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Turn IP Camera On/Off

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  • 24-04-2014 12:18am
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    turninggreen
    Registered Users Posts: 74 ✭✭


    Hi,

    Looking for some advice. I have house alarm (not monitored) and would like to add an IP cam to view house when away, over wifi. I have looked at dozens of cams online and have some questions.

    All these cams seem to be 'always on' or on when motioned detected. I would prefer to just turn on cam when house unoccupied but no cams seem to have on/off switch. Dont want cam activating continuously when kids in the house. Can I switch off cam at elec socket and will it retain it's settings when switched on again or is there a better way. Remote switch on/off over Internet would be great.

    Also is it possible to get a cam with motion and audio alert. My thinking here is if my smoke alarm goes off, would the cam audio alert send me a message or is there another option for this.

    Hope all this makes sense. Any thoughts appreciated. thanks


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    stuartkee
    Registered Users Posts: 297 ✭✭stuartkee


    most good NVR ip systems have scheduled recording with motion detection only with email notification's but not sure about stand alone ip cameras have such options and they are limited big time with recording memory most NVR machines have at least 2 terrabite as standard plus you can have 4 ip cameras on it hikvision do a great line in ip cameras and NVR/DVR's


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    thesteve
    Registered Users Posts: 902 ✭✭✭thesteve


    turninggreen wrote: »
    All these cams seem to be 'always on' or on when motioned detected. I would prefer to just turn on cam when house unoccupied but no cams seem to have on/off switch. Dont want cam activating continuously when kids in the house.
    What do you mean by activating?
    turninggreen wrote: »
    Can I switch off cam at elec socket and will it retain it's settings when switched on again or is there a better way. Remote switch on/off over Internet would be great.
    You can but you'll need an electrician to wire a light switch to the socket you have the cam plugged into
    turninggreen wrote: »
    Also is it possible to get a cam with motion and audio alert. My thinking here is if my smoke alarm goes off, would the cam audio alert send me a message or is there another option for this.
    I've never seen a camera that can alert based on sound directly. I'm guessing it's possible if you have one with a mic in it, but you might need some software / an NVR to do the alerting.


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    Bibrock
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭Bibrock


    Hi If your alarm panel has an arm-disarm output you could fit a small relay to that output and wire the relay contacts to control the low voltage supply to the camera. By this means the camera would only be on-line when the alarm panel is set (when the house is unoccupied). Most of these cameras have activity alarm settings designed to send an SMS message or email when activity is detected. If you use part-guard be sure to disable arm/disarm on part guard setting in the panel options. Hope this helps you to get the system design you require.


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