I'm having some problems with neighborhood hooligans and would like to set
up a resonably priced, wireless outdoor security system that logs activity
real time to a home PC.

Anybody have any suggestions?

I've googled it and checked in with the security group, but the
information is overwhelming and seems geared toward the professional
tradesperson.

If this is the wrong group, does anyone have a more appropriate place to
ask?

TIA..
Rich

Check out www.x10.com. The only limit is your imagination (and your budget).


"Rich" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news(E-Mail Removed)...
> I'm having some problems with neighborhood hooligans and would like to set
> up a resonably priced, wireless outdoor security system that logs activity
> real time to a home PC.
>
> Anybody have any suggestions?
>
> I've googled it and checked in with the security group, but the
> information is overwhelming and seems geared toward the professional
> tradesperson.
>
> If this is the wrong group, does anyone have a more appropriate place to
> ask?
>
> TIA..
> Rich
>

On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 19:08:59 +0000, Doug Kanter wrote:

> Check out www.x10.com. The only limit is your imagination (and your budget).

I'm heading over there now!
Thanks for the quick reply!

Rich

Doug Kanter wrote:

> Check out www.x10.com. The only limit is your imagination (and your budget).


And their pathetic quality.


> "Rich" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news(E-Mail Removed)...
>
>>I'm having some problems with neighborhood hooligans and would like to set
>>up a resonably priced, wireless outdoor security system that logs activity
>>real time to a home PC.

Define (for yourself, if not us) "logs activity real time"

You can get a "slow record' VCR that can record 16 hrs on
a tape.

A difficulty with outside is that motion sensors are
often all but useless, depending on what "outside" is.

Trees, animals, stuff blowing all cause false alarms.

So cameras are abundant. I'd look at a wired low-light
camera going into about any video card with "video in".


http://motion.sourceforge.net/
is a project for linux/bsd that might give you some ideas to voice
more specifically what you want.


>>Anybody have any suggestions?
>>
>>I've googled it and checked in with the security group, but the
>>information is overwhelming and seems geared toward the professional
>>tradesperson.
>>
>>If this is the wrong group, does anyone have a more appropriate place to
>>ask?
>>
>>TIA..
>>Rich
>>
>
>
>

Rich wrote:
> I'm having some problems with neighborhood hooligans and would like to set
> up a resonably priced, wireless outdoor security system that logs activity
> real time to a home PC.
>
> Anybody have any suggestions?
>
> I've googled it and checked in with the security group, but the
> information is overwhelming and seems geared toward the professional
> tradesperson.
>
> If this is the wrong group, does anyone have a more appropriate place to
> ask?
>
> TIA..
> Rich
>
Rich

If you find anything of interest would you mind
reporting back here.

I'm building a house out at the lake. Probably be
looking for something similar by the end of the
year.

I'd like to go as far as having a monitor
mounted where the clowns could see themselves.

No doubt there are some stupid enough to watch
themselves on TV while they are breaking in.

Lorence

there are a bunch of wireless Ethernet cameras that would work fine for you

remember that B&W will work better under low light conditions

check your local computer store or security camera store about 150.00/camera
should do it!

You can even put the camera on the internet and watch it from work!

Wayne

"Lorence M" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Rich wrote:
> > I'm having some problems with neighborhood hooligans and would like to
set
> > up a resonably priced, wireless outdoor security system that logs
activity
> > real time to a home PC.
> >
> > Anybody have any suggestions?
> >
> > I've googled it and checked in with the security group, but the
> > information is overwhelming and seems geared toward the professional
> > tradesperson.
> >
> > If this is the wrong group, does anyone have a more appropriate place to
> > ask?
> >
> > TIA..
> > Rich
> >
> Rich
>
> If you find anything of interest would you mind
> reporting back here.
>
> I'm building a house out at the lake. Probably be
> looking for something similar by the end of the
> year.
>
> I'd like to go as far as having a monitor
> mounted where the clowns could see themselves.
>
> No doubt there are some stupid enough to watch
> themselves on TV while they are breaking in.
>
> Lorence
>

On 25 Jul 2004 23:29:07 GMT, (E-Mail Removed) (Greg) wrote:

>I just bought one of the Gran tec E guard cards
>
>http://www.grandtec.com/eguard.htm
>
>They just cut the price to $30
>
>I will know in a week or so how it works. You are supposed to be able to hook
>up to 4 cameras. The bundled software does motion detection and recording.

These only work under windows 98. I emailed the guy. There's a reason
why they are cheap.

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most (at least the ones I found) of the internet camera's /wireless
camera's do not work very well with low light.

On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 02:23:23 GMT, "Wayne" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>there are a bunch of wireless Ethernet cameras that would work fine for you
>
>remember that B&W will work better under low light conditions
>
>check your local computer store or security camera store about 150.00/camera
>should do it!
>
>You can even put the camera on the internet and watch it from work!
>
>Wayne
>
>"Lorence M" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:OzWMc.1000$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Rich wrote:
>> > I'm having some problems with neighborhood hooligans and would like to
>set
>> > up a resonably priced, wireless outdoor security system that logs
>activity
>> > real time to a home PC.
>> >
>> > Anybody have any suggestions?
>> >
>> > I've googled it and checked in with the security group, but the
>> > information is overwhelming and seems geared toward the professional
>> > tradesperson.
>> >
>> > If this is the wrong group, does anyone have a more appropriate place to
>> > ask?
>> >
>> > TIA..
>> > Rich
>> >
>> Rich
>>
>> If you find anything of interest would you mind
>> reporting back here.
>>
>> I'm building a house out at the lake. Probably be
>> looking for something similar by the end of the
>> year.
>>
>> I'd like to go as far as having a monitor
>> mounted where the clowns could see themselves.
>>
>> No doubt there are some stupid enough to watch
>> themselves on TV while they are breaking in.
>>
>> Lorence
>>
>

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On 27 Jul 2004 02:12:22 GMT, (E-Mail Removed) (Greg) wrote:

>>These only work under windows 98. I emailed the guy. There's a reason
>>why they are cheap.
>
>So what? They run on a 350mz machine and they are dirt cheap on Ebay. Just make
>a dedicated server, that could also do other stuff.

A win98 server.. nice and stable.. not. Don't forget to reboot it once
a day.
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Rein <rruiterNO-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<(E-Mail Removed)>. ..
> On 25 Jul 2004 23:29:07 GMT, (E-Mail Removed) (Greg) wrote:
>
> >I just bought one of the Gran tec E guard cards
> >
> >http://www.grandtec.com/eguard.htm
> >
> >They just cut the price to $30
> >
> >I will know in a week or so how it works. You are supposed to be able to hook
> >up to 4 cameras. The bundled software does motion detection and recording.
>
> These only work under windows 98. I emailed the guy. There's a reason
> why they are cheap.
>
> Remove NO-SPAM from email address when replying

Greg, check out uviewit.com, they have a 4-cam system. I am using it
with my dv cam and a usb cam simultaneously and the motion detection
is great.
jon