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a private wireless weather cam idea's
October 06, 2018, 03:38 PM
old rugged crossa private wireless weather cam idea's
I am wondering what options there are and cost.
Any ideas and what about monitoring it?
Thx guys
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October 06, 2018, 04:13 PM
BBMWI think you need to be more specific about what you want to do.
October 06, 2018, 04:30 PM
radioman^^^ totally.
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October 06, 2018, 05:29 PM
cne32507Point the camera at your Weather Rock. Have the rock lighted at night.
October 06, 2018, 06:00 PM
old rugged crossok guys sorry. I want to check the outside weather conditions at a location other than my primary residence. I would prefer wireless but that is not an absolute. I do have power at the location. Cost is a big consideration and ease of install as well.
I am not to worried about wind speed or direction or even temp. Those things would be nice. But mostly just want to look at the conditions in the daylight.
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October 06, 2018, 06:13 PM
olfuzzyI didn't pay too much attention to it but I noticed these the other day at Costco.
https://www.costco.com/La-Cros...oduct.100432594.htmlOctober 06, 2018, 06:23 PM
old rugged crossThanks olf, looks like a good weather station with remote monitoring. No weather cam though.
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October 06, 2018, 06:40 PM
radiomanquote:
Originally posted by old rugged cross:
ok guys sorry. I want to check the outside weather conditions at a location other than my primary residence. I would prefer wireless but that is not an absolute. I do have power at the location. Cost is a big consideration and ease of install as well.
I am not to worried about wind speed or direction or even temp. Those things would be nice. But mostly just want to look at the conditions in the daylight.
Can the camera go indoors looking out a window?
do you have wifi there?
can you run Ethernet there from your router if you had to?
honestly there are a ton to choose from. all depends on what you want to spend. I have a camera looking out a window and it was like $100.
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October 06, 2018, 06:58 PM
PASigWhat’s wrong with just dialing that location into your weather app on your smartphone instead of doing all this Rube Goldberg stuff with cameras and such?
October 06, 2018, 07:48 PM
old rugged crossCan the camera go indoors looking out a window?
Yes
do you have wifi there?
No
can you run Ethernet there from your router if you had to?
Probably not
honestly there are a ton to choose from. all depends on what you want to spend. I have a camera looking out a window and it was like $100.[/QUOTE]
PASig, A view via my smart phone or computer would be neat and give me more of an actual as of the moment view of the conditions.
Thinking it should be pretty doable and cheap. If not then I will dump the idea.
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October 06, 2018, 07:51 PM
cparktdIf you need an EXACT location I can't help but when I go here
https://www.weatherbug.com/weather-camera/and put in my zip code, I see 5 weather cameras within 10 or 15 miles of me... one at a school only a mile away.
Some people spread happiness wherever they go… some whenever they go. October 06, 2018, 07:56 PM
bigdealquote:
Originally posted by old rugged cross:
Can the camera go indoors looking out a window?
Yes
do you have wifi there?
No
can you run Ethernet there from your router if you had to?
Probably not
honestly there are a ton to choose from. all depends on what you want to spend. I have a camera looking out a window and it was like $100.
PASig, A view via my smart phone or computer would be neat and give me more of an actual as of the moment view of the conditions.
Thinking it should be pretty doable and cheap. If not then I will dump the idea.
Given what you've shared, your issue is with gaining access to whatever camera you opted to use. No internet (and WiFi) presents a problem I'm not sure how you can overcome.
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October 06, 2018, 08:19 PM
radiomanjust to confirm, there's no form of internet at the location at all????
How about a land-line phone???
How about cell-phone / 4G / LTE data coverage???
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October 06, 2018, 08:25 PM
old rugged crossquote:
Originally posted by radioman:
just to confirm, there's no form of internet at the location at all????
How about a land-line phone???
No
How about cell-phone / 4G / LTE data coverage???
Yes
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October 07, 2018, 08:56 AM
henryazI use the NWS forecast info (today plus the next five days). You can input and bookmark any GPS coordinates. The main forecast will reflect the nearest NWS airport, but below that is your specific area forecast.
Here's mine. October 07, 2018, 10:54 AM
smschulzquote:
I want to check the outside weather conditions at a location other than my primary residence.
The real issue is communication between locations.
Once you solve that then the rest (camera part) is quite easy to determine.
How far is it?
What is between them?
You either need a point-to-point via radio frequency (Wi-Fi is one) or wired (Ethernet, fiber optic for example) or communication traveling via the Internet if the distance or parameters are great or prohibitive.
October 07, 2018, 11:54 AM
FlyingScotPoint an Arlo HD cam at the sky. Simple, will work
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