Wow. Had not heard that. He was a great guy.
Crappy footage of a Meteorite and explosion last night, now I need FOVs for the sky...
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Yes, he sure seemed to be.
Flintstone61
Known around here
Once he checked in on my ass once saying " where ya been" when i spent a week cartaking my father in Racine, Wi.
He thought I was a goner LOL...
So I returned the favor after his absence, and he said "he wasn't doing too well" So I didn't hound him anymore.
His bullet caliber reference to sensor size, was genius, and his ( and others ) suggestion to employ the Ubiquiti Nano wireless Lan solution was great. And it worked beautifully.
And he always @flinstoned me when there was any "jivetech" talk...
So yeah....He was a great forum member....at least from where I'm sitting.
He thought I was a goner LOL...
So I returned the favor after his absence, and he said "he wasn't doing too well" So I didn't hound him anymore.
His bullet caliber reference to sensor size, was genius, and his ( and others ) suggestion to employ the Ubiquiti Nano wireless Lan solution was great. And it worked beautifully.
And he always @flinstoned me when there was any "jivetech" talk...
So yeah....He was a great forum member....at least from where I'm sitting.
kd4e
Getting the hang of it
"Ubiquiti Nano wireless Lan solution" ...
Can a camera connect directly to a Ubiquiti LocoM2 2-PACK Nanostation LocoM2 AirMax Outdoor PoE CPE 2.4GHz 5+km and be viewed via a router connection at the other end?
Or, is something like a little RaspberryPi or an inovato Quadra computer required at the remote camera location?
(It's about 400' with some pine trees line of sight.)
Also, can you recommend a couple of decent cams to look at weather, etc.
Thanks!
Can a camera connect directly to a Ubiquiti LocoM2 2-PACK Nanostation LocoM2 AirMax Outdoor PoE CPE 2.4GHz 5+km and be viewed via a router connection at the other end?
Or, is something like a little RaspberryPi or an inovato Quadra computer required at the remote camera location?
(It's about 400' with some pine trees line of sight.)
Also, can you recommend a couple of decent cams to look at weather, etc.
Thanks!
Yes, if you configure as a Layer 2 Transparent Bridge as shown in the link and as in the below example:
kd4e
Getting the hang of it
Cool!
What would you recommend as a remote site weather-resistant switch, please?
For testing I could use a tp-link TL-SG105 that I just remembered that I have.
What would you recommend as a remote site weather-resistant switch, please?
For testing I could use a tp-link TL-SG105 that I just remembered that I have.
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Does it need to be a POE switch?
kd4e
Getting the hang of it
The TL-SG105 only needs a 5vdc power source.
I'm a little confused about the remote Ubiquiti LocoM2 2-PACK Nanostation LocoM2 AirMax Outdoor PoE device.
It doesn't require a lan cable, does it?
Just a 24vdc power source for itself and the camera?
Think of the wireless link as an Ethernet cable but with data only, no POE.
Look at the image in post #25 again.
In the "Barn/Shop" area you'd connect the camera to the LAN port of the Ubiquiti POE injector if the camera is powered by a wall wart and there's only 1 camera.
If the cam is powered by a POE switch or POE injector you'd connect the "LAN" port of either of those to the LAN port of the Ubiquiti POE injector.
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kd4e
Getting the hang of it
You need to connect the camera to the radio and that is with an ethernet cable, even if the cable is only 6" in length but it should be shielded to minimize interference given the radio is right there.
And you need another stretch of ethernet cable on the other radio to connect into your system.
kd4e
Getting the hang of it
OK, so, all that's needed is the camera, the Ubiquiti, two short lengths of Cat6 - both connected to the "POE" box. (We'll need to add a solar panel, charge controller, & a 24v battery pack.)
Be advised that the Ubiquiti Nano Stations and NS Locos use a passive 24VDC POE injector that is NOT compatible with 802.3af/at compliant POE switches, POE injectors and POE cameras.
kd4e
Getting the hang of it
So, I just need to put 24vdc on Pairs 4, 5+ and 7, 8 - ?
Or, might that mess up the camera?
That could power the Ubiquiti radio.
What camera are we talking about?
kd4e
Getting the hang of it
Let's take the switch out of the mix and design for a single Reolink RLC-510A.
Assuming you already know that's not a very good camera at night with movement, then you'd power it with a 802.3af/at POE injector and the Ubiquiti with the 24VDC passive POE injector.
You'd connect the LAN ports of the 2 injectors with an Ethernet cable.
Assign a unique static IP for both radios and the IP camera, all in the same subnet.
EDIT: You could also power the Reolink RLC-510A cam with 12VDC, to address your introduction of the solar panel scheme.
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prsmith777
Getting comfortable
I did one of these as a weathercam and there is now are burn in arcs where the sun travels through the sky. They are only seen at night best with a new moon.
kd4e
Getting the hang of it
Wow, that's an impressive view.
So, if burn-in is a problem, what camera would you recommend, instead?
Also, what about an affordable camera for sky/weather gazing?
BTW: I got the recommended unbranded 'Dahua' eyeball network camera online - it does a nice job of zooming to the driveway to ID plates.