Hello, I've been browsing here and on the homeseer message boards trying to plan my HA and camera setup.
Here is my situation, when I built my house I had power outlets put where I thought I would want cameras. My thinking back then is that I'll just get those wireless X10 camera and use those. Of course, I'm kicking myself now for not running coax or cat 5 to those locations too.
So, I'm looking for a good wireless setup. I've looked automated outlet and other sites and noticed that the wireless selections was usually poor. I did buy this wireless setup since it was cheap and ran on "off" frequencies. I also use these cameras for areas where quality isn't a concern.
My plan is to run the cameras above and another wireless setup to a DVR card, such as the 8 channel 120 FPS at kitsparts. "Splitting" the signals to a modulator and the DVR card. Similar to some of setups I've read on here.
My questions are:
1) I noticed most of you wired cameras. Are there good quality wireless cameras? Or could I use some wireless device for wired cameras?
2) With wireless, I'm worried about noise. As long as I stay on different frequencies (such as the cameras above), will my radio X10 devices and my 802.11b network be allright?
3) Or should I go with the wireless IP camera route and just hook them into my wireless network? I like the higher end toshiba but they are expensive ($500). To solve the modulation problem, I was thinking of adding video cards to the PC for a multi monitor desktop, open the IP cams (maybe four to a screen) and then run the S-video out for each card to the modulator.
The cameras will be either inside or attached to my house they should be well within reception range. I'm sure I left out numerous details but I would appreciate any feedback if you have time. Sorry for the long post.
Here is my situation, when I built my house I had power outlets put where I thought I would want cameras. My thinking back then is that I'll just get those wireless X10 camera and use those. Of course, I'm kicking myself now for not running coax or cat 5 to those locations too.
So, I'm looking for a good wireless setup. I've looked automated outlet and other sites and noticed that the wireless selections was usually poor. I did buy this wireless setup since it was cheap and ran on "off" frequencies. I also use these cameras for areas where quality isn't a concern.
My plan is to run the cameras above and another wireless setup to a DVR card, such as the 8 channel 120 FPS at kitsparts. "Splitting" the signals to a modulator and the DVR card. Similar to some of setups I've read on here.
My questions are:
1) I noticed most of you wired cameras. Are there good quality wireless cameras? Or could I use some wireless device for wired cameras?
2) With wireless, I'm worried about noise. As long as I stay on different frequencies (such as the cameras above), will my radio X10 devices and my 802.11b network be allright?
3) Or should I go with the wireless IP camera route and just hook them into my wireless network? I like the higher end toshiba but they are expensive ($500). To solve the modulation problem, I was thinking of adding video cards to the PC for a multi monitor desktop, open the IP cams (maybe four to a screen) and then run the S-video out for each card to the modulator.
The cameras will be either inside or attached to my house they should be well within reception range. I'm sure I left out numerous details but I would appreciate any feedback if you have time. Sorry for the long post.