Motion activate floods lights, will blind a night camera as it tries to adjust to the light. Either have lights or do not have lights. Or use multiple IR "lights". I have 400 lumens down lights mounted in the center of the soffits about 5 ft apart . Also I have garden lights, Nothing is blazingly bright, just nice even light.
If the house is not built run Ethernet wires at all possible locations.
Trust me, Im going to wire the crap out of this house.
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1) the front door needs three cameras, one doorbell camera, one pointing at the package drop area, one pointing back to the front door.
Dont know that I will need 3. I plan on a security gate prior to the front door so I have to take that into consideration. I havent researched it yet, but I do hope there is a POE doorbell camera out there.
That way I will have a package buffer too. I just have to figure out a way to get power to a keypad for unlocking that door. (I put a photo of the home model in the thread.
2) the garage entrance Needs two cameras pointing out mounted no higher than the top of the garage door.
Im putting a camera at every corner and should have 2 covering the garage entrance.
3) the inside of the garage need two cameras one point at the garage door and one point at the house entrance
Yup. I have that now, plus a camera in the house pointing at that entrance.
4) each entrance to the house must be covered by a camera.
Absolutely
5) each camera must be covered by another camera, If i can destroy a camera it must be covered, recorded by another camera.
Yes,.
6) in my house all public areas inside are covered, kitchen, living room, dining room, halls, game room, den
I plan on this too.
7) all outside doors are covered by a camera inside, pointing out.
Yes!