Post by: Ken on August 27, 2020, 05:36:39 PM
So...it has been my habit to leave our garage doors open during the day because from the street you can not see into the garage bays and know what's inside. Like many folks we have accumulated lots of stuff over the years, so a thief would be able to score an OK haul from us were they to have access through those doors that I leave open.
Kay would always grip at me about closing them, but I would always say, "Don't worry, it'll be OK." Needless to say it will be some time before I live that one down. :-[
A couple of weeks back Kay wanted to use her fairly new weed string trimmer which was a really nice battery operated model, EGO Power+ ST1500-S (https://egopowerplus.com/commercial-string-trimmer/). When she went to get the trimmer she could not find it, so she asked me if it had been moved and wanted me to find the darn thing and it was not there of course. Also missing was my gas trimmer, an Echo similar to this model, Echo SRM-2620 ProXtreme Trimmer (https://www.amazon.com/Echo-SRM2620-SRM-2620-ProXtreme-Trimmer/dp/B01H5MIJ6W/ref=sr_1_9?dchild=1&keywords=echo+trimmer&qid=1598560273&s=lawn-garden&sr=1-9).
The Ego electric is about $150 for just the trimmer with no battery or charger and the Echo cost me about $350 4-5 years ago. :'(
We think that we may know who took them, but how do you prove that something is yours when you name isn't marked on it? One kind of funny part, the battery was not on the Ego, so when the asshole took it to the pawn shop he would have been lucky to get $10 for it.
So, the doors will stay closed now unless I'm actually in the garage and we now have a shiny new security camera system, ZOSI C301 Wire Free Cameras Security System Outdoor 4Channel NVR (https://www.amazon.com/ZOSI-Security-4Channel-Rechargeable-Detection/dp/B08B6367TT?ref_=ast_sto_dp) + a WD Purple 1TB Surveillance Hard Drive. It's a nice system and it is taxing my mental prowess because it is a technology that is totally new to me. It's now set to show on my cell phone and so when Kay and I were out for some errands today I got to play with it a bit. :thumbup:
Here's a couple of pics of my desktop. The system dose not come with a monitor, so I used one of my old Dell monitors(17in?) for the display and it looks good. It is setup to show four cameras, but you can set it to show one at a time full screen... looks better than I had thought that it would.
(https://www.ourfamilyforum.org/FamilyForum/gallery/0/64-270820170659-9141606.jpeg)
(https://www.ourfamilyforum.org/FamilyForum/gallery/0/64-270820170658-911124.jpeg)
(https://www.ourfamilyforum.org/FamilyForum/gallery/0/64-270820171715-9171724.jpeg)
Ps: This Damn garage door mistake is gonna cost me close to $600! $400+ for the security system and $150+ for a new Ego trimmer. (I'm not gonna replace the gas trimmer)
Post by: Ken on August 27, 2020, 06:43:22 PM
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Post by: Lesmond on August 29, 2020, 12:49:58 PM
I have had one on the front of our house a couple of years now, and is also connected to the internet you can view it Here (http://82.14.251.89:8800/Front/snapshotfull.php?clickurl=%2FFront%2Fsummarysnapshot.php) I have this one connected to an old laptop, which records and saves 24/7
(https://tinypix.top/images/2020/08/29/P1Q4J.md.jpg) (https://tinypix.top/i/P1Q4J)
I have one in the back yard too pointed at me work shop, but that one can only be viewed from my cell
(https://tinypix.top/images/2020/08/29/P1om4.md.jpg) (https://tinypix.top/i/P1om4)
Post by: Ken on August 29, 2020, 01:55:47 PM
Post by: Lesmond on August 29, 2020, 02:10:22 PM
Post by: Ken on August 29, 2020, 02:50:41 PM
Post by: Lesmond on August 29, 2020, 03:26:02 PM
Post by: Ken on August 29, 2020, 03:39:44 PM
Post by: Skhilled on August 30, 2020, 03:24:31 PM
Sorry all of this happened to you. But the new security system looks pretty cool! :)
Post by: Ken on August 30, 2020, 03:46:07 PM
There is one very important point that I would have liked to know before buying this system and that has to do with the battery recharge life and the effect of live-streaming your cameras. They advertise that the battery life between recharges will last up to 180 days and that might be true if you have the system set to very strict controls so that the cameras only rarely go live and for only a few seconds. If you wish, as I do, to have your system sending a live feed to your monitor then your batteries will drain their charge in less than 48 hours!
Post by: Skhilled on August 30, 2020, 03:54:44 PM
Post by: Lesmond on August 30, 2020, 07:50:35 PM
You really don't want to see him, Ken. LMAOSure dont, I'm an ugly SOAB lol
My camera is wired to the mains, and because its just outside the window, it wasn't hard to do, so no batteries to worry about.
Post by: Ken on August 31, 2020, 05:18:59 PM
... shoulda ordered wired camera's. :censored:
Post by: Lesmond on September 01, 2020, 05:55:52 AM
(https://tinypix.top/images/2018/06/21/GwhBN.md.jpg) (https://tinypix.top/i/GwhBN)
Post by: Ken on September 01, 2020, 08:11:54 PM
Post by: Ken on September 03, 2020, 11:13:47 AM
You remember that old saying, "Life imitates art"?
Take a look at what was showing on my security monitor this AM. And, yes, I do know that Smiles images are not art, but still... this looks like art to me! laughing7
The one camera looks to the East, so as the Sun comes up it gives off rays and streaks of light through the trees and this morning it was showing me the nice Smiles that you can see in these two screen shots. I didn't go out to make sure, but my thought that this image was caused by the light reflecting through a damp spider web.
Good stuff. :thumbup:
Post by: Lesmond on September 03, 2020, 12:26:00 PM
I use this software for my Camera, its free https://www.contaware.com/ this has a built in website and can save all videos to your harddrive, also motion detection.
Post by: Ken on September 03, 2020, 01:42:48 PM
Post by: Ken on December 12, 2021, 02:57:05 AM
Some weeks back the cameras (4) in our system began to randomly go into hibernation and it was difficult to get them to come back on and display on the monitor. Then, about five days ago, all four cameras went into hibernation and so far nothing helps in my attempts to wake them up and give a display on the monitor.
I've just fired off a cry for help email to Zosi tech-support to see if they can help me sort out this mess.
Post by: Scrubmeister on December 12, 2021, 07:32:13 AM
We have a few game trail cams around property. Resolution is decent and don't require outside power source.
Post by: Skhilled on December 12, 2021, 08:05:25 AM