CCTV

[David Fletcher]

On Sun, 2021-05-02 at 19:15 +0100, David Fletcher wrote:

In reply to my own post on a fairly old thread, if it helps anybody.

I bought a Reolink RLC-410-5MP from an eBay seller. It initially
configures itself to the network with DHCP. The Android app finds it
and gives the IP address but I suppose that this could just as easily
be found by listing the connected devices on the router. It's then easy
enough to set a fixed IP address and admin passcode. Logging in to the
admin stuff it looks like additional users can be set up but I've not
fiddled with that yet.


> OK, I've broken out my spare server motherboard and an old hard drive
> and set it up with Server 20.04, so I can mess with that not my main
> server.

I'm still running it as a temporary lash up but I do now have it
permanently installed on an outside wall. That is what took me some
time to figure out because it's in an inconvenient to access place
above a roof. After a lot of thought, planning, making a metal drilling
guide and consultation with the retired guy across the street who used
to be a roofer, the job went smoothly this afternoon.

Perhaps the most important thing I want to say is that motion works
with this camera which is reasonably priced and appears to be well
made. To get it working, in motion.conf I have set
netcam_url rtsp://192.168.2.151
netcam_userpass admin:myadminpasscode

Then begins the fiddling with the image processing and motion detection
parameters. 

Dave