Recent content by welbo97

There aren't any imperatives on this project yet. I'm feeling out those who've been-there-done-that. I don't relish the thought of digging a 100 yard ditch though. It does sound like a good solid solution though. How do you camouflage a camera on a post in the middle of a field? I think put up a...

I love tinkering with HA so I'll have to look up Frigate and read about it and Coral. If the camera is mounted on the house, it would be at about a 20 degree angle, not looking down the driveway road. It is just a single road with only one place to go though. I want the early alert with a pic of...

Good to know the concept works. Do you find you set the zoom to 25x on your camera? How is the quality? You are able to read license plates with that? My setup would be a good bit further away at around 400 yards. I intend to set up a motion light that is battery powered with solar. If that is...

Hello all. Glad I found you. Looks like a good source of info. I'd like to set up a camera on a driveway for the purpose of sending images of vehicles that are coming up or going down the driveway to mobile devices. I have a Home Assistant instance running at this location and can handle the...