r/SecurityCamera

My grandmother called me last night saying the siding of her trailer looks like it was pushed in or beat in by someone. She's had problems with animals getting under there so we put the siding back up along with a simple sheet plastic style fence around it as a deterrent. She's wanting to get a camera to mount either onto a tree or the side of her storage shed to face that area. I don't know anything about security cameras so im looking for suggestions. Something that she can access with her phone and not have to have extra equipment. At first I thought about just a ring door bell, but maybe an actual camera would work better. Something with an easy to use interface as she is in her 80's. Any help would be awesome.

Why is it so difficult to have manufactures create a blacked out models, the cheap Amazon companies have figured it out 🤯🤬😡

Hey all. I have/had a lorex security system. it's wireless and I have 6 cameras already installed. most wireles. I got divorced and police raided my house and took my receiver. Without my concent or a warrant. Come to find out that officer was fired because of how he treated me and apparently he came back without my knowledge and took the main unit to cover his tracks. (plus a keyboard and mouse which is just stupid) long story short I have cameras and receivers but I don't know what the main device is. I want to buy a new one. Going off of this image can anyone tell me what I need?

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So my neighbor has a camera, intentionally pointed directly at my house and yard. I have my own cameras pointed at my stuff. Is there someway I can interrupt that camera like pointing a laser at it etc.

Same above

Hi everyone,

I’m trying to connect CP Plus IP cameras to a TP-Link VIGI NVR and wanted to know if anyone here has successfully done it.

• Are the cameras detected automatically through ONVIF?
• Any compatibility issues or limitations?
• Does motion detection / recording work properly?
• Any specific settings I should change on either side?

Would really appreciate any guidance or setup tips before I proceed further.

Thanks!

My grandpa lives in Hawaii, and I’m visiting him in a couple of weeks. I want to put up an outdoor camera for him while I’m there.

He told me someone messed with his car at night recently, and right now he does not have a dash cam or any camera pointed at the driveway.

I’m trying to keep it simple. Something that can sit outside in heat, humidity, and rain without needing constant attention. I’d also rather avoid anything that locks basic recordings behind a monthly plan, since I don’t want him dealing with subscriptions or confusing app settings.

Hi all,
I am looking for some advice on a camera set up.

I would like to have 4 cameras that monitor an ongoing build.

• The cameras should be solar as a full electric supply is not yet installed
• There will be a Starlink on site and would like the cameras to connect to this over wifi
• I would like to have the camera footage storage off site but not cloud based

What would the best solution be?

Thanks very much.

We have cameras in our house in each room and some have multiple as we have a small senior chihuahua rescue and we monitor our dogs closely and want to get off of our Nest subscriptions and old cameras.

I setup 2 solar Reolink cameras outside that just record to the SD card and those are decent but I am wanting something that will allow 24/7 continuous recording that also has iPhone app access etc.

Maybe even cameras that can pan, tilt and zoom.

Would Reolinks indoor cameras with their NVR be good?

Hello, I'm looking to get at least 2 outdoor security cameras for better views. I recently bought two C120s just to try and positioning them towards the outside through the windows, but Im think they are not enough. My house is pretty low and is a rental so I dont want to do drillings which the only choice would be using a gutter mount. I think my C120s are quite good but Idk if i should get a different brand or maybe stick with Tapo. I have seen good and bad reviews about Reolink, more of good ones though. Eufy is expensive and has quite a lot of complaints too. Tapo has high reviews but their range are cheaper than the other two which idk why though. Can you help me out? Preferably wireless ones with solar panels that can be hooked up to the gutter mount and no subscriptions is preferred. Thanks!

Hi there. Not sure if I'm in the right group but I'm sure yall can point me in the right direction. My grandfather is in a WONDERFUL assisted living... but theres a nighttime CNA that isn't doing her job. I've heard from another resident's family that this is a problem for them..

so who knows how many elderly people are having this problem because many don't have involved family unfortunately. I love the director and she's trying to crack down on this but enough is enough. I need a camera in there. One that records and I can also see live. How could I make this with Wi-Fi connection? But I'd prefer to do without.... more independent control. Thank you so much for the help!

Hi I’m thinking to get a PoE setup done for my retail showroom. Stuck between Annke and reolink. Annke is really cheap and if it serves the purpose then i would not want to spend more. My back end team monitors cameras from a different country so need some good recommendation about which one is the best fit for me. Can someone help ?

Hi there

I want to buy an outdoor camera to check the weather (snow pack) and wildlife at my cabin. I have a Reolink already at my main home (inside). Are there considerably better options for outside cameras? I like the idea of staying in the Reolink world and see all my cameras in one app. However, if there are better options, I'm totally willing to consider them

My needs:

• Outdoor use, yet covered (I want to install the camera somewhere under the roof)
• Wifi access is available
• Power access is available (or better, will be available)
• I want to have a good resolution especially for wildlife (my Reolink E1 Pro kinda works, but the image quality is poor)
• I don't need a light attached to the camera

Thank you and best regards

I have a commercial customer who started some strange video stuff, now he stuck.

He had his IT guy install 14 cameras around the property, they then created a command center.

The command center has 14 individual 12x14 computer monitors.

The customer wants each camera dedicated to each individual monitor.

Any thoughts?

I’m looking for advice on running Cat6 cable through my crawl space.

My patch panel is located in an interior wall inside a coat closet, and I have access to that area from the crawl space. The issue is with the exterior walls where I’d like cable drops. Those stud bays sit directly above the concrete foundation/sill plate area, so I don’t have a clear way to get from the crawl space up into the wall cavity even for some of the walls that might appear to be interior walls (please refer to my rudimentary Canva image).

Has anyone dealt with this type of setup before? I’d appreciate any suggestions on clean ways to route the cable, possible surface-mount options, or other methods that would avoid messy exposed runs.

Feel free to drill me with questions. I will hopefully be able to reply with an adequate response. Thanks in advance.

EDIT1:

• Canva image was not added to original post.
• Green are the walls (as you can see not all are exterior walls)
• Blue are my runs to the patch panel.
• Garage is slab on grade.

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EDIT2:

• These are the images of the exterior wall directly over my run in the West Corner of my furthest run.

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UPDATE; called Lorex and they emailed me firmware 4 for the NVR. All working now, it’s a shame it’s not an automatic update.

I have a Lorex N846A62P and 6 no. E893AB series camera, before installing I tried a tabletop test to check everything was working and I am glad i did. The NVR boots up fine and connects to the home network but cannot detect and of the cameras plugged into it. I've tried the following solutions.

- factory reset + reconnect one camera to post #1

- factory reset + local network only + reconnect one camera to post #1

- swapping cameras and cables

- checked firmware update (on V3 which appears to be current)

The NVR has a good power supply and i am using the factory supplied ethernet cables. No cameras are available to detect, and manual adding doesn’t resolve it either.

If you have had this issue, how did you resolve it?