[PLUG] PLUG Digest, Vol 190, Issue 20

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Hi Galen. If you have a spare smartphone lying around, many applications 
exist which do exactly this. Unfortunately, my experience was years ago 
so I can't remember any names. Obviously I'd be real careful not to 
accidentally download malware of such a type, so if I were you I'd 
download F-Droid to a spare phone and search for such an application. 
However, I should point out that streaming video from a phone not only 
causes it to use battery life as though it were a button cell cluster 
powering a tablet but also causes it to overheat fairly frequently. 
These should be no big issues for anyone with a fair bit of creativity 
and determination, so I won't bother writing paragraphs of ideas :)

> Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2020 19:05:37 -0700
> From: Galen Seitz <galens at seitzassoc.com>
> To: Portland Linux/Unix Group <plug at pdxlinux.org>
> Subject: [PLUG] monitoring camera
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> Hi,
> 
> I'm looking for suggestions for a web camera for monitoring a senior
> that is living in our house.  I'd like to be able to switch to a tab in
> my browser and check in on them.  I would also like to be able to do 
> the
> same from a phone on my local wifi.  I suppose this effectively a baby 
> cam.
> 
> Here are the features I think I want, but this will be my first camera
> of this type, so feel free to point out the error of my ways.  Of
> course, I reserve the right to ignore good advice.
> 
> 
> Simultaneously stream the video to two or more places (two people doing
> the monitoring).
> 
> One way audio to hear requests for help, and to be sure the TV is still
> working.  Two way audio might be nice, but I'm not sure I would use it.
> 
> Local-only network operation, or at least the ability to shutoff
> internet access, and confidence that it truly is off.  Access from
> outside the local network is not required (there will always be a
> caregiver at the house).
> 
> POE if possible to simplify wiring.
> 
> Wide angle lens
> 
> Night time operation, but any infrared lighting must not interfere with
> IR remotes.
> 
> Motion detection might be useful, particularly at night, but I'm not
> sure how I would get an alert without needing some sort of phone-based 
> app.
> 
> I don't think I need the ability to record.
> 
> 
> I briefly looked at some of the Unifi cameras this afternoon.  I'd be
> willing to spend at that level if the performance justifies it.
> 
> thanks for your help,
> galen
> --
> Galen Seitz
> galens at seitzassoc.com