[Jewelry making - Article 00045] - Re: [Orchid] Security - Off site camera recording

[Peter W . Rowe]

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Pricey. Um. Yeah...

    You don't need a dedicated computer unless the location with the
    camera's doesn't have a computer. In that case, almost any cheap
    computer will work, even a used older one perhaps. Essentially, you
    want a web cam. pretty easy to set up. For types specifically
    designed for lower cost security, one firm that does this sort of
    system is X-10 (www.x-10.com), though I hesitate to suggest them due
    to the ridiculous snake oil flavor of the web site's marketing, and a
    past history of spamming and pop up ads that makes me reluctant to
    buy from them just out of spite. The make it look like this great
    once in a lifetime sale offer is always ending just today... (don't
    believe it.) But from a few online comparisons I did once, the
    quality overall seems fairly adequate, though hardly as amazing as
    they make it sound. Still, the do offer pretty much turn key systems,
    cameras and software that is, supply your own computer) to do pretty
    much what you're describing. I'd expect you could set up a system
    with several cameras for well under a thousand... Start there perhaps
    for orientation, then search for home automation systems on the web.
    With some creative googling, you should be able to find what you
    need. I'd be willing to bet that there's likely some way to do the
    software end of this pretty cheaply, perhaps even shareware or
    freeware, somewhere out there. Some cameras might already be bundled
    with some or most of the software you need to connect to the
    computer, and much of the rest is pretty much standard web
    networking, already part of many operating systems. 

    I'm reminded, by your price, of a young friend of mine, just starting
    out as a jewelry designer, who just finished putting up a new web
    site to show her designs. Nicely done site, it does what's promised
    as a simple e-commerce site. But she paid about the same price you
    were quoted for your cameras to have this designed. I know a few
    people who'd have done it just as well, maybe better, for one less
    zero in the price... If she'd only asked me, I could easily have
    connected them to their mutual benefit. ... Oh well.

    Sigh.

Peter

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