3. You can set sensitivity to trigger movement
4. You can set a alarm on a shedule to alert you of movement certain times of the day.

 

[upup]

My sister also on a farm near there. There is a local service provider that gives them internet, and the camera's is connected via his links.

 

[Goobie]

Motion triggered cameras outside will eat through your data in a day. Moving shadows from trees in the day and bugs attracted to the IR emitters at night will flood you with notifications. I don't know if it exist, see if you can find motion sensor triggered cameras. That way you can have dual sensor PIR outdoor sensors triggering the cameras

 

[verge]

It depends on how much you want to spend and how much effort you want to go through.I bought a 8 channel Hik vision system few moths ago for R5500.

The cams are waterproof, and you have the following functionality :
1. Can view remotely via app
2. You can exclude certain areas per cam to motion (if there is a tree for example )
3. You can set sensitivity to trigger movement
4. You can set a alarm on a shedule to alert you of movement certain times of the day.

Please send me a link to the system you bought

 

[verge]

Motion triggered cameras outside will eat through your data in a day. Moving shadows from trees in the day and bugs attracted to the IR emitters at night will flood you with notifications. I don't know if it exist, see if you can find motion sensor triggered cameras. That way you can have dual sensor PIR outdoor sensors triggering the cameras

I see some of the systems allow their sensitivity to be changed - will that not solve the problem?

 

[verge]

My sister also on a farm near there. There is a local service provider that gives them internet, and the camera's is connected via his links.

My parents also use a service provider for their Internet that offer cameras - but only the service provider can see the feed. Do you know the name of the service provider used by your sister?

 

[upup]

Will have to get his name. On which road is the farm.

 

[AstroTurf]

If using mobile I would use the 3g PIR's with built in cameras as they only trigger on IR and then sms you, if you want you can then view the camera feed. Sucky soluton but better than none.

 

[Tman*]

Please send me a link to the system you bought

https://cctv-direct.co.za/collectio...-x-2mp-ip-cameras-and-internet-remote-viewing

Excluding certain areas on a cam from motion & adjusting the sensativity does work quite well, BUT you will never be able to exclude ALL false motion triggers.

From using my system I have found that bugs & spiderwebs are a problem. If a camera is reliant on its infra red ONLY at night for light you get a lot of false alarms. This problem can be eliminated by installing a flood light, so that the camera is not reliant on IR light only for night footage.

In a nutshell is there is some artificial light in your yard at night, your false alarms will be minimal. In areas where its pitch black you will get false alarms.

 

[verge]

https://cctv-direct.co.za/collectio...-x-2mp-ip-cameras-and-internet-remote-viewing

Excluding certain areas on a cam from motion & adjusting the sensativity does work quite well, BUT you will never be able to exclude ALL false motion triggers.

From using my system I have found that bugs & spiderwebs are a problem. If a camera is reliant on its infra red ONLY at night for light you get a lot of false alarms. This problem can be eliminated by installing a flood light, so that the camera is not reliant on IR light only for night footage.

In a nutshell is there is some artificial light in your yard at night, your false alarms will be minimal. In areas where its pitch black you will get false alarms.

Thank you