Anyone know who makes their cameras? Couldn't find anything here or with Google. (They're not for me.)
Alarm.com Cameras
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bigredfish
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Possibly Sercomm? They made IP cameras for ADT, AT&T, xFinity and more so maybe they did so for alarm.com.
Do you have one/some and are trying to see if you can stream video or ????
No, I don't have any. Church got quote from them. I'm an outsider trying to evaluate quote. Without knowing anything about Alarm.com, I'm suspicious of company specifying system and selling proprietary equipment. It's like getting financial advice from a company that sells different types of investments. You know they are going to recommend their own stuff, regardless of whether it is good or not.
Anyone know if yearly (?) fee paid to Alarm.com is required to enable equipment? That is, if you don't pay annual fee, does your equipment stop working? Wondering if they have special FW? Not sure what annual fee is for but it's not a small number.
Anyone know if yearly (?) fee paid to Alarm.com is required to enable equipment? That is, if you don't pay annual fee, does your equipment stop working? Wondering if they have special FW? Not sure what annual fee is for but it's not a small number.
NoProblems
Young grasshopper
We've had Alarm.com for three years, which came with the new house we bought as the original owners. Our thermostats, doorbell camera, and front door lock are all connected to it, and we haven't paid any fees during this time. If the system hadn't come with the house, I wouldn't have chosen a company like Ring, Alarm.com, or ADT. I would have likely gone with something like Reolink just for the doorbell and cameras, or a brand like Dahua.
bigredfish
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Back when we had it we chose to subscribe to it. Our alarm system was Safetouch but you could subscribe to Alarm.com or others for remote management and such if you wanted to. It worked fine, but I didnt use any of their cameras,
As I stated in post #3, Sercomm made IP cameras for ADT, AT&T, xFinity and more so maybe they did so for alarm.com.
There are several Sercomm models that can stream to Blue Iris, I have been using one in a bluebird house for 3 years.
Do your cams have an embedded webGUI that can be accessed with a browser?
I see, I will need to check. It has an interface on a dvr and can be accessed through a phone app. It’s my neighbors system and I’m trying to help him update his software and add new cameras. How would I go about checking if I can access through a web browser? I assume plug them into some computer with a switch, but I would need some scanner software to see if they are indeed IP? Is that about right?
Ethernet. So that would mean they are IP? I think I’m answering my own questions. I wonder if alarms has any proprietary blockers from connecting with blue iris …most likely not
If they are IP cams, then you should be able to discover their IP in the NVR.
Is it a POE NVR or are the cameras powered by a POE switch or wall wart?