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Closure: We ended up using a $50 Lorex LNC324 camera. The microphone, while not hi-fi, has good sensitivity and range. Its video, with very restricted access, is proving useful re sleep habits.

A Raspberry Pi with an USB microphone comes to mind as a homebrew solution, albeit costing as much as a cheap camera.

I need to remotely monitor audio in an elderly relative's bedroom (video too intrusive). Is there an integrated solution that is less expensive and bulky than an IP camera with its lens covered? WiFi is not essential, as I can bridge Ethernet over MOCA to that room.

A well designed and built switching power supply can have efficiency circa 90%. The cable length from injector to camera can also be a factor. Calculating the cable power loss is a pain, as it is a quadratic equation. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks. We are currently monitoring: - Garage Door status, via LiftMaster/Chamberlain MyQ opener with Internet Gateway (email, SMS, iPhone App). - Land line phone on/off hook status, via Obihai OBi 110. (Syslog server, email, SMS) Need/Want to add: - video (mostly indoors) - motion detection -...

The photo-sensor appears to be in the center of the emitters array. If it is sensing daylight, as one might suspect, you may need to cut a hole in the center of any IR-pass filter you place in front of the array, or the latter may be on 24 hrs/day.

"Additional grounding rods"? For utilities lightning protection to work, there should be one grounding rod, located directly below the power meter and connected to with the shortest possible heavy wire (AWG8, or better). All copper wires entering the house should do so at that location. If...

Hi. New to IP cameras, but not to networking. My immediate interest is in remote monitoring of a live-alone family member who is in the pre-institutionalization stage of Alzheimer's disease. Philip