WiFi Monitors for interior of camper
Yes I already posted this under Pets about two weeks ago, but apparently no one reads that category. I'm looking to see what people use to monitor their pets while away to Dinner or shopping? I've h...
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I suspect that using remote monitoring is "attending" them... provided, that you can get back to them in a few minutes, if needed to stop them from barking.
If you have two smart phones, another idea is to use one of the "Baby Monitor" apps. This allows you to set one phone up as the camera, and then the other phone becomes the monitor. It can work over WiFi or over your cell phone data plan.
Actually, my purpose for finding this thread is that I am seeking a very low-cost way to add a back-up camera to my vehicle and camper. There are some very low cost WiFi cameras, that can do P2P (Peer to Peer) communication where your camera will send its video to your smart phone, without using the internet. Prices start as cheap as $25 for the Wyze Cam HD. However, this has to be done through your own router. In other words, the camera must connect to your WiFi router, and your smart phone also connects to your WiFi router.
Note that these devices generally require internet access to pair the camera to the phone. But, once that initial pairing is done, they should be able to communicate without the internet at all. At least that is what I have learned from a store clerk.
I have seen WiFi dongles, to add WiFi to your laptop, that call themselves "USB WiFi Routers"... but I am not certain the word "router" in this case means that it can be used to make the WiFi camera talk to the smart phone. I was hoping that one of these very cheap (i.e. $15) devices can be added to my vehicle to facilitate communication with these cameras.
Note that I would just plug the WiFi adapter into a USB power block. So, they would not normally be connected to a computer. Perhaps an alternative is to purchase a cheap WiFi range extender. Some of these use the word "router" in them as well.
Do any of you know if this idea will work? Or perhaps have the hardware to be able to try it out?
-Joe
If you have two smart phones, another idea is to use one of the "Baby Monitor" apps. This allows you to set one phone up as the camera, and then the other phone becomes the monitor. It can work over WiFi or over your cell phone data plan.
Actually, my purpose for finding this thread is that I am seeking a very low-cost way to add a back-up camera to my vehicle and camper. There are some very low cost WiFi cameras, that can do P2P (Peer to Peer) communication where your camera will send its video to your smart phone, without using the internet. Prices start as cheap as $25 for the Wyze Cam HD. However, this has to be done through your own router. In other words, the camera must connect to your WiFi router, and your smart phone also connects to your WiFi router.
Note that these devices generally require internet access to pair the camera to the phone. But, once that initial pairing is done, they should be able to communicate without the internet at all. At least that is what I have learned from a store clerk.
I have seen WiFi dongles, to add WiFi to your laptop, that call themselves "USB WiFi Routers"... but I am not certain the word "router" in this case means that it can be used to make the WiFi camera talk to the smart phone. I was hoping that one of these very cheap (i.e. $15) devices can be added to my vehicle to facilitate communication with these cameras.
Note that I would just plug the WiFi adapter into a USB power block. So, they would not normally be connected to a computer. Perhaps an alternative is to purchase a cheap WiFi range extender. Some of these use the word "router" in them as well.
Do any of you know if this idea will work? Or perhaps have the hardware to be able to try it out?
-Joe
