Comments on: How To Build A WiFi Home Surveillance System With Your PC

By: itsashirt T shirts

itsashirt T shirts — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:38:11 +0000

I will install your system in my appartment in china, so I can check things out in The Netherlands

By: theGMan

theGMan — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:25:17 +0000

What if someone steals your PC?

By: The Chilibuddy

The Chilibuddy — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:28:19 +0000

I have the same question as JD – although I know some cams and software are able to set a scheduling system… still, there are the days when I come back home unexpectedly then what do I do?

Sorry, @steppedup, I didn’t really understand your solution… not quite geek enough to comprehend. Do you suggest my phone call into the computer or something to turn it off? How would you do it?

By: The Chilibuddy

The Chilibuddy — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:23:31 +0000

Okay, so after so long I have finally completed the home project. I got the LinkSys WVC54GCA which works pretty well for day-time (although now I am beginning to regret not getting night-vision. The one that I tried with night-vision had red IRs lights that would defeat the purposes of being out of sight)

I set the camera to work with my wifi network up with a little bit of difficulty on a Airport Extreme Router and MBP and I purchased EvoCam which is very user-friendly.

My next question, which almost seems to stupid to ask, is does the software you are running Active Webcam need to be always running for this surveillance system to work? Does that mean I should be constantly running this application?

By: Jerome

Jerome — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:10:42 +0000

Which wireless network IP camera would you recommend?

By: home security

home security — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:17:42 +0000

The next screen of the startup wizard helps you select which type of camera you want to connect to. Keep in mind that if youâ€™ve set up a remote Wi-Fi webcam that has its own IP on your network.

By: The Chilibuddy

The Chilibuddy — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:03:57 +0000

I just checked it out – they don’t make it free anymore…. bummer… I got myself a wifi IP camera now I’ve got to decide which app to use. Anyone knows what are the features I should be looking out for cause they all seem to do the same thing.

By: steppedup

steppedup — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:49:19 +0000

@JD…

I’d keep an email client running…then just email yourself with “home” in the subject line.

Have macro/script run based on any message received from your cell phone with “home” in the subject line to run the security camera program with command line arguments to turn off monitoring.

If you were feeling tricky, you could pick up an X10 remote to send it to the Home Command program to also run program line arguments – and turn off the software with the ease of pushing a button.

By: Jose

Jose — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:21:37 +0000

http://www.zoneminder.com/

This is a very neat program for CCTV surveillance. It’s free and has good support from the community. The only drawback is that it runs only on Linux. If you want to experiment as a DIY project, you might want to give it a try.

Hope it helps someone!

By: JD

JD — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:35:16 +0000

I’ve looked into doing this in the past (have a spare laptop and some webcams to hook up). I want to just monitor my home office area when I’m out for the day, have had a break in before.

My question is, how do you disable the system, say right before you get home. Meaning, you really don’t want the thing to take the snapshot/pics everytime when YOU actually walk in the room. Is this an option on any of these programs? Sort of like a security alarm for your home, it works when you are not there but when you get home you can quickly enter the code on the keypad to disarm. Anyone get what I’m saying?