Hello everyone, longtime forum stalker, first time poster/installer. Recently bought a house, quiet, rural area. We're mainly looking for the ability to monitor the kids while at work inside. We're frequented by the occasional bear, etc. We've also had some teenagers screwing around in the neighborhood recently. They've been mostly harmless, drinking and partying in the woods nearby, but since they started ringing doorbells at 3am, we decided to get cams set up before there's any actual damage done.
I'd like some feedback on my initial thoughts. Not looking for maximum security per se, mostly just an overview of the property and better monitoring of the entryways. Here's the property:
The 3 semi-circles would be Detect/Observe cams mounted at 2nd story roofline. Thinking 3x IPC-Color4K-T180 for large FOV and the lack of IR attracting less insects/cobwebs. They're going to be hard to reach so I'm hopeful these cams will need cleaning less often. I have a small concern that the backyard (purple semicircle) might not always have enough light. If so I would need to switch that to a different wide ~180 degree cam or two overlapping cams. I do have floods, but they aren't motion triggered (atm).
The overlapping FOVs on the driveway would be for a IPC-HDBW5441F-AS-E2 (booby cam). I'll probably shift the mount closer to the corner of the house, further from the driveway door. One would be angled to watch the door for packages with views driveway/garage doors. The other would be angled level to the ground to look at the raised yard area where a playset is set up. The ground there is about 6' above the driveway, the overhang I'd be mounting on is about 8-9' high.
That leaves the red sections, which I'm most unsure about and undecided on what cam would work best. I'm currently thinking the 3.6mm IPC-T5442TM-AS or the varifocal IPC-T54IR-ZE. The main purpose of these would be to Identify anyone approaching the entryways into the house, mainly at night. For that reason I'm leaning towards fixed aperture cams. I marked the angles of approach for normal people and/or sight lines from the entryways. I'd be open to wider FOV cams so long as its not sacrificing their main purpose. Placements can be tweaked as well, they don't need to be exactly where the entryways are located, things are pretty flexible.
I'm aware that there's some notable gaps in security for a particularly creative actual criminal. That's not really something I expect to encounter, but I believe the Detect/Observe cams have enough overlapping FOV to spot an approach despite there being ways to avoid the Identify cams. As I mentioned, this would mainly be used for outdoor monitoring 99% of the time and to hopefully deter annoying drunk teenagers from waking me up at 3am.
All suggestions on improving this setup are very welcome! As would be any suggestions on the best NVR to run this setup. Added cams in the future are possible, but unlikely unless there's a glaring issue after initial setup. I also have a mailbox 650ft away, but I don't think there's anything useful I can do to monitor that one. Thanks for reading!
I'd like some feedback on my initial thoughts. Not looking for maximum security per se, mostly just an overview of the property and better monitoring of the entryways. Here's the property:
The 3 semi-circles would be Detect/Observe cams mounted at 2nd story roofline. Thinking 3x IPC-Color4K-T180 for large FOV and the lack of IR attracting less insects/cobwebs. They're going to be hard to reach so I'm hopeful these cams will need cleaning less often. I have a small concern that the backyard (purple semicircle) might not always have enough light. If so I would need to switch that to a different wide ~180 degree cam or two overlapping cams. I do have floods, but they aren't motion triggered (atm).
The overlapping FOVs on the driveway would be for a IPC-HDBW5441F-AS-E2 (booby cam). I'll probably shift the mount closer to the corner of the house, further from the driveway door. One would be angled to watch the door for packages with views driveway/garage doors. The other would be angled level to the ground to look at the raised yard area where a playset is set up. The ground there is about 6' above the driveway, the overhang I'd be mounting on is about 8-9' high.
That leaves the red sections, which I'm most unsure about and undecided on what cam would work best. I'm currently thinking the 3.6mm IPC-T5442TM-AS or the varifocal IPC-T54IR-ZE. The main purpose of these would be to Identify anyone approaching the entryways into the house, mainly at night. For that reason I'm leaning towards fixed aperture cams. I marked the angles of approach for normal people and/or sight lines from the entryways. I'd be open to wider FOV cams so long as its not sacrificing their main purpose. Placements can be tweaked as well, they don't need to be exactly where the entryways are located, things are pretty flexible.
I'm aware that there's some notable gaps in security for a particularly creative actual criminal. That's not really something I expect to encounter, but I believe the Detect/Observe cams have enough overlapping FOV to spot an approach despite there being ways to avoid the Identify cams. As I mentioned, this would mainly be used for outdoor monitoring 99% of the time and to hopefully deter annoying drunk teenagers from waking me up at 3am.
All suggestions on improving this setup are very welcome! As would be any suggestions on the best NVR to run this setup. Added cams in the future are possible, but unlikely unless there's a glaring issue after initial setup. I also have a mailbox 650ft away, but I don't think there's anything useful I can do to monitor that one. Thanks for reading!
