I want to identify the plates of vehicles that request access to our driveway gates, but the only good spot to stick a camera is on a tree. I am hoping that I can automate it so that gates automatically open for recognized plates. I don't mind changing batteries. Are there any good wireless cameras that would work for this application?
I want to identify the plates of vehicles that request access to our driveway gates, but the only good spot to stick a camera is on a tree. I am hoping that I can automate it so that gates automatically open for recognized plates. I don't mind changing batteries. Are there any good wireless cameras that would work for this application?
LPR cameras require high frame rates and sufficient resolution to capture plates. At night, they require IR illumination. That means high bandwidth and high power. No battery powered camera could possibly meet those specifications.
You'll need to mount a good camera with ePoE capability, and then run a waterproof Ethernet cable to the tree. Others have used a flat shovel to create a trench that is about 6 inches deep into the ground, and simply spooled the cable into the trench.
LPR cameras require high frame rates and sufficient resolution to capture plates. At night, they require IR illumination. That means high bandwidth and high power. No battery powered camera could possibly meet those specifications.
You'll need to mount a good camera with ePoE capability, and then run a waterproof Ethernet cable to the tree. Others have used a flat shovel to create a trench that is about 6 inches deep into the ground, and simply spooled the cable into the trench.
This sounds doable. I am putting an outdoor switch immediately inside the gates, so I should be able to run POE to the camera. I'm not familiar with ePoe yet. I will have to look into that. Also I need to get across a sidewalk. I'd rather not bust it up at this point, so I would have to tunnel underneath somehow.
Dig a trench on either side of the side walk, as shallow or deep as you want and on one side at least a foot longer than the sidewalk is wide. Get a piece of pipe, longer than the sidewalk is wide and drive it from trench to trench, long trench to short trench, under the sidewalk. Pull the cable through the pipe. I used that trick across a driveway, more trenching, for sure, but it worked.
This sounds doable. I am putting an outdoor switch immediately inside the gates, so I should be able to run POE to the camera. I'm not familiar with ePoe yet. I will have to look into that. Also I need to get across a sidewalk. I'd rather not bust it up at this point, so I would have to tunnel underneath somehow.
