I have some questions about creating a wall-mounted viewing station. Please forgive any dumb q's on my part: I bought the cameras a month ago, the server a week ago, and BlueIris, a day ago.
I want to mount a touchscreen on the wall at the front door. That way, we can see who's on the other side of the door, or use the touchscreen to poke around the other cameras. And it would be great to have two-way audio. What's the best way to do this? So far, I've considered either a stand-alone computer or a second screen attached to the server.
If it's a computer, then it should be an all-in-one touchscreen that would mount relatively flat. Or maybe a tiny Rasberry Pi Velcro'd to the back of a touchscreen (as per a recent post)? Any suggestions? In that case, I'd run a web browser and connect to UI3? My concern is that it represents an access point to the server. The upside might be that, if BI can't do two-way audio, then you could also run an app from Axis (the A8004-VE doorbell camera), or anything else. I can run any sort of wires up to the 5' mark on the wall.
If it's just a second screen running UI3, connected to the server's 2nd DisplayPort connector, then how would I transport graphics and sound over 35-40', and microphone, back? A KVM extender and a long 1/8" phono line? (The server has DVI and DP). Do touchscreens require USB?
Has anyone done this, before? Thank you for any advice. Let me know if you'd like a run-down on the cameras or on the server that I built.
I want to mount a touchscreen on the wall at the front door. That way, we can see who's on the other side of the door, or use the touchscreen to poke around the other cameras. And it would be great to have two-way audio. What's the best way to do this? So far, I've considered either a stand-alone computer or a second screen attached to the server.
If it's a computer, then it should be an all-in-one touchscreen that would mount relatively flat. Or maybe a tiny Rasberry Pi Velcro'd to the back of a touchscreen (as per a recent post)? Any suggestions? In that case, I'd run a web browser and connect to UI3? My concern is that it represents an access point to the server. The upside might be that, if BI can't do two-way audio, then you could also run an app from Axis (the A8004-VE doorbell camera), or anything else. I can run any sort of wires up to the 5' mark on the wall.
If it's just a second screen running UI3, connected to the server's 2nd DisplayPort connector, then how would I transport graphics and sound over 35-40', and microphone, back? A KVM extender and a long 1/8" phono line? (The server has DVI and DP). Do touchscreens require USB?
Has anyone done this, before? Thank you for any advice. Let me know if you'd like a run-down on the cameras or on the server that I built.