Security surveillance on Athena?

eaglesteve · 13th December 2007, 02:57 AM

Security surveillance on Athena?

Does anyone know of any systems comprising about 4 cameras that can be set up to stream its videos to the Athena?

spzero · 13th December 2007, 10:58 AM

x10

i belive the X10 system can be configured for this type of thing as well as running macros for heating lights etc etc and designed to be used with pda's !!!

eaglesteve · 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by spzero

i belive the X10 system can be configured for this type of thing as well as running macros for heating lights etc etc and designed to be used with pda's !!!

spzero, thanks for the tips mate. I'll investigate this.

edit: it looks very very good. This is EXACTLY what I'm looking for. But they only ship to US and Canada

I'll see if I can find another website that sells to Australia.

BTW, are you using this yourself? If so, care to share your experience with this product?

It looks very very exciting, and I really want to be able to watch my office on my Athena.

ice_coffee · 13th December 2007, 01:44 PM

The X10 system is probably better, and I am going to look into it myself but currently I have 2 things that im doing

1) The easiest is to get a webcam (or for better pic quality) a cheap TV capture card (either USB or PCI) and plug a security camera into it, I then open my webcam/capture card in a simple program (I use VLC) and use remote desktop to view on my PDA. (even better I have full remote control over the camera PC from my PDA) the pic quality is like fast updating stills 1 or 2 frames per second

2) Install software like webcam monitor this will monitor your camera for you, if it detects motion it will photgraph it via your webcam and email it to anywhere you like, if you setup win live on your phone you will receive pics like text messages every time the cam pics up a disturbance !

ice_coffee · 13th December 2007, 01:55 PM

I forgot to mention (because I have not done it myself yet I plan to do it next time Im away from home) Orb is free video broadcasting software, if you have a TV capture card or USB device connected to your computer not only can you watch live TV streamed to your PDA on the go but you can connect a camera and get that streamed to you aswell !

spzero · 13th December 2007, 03:03 PM

ive not used it my self 'the gadget show' did a revie of it some time back you may be able to see it at their website chanel5.com or .co.uk or .tv im not sure which its a uk tv station a quick google should help, its really impressive stuff and i had considered it before when i was renting a place but never got round to it, i own my home now and considering it again. ive only heard good things about it and i belive its what bill gates has at his house for his home automation,

ice_coffee · 17th December 2007, 11:49 AM

I tried using orb, it was excellent ! Full motion video of my living room !! it was kinda boring though as nobody was in.

eaglesteve · 17th December 2007, 01:03 PM

I would imagin you only want to watch it when your alarm system has been triggered to call your mobile. The camera allows you to confirm if it is a false alarm, and if not what's going on in your house.

No point watching it when nothing is happening.

apd · 17th December 2007, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by eaglesteve

I would imagin you only want to watch it when your alarm system has been triggered to call your mobile. The camera allows you to confirm if it is a false alarm, and if not what's going on in your house.

No point watching it when nothing is happening.

Oh I don't know. It would be more interesting than Neighbours