Greetings friends,
I had some extra hardware laying around and some spare time lately so I decided to undertake a security project on my pole barn for the sake of learning/experience. I thought I would share some of the details of the system:
The cams are older Hikvision DS-2CD2347G2-LU models that I had laying around. I installed a TP link RE815X tri-band mesh transceiver with a Jerry rigged custom enclosure that connects to the main router and the LTS nvr in the house which is about 75’ away. So far I’ve had no problems with connectivity:
If anything comes within 100’ of the barn door I get a push notification sent directly to my phone. It works really well. The motion detection even catches vehicles that pull up the driveway, which is a good distance away.
On the inside just above the entry door I installed another one of the old Hik cams, giving me a complete view of the interior of the barn. I get motion alerts from this cam as well:
For the keyless entry system I went with a CDVI A22K panel which came with the K1 “Krypto” readers, which are supposed to be an upgrade from the standard 125 khz k-tag readers. I scored the kit like new off ebay awhile back for $250. It utilizes the 13.56mhz EV2 tags. Supposedly they are 128 bit encrypted which makes them more difficult to clone:
This was my first time ever cutting in a door strike. I used a Milwaukee vibratory cutting tool with a carbide cutting blade. Even with the soft aluminum door frame it was not ideal. Do any of you have a recommendation for a rotary tool and proper cutters for performing an operation like this? There is no way i would ever get away with using the vibratory tool on a steel door frame. I would greatly appreciate any recommendations. It ended up coming out a little sloppy but not too bad:
The back of the RE815X has a gigabit port that I ran through the siding to a TP link 5 port switch, which serves the access panel and also a Hikvision 5 port poe switch that powers the 2 hik security cams and also my 2 hik deer cams that I have out in the field:
So far so good. Fun project….but I definitely need some advice on a solid rotary tool. What do you suggest?
_Jim
I had some extra hardware laying around and some spare time lately so I decided to undertake a security project on my pole barn for the sake of learning/experience. I thought I would share some of the details of the system:
The cams are older Hikvision DS-2CD2347G2-LU models that I had laying around. I installed a TP link RE815X tri-band mesh transceiver with a Jerry rigged custom enclosure that connects to the main router and the LTS nvr in the house which is about 75’ away. So far I’ve had no problems with connectivity:
If anything comes within 100’ of the barn door I get a push notification sent directly to my phone. It works really well. The motion detection even catches vehicles that pull up the driveway, which is a good distance away.
On the inside just above the entry door I installed another one of the old Hik cams, giving me a complete view of the interior of the barn. I get motion alerts from this cam as well:
For the keyless entry system I went with a CDVI A22K panel which came with the K1 “Krypto” readers, which are supposed to be an upgrade from the standard 125 khz k-tag readers. I scored the kit like new off ebay awhile back for $250. It utilizes the 13.56mhz EV2 tags. Supposedly they are 128 bit encrypted which makes them more difficult to clone:
This was my first time ever cutting in a door strike. I used a Milwaukee vibratory cutting tool with a carbide cutting blade. Even with the soft aluminum door frame it was not ideal. Do any of you have a recommendation for a rotary tool and proper cutters for performing an operation like this? There is no way i would ever get away with using the vibratory tool on a steel door frame. I would greatly appreciate any recommendations. It ended up coming out a little sloppy but not too bad:
The back of the RE815X has a gigabit port that I ran through the siding to a TP link 5 port switch, which serves the access panel and also a Hikvision 5 port poe switch that powers the 2 hik security cams and also my 2 hik deer cams that I have out in the field:
So far so good. Fun project….but I definitely need some advice on a solid rotary tool. What do you suggest?
_Jim
