Home Cctv???

tim158

Hi all,

Just has my car broke into and am now considering putting CCtv around the premises, but i want it to be sensor activated and links to a hardrive.

So is there any Money saving way to do this ????????

All advice greatly received:-


Kind Regards

Tim:beer:

MadCowMan

a few of these ?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Compact-Wireless-G-Internet-Video-Camera/dp/B000JGWFKI/sr=1-5/qid=1172165323/ref=sr_1_5/026-4536900-4454067?ie=UTF8&s=electronics

tim158

MadCowMan wrote:

a few of these ?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Compact-Wireless-G-Internet-Video-Camera/dp/B000JGWFKI/sr=1-5/qid=1172165323/ref=sr_1_5/026-4536900-4454067?ie=UTF8&s=electronics

Thanks MadCowMan, but there is not alot of information about them,

I am looking for something simple, cheap, but effective (not like the wife )

hopefully link it up to a seperate hard drive on the PC????

Thank

tim158

MadCowMan wrote:

a few of these ?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Compact-Wireless-G-Internet-Video-Camera/dp/B000JGWFKI/sr=1-5/qid=1172165323/ref=sr_1_5/026-4536900-4454067?ie=UTF8&s=electronics

Thanks MadCowMan, but there is not alot of information about them,

I am looking for something simple, cheap, but effective (not like the wife )

hopefully link it up to a seperate hard drive on the PC????

Thanks

wonka

tim158,

I can't see that this is a cheap exercise. Cameras do cost money. Or are you proposing to use some old webcams around your property???

What's your budget?

tim158

wonka wrote:

tim158,

I can't see that this is a cheap exercise. Cameras do cost money. Or are you proposing to use some old webcams around your property???

What's your budget?

Around 200 max

I already have a pc, i was thinking of adding a large harddrive for the cameras to store the data

Regards

Tim

Zagu

It depends if you want to make or buy a system.

Id have thought that the sensor off a security light would surfice, and you can probably get one of them for a few quid. That could be linked to your PC via a serial link which trips the record switch.

If you want to buy it as a kit, Id do a Google for 'home automation'. Letsautomate.com or simplyautomate.co.uk probably do something similar. I wouldnt think its neccessary to add a particularly large hard drive, as the camera will probably be quite low resolution.

crompton

Get a few old webcams, link them up to a usb hub which then links back to a stand alone pc (running say xp and disconnected from any form of network). Research some software on the internet, download it and use the webcams, most have an option to start recording once movement is detected. My labtec one does, i use it as a room cctv for when i got out. My brother is always nicking stuff from me but i could never prove it lol. Now i can!
http://shareme.com/details/h264webcam.html
that looks great and ive downloaded the version they offer although for the full version you need to pay. Im sure you could see what its like first though. And if you think its worth it whats £20 when it could save you potentially hundreds.
The good thing is, it supports 16 channels (or 16 cameras) and a microphone for audio recording

moneyuser

Search for dome cameras on ebay, these should be good enough for a home cctv system and are cheap £15-£20. You can also get one that comes with software that activated when movement is detected. Remember, if you go wireless there is a possibility that other people can pick up the signal as well. Also remember if you want to use the images as evidence you will need to make sure the software uses a timestamp, not all of them do.

crompton

have been playing around with the software i linked earlier and its quite good, now to find a job lot of webcams lol

johnmc

My brother is always nicking stuff from me but i could never prove it lol. Now i can!

..... and here I was expecting to see brother at the CD rack!