Newegg has a wireless camera for $80. I was considering getting it for my first camera. Does anyone with more experience setting up cameras have an opinion?
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funny- I was just thinking of adding a camera to my setup and started looking.
I stumbled on amazon- has TV-IP110W for $89 after MIR.
EDITED OUT BAD CAMERA LINK
honestly I dont even know what to look for though- i did a search and this was the first hit- going to read some more now and see what the wiki says…
see the wiki says the one i linked too is NOT good. opps- laughing
In most cases, IP cameras have a URL method for obtaining a SNAPSHOT or JPG image from the camera. If your camera supports this method, you can then use it with Vera and the FindVera.com service can archive these snapshots over time for security purposes. Most IP/Network cameras made in the past few years will have a JPG Snapshot mode. Some examples from Linksys are WVC54GCA, WVC200/WVC210. D-link, Trend-Net, and many others make similar cameras.
You will need to specify:
- the IP address or domain name of the camera
- the URL or path to retrieve the current image from the camera as a JPEG file
- any username and password to retrieve the JPEG file
The URL (your camera’s manual may denote this as “path” or “snapshot address”) needs to retrieve the actual JPEG file, not just an HTML page that has the JPEG file somewhere on it.
so looks like we need to read the manuals and make sure there’s a webpage served with just the jpeg file.