Wow, the Wyze Cam Pan v3 looks pretty cool and at a reasonable price. Thanks for the tip!
Oh, wow! They are inexpensive and seemly good little cameras! I added my Nest Cam into Apex and love the integration, but I'll check these out for inexpensive options to add multiple cams. Thansk!
Do you have to have a subscription with the nest camera?
Yes, I have "Nest Aware Plus".
This. Tons of threads about it.
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Your fish room view is what got me thinking about a camera. I have my DT and sump on Apex with leak detectors and backup programing but my fish at and coral qt are not on Apex. I Tunze ATO's on both qt's but every so often they get "hung up" and don't top off so I thought a camera would help me see the water level drop.
RING camera is always rolling, tied with a full room camera, APEX and leak detectors. I highly reccomend having it all work together for that "worst case scenario" moment when your out-of town. Also have a friend or family aware of the set up so you can advise if your away.
I had a retuen pump fail the first day I was out of state with my family. I contemplated driving home (hours) just for this. Had a local reef shop aware of my set up and took care of it whole I was gone. Turned a terrible situation into a bad situation. Instead of terrible I to worse. Happy Reefing!!
That is what has kept me from adding webcams in the past. I didn't know it happened to Wyze as well.Might worth noting wyze have had multiple, quite severe privacy issues with the way they manage access to the cameras.
Last one was just a few days ago, the one before ~5 months ago.
Wyze cameras let some owners see into a stranger’s home — again
A Friday morning outage was just the beginning.
Personally I wouldn’t touch their products unless I plan to hack them and gain complete control over the hardware.
you actually don't "have" to have the script but you get extra features if you do. I set mine to the smoke alarm detector so hopefully it alerts to heater malfunction tones etc...since I have these for the house, it makes it easier. the outdoor one runs off battery. I have mine set so if power goes out, my wifi runs on UPS so I can get a constant signal without power for about 3 hours.
Second that! The Wyze camera with the window mount for the win!
Local cameras + VPN (actual VPN that allows you to connect remotely to your home network, not the snake oil companies sell as a service to bypass regional restrictions) is a much nicer, and secure solution than cloud based devices, especially when it comes to cameras/microphones inside your home.
Window mount is a cool idea. Probably get some great shots of the tank
I might have to look into this. Might be over my head though.
