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This past Sunday morning, our deck camera captured some strange video. We thought it was creepy as hell. You decide. (The camera is an old Foscam FI8921, so excuse the poor quality.)

Thank you! Roxy is our 13 yr old pomeranian. She loves it up there in the mountains. She hasn't said much about my epic install though. :(

The connectors are for the ac power, ground, alarm inputs/outputs, and audio in/out. I do have the ethernet connected normally. I needed to use the steel pole for strength, and resistance to sway. It can get pretty windy there. Thank you for your comments! David

Thanks Chris. A better man could have easily dug a hole and fixed the pole in cement. I'm lazy and dumb really...lazy because I hate using a post hole digger, and dumb because I probably spent 10 times the effort doing it the way I did. The ground is really not bad at all. North Carolina...

Continued from previous... Then, I completed the installation of the ground rod, conductor wires, ground bonding wire, and ethernet surge protector: The installation was a buttload of preparation and work, especially since this is at our "getaway" location in the mountains. Having...

Now that I've had our new camera in place for a few weeks, I am posting my installation process. In a previous post, I had asked about installing the camera on a pole I installed our weather station. I quickly learned from others that the new camera is too heavy to enjoy a sway "free" install...

Here are the settings that I tweaked enough to make me happy with the image. I'm familiar with photography, but not video. So, I just stepped through all of the adjustment settings I could find, and fiddled. I hope to learn more about the technical aspects of video tuning, but for now, I just...

Thanks. Man, i played for 10 minutes trying to get it to expose and focus right. I'll post the settings tommorow. I took screen grabs, but they're on my pc. Later.

Tonight I recorded video of the "Super Moon" rising in Laurel Springs, NC. This is one video that you don't have to wait for the exciting part, so feel free to fast forward. This is my first posted capture since installing our new camera. I'm going to post pictures from the installation as...

Thanks for the quick answer. I have a poe splitter coming but I wanted to bench test the mic in the interim. Thanks, David

Hey Nayr, I bought the bullet mic from Amazon for my Dahua cam install. On the powering of the bullet, would it be safe to use a 12V 2.5A adaptor? I just had this power brick laying around that used to go with "something." Thanks!

i plan to drill holes in my camera "mast" in order to run the wiring from the camera to the inside of my building. How do I waterproof the holes? I have searched for different solutions, but i havent found the answer. Thanks, David

Thanks for the explanation. The power "bundle" has its own ground wire (labeled "earth" and colored yellow/green.) The alarm bundle also has a yellow/green labeled "gnd"

Internet/phone on one, and power on the other. They are about 10 feet apart, but connected together. So, I guess I'll get another. Thanks man.

There are two six foot grounding rods in the ground behind my building. I am going to mount my camera pole a good 16 feet away. Should I pound another rod into the ground directly under the pole, or run the ground wire to the closest existing ground rod. (I wouldn't imagine lightning wants to...

No, I'm sorry. I meant that there is a ground wire coming out of the "umbilical" of the camera. Adapter has black and red only. So, the wire that I am hoping to use is in fact Cat3 plenum. I didn't know if it is acceptable to mixed stranded and solid. Thanks!

Would it be OK to use solid copper wire to extend the inputs? I ask because I have some old CAT 3?? phone equipment cable. Also, the ground wire from the camera doesn't have a corresponding ground on the 24v adaptor. Should I just connect that to ground for the mounting pole? Thanks!

Man, I really appreciate all the great advice. I wish i was more of a metal and concrete guy. Your other suggestion for horizontal stud bracing is smart as well--much better idea than i had. I may also add diagonal braces down to the bottom plate, and I'm going to locate as close to the...

Here is a rough "vision" ...

Ok, I'm planning the deployment of the camera on a separate pole as suggested, thank you. However, I'm planning to secure the pole to the left side of the building with enough wooden blocking to extend the pole beyond the drip edge of the tar shingle roof. Based on my overhang, a 3 or 4 foot...

The camera will only be 8-10 feet from where I will locate any input/output devices. I will be using Poe+ to power the camera. I guess I'm wondering if I can get by without using a pole mounted utility box, and just run the wiring inside the mounting pole. I will use rubber tape to protect the...

After a slow start in the ordering process, the AliExpress customer service rep I was working with placed my order and shipped my camera. I received it on Thursday, 10/13. Everything in the camera box was in excellent shape, and I also received the PFA-150 pole mount in a separate box. I...

How about a catalog? Thank you!

Thanks for the suggestions. Does anyone have a source they have used to purchase the PFA150 pole mount bracket? Thank you, David

Thank you for everyone's advice! What a great community. So what is a good protective finish for six feet of steel in concrete? Also, forgive the ignorance, but if I bury the pipe in concrete, is there any need to attach a grounding wire? My assumption is a no. :rolleyes:

Wow. That tower is nicer than my building. Thank you for the great reply. I'll have to dust off those old YouTube welding videos I watched when I thought, "Maybe I'll learn to weld."

I am in the process of trying to order a SD59430U-HN <---my thread. I will be mounting the camera on an outbuilding that already has power and networking equipment to support an older Panasonic IP cam, and a Davis Vantage Pro2 weatherstation. I have the weatherstation mounted on a 10ft length...

Thanks XtremeAaron. Interestingly enough, I just checked my AliExpress account, and I had a message from the seller offering to let me use PayPal. My "appeal" is still in a "being verified" status. I wonder if they automatically reprocess the order and charge the credit card, or if they...

Just to update, I sent "heavily redacted" images of the documents they asked for. All they show is information that they already have, which is basically my name and address. I blanked out the credit card and license numbers, and fuzzed up my DL picture, birth date, etc. To any reasonable...

After reading about CaliGirl's great experience with the SD59430U-HN, I tried ordering from the same vendor on AliExpress. My Visa's fraud alert triggered, and I received a text asking if I meant to use my CC to order from AliExpress. I responded "Yes" and Visa indicated I would have to...