collectors 0 Posted July 16 Hi, I'm after suggestions for an ip camera & lens. I recently upgraded my cctv system with new cameras & cat 6 cabling. One thing i wanted to do was put a camera on my gas meter that's in the loft/attic. "I now got to the age of not needing to climb up & down loft ladders" I tried a spare 2.8mm camera, but had to mount it to far away to be in focus that it was to small to read. Any ideas?? Pictures of what is being used below. Spoiler Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tomcctv 190 Posted July 16 Hi a standard 2mp full colour turret camera will work fine for you. which nvr are you using and we’re are you located Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mark_M 3 Posted July 25 Instead of an IP camera, maybe you would like a camera that can automatically recognise the meter numbers. Open source project 'AI on the Edge' uses a cheap $5 ESP32-Cam board to take a photo of your meter, recognise the text and then send data to an external place. E.g. MQTT to other software. Or login via web browser to the system and see the camera snapshot. https://github.com/jomjol/AI-on-the-edge-device Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
