BigTel

I am hoping for a little help from this forum on an installation I want to try. I need to rig up a CCTV monitoring system on my farm, in the lambing pens, to allow me to monitor the sheep while I am not there. I have a power supply there, but no internet access. I would like to set something up to allow me to access the CCTV pictures while away from the farm on a web browser or my smart phone. I am looking for a little advice on which system would work, how to set up some sort of 3G modem to transmit the pictures etc. Has anyone set up something similar which works? Any advice would help me. Thank you. BigTel

Sounds interesting. I don't think I have a clear line of site between points though for my application. I am just waiting on some bits to arrive that I have ordered - hopefully I will get something set up soon and I will report back on how it works...or doesn't..!

Thanks for the advice on the dongle - I have checked and I will try and get one next weekend. Maplin have a number of good CCTV units which I will see if I can link up with the dongle. I will have a chat with the sales guy in there and see what he says. By the way, we had our first lambs over the weekend...I had better get the camera set up quick..!! (see attached)

Thanks for the link. I have just checked and 3G mobile is classed as very good in my area. So now I know I can get 3G, what can I use to monitor my pens?

Hi yes I have broadband in the house - but it is miles away, with no line of sight. I will try and check what 3G coverage I have. Is there a website for doing that?

Hi there - I am situated in the rural Midlands in the UK and there is no broadband access or phone line at the farm. My house is 'miles' from the sheds, as I do not live at the farm. This is why I am looking for some way to send periodic photo / video feed via a 3G dongle. Or if there was a way to remotely trigger the system to take a photo when I wanted to 'see' what is going on. I am really after some idea what system will work in this type of situation. Would a standard CCTV system work? A PC based web cam? A mobile phone rigged up to a pole in the sheep pen??

Yes, and no..! I do not have any telephone lines (hard lines) but I was thinking the 3G dongle method may be the only way. I have not brought one yet though as I was looking for advice on which system would work using it.