Hello all,
Let me start of by thanking your for your time spent helping me win! haha It's not really about winning, its about having the gear needed if/when the situation calls for it.
Long story short, we have a couple younger kids who are starting to stay home alone more and more frequently (an hour here or there) and aren't too far away from staying home alone for longer periods of time. What I am hoping for initially is likely (4) cameras. I will go into more detail below regarding their operating conditions. Future plans might include indoor cameras of some sort with the ability to interact with the kids when they are home. I have limited/not advanced computer knowledge and am very limited on time, but am smart enough to figure most stuff out w/o too much babysitting.
I don't need full time recording, just event recording. But viewing from our Android phones is a must. Cameras don't need to be fancy, just good dependable units that are ok with dealing with cold Wisconsin winters. I will have fairly easy POE wiring access to the porch, driveway and back of garage cameras. But the patio door camera will need wires ran on the exterior of the wall.
Front of the house (which faces directly east if that matters):
1) Short black line; Is the front door which is under the roof of a covered porch. Fairly dark under there even on sunny days. Short distance facial recognition is key, a light is likely needed, and two way communication would be preferred (basically a fancy ring doorbell?).
2) Long black line/driveway: Roughly 75' with a standard led street light across the street. Even though the street light is there, it is still fairly dark in our yard at night. But I would prefer to be able to have the ability to have fairly good detail of cars/people on the street as well as in the driveway if possible.
Back of the house:
3) Behind the garage toward shed. (To the back of the property is roughly 75', not to the end of the line...sorry) . I would be happy with a camera similar to the driveway camera, but possibly a little shorter distance to possibly capture people close to the door on the back of the garage.
4) Circle/Patio Door. This gets a fair amount of light during the day, but is dark at night. Would like facial recognition similar to the front door camera, but two way communication isn't needed.
Let me start of by thanking your for your time spent helping me win! haha It's not really about winning, its about having the gear needed if/when the situation calls for it.
Long story short, we have a couple younger kids who are starting to stay home alone more and more frequently (an hour here or there) and aren't too far away from staying home alone for longer periods of time. What I am hoping for initially is likely (4) cameras. I will go into more detail below regarding their operating conditions. Future plans might include indoor cameras of some sort with the ability to interact with the kids when they are home. I have limited/not advanced computer knowledge and am very limited on time, but am smart enough to figure most stuff out w/o too much babysitting.
I don't need full time recording, just event recording. But viewing from our Android phones is a must. Cameras don't need to be fancy, just good dependable units that are ok with dealing with cold Wisconsin winters. I will have fairly easy POE wiring access to the porch, driveway and back of garage cameras. But the patio door camera will need wires ran on the exterior of the wall.
Front of the house (which faces directly east if that matters):
1) Short black line; Is the front door which is under the roof of a covered porch. Fairly dark under there even on sunny days. Short distance facial recognition is key, a light is likely needed, and two way communication would be preferred (basically a fancy ring doorbell?).
2) Long black line/driveway: Roughly 75' with a standard led street light across the street. Even though the street light is there, it is still fairly dark in our yard at night. But I would prefer to be able to have the ability to have fairly good detail of cars/people on the street as well as in the driveway if possible.
Back of the house:
3) Behind the garage toward shed. (To the back of the property is roughly 75', not to the end of the line...sorry) . I would be happy with a camera similar to the driveway camera, but possibly a little shorter distance to possibly capture people close to the door on the back of the garage.
4) Circle/Patio Door. This gets a fair amount of light during the day, but is dark at night. Would like facial recognition similar to the front door camera, but two way communication isn't needed.
