Dummys guide to DIY Calving Camera

pakalasa

If your router has a fixed IP address, then you don't need to use NO-IP.com.
So remotely, like at work, you just type in say, http://21.89.104.111:5656/ and you should get through. Where 21.89.104.111 is the IP address of your router, 5656 is the specified port. You have to lower security in the Firewall of the router too.

Ltrvale

I hope to set up two cameras one in the calving pen and another in the shed the pen is about 30m away and the shed is 40m in the other direction, i would set the foscams using a wired setup would i plug each camera into the router seperatley, could i go wireless or is there any need when i can go wired

Lofty0990

pakalasa wrote: »

If your router has a fixed IP address, then you don't need to use NO-IP.com.
So remotely, like at work, you just type in say, http://21.89.104.111:5656/ and you should get through. Where 21.89.104.111 is the IP address of your router, 5656 is the specified port. You have to lower security in the Firewall of the router too.

Many thanks pakalasa, tried but no luck ,on pc cant find page ,on windows explorer mobile -it says it doesnt support that format .

Just wondering if both router and foscam need a bit of resetting . Only have bare basics of networking .

Many thanks again

sea12

Lofty0990 wrote: »

Many thanks pakalasa, tried but no luck ,on pc cant find page ,on windows explorer mobile -it says it doesnt support that format .

Just wondering if both router and foscam need a bit of resetting . Only have bare basics of networking .

Many thanks again

Hi lofty,

I had the same problem. In fact I never got it working after. I had a few competent people looking at it and they had no joy either. It seemed to be the software for the firewall. A friend has a space Eircom router which I am going to try. It's the newer black one rather than the older grey one.

Are you with Eircom?

Annuv

Sorry to bump this thread again.

A quick question for the lads who extended their wireless network using nanostations and used a wireless IP camera - wouldn't using a network camera (not wireless) have done the job?

I mean, the camera is connected to the ethernet part of the nanostation's PoE so it's on the network, so it shouldn't have to be wireless to be connected to remotely should it?

Thanks

aidanki

question Ladies and gentlemen,

Im wondering if I have cameras of different brands how do I manage

is there a 3rd party software that I need so that van view all the cameras together

mcflowers

Annuv wrote: »

Sorry to bump this thread again.

A quick question for the lads who extended their wireless network using nanostations and used a wireless IP camera - wouldn't using a network camera (not wireless) have done the job?

I mean, the camera is connected to the ethernet part of the nanostation's PoE so it's on the network, so it shouldn't have to be wireless to be connected to remotely should it?

Thanks

Yep, that will work perfectly Annuv. But just to point out, the PoE is used to power the nanostation itself and not the camera.

mcflowers

aidanki wrote: »

question Ladies and gentlemen,

Im wondering if I have cameras of different brands how do I manage

is there a 3rd party software that I need so that van view all the cameras together

The software that comes with most cameras should work, or better still if you have an iPad/tablet there are good few apps available to view cameras.
You will need to enter the individual IP addresses username and passwords for each camera to work with software/apps.

munkus

mcflowers wrote: »

Yep, that will work perfectly Annuv. But just to point out, the PoE is used to power the nanostation itself and not the camera.

You can buy a small 5 port PoE switch, and plug both the camera and the LAN interface of the nanostation into it. Around 40 quid.

Annuv

Please ignore

aidanki

some stuff here about picture quality

http://www.acti.com/getfile/KnowledgeBase_UploadFile/TVL-The_True_Measurement_of_Video_Quality_20101027_002.pdf

just_did_it

Hi folks,

I am just about to purchase a calving camera, halfway through the calving season but better late than never.

From reading this tread all I need is a camera:

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Foscam-FI8918W-IP-Camera-Indoor-Security-Wireless-CCTV-Baby-Monitor-WiFi-Black-/111094767090?pt=UK_CCTV&hash=item19ddc39df2

Nanostation:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ubiquiti-NanoStation-Loco-M2-2-pack/dp/B00I4QK8O0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1394369044&sr=8-2&keywords=Nanostation

Is that it do the nanostation come with cat 5 cables or should I order a few of them when I'm at it?

My calving shed is approx 150 feet from the calving shed, would I even need the nanostation at all?

Once I have received all the bits does it take long to have the camera up and running ?

Thanks.

big_show

just_did_it wrote: »

Hi folks,

I am just about to purchase a calving camera, halfway through the calving season but better late than never.

From reading this tread all I need is a camera:

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Foscam-FI8918W-IP-Camera-Indoor-Security-Wireless-CCTV-Baby-Monitor-WiFi-Black-/111094767090?pt=UK_CCTV&hash=item19ddc39df2

yep

just_did_it wrote: »

Hi folks,

Nanostation:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ubiquiti-NanoStation-Loco-M2-2-pack/dp/B00I4QK8O0/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1394369044&sr=8-2&keywords=Nanostation

Is that it do the nanostation come with cat 5 cables or should I order a few of them when I'm at it?

I can't recall but if they do they are going to be short. So figure out where the camera is going to be situated and how long of a cat 5 cable you will need to be to reach the nanostation.

just_did_it wrote: »

My calving shed is approx 150 feet from the calving shed, would I even need the nanostation at all?

I take it you mean 150 feet from the house to the calving shed?

a roll of 50m outdoor cat5 is €20 on ebay so you could take a chance on that instead of shelling out €80 for the nanostations. cat5 is good until 100m.

If the 50m didn't reach the camera (but got you as far as the shed say), you could connect the 50m outdoor cable to a simple switch in the shed and then use a regular cat5 to connect to camera.

just_did_it wrote: »

Once I have received all the bits does it take long to have the camera up and running ?

Thanks.

Depends on networking experience, the hardest part for me was lining up the nanostations and configuring them, but if you are using a wired connection to your home network then all you need is to set up the port forwarding and the dynamic dns (you can set the dynamic dns on the ip camera itself)

just_did_it

Thanks big show, very informative post.

Tucker.Tim

Ordered a set of NanoStations, now just deciding on what camera to go for. I'm looking at having two cameras, I assume a cheap switch would do the job fine?

munkus

Tucker.Tim wrote: »

Ordered a set of NanoStations, now just deciding on what camera to go for. I'm looking at having two cameras, I assume a cheap switch would do the job fine?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-TL-SF1008P-8-Port-Desktop-Including/dp/B001PS4NRM/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1397550042&sr=8-2&keywords=5+port+poe+switch

Need POE for the camera, unless it's a PTZ as they need direct power. I'd get a large IP65 box or some other form of containment as it gets very dusty and moist in the shed and gear like this will get ruined after a few years.

colrow

My neighbour told me today, that oon the Joe Duffy show yesterday, they were talking about CCTV, and said that you had to have it installed by a licensed installer, you could't even buy your own and diy

Is this right ?

mcflowers

colrow wrote: »

My neighbour told me today, that oon the Joe Duffy show yesterday, they were talking about CCTV, and said that you had to have it installed by a licensed installer, you could't even buy your own and diy

Is this right ?

No.

Zr105

colrow wrote: »

My neighbour told me today, that oon the Joe Duffy show yesterday, they were talking about CCTV, and said that you had to have it installed by a licensed installer, you could't even buy your own and diy

Is this right ?

Unfortunately yes, it came in as part of the new entry systems legislation crap that came in last year.
However if its for a calving camera stuck in a shed who will ever know...

dzer2

colrow wrote: »

My neighbour told me today, that oon the Joe Duffy show yesterday, they were talking about CCTV, and said that you had to have it installed by a licensed installer, you could't even buy your own and diy

Is this right ?

Sure its up ages who would know

Diarmuid_g

Sorry for bumping an old thread.

I'm trying to set up a standalone calving camera for my brother. Here's my setup:

Foscam IP camera > TP-link router (MR 3420 v.2) > Huawei 3g modem with Meteor broadband SIM.

I'm able to get at the camera inside my network on 192.168.1.20:8090. I've set up an account with no-ip and the Foscam logs into no-ip without a hitch. I've set up port forwarding on the TP-Link for the camera but I can't view the camera from outside the network i.e. the internet. Having trawled through a bunch of threads, some of which say you can use a 3g dongle fine, and others which say you can't because the mobile ISPs use NAT(?) so you can't hit your router's IP address directly from outside. I'm at a loss. I've tried it using Meteor and Tesco broadband SIMs and neither work. Has anyone got a similar setup working?

Diarmuid.

ganmo

Edit the IP address out if your post, not good practice to go around shouting out your IP address

Jakey Rolling

ganmo wrote: »

Edit the IP address out if your post, not good practice to go around shouting out your IP address

Don't worry - anything that's in the private IP address ranges i.e 10.x.x.x, 192.168.x.x or 172.16.x.x are not accessible from the internet.


Re your ability to access from the intenet through a 3G dongle - yes, the ISP will use NAT and would need to set up port forwarding for your incoming connection. You can ask them about this, but I doubt they will be able to facilitate you.

NAT = many users sharing a common public IP address. This is the address that your no-ip would show up as.

mcflowers

Diarmuid_g wrote: »

Sorry for bumping an old thread.

I'm trying to set up a standalone calving camera for my brother. Here's my setup:

Foscam IP camera > TP-link router (MR 3420 v.2) > Huawei 3g modem with Meteor broadband SIM.

I'm able to get at the camera inside my network on 192.168.1.20:8090. I've set up an account with no-ip and the Foscam logs into no-ip without a hitch. I've set up port forwarding on the TP-Link for the camera but I can't view the camera from outside the network i.e. the internet. Having trawled through a bunch of threads, some of which say you can use a 3g dongle fine, and others which say you can't because the mobile ISPs use NAT(?) so you can't hit your router's IP address directly from outside. I'm at a loss. I've tried it using Meteor and Tesco broadband SIMs and neither work. Has anyone got a similar setup working?

Diarmuid.

Hi
Just a suggestion, but I've found on the TP link routers it can take awhile for the port forwarding to kick in after setting up, sometimes up to an hour.
This is more than likely not your problem but just a suggestion as I was getting caught out thinking it wasnt working and left it for awhile and.... hey presto!

onyerbikepat

Diarmuid_g wrote: »

....but I can't view the camera from outside the network i.e. the internet.....

Are you actually outside the network? By this I mean another PC at another location.

Diarmuid_g

onyerbikepat wrote: »

Are you actually outside the network? By this I mean another PC at another location.

I set up my phone as a hotspot and use that when connecting from the internet.

big_show

connect to and log into the TP-Link router and check what IP it was assigned by tesco/O2. (it should be under some of the connections tabs)

while still connected to the router go to whatsmyip.org and see if they match.
If they don't then some NAT is going on, but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

Diarmuid_g

Big_show:
I'm on Meteor now. My public IP address is 109.xx.xx.xx (obtained from whatismyip.com), and you're right, it's the same as my router's IP address.

Diarmuid_g

WTF!
After weeks of head scratching and trawling forums, as soon as I post my problem the POS starts working! Today I had to move the location of my router, and in doing so had to pull power. I've soft reset the TP-Link too many times to count, but hadn't pulled power. It seems that this was enough to shake the router into life. Hopefully it'll all be smooth sailing from here.

Thanks for the replies.

AntrimGlens

Just been informed that my calving camera was hit by a lightning strike which now requires the main pcb and LED pcb boards to be replaced. The camera is inside the shed and i don't believe it was hit by lightning as there was no lightning around the time it started messing about. The camera continued to work just the infra red stopped working on it, so i had to leave the shed light on to see with it.
Anyone know if this is likely or would the manufacturer be chancing their arm as obviously it's not covered under warranty if they say lightning strike. Weren't cheap cameras either.
All thoughts welcome