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Is this motion-detection based, or does that camera have cat detection?
by mv4 2y ago
Is this motion-detection based, or does that camera have cat detection?
- PaulHoule 2y agoSo far I use the web interface to check in on Bob B live when I am in the other house (where I live) or in the house that he's in (which has two rental units under renovation) One time I saw he was on the floor and I ran over to the other house to peek in through the window on him which seemed to piss him off. So I try not to do that. https://zoneminder.com/ https://zoneminder.com/ works with many camera brands and can do all sorts of detection. It's a slight hassle because Zoneminder wants its own filesystem, I could install a spare SSD I have into my home server or maybe I could set up another computer to be a zoneminder server in the rental. I have a microwave link between the houses and it might be better to spare it, but I am worried that anything in the cat room could get sprayed on.
- mv4 2y agoSounds like a good DIY option. Do you have to pay for their remote access service to monitor the cat remotely? (asking because I saw it on their pricing page, wondering whether required or optional)
- PaulHoule 2y agoI have not done remote access with it. I wish I could run Tailscale on it and use it everywhere with my tablets, laptops, etc. but I can't. You could probably port forward the web server, but you could have a premium experience with ZoneMinder. I picked that camera out because I was looking at ZoneMinder's web page and thought Amcrest had a pretty good product line in terms of value. At my Uni they've installed a lot of Axis IP cameras which are quite a bit more expensive and are definitely tougher and higher performance.