So we have a simple need for some cameras to mount in horse stalls in our barn so we can keep an eye on an occasional horse or two that needs watching...
In the past I've used some basic bullet cams...but because of the way the barn is constructed, they don't work well because they can't get the whole stall in the view - need PTZ.
Recently I got some of these: - functionally they're pretty perfect...and inexpensive which is always nice. I set a couple up without configuring any of their cloud options, and figured that they'd therefore only be active on the local network - which is all we want them to do. But I discovered that they were constantly sending video up to their cloud thing anyway...and it was seriously degrading our ability to use our internet service...which, being on a farm in the middle of nowhere, isn't exactly stellar to begin with. Was actually interfering with my ability to work from home.
So now I'm going to return those, since I couldn't find any possible way to make them NOT constantly stream to the internet. I need some help finding something like those cams, but that can be made to totally work only on the local network - no sending anything to the internet/cloud at all. And descriptions on Amazon or whatever just don't make it clear what devices do or don't have that capability.
For clarity, all we need the cams to do is:
...and that's pretty much it. No need for cloud/internet anything, no motion-detection, no "human shape detection," no alarms/alerts, no local or remote storage, etc. Granted some or all of those things are likely to be present on currently-available cams, but if they are there we won't care and won't use it.
Can anyone point me towards some cameras that would work that way? I would be greatly appreciative. Thanks in advance for any advice.
In the past I've used some basic bullet cams...but because of the way the barn is constructed, they don't work well because they can't get the whole stall in the view - need PTZ.
Recently I got some of these: - functionally they're pretty perfect...and inexpensive which is always nice. I set a couple up without configuring any of their cloud options, and figured that they'd therefore only be active on the local network - which is all we want them to do. But I discovered that they were constantly sending video up to their cloud thing anyway...and it was seriously degrading our ability to use our internet service...which, being on a farm in the middle of nowhere, isn't exactly stellar to begin with. Was actually interfering with my ability to work from home.
So now I'm going to return those, since I couldn't find any possible way to make them NOT constantly stream to the internet. I need some help finding something like those cams, but that can be made to totally work only on the local network - no sending anything to the internet/cloud at all. And descriptions on Amazon or whatever just don't make it clear what devices do or don't have that capability.
For clarity, all we need the cams to do is:
- Connect to wifi
- Let us see video and hear sounds (bonus if we can talk through them too) via local network connection
- Have low-light/night mode
- Be PTZ so we can remotely move the cam if needed to see the whole stall
- ...and not stream stuff to the internet/cloud AT ALL
...and that's pretty much it. No need for cloud/internet anything, no motion-detection, no "human shape detection," no alarms/alerts, no local or remote storage, etc. Granted some or all of those things are likely to be present on currently-available cams, but if they are there we won't care and won't use it.
Can anyone point me towards some cameras that would work that way? I would be greatly appreciative. Thanks in advance for any advice.
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