dannieboiz
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i searched high and low and there wasn't many threads regarding this so I thought I'd put together one to help those other down the road.
I started with 2532-is and utilized the built in mic. Because it's at the entry door, I wanted it to be nice and clean. My main obstacle was the speaker to mount at the door. I did not want to cut a giant hole into the exterior wall and have a change of heart down the road. It would be a very expensive repair. Also needed something to power whatever speaker I was going to use.
A mini amplifier mounted on the other side of the wall which happens to be my garage so there are plenty of room to hide it with accessible power.
I went with a Lepai 2020A+ amp because it's has the strongest output of all the little amps and great review. Having a higher output mean you don't have to turn the volume up very high to get quality sound. Therefore, you don't hear any static noise when it's not being used.
http://www.amazon.com/Lepai-LP-2020A-Tripath-Class-T-Amplifier/dp/B0049P6OTI/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1443473695&sr=1-1&keywords=lepai
At the moment, I cut off an old computer speaker and velcro it above the camera (see photo) with this tiny speaker, I can clearly hear myself talking standing 100ft away. Good for screaming at intruders LOL
But my permanent speaker will be an ELK-7 which should arrive in a couple day. I'll update on the quality of this once I test it out.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000STQNU4?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00
Speaker is just under 2" in depth that is a surface mount. it's design to echo the audio off whatever surface it's mounted on. This concept works because I do it all the time to my tablet when I can't hear the rear speakers. I can also paint it to match the exterior wall so it blends right in.
For remote app, I used TinyCam Pro and IPCam Viewer both seems to work well. What I had to do was forward the RSTP port and configure the app to use the substream in case I'm in an area with low signal I can still have a duplex conversation with the person at the door.
For connectivity, I ran 2x cat 5 cables to the camera, 1 is for the POE/signal, the other one I used split the twisted pairs into 2 pairs, 1 pair for the audio input and the other for the audio output.
hope this can help take the homework off of someone else down the road.
I started with 2532-is and utilized the built in mic. Because it's at the entry door, I wanted it to be nice and clean. My main obstacle was the speaker to mount at the door. I did not want to cut a giant hole into the exterior wall and have a change of heart down the road. It would be a very expensive repair. Also needed something to power whatever speaker I was going to use.
A mini amplifier mounted on the other side of the wall which happens to be my garage so there are plenty of room to hide it with accessible power.
I went with a Lepai 2020A+ amp because it's has the strongest output of all the little amps and great review. Having a higher output mean you don't have to turn the volume up very high to get quality sound. Therefore, you don't hear any static noise when it's not being used.
http://www.amazon.com/Lepai-LP-2020A-Tripath-Class-T-Amplifier/dp/B0049P6OTI/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1443473695&sr=1-1&keywords=lepai
At the moment, I cut off an old computer speaker and velcro it above the camera (see photo) with this tiny speaker, I can clearly hear myself talking standing 100ft away. Good for screaming at intruders LOL
But my permanent speaker will be an ELK-7 which should arrive in a couple day. I'll update on the quality of this once I test it out.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000STQNU4?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00
Speaker is just under 2" in depth that is a surface mount. it's design to echo the audio off whatever surface it's mounted on. This concept works because I do it all the time to my tablet when I can't hear the rear speakers. I can also paint it to match the exterior wall so it blends right in.
For remote app, I used TinyCam Pro and IPCam Viewer both seems to work well. What I had to do was forward the RSTP port and configure the app to use the substream in case I'm in an area with low signal I can still have a duplex conversation with the person at the door.
For connectivity, I ran 2x cat 5 cables to the camera, 1 is for the POE/signal, the other one I used split the twisted pairs into 2 pairs, 1 pair for the audio input and the other for the audio output.
hope this can help take the homework off of someone else down the road.
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