patrick_g
Elite Member
Dargo, If it works for you then the single most important criterion has been met. In many instances the "Light the Night" approach just shows off the stuff and the lay of the land surrounding it so the "Bad Guys" can see if there is anything they want or want to explore and how everything is situated.
There is some pretty economical motion detection software that can be used to monitor the video and make motion above a threshold act as trigger event to set off an alarm, phone you, send you email, or whatever.
I assume you have battery back up so a power fault doesn't leave you defenseless or a back up generator to carry the lights, cameras, etc. Not to be a nitnoid lint picker but if you have stuff wirth your effort then there are scum who might want to take it and they wouldn't hesitate to put a round through the power transformer or cut a phone line.
The vast majority of monitored alarm systems are useless if the phone linne is cut.
My alarm system has cellphone back up and if the phone line is cut AND an alarm zone is violated the monitor folks immediattely dispatch the cops and calls the other notify numbers without delay. The assumptioin is that a zone violation following a cut phone line is an intrusion.
Pat
There is some pretty economical motion detection software that can be used to monitor the video and make motion above a threshold act as trigger event to set off an alarm, phone you, send you email, or whatever.
I assume you have battery back up so a power fault doesn't leave you defenseless or a back up generator to carry the lights, cameras, etc. Not to be a nitnoid lint picker but if you have stuff wirth your effort then there are scum who might want to take it and they wouldn't hesitate to put a round through the power transformer or cut a phone line.
The vast majority of monitored alarm systems are useless if the phone linne is cut.
My alarm system has cellphone back up and if the phone line is cut AND an alarm zone is violated the monitor folks immediattely dispatch the cops and calls the other notify numbers without delay. The assumptioin is that a zone violation following a cut phone line is an intrusion.
Pat