Recent content by Simcole

Hi everyone. I feel like I'm in a little over my head on this one and could use some handholding. I have an aggressive neighbor who recently threatened my family to the extent that I filed a sheriff report. Today she ran her car through my front yard to cause damage because she thought nobody...

Hi all. I just found this project and wow this is awesome. Thanks GentlePumpkin and others for making this so cool. Is there any other notification possible that's not telegram? I'd to read up on how to get this to send me alerts if someone pulls into my driveway with a picture. I don't...

It's a crawlspace. It's just a lot of wood and concrete there to get through.

All in all I had 3 screw ups on the house all minor like that one and one is being fixed soon. I’m still counting my blessings.

I work a travel job and I left them the spool of wire ar the door. I figured how could they screw this up? Well Surprise.

Wow. Some great responses. I appreciate it greatly. I’m not ready (see $$) for 8+ cameras. I can access every eve of my house except the front door. I’m going to start with the 3-4 I mentioned before. Does anyone have suggestions on what PTZ on the left would be best? Which fixed on right? I’m...

I like the Wedge Cam. Unfortunately when the guys wired my doorbell I asked them to use cat6. They used two conductor wire instead. I don't think I want to re-drill and pull wire to get a camera there that's not wireless. I was looking at a Netatmo if it will ever come out. I like the...

Hello all. I'm checking in as a new user; however, I've read these boards for quite a while now. I finally got around to finishing my house construction and I pre-wired all my locations thanks to your guides. I just need to select cameras now. Thanks.

I moved into my forever home and I'm ditching my old security camera in a box for something better. I'm rolling a Blue Iris box here soon (unless someone else convinces me otherwise for a different VMS). There are so many cameras and options I'm lost. I've spent a fair amount of time reading the...