soonerwatch 0 Posted July 24, 2011 I want to add two wireless IP cameras to our house that is under construction. These cameras would be outdoors but under large eaves. I prefer the look of a dome camera. I was thinking of trying to mount the foscam FI 8909W in an outdoor dome housing. This is foscam's smaller wirless ip camera. Dimensions are 3.9 x 1.5 x 2.3 inches. Has anyone done this? If so which model dome housing did you use. Would I be better off just going with one of the foscam models that are made for outdoor use? These are not dome cameras, they are larger. THanks for the advice. I am a total novice at this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Numb-nuts 1 Posted July 24, 2011 I want to add two wireless IP cameras to our house that is under construction. These cameras would be outdoors but under large eaves. I prefer the look of a dome camera. I was thinking of trying to mount the foscam FI 8909W in an outdoor dome housing. This is foscam's smaller wirless ip camera. Dimensions are 3.9 x 1.5 x 2.3 inches. Has anyone done this? If so which model dome housing did you use. Would I be better off just going with one of the foscam models that are made for outdoor use? These are not dome cameras, they are larger. THanks for the advice. I am a total novice at this. Don't waste your time with Foscam unless you use it as a webcam and indoors at short range, and don't waste your time trying to use an indoor camera in an outdoor housing it wasn't designed for. Do yourself a favour and buy a purpose made IP dome camera. Many IP cameras come in dome form and will give you excellent performance with years of outdoor service completely untouched. Obviously the occasional clean but thats it. Even in sheltered locations, cameras can suffer from moisture infiltrating and this can ruin a perfectly good camera. Of course expect to pay considerably more for a camera to do the job you are asking of it, a job even outdoor Foscams would struggle with. ( Foscams are built to satisfy a price nothing else). You can expect to pay a lot more but you will save yourself a lot of disappointment, and extra work fiddling and repairing. I haven't a clue which computer platform you have but it's probably Windows or Mac so the software( Vitamin D) I recommend for two cameras is likewise available for Win & Mac and is very simple to set up and use. On this page, click this link yu can see what cameras are available to work with it. Vist the websites of the manufactureres and see whats available that is right for you. For example, I visited the Acti website and see that under fixed dome cameras there are several models which are outdoor rated. I am not sure how to specify IP cameras as my knowledge doesn't extend that far but decide what it needs to acheive, at what distance and ask the question on here and someone will advise which specs to look for. With a fixed dome, you might have difficulty finding a wireless one. good luck. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mike_va 0 Posted July 24, 2011 I want to add two wireless IP cameras to our house that is under construction. These cameras would be outdoors but under large eaves. I prefer the look of a dome camera. I was thinking of trying to mount the foscam FI 8909W in an outdoor dome housing. This is foscam's smaller wirless ip camera. Dimensions are 3.9 x 1.5 x 2.3 inches. If it's under construction have them run ethernet, much more reliable. Even if you use analog cams you can use baluns to send the signal. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Numb-nuts 1 Posted July 24, 2011 It's a good point, if you know where you want to site the cameras, get your contractors to add in a couple of cat5 cables for you. Wireless is convenient but there's no real substitute for a line connection. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
soonerwatch 0 Posted July 25, 2011 Great suggestions. I am running cat6 wires to the cameras anyway for power. I have heard you can use one wire for power and video using baluns. I would like an ip camera that has web based viewing / controls. Anu suggestions on good outdoor dome cameras that are $100-200 each? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thewireguys 3 Posted July 25, 2011 I would like an ip camera that has web based viewing / controls. Anu suggestions on good outdoor dome cameras that are $100-200 each? no such device exists for that price Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
