I’ve set up a Foscam FI8904W Outdoor Wireless IP Camera and it runs great with Micasa. The only thing I don’t much care for is that the RJ45 wire bundle, reset, and power pigtails make it a bear to hide the wires. Beside attempting to hide them in Flex Conduit has anyone tried anything else? I’m wondering if the wires have a connection inside the case that can be removed after installation?
Edit: The wires all have individual pcb plug in connectors per function inside the weatherproof enclosure. I can splice into the connector for power and remote reset button. I’ll locate the remote reset to my equipment cabinet. I’m now hunting for a 3/8" flex or braided hose for the run into the wall.
Sorry to stray off-topic, but can you (or anyone reading this?) tell me how the heck you were able to get your Foscam set up as a device in you Micasa unit?
I have a Veralite running UI5, and I’ve tried 3 different methods to add my cams:
Choosing ADD DEVICE / I WANT TO ADD AN IP CAMERA / MANUALLY ADD (etc.)
Choosing APPS / DEVELOP APPS / CREATE DEVICE (to manually create the IP camera per the wiki.micasaverde.com docs)
Doing the same as #2 except using slightly different instructions from a post by J2Red in this forum (modified because of an error in how UI5 adds user & pwd to the foscam url)
All these methods add the camera device, but all fail to show a picture. I’d love to debug the final URL the Vera is using to try and retrieve the snapshot, but I’m not sure how to do that.
Thanks much! (and I feel your pain about the wire harness on your cam. I have an 8906W outside and I had to cut a square hole in my siding to hide the RJ45 “box” inside the wall and run the RJ45 cable back out the hole and around the house to where I could then run it into the house again to my router)
I took a Carlon pvc box (Lowes/Home Depot carries them). It is a 6x6x6 box with weatherproof cover. Painted it to match the house siding. Put it up against the eaves and wall of house. Cut a notch on frontof box (lid has rubber gasket), so that the bundle cable would seal when lid was screwed on. Octopus goes in there. From there you can run conduit up thru eaves or even through wall. Camera mounts in front (not on) box. You don’t even notice box is there.
Go to the Apps tab, Install tab, and find the app and install it.
[quote=“wrathwielder, post:2, topic:177971”]Hi!
Sorry to stray off-topic, but can you (or anyone reading this?) tell me how the heck you were able to get your Foscam set up as a device in you Micasa unit?
I have a Veralite running UI5, and I’ve tried 3 different methods to add my cams:
Choosing ADD DEVICE / I WANT TO ADD AN IP CAMERA / MANUALLY ADD (etc.)
Choosing APPS / DEVELOP APPS / CREATE DEVICE (to manually create the IP camera per the wiki.micasaverde.com docs)
Doing the same as #2 except using slightly different instructions from a post by J2Red in this forum (modified because of an error in how UI5 adds user & pwd to the foscam url)
All these methods add the camera device, but all fail to show a picture. I’d love to debug the final URL the Vera is using to try and retrieve the snapshot, but I’m not sure how to do that.
Thanks much! (and I feel your pain about the wire harness on your cam. I have an 8906W outside and I had to cut a square hole in my siding to hide the RJ45 “box” inside the wall and run the RJ45 cable back out the hole and around the house to where I could then run it into the house again to my router)
This was basically my solution, although the conduit part was more difficult due to the fact that my wife’s office was on the other side of the wall, the ceiling is only accessible from the garage ceiling, and I am not crazy about the work and mess that would have been required in running conduit down her office wall or conduit/wires in it. This is an unobtrusive part of the back of the house anyway, and it is covered from rain by the soffit. (see pics, the black wire at the bottom is unrelated, it’s the sprinkler system control). The conduit then goes in above the foundation and the power cable goes to an outlet that I have a zwave switch on that reboots the camera nightly. Larger antenna and pointing downward was the only way I could pick up signal without adding a wifi repeater which I didn’t want to do. I mounted the camera two siding rows down in case I ever had to point the antenna upwards instead.
[quote=“shadowboxer, post:4, topic:177971”]I used this app:
VistaCam SD, PT & HD for UI5
Go to the Apps tab, Install tab, and find the app and install it.
[quote=“wrathwielder, post:2, topic:177971”]Hi!
Sorry to stray off-topic, but can you (or anyone reading this?) tell me how the heck you were able to get your Foscam set up as a device in you Micasa unit?
I have a Veralite running UI5, and I’ve tried 3 different methods to add my cams:
Choosing ADD DEVICE / I WANT TO ADD AN IP CAMERA / MANUALLY ADD (etc.)
Choosing APPS / DEVELOP APPS / CREATE DEVICE (to manually create the IP camera per the wiki.micasaverde.com docs)
Doing the same as #2 except using slightly different instructions from a post by J2Red in this forum (modified because of an error in how UI5 adds user & pwd to the foscam url)
All these methods add the camera device, but all fail to show a picture. I’d love to debug the final URL the Vera is using to try and retrieve the snapshot, but I’m not sure how to do that.[/quote][/quote]
Shadowboxer -
I installed that APP, but it says “the following devices were created…” and then lists nothing.
I’m assuming you had to somehow add your Foscam to your Vera separate from this app, correct? That is the problem I’m having…
I’m unable to add the Foscam as a device through any of the methods I mentioned in my previous post. Without it already being a device on the vera, I doubt the “VistaCam SD, PT & HD for UI5” app will do anything for me…?
Thanks much!
-Greg
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