Privacy hood / disable camera

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TimJWatts

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Sep 29, 2014
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Got a couple of Hikvision cube cams inside the house for when we are away at work and stuff.

Problem is, they feel very intrusive when we are there. Not to mention crazy russian hackers (no nothings default on ours, but that doesn't mean someone won't get lucky).

Looking for ideas on quick and easy disabling/renabling...

Pulling the power is impractical - I have these on PoE and don't want people fiddling with the RJ45.

One option *might* be to disable PoE on that port on the switch if I can figure out a simple way to do it (for other people to do it).

The most obvious way would be to throw a little hood over the camera - but I am concerned about overheating - they do run warm.

Best idea I have so far is to glue a couple of washers on and make a little (2x2") mask from card with a dome for the lens and a couple of small magnets so it can be quickly clipped over the front.

Perhaps you guys have tackled the problem in other ways?
 
TimJWatts said:
Got a couple of Hikvision cube cams inside the house for when we are away at work and stuff.

Problem is, they feel very intrusive when we are there. Not to mention crazy russian hackers (no nothings default on ours, but that doesn't mean someone won't get lucky).

Looking for ideas on quick and easy disabling/renabling...

Pulling the power is impractical - I have these on PoE and don't want people fiddling with the RJ45.

One option *might* be to disable PoE on that port on the switch if I can figure out a simple way to do it (for other people to do it).

The most obvious way would be to throw a little hood over the camera - but I am concerned about overheating - they do run warm.

Best idea I have so far is to glue a couple of washers on and make a little (2x2") mask from card with a dome for the lens and a couple of small magnets so it can be quickly clipped over the front.

Perhaps you guys have tackled the problem in other ways?
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I believe there are PoE switched that are managed switches where you can log in remotely and disable/enable power to each ports. I believe some folks here on forum are using such switches to power cycle their camera remotely.

Bill
 
One idea, not saying it's fantastic, is to get one of these web enabled power outlets and if the switch is only powering your cams you could plug its power brick into one of those outlets and remotely power it on/off, or set it on a schedule.
 
All of my smaller POE switches have a power switch, so just have someone hit the switch on the POE switch and only have the cameras on that switch.

You could also connect just the POOE switch to a web enabled power outlet, like the Belkin WeMo or something. I've never used those but I do need one so maybe I'll try one out here soon.

http://www.amazon.com/WeMo-Electron...F8&qid=1421689703&sr=8-1&keywords=belkin+wemo

Then anyone with the app can control the switch power as needed and if you forget to power it on before you leave home you can still turn it on, unlike a physical hood where you forget to take it off and then you get nothing. If I hood is all you want then use a cup and take off the bottom then the heat rises out the top while you have the cup on it and there is no heat issue.
 
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