I have decided to definitely replace my Napco security system with an OmniPro II and use it as my overall home automation controller instead of a HomeSeer device. As I've posted in an earlier thread, I'm hoping to find way to integrate my Sonos with it. But I have much more immediate issue I need help with.
I'm having a automatic gate installed across my driveway this week. I need a way to open the gate by code and a way to communicate with the gate so that a guest can call the house and I can "buzz" them in. I would also like an IP camera at the location so I can see the guest when they call and I'm deciding whether to grant access. Ideally, the camera at the gate should also be triggered by and record "events" (e.g. when someone hits the call button on the keypad at the gate or the camera detects motion by the gate). From the house, I’d like to be able to use an OmniTouch 5.7e to see and talk to the guest and buzz them in.
HAI recently introduced the VOIP intercom functionality and a “connectivity partner”, Helios. The Helios device – the 2n Helios IP – is pretty nice. It has keypad and an IP camera and integrates with the OmniTouch. However, I’m not sure that the camera can be triggered by and record events. Obviously, it turns on when someone at the OmniTouch accepts the call, but I don’t know if can triggered by the person pressing the call button or by detecting motion. I also don’t know if I can record the video of the even to an NVR. It seems crazy that it wouldn’t have this ability, but I cannot seem to be able to find any literature even mentioning that functionality.
I contacted ABT tech (the US distributor for Helios). They didn’t know if the device could do this. They suggested instead that I look at the Mobotix T24. It looks similar to the Helios device. It uses the same VOIP/SIP standard. For sure its camera (a 3.2 megapixel camera!) can be triggered by events and can its feed can be captured by an NVR. But, I don’t know if it will work with the OmniTouch 5.7e. Again, it seems like they should work together. But in the world of IP devices, you never know.
Can someone help me figure this out. In the end I don’t care if it’s the Helios or Mobotix I go with provided it can do what I need. Later, I will be adding two more “stations” to control access to my front door and a back gate. I’d like the same functionality so I’ll use the same solution in those locations.
I'm having a automatic gate installed across my driveway this week. I need a way to open the gate by code and a way to communicate with the gate so that a guest can call the house and I can "buzz" them in. I would also like an IP camera at the location so I can see the guest when they call and I'm deciding whether to grant access. Ideally, the camera at the gate should also be triggered by and record "events" (e.g. when someone hits the call button on the keypad at the gate or the camera detects motion by the gate). From the house, I’d like to be able to use an OmniTouch 5.7e to see and talk to the guest and buzz them in.
HAI recently introduced the VOIP intercom functionality and a “connectivity partner”, Helios. The Helios device – the 2n Helios IP – is pretty nice. It has keypad and an IP camera and integrates with the OmniTouch. However, I’m not sure that the camera can be triggered by and record events. Obviously, it turns on when someone at the OmniTouch accepts the call, but I don’t know if can triggered by the person pressing the call button or by detecting motion. I also don’t know if I can record the video of the even to an NVR. It seems crazy that it wouldn’t have this ability, but I cannot seem to be able to find any literature even mentioning that functionality.
I contacted ABT tech (the US distributor for Helios). They didn’t know if the device could do this. They suggested instead that I look at the Mobotix T24. It looks similar to the Helios device. It uses the same VOIP/SIP standard. For sure its camera (a 3.2 megapixel camera!) can be triggered by events and can its feed can be captured by an NVR. But, I don’t know if it will work with the OmniTouch 5.7e. Again, it seems like they should work together. But in the world of IP devices, you never know.
Can someone help me figure this out. In the end I don’t care if it’s the Helios or Mobotix I go with provided it can do what I need. Later, I will be adding two more “stations” to control access to my front door and a back gate. I’d like the same functionality so I’ll use the same solution in those locations.
