IP camera as baby monitor and Powerline

[Andy_con]

the wife goes to work from 5pm to 9pm every evening and I need to go in the garage of an evening to work to pay the bills.
my daughter is one and a half, so goes to bed around 7pm. we try to get a baby sitter as much as possible but it can be a struggle for every night of the week and a big ask on family and friends.

so I was thinking of using an IP camera as a baby monitor.

I have internet in my garage via those powerline adaptors, anyone tried to run a simple ip camera over powerline adaptors? ive got TPlink 150mb ones

just something like this

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tenvis-IP...-/290836080198?pt=UK_CCTV&hash=item43b72e6646

 

[Andy_con]

anyone?

 

[Naith]

All I know is you can hook these up to your iphone or iPad and watch, it's the cost of the camera that's done me in though so not had a chance to sort one out properly..

 

[Andy_con]

i dont want to buy one and it not work well over powerlines.

 

[Cookie]

i dont want to buy one and it not work well over powerlines.

It will be fine. According to the spec on the eBay page, the internal NIC will only do 100mbit anyway, so you should be fine for bandwidth.

 

[Don]

If you get a DVR which has an ipod app and can connect through cable to the wifi router...you should be fine.

 

[Andy_con]

cool thanks chaps

 

[Danny133]

Hang about hang about .. Are you suggesting you leave the house completely and go out leaving your 18 month old child at home alone monitored by an ip controlled video camera????

 

[ThomasBrentnall]

Hang about hang about .. Are you suggesting you leave the house completely and go out leaving your 18 month old child at home alone monitored by an ip controlled video camera????

That he goes into his garage. Not leaving the house completely

 

[Rob_Kipper]

Agree with Danny, there's no chance in hell i'd leave my Son in the house alone!

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[Danny133]

Depends how far away this garage is .. I don't go further than my garden when my daughters in bed .. ANYTHING can happen .. So if its in your garden and its small fair enough .. But down the road .. No chance!

 

[Andy_con]

lol calm down all, my garage is 5 metres from my house and sadly detached. I would never just leave my daughter gee...

 

[bully]

Right, I'm calling child services.....

if you have 2 iPads get an app called presence, one acts as a remote camera and the other monitors.

What extra work are you doing in the garage Andy?

 

[Andy_con]

an iphone camera with sound and pan and tilt is only £30

just a hobby i do

 

[bully]

You the laser guy?

 

[Andy_con]

apparently so
http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?660224-My-New-Toy-)/page4

I order to pay the bills each month I have to do other things outside of work, as work pays s**t.

 

[dk]

i bought my brother this for christmas, its immense, but granted a little expensive, should have a decent resale value once he's finished with it though.

http://store.apple.com/uk/product/H7890ZM/A/withings-smart-baby-monitor

 

[Daniel]

I have to agree with some of the others, i'd never go and work in the garage and leave my 18 month old child alone in bed. Can you get to your child from the garage quickly if she starts choking? Could you even hear her if you're working and she starts choking??

I'm going to be completely honest here, but I think that's terrible behaviour as a parent but that's just my view.

 

[Andy_con]

its either pay the bills or have no house.
my garage door is by the front door so yes pretty quickly. its no difference to me sitting in the back garden with her current baby monitor

 

[richjwilliams]

My questions would be this:

1 - How does the app work?? Will any noise/movement activate the app or will the phone go into sleep mode and deactivate the app?

2 - What is the sound like? Will it pickup low level sound. Video is good but not enough on its own.

I looked into the product that you’re looking at or very similar and I was put off by the fact that they are re-branded security cameras, I bought a baby monitor with camera that was designed and rated well by all sorts of parenting websites and its brilliant… however its £90

 

[Gareth]

I use power line adaptors and a Y-Cam in the garage for CCTV purposes, works perfectly, just let me know if you have any questions / want to know more.

 

[cava83]

I use power line adaptors and a Y-Cam in the garage for CCTV purposes, works perfectly, just let me know if you have any questions / want to know more.

​Which y-cam and power line adaptors?