I am trying to setup an outdoor security camera solution for my wife's small preschool. It is a house with a detached garage. We had to sue a concrete contractor in court, and a day before court, someone came and shut off our natural gas supply at the meter. He was trying to freeze and burst the pipes in the house (good thing I had a freeze sensor that called my cell phone - Simon XT alarm system ). Yesterday was the last court date, and we won the court case, so I am sure he is ready to do something else to the house (maybe burn down the house or garage).
WHAT I AM HOPING TO DO:
I want a total of 5 cameras. 2 behind garage, 1 on back of house, and 2 in front of house. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO RECORD ALL MOTION EVENTS TO AN OFFSITE HARD DRIVE (MY HOME COMPUTER). I am assuming this could be accomplished through an FTP server? Would the camera itself talk directly to the remote FTP server setup on my home computer, or is there a better way to do this? I want to do this because I have a feeling the guy might try to light the garage or house on fire, and I'm worried there would not be any video if the DVR was destroyed in a fire?
I am looking at HikVision cameras because they seem to get good reviews. I am looking for a camera that is capable of uploading these pictures/videos via FTP (or some other method) to my home computer. I am also hoping that a HI-RES camera on the back of the garage would be able to record license plates of cars passing down the alley? Is this possible? The back of the garage is about 10 ft from the alley. I have security lights in the back of the garage that light up the alley pretty well. Also, if a camera could send a picture to an email address every time it detected motion, this would also be great to pull up on my cell phone.
Can the HikVision cameras do this? Are there better alternatives for what I'm trying to do? I am open to cameras up to $150 - $160.
Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated!
Eric
WHAT I AM HOPING TO DO:
I want a total of 5 cameras. 2 behind garage, 1 on back of house, and 2 in front of house. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO RECORD ALL MOTION EVENTS TO AN OFFSITE HARD DRIVE (MY HOME COMPUTER). I am assuming this could be accomplished through an FTP server? Would the camera itself talk directly to the remote FTP server setup on my home computer, or is there a better way to do this? I want to do this because I have a feeling the guy might try to light the garage or house on fire, and I'm worried there would not be any video if the DVR was destroyed in a fire?
I am looking at HikVision cameras because they seem to get good reviews. I am looking for a camera that is capable of uploading these pictures/videos via FTP (or some other method) to my home computer. I am also hoping that a HI-RES camera on the back of the garage would be able to record license plates of cars passing down the alley? Is this possible? The back of the garage is about 10 ft from the alley. I have security lights in the back of the garage that light up the alley pretty well. Also, if a camera could send a picture to an email address every time it detected motion, this would also be great to pull up on my cell phone.
Can the HikVision cameras do this? Are there better alternatives for what I'm trying to do? I am open to cameras up to $150 - $160.
Any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated!
Eric