Recent content by deejross

@pete_c: thanks for the info. A long time ago, I actually ran "motion" with a single camera just to watch the front door and it was pretty good for that, but not much else. I was starting to look into the SmartThings hub a bit since meets many of my needs, but needs a little work to get Foscams...

  :o I imagine your neighborhood probably doesn't have too many stray dogs and cats around anymore. We had a two-legged visitor last week which is what started the interest in a self-managed security system.

Also on the portable requirement, when I say that, I'm thinking hardware that I can use double sided tape to install and having the devices use a wireless protocol so I don't have to run wires. In the limited research I did, there seemed to be a lot of Z-Wave devices that can do this (door...

Thanks for the reply, but I put a Foscam pointing at one door and tried both its built in motion detection and then I tried using the Synology Surveillance Station's software motion detections and I'm getting about 40 emails a day, all false positives, even after adjusting the sensitivity and...

Hello, I'm new here and was pointed here after this question went unanswered on both Reddit and AVS Forums. This is what I'm trying to accomplish: Two doors with sensors attached, a Foscam watching each door. When the door opens and the system is armed, turn on a few lights, sound a siren (but...