Cam-monkey, your new PTZ cam sounds interesting... I've been wanting to get one and play with auto track auto zoom.
We run Blue Iris and started with all analog with an Axis 4 port to ethernet box years ago.
We're all IP cams now. How well/easy does the Ring door bell integrate into your setup? I thought Ring was a 'closed system'?
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in short, it doesn’t. It is a closed system. However the highest end Rings can integrate with home automation, alarms, and smart locks. It doesn’t share video, but while in the ring app you can manipulate some other systems.
they are. But you only have to worry about state actors or close (in range) neighbors. I can figure out my neighbors encryption if I can gather enough packets and use special tools to make it spit out lots and lots of a certain kind of packet. But it’s not worth it generally.
The worst you have to worry about is someone with a jamming device blinding your WiFi so the cameras stop communicating w the NVR.equivalent to somebody in a car with a strong sound system parking next to you with it turned all the way up so you can’t hold a phone conversation because there is too much noise. But that still isn’t likely.
But since you really need power to the device, why not also run network with it? Yes, rechargeable cams but that’s a PITA.
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