I’ve been in the market for a while but couldn’t make a decision. Finally I thought I’d give the Ubiquiti Aircam a go: http://www.ubnt.com/airvision
Here you can see it mounted just below and to the left of the satellite dish:
And a bit closer up:
Quality isn’t amazing (1 megapixel) but price (£100), interface and ease of use make up for it:
I have another camera but have yet to mount it.
Currently the Aircam is running off of the included POE injector but I have ordered a few adapters to allow me to run them straight from my POE switch: http://www.ubnt.com/8023af
I have also ordered a Ubiquiti Unifi access point to try: http://www.ubnt.com/unifi and a pair of Nanobridge M (NB-5G25) combined bridge/antenna: http://www.ubnt.com/nanobridge with which I will attempt to create a link to a house "down the road".
*EDIT* As per request i’ve added a few bits.
Performance at night is pretty poor (no ir night mode) and i’ve got quite a bit of ambient light around. I intend to add a motion activated light in the back garden eventually though.
The web interface does work from my iPhone but it doesn’t look like it’s really designed to:
I’ve not noticed any options for text/e-mail alerts but once i get my hands on a raspberry pi and start using some form of central home automation software I will most definitely be looking at integrating it!
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Out of curiosity, can you view the interface via a mobile browser (HTTP), or allow text/email alerts? I am wanting to interface with a home automation device (Vera Lite), and it needs a HTTP interface. Quality isn’t that bad for the price. A lot better than some units I’ve been looking at. Also, do you happen to have any night shots (does it do night vision style video?)?
Thanks from a fellow [H]ard member.
Hi Dustin, i have updated the blog with some notes and screenshots :)
Hi Dustin, I have just upgraded to the latest beta of the software and now not only are there e-mail alerts but also a much nicer iPhone interface. I’m just about to create a new post with screenshots.
Can i use 1 of your images for a website
Hi, yes I would be happy with that. Always appreciate if you could link back too. Thanks
OK will do thank you very mch
Hi, thanks for posting the images. I have been considering getting AirVision. Just wondering how much of the scene is captured in an image, in the sat dish image, whats is the distance between the wall and the low edge of the image? Thanks.