Reccomened cheap single small "nanny" cam

[Matthew Garner]

Well I have a very small room 8ft x9ft it's used as a gun room so I'm looking at placing a camera on my safe pointing directly at the door. A full size camera may be overkill.

Both WiFi and wired cameras.

Please note all guns are in a large safe, ammo/gun powder on shelfs windows have internal bars with opeaqe glass.

Door has been replaced with a plain looking entry door with electronic dead bolt.

Everything exceeds requirements, this is just something extra.

 

[eggsan]

Wyze Cam ($20) is only wifi, plus you may add sense hub for entry door contact (or gun safe door). The hub also allow to add a motion sensor to notify when someone enter the room. The total cost is less than $50 for the camera + hub + 2 door contacts. You will receive push notifications to alert of someone entering the room

 

[Matthew Garner]

I've heard mixed reports of the wyze cam being firmware flashed to support blue iris can anyone confirm this.

Door contacts are prolly overkill as the room only has one way in anyway.
I already have a Reed switch set up to tur on led strip lighting.

If the hub did temp/humidity monitoring I'd be more keen

 

[eggsan]

Wyze Cam - Usable with Blue Iris?

(see post 60, on page 2.) Now if i see the cam local ip in my Asus Wireless router that means the id and pass enter in config/wpa_supplicant are correct? As i am looking at the "key_mgmt=WPA-PSK" and my network has this: As for the camera logs with the openip firmware this is what i have...

ipcamtalk.com

 

[eggsan]

No temp/humidity sensor available for Wyze Cam that I know. Check Canary PRO instead

https://www.amazon.com/Security-Premium-Service-Climate-Monitor/dp/B07G5FM2JH

What does Air Quality measure?

Canary assesses your home’s air quality - the amount of contaminants in the air - and shows you what’s inside and outside the normal range for your specific environment. Note: While Canary’s air qu...

help.canary.is

 

[eggsan]

Found a clever idea to add-on a "real time" temp/humidity screen to a Wyze cam.

Using a temperature gauge with programmable built-in alarm, it could alert you with a push
notification when humidity levels exceeds high or low limits, while the buzzer (sound)
could activate the camera "sound detection trigger"

No temperature sensor, no problem

I was looking for a remote temp sensor so I could monitor some temps while at work. Wyze doesn’t offer one (thought I hope they do someday), but I did come up with a solution using Wyze. I just bought cheap thermometer with remote sensors, and placed the display somewhere that my pan cam could...

forums.wyzecam.com

 

[TonyR]

I suggest the Amcrest IP2M-841 (re-branded Dahua) . It's only $45 (black), is ONVIF compatible, provides RTSP, is 1080p, IR, 2-way audio plus mike in/speaker out, has pan/tilt/digital zoom, record to micro SD card, wired or wireless and has alarm in/out, great with Blue Iris, VLC, etc. Comes with wall/ceiling mount, 1/4"-20 tripod mount female insert on bottom.

I've installed 4 of them and 3 of it's lower-res (720p) cousins in the last 3 years and all have functioned with no hiccups.

I have also set one up with Tinycam Pro on a Sony smart TV (Android).

EDIT 4/1/21: V3 does NOT provide relay I/O nor jacks for an external mic and speaker.

 

[Covert One]

I second TonyR's recommendation. I have a couple of those Amcrest cams inside pointed at entry doors. They work very well with BI. Recently Amcrest emailed me a special on the 4MP version and it too looked like a price performer. Think it was $20 more than the 2MP.

 

[Arjun]

I suggest the Amcrest IP2M-841 as well. Version 3 adds auto-tracking support

Another alternative is the IPC-K35A: Review-Dahua IPC-K35A 3mp Cube Camera

81.31US $ |Ipc-k35a 3mp K Series Poe Network Camera Ipc-k35a Free Shipping - Ip Camera - AliExpress

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Can be purchased from Andy @EMPIRETECANDY

I strongly advise against any Wyze camera

I suggest the Amcrest IP2M-841 (re-branded Dahua) . It's only $45 (black), is ONVIF compatible, provides RTSP, is 1080p, IR, 2-way audio plus mike in/speaker out, has pan/tilt/digital zoom, record to micro SD card, wired or wireless and has alarm in/out, great with Blue Iris, VLC, etc. Comes with wall/ceiling mount, 1/4"-20 tripod mount female insert on bottom.

I've installed 4 of them and 3 of it's lower-res (720p) cousins in the last 3 years and all have functioned with no hiccups.

I have also set one up with Tinycam Pro on a Sony smart TV (Android).

 

[eggsan]

I suggest the Amcrest IP2M-841 as well. Version 3 adds auto-tracking support

Another alternative is the IPC-K35A: Review-Dahua IPC-K35A 3mp Cube Camera

81.31US $ |Ipc-k35a 3mp K Series Poe Network Camera Ipc-k35a Free Shipping - Ip Camera - AliExpress

Smarter Shopping, Better Living! Aliexpress.com

www.aliexpress.com

Can be purchased from Andy @EMPIRETECANDY

I strongly advise against any Wyze camera

In order for us to understand, could you please be more specifics on why we should avoid Wyze?

 

[Arjun]

They already breach earlier this year. Also, anything cloud-related is essentially telling cloud-based platforms that you don't care about privacy. Any cloud based platform is susceptible to being compromised even in this day of age.

Smart camera maker Wyze hit with customer data breach

Wyze Labs, which makes smart cameras and connected home gadgets, has confirmed databases holding millions of customers' information were exposed to the public.

www.cnn.com

[Updated 02-13-20] Data leak 12-26-2019

02-13-20 update Thank you all for your patience. We have been working diligently to make progress on security improvements. At Wyze, we take data protection, and our customers’ trust in us to protect their data, very seriously. We appreciate your efforts to ensure consumer security and we share...

forums.wyzecam.com

In order for us to understand, could you please be more specifics on why we should avoid Wyze?

 

[eggsan]

They already breach earlier this year. Also, anything cloud-related is essentially telling cloud-based platforms that you don't care about privacy. Any cloud based platform is susceptible to being compromised even in this day of age.

Smart camera maker Wyze hit with customer data breach

Wyze Labs, which makes smart cameras and connected home gadgets, has confirmed databases holding millions of customers' information were exposed to the public.

www.cnn.com

[Updated 02-13-20] Data leak 12-26-2019

02-13-20 update Thank you all for your patience. We have been working diligently to make progress on security improvements. At Wyze, we take data protection, and our customers’ trust in us to protect their data, very seriously. We appreciate your efforts to ensure consumer security and we share...

forums.wyzecam.com

yes, understand your concern. The alleged data breach was confirmed by Wyze. It was an employee mistake:

Wyze data leak: Key takeaways from server mistake that exposed information from 2.4M customers

Post updated at 6 p.m. on Dec. 29. Seattle-area startup Wyze, a provider of home video cameras and other Internet of Things (IoT) devices, announced on Dec. 26 that it… Read More

www.geekwire.com

But frankly speaking, all ip cameras, specially Chinese, are on the same boat:

Warning As Millions Of Chinese-Made Cameras Can Be Hacked To Spy On Users: Report

Even Axis, with all the pioneer and technological advances, were also at risk:

Not so private eye: Got an Axis network cam? You'll need to patch it, unless you like hackers

According to magic people, VDOO people

www.theregister.co.uk

 

[eggsan]

also to avoid confusion, VPN is the most secure way of connecting your camera, an unfortunately, Wyze do not offer that option:

Secure Remote Viewing of Home Security Cameras - Port forwarding vs. P2P vs. VPN - VueVille

So you have bought security cameras to watch your home while you are away. You followed the manufacturer’s instructions to set up the camera. Voila, you are now able to view your cameras from anywhere in the world. Job done. Or is it? Most security camera manufacturers now use Peer-to-Peer (P2P)...

www.vueville.com

 

[Arjun]

The advantage of other brands like Dahua and Hikvision is that their optics are far superior and can work independently from the cloud. A cloud is not required for Dahua and Hikvision and the like. Whereas with the Wyze cameras, I was prompted to created an account and be connected to the internet to view the live feed and integrate with Alexa.