We have had a lot of discussion here about security cameras for the barn. There was one that included a link to a specific system - when it was posted, I went there and it seemed to be what I wanted but I did *not* bookmark it or save it. I have not been able to find it here in spite of many hours of going through old posts.
It seems that the Logitech 750e is one that many have been happy with and is the one I am looking at right now, just the basic system which seems to include one camera from what I can determine. This is what I am considering: http://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/alert750e-outdoor-master-system?crid=700
Comments please about either this or your own system.
Thank you.
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To continue this, they finally gave me a link to files to install without me having to buy them. The files were zipped and I had to download the decompress file for their format. The files were exactly what were on the CD so I still didn't get the right files. Because kidding was within a week and I was to the point of drowning someone, I went to our local computer recycler and bought a $75 Window laptop just to get it installed. I needed another computer here like I needed a semi-truck. The email, "What is wrong with you?" did not set well - maybe native English speakers should be handling customer support, not someone using a dictionary to translate - I want to believe she/he meant "What seems to be the problem?" or something similar. So now, with one camera, I have half of what I would have invested in the Logitech AND I cannot view it online. Right now, I can view it on any of my own computers at home on my "local network" through my airport/router, but not on-line. I have to find a place to stream the video to and know nothing about that so am awaiting my son getting well. I have owned computers since 1983 and *never* had such a nightmare as this has been. The camera itself seems to be great but customer service I was dealing with is worse than worthless. The camera has good video and is adjustable for brightness and contrast, and they have a variety of cameras - if I had had a good experience with customer service, I would have already ordered two more. I wish I had bought the Logitech system; I would be cash-lighter but still have my sanity.<g> The final irony of all this is that it was my old Harbor Freight camera that alerted me that Summer was in labor and all of this frustration was worthless for the actual kidding. The ironies of life! If life is good, this will be the worst thing that happens to me this year; for that I would be grateful because in the overall scheme of things, it is very minor.
Glenna Rose said:
Well, Steve, I bought one of the cameras (NCB543W) before going "all the way" with several and am very glad at this point that I did. It arrived yesterday and when I started to install it, there are no install files for Mac though there are two for Windows. A friend is coming over this evening to see if he can install it with his Windows laptop. In the meantime, I contacted the seller asking for the Mac install file. After several emails to me, including one using the word "stupid," I was sent a link to download the Mac install file. When going to the link, there was a Mac zip file there for which I am expected to buy for $29.95 but no indication of any kind that it is an install file. Given the size of the zip file, I am more than a little skeptica that it is an install file. I only responded to the email that sent the link, telling them that I should not have to pay for a file to install the software for the camera I just bought from them and to provide an install file. Did you have any problems with them?
I can view them on pc simultaneously. Look at this:
Glenna Rose said:
I'm sorry, Steve, I am apparently dense because of the late hour (won't admit to any other reason <g>), but am not sure what that means (64-screen). The image looked like it allowed viewing of four at once with the window looking like it was divided into fourths. Can you view all three of your cameras at the same time on the computer monitor?
Also, do you know if there is a way to connect it to a television for viewing in addition to or instead of a computer monitor?
Steve Entriken said:
64-screen is allowed, but I only got 3 of these cameras. BTW I use IP Cam Viewer Lite for mobile viewing.
Glenna Rose said:
Steve, thank you for the response. I looked at the web page and have these questions which I didn't see answered. Of course, it is late and I might be reading right by it. It is implied I don't see it specified, can more than one camera be hooked up to the system? The image of the browser window looks like it might be displaying four cameras; does it?
Steve Entriken said:
I cannot afford that security system. I currently use Wansview NCM621W: http://www.ipcamprice.com/wansview-h264-megapixel-outdoor-ip-camera... allow remote smartphones viewing, not bad.
LOL, Diane. Thank you for the much-needed chuckle. Obviously, you sense my frustration after that call, a call which seemed insane. Things must be really bad in Newark, NJ, where the local contact sent me. (The Camas, WA, location on the website is actually a music design company and transfers the caller elsewhere; she was great but where she transferred me to was. . . well, anyway . . . and that was supposed to be where I could get help after the first attempts.)
With what he was telling me, I could just put one of my old Macs out there with a camera and remote it to the house or wherever and have no need of their system. They say at the beginning they *might* record the call; I hope they did!
You have left me feeling more secure about ordering it, more than before the call. I could not imagine so many would be happy with it if he were telling me true. And, yes, my girls also would be ordering!
Gee, Glenna, that sounds like one of my goats was answering the phone at Logitech! No, you don't need a special computer just for the cameras. I use my laptop (a PC, not a Mac) for everything. You do need a router, but it sounds like you already know how to set that up. I am a near-total techno dunce, and I managed to set it all up just fine. And my computer is in the house, not the barn. If I left it in the barn, I'm sure the goats would use it to go on the Hoeggers website and order goat treats by the truckload.
Again, thank you, Diane. I called them and after multiple calls of either dealing with the press number system and finally getting a person who put me on hold to "check the web page," I talked to an actual person who could answer questions, supposedly a supervisor. The answers regarding the operating system for the Mac were less than adequate without very precise questioning though he was proficient in Windows but that is available at the website so I overlooked that; we Mac users run into that sort of thing constantly. Even the cable company tried to blame their faulty router on my Mac which made me rather irate and I told them if it is my Mac then why does it work on the routers in other multiple locations; they finally replaced the router, not once but twice, after someone came out and actually tested it.
Back to this, apparently according to him, I have to keep a computer dedicated to the system for it to work. Is that your experience? For me, it would mean buying yet another computer. I already have more than I can tell you at the moment without making a written survey since I bought my first computer in 1983 and ran my business with computers and actually went from CPM (pre-DOS), DOS, Windows 3.1 forward, and, finally Mac starting with System 9 to current. I *really* don't want to buy another! However, the computer that has the operating system that supports it is a laptop and is the one that I take to work, etc.
I honestly don't know if he really understood what he was saying when he said it needs a computer dedicated to the system which I interpreted to mean that the computer cannot be used for anything else even if it is a desktop if you want the security system operating. I am finding that difficult to believe. Is this true? I'm saying my $80 cam from Harbor Freight (which *has* audio) is looking better if this is true; it would be cheaper (and easier!) to buy another television and install a second camera to than buy a computer *and* the security system.
He also told me the computer needed to be in the barn which I find incredible since it would require another computer for viewing. Install the key element of the system where it might be stolen? He had to be mistaken about that!
I'm thinking he was not listening to what he was saying (my questions were very specific). So, I guess my question is, do you really need a system-only computer to use the security system, a computer that cannot be used for anything else when you want the security system to work? And where do you have your computer (that sends the signals)?
Please don't think I am a nut case asking so many questions. Last year I was going to use MareStare and bought a camera that the people at Radio Shack insisted would work (and no help from the MareStare people who told me "any camera will work"). It did not as the software that came with it had to update with software that did not come with it and was no longer available. By the time we got the mess straightened out, kids were already born and no more need of the camera. The only good thing is there was no hassle about a refund though they were very embarrassed when we finally had the problem identified.
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