showmethebunny

Thanks for replying! I do realize Dropcam is a waste of money, that's why I was looking for alternatives. Right now I have my eye on the Samsung SNH-P6410BN, because it has both local storage on SD card and uploads to Google on motion triggers. The problem is, the area I want to use it in (facing the street) has too much going on and makes visual motion detection useless. Even with "motion zones" I get a lot of false positives because of shadows/trees swaying. Dropcam tabs seemed like a perfect solution right out of the box, I could simply attach it to a gate or door and only when the object moved would it trigger a notification. I tried googling for different things, including "dropcam tabs alternatives" and "security camera with wireless sensors" but got nothing relevant. Surely there must be something out there? My old Zmodo CCTV system had a wired alarm input in the DVR box, but wireless sensors would be even better.

Are there any camera systems out there that have functionality to what Dropcam Tabs were (supposed) to have? Dropcam tabs were cancelled after they were brought by Nest. Because of light changes and other irrelevant things that mess with built-in motion detection, Dropcam tabs seemed like the perfect solution to getting alerted when someone opens my front door. I searched on Google (and this forum) for some kind of alternative, with no success. So, any suggestions of comparable system like that? Where the camera only records (and preferably alerts to my phone) when a separate external sensor that detects true motion (not just visual motion). Thanks for any help!