{"id":418,"date":"2012-02-02T14:04:10","date_gmt":"2012-02-02T19:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalmediaphile.com\/?p=418"},"modified":"2014-03-13T11:44:09","modified_gmt":"2014-03-13T15:44:09","slug":"diy-home-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitalmediaphile.com\/index.php\/2012\/02\/02\/diy-home-security\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY Home Security"},"content":{"rendered":"

Late last year, I decided that paying ADT $40 a month wasn’t worth it. I had 10 year old security equipment and they wanted a lot of money to upgrade to the latest and greatest systems.* I looked around and it became obvious that do it yourself home automation and home surveillance was something I would need to research. There weren’t any “kits” and local retail stores didn’t carry any electronics that I would want.<\/p>\n

My first decision was on what kind of technology to use. My first step was video surveillance that included motion sensing and alerts. Looking around, there wasn’t much of a choice for configurable, functioning equipment. The only affordable player that qualified was d-Link. So, I picked up a few D-Link IP cameras. Two DCS-932L’s and two DCS-942L’s. In retrospect, I could have gone with all 932L’s. These are easy to setup if you just want to view them from within your own home and if you have no advanced needs. I will detail what I learned in another posting. Setting up to fulfill home surveillance needs was not trivial. That process alone will be a separate blog post. I can also tell you that while D-Link offers a free web based viewer for web browsers and a free app for the iPhone, you won’t want to use these. D-Link includes D-Cam Viewer software for Windows on their CD’s which is a real joke as it requires you to turn of UAC.<\/p>\n

I settled on desktop controller from Blue Iris software that, while costing $50, does everything I could ask, including scheduling triggered alerts via email or SMS, etc., and it is viewable over the Internet with authentication protection. And there is a free iPad as well as an iPhone app that works beautifully with these cameras.<\/p>\n

After setting up my cameras, etc., here is what I can see via a web browser accessing the Blue Iris controller remotely:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Each camera can be put on a schedule for triggered alerts. If one of the motion sensors is triggered, an email and\/or SMS can be sent. I am quite happy with the video surveillance system.<\/p>\n

*Note: I left the local ADT alarms intact, and shut off the monitoring service that cost $40\/month, so if someone tries to come in through doors and windows when I have armed the ADT system, an ear-splitting alarm is set off.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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