Reddit reviews D-Link Wireless Day/Night Network Surveillance Camera with mydlink-Enabled, DCS-932L (White)

Not legal advice, but since you said you have to be awake at night to make sure he doesn't hurt anyone, I would suggest getting these magnetic door alarms and put on his bedroom door to let you know if he leaves his room at night. If he's not allowed a bedroom door, then put them on your door & the other children's doors. They're cheap and yes they may wake the entire house up, but that's better than him skulking around with a knife or a lighter.

They also make wifi cameras that can send notifications to your phone when they sense motion or noise. Video footage may also be useful if he gets violent again or self-harms (self-endangering behavior can be common with RAD) and tries to make accusations against you.

Terrifying.

Wanted to drop by and recommend a DLink DCS-942L. It connects to your home network via WiFi or Ethernet (no computer needed), you can use the MyDlink web site and iOS app to monitor it in real-time, and you can program it to record pictures or video triggered by motion detection (saved to a micro SD card -- sold separately). Sees in the dark, too.

I'm currently using one to monitor an outdoor cat shelter. Here's an example of the video quality in IR (night vision) recording from earlier today. If you require higher quality/HD image, you're gonna have to spring for a DropCam Pro, which is well-reviewed but I personally have no experience with.

I know time is a factor so you can't wait on shipping; Best Buy's website claims "most stores" stock the DropCam Pro (but not lesser models/the DLink).

Good luck to you.

I like the combination of a wifi switch:
TP-LINK Smart Plug, Wi-Fi, Control your Devices from Anywhere (HS100), Works with Amazon Alexa https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0178IC734/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_NCwmyb931C8ER

with a remote camera:
D-Link Day & Night Wi-Fi Camera with Remote Viewing (DCS-932L) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004P8K24W/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_3EwmybF52B1TJ

Then with your phone you can water... or set a schedule.

don't do a service. you pay $40/mo. this is from my own personal experience.

i had basement monitoring and a bird got in there and triggered it. i know, seems like my fault. working though and getting a call from them saying there was movement in my house i said hell ya send the cops and i'll start heading home myself.

well i got home to the cops ticket saying "false alarm == $90 fine". so i said no more of that. why do i pay 40/mo so i can get fined on a false alarm. i set up my own system that emails me screenshots when movement is noticed in the house. it was a $50 wireless camera http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004P8K24W/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

How about an ip camera + app to view camera feed?

http://www.amazon.com/Summer-Infant-Digital-Monitor-Receiver/dp/B004HWDMV6/ref=sr_1_34?s=baby-products&ie=UTF8&qid=1343920688&sr=1-34&keywords=baby+monitor
I recommend this one for audio.

we also have
http://www.amazon.com/D-Link-DCS-932L-mydlink-Enabled-Wireless-N-Network/dp/B004P8K24W/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1343920799&sr=8-11&keywords=D+link

Its okay, but the audio sucks. It is great to be able to pull up a view of my sons crib on my iphone :) -- FROM ANYWHERE!

I highly doubt you will find a wifi-enabled IP camera that is battery operated, and outdoor rated for $50. There are $50 cameras that are wifi enabled but you'll need to spend more for a waterproof rating and much more for something with an integrated battery system (like the one the Ring doorbell uses, for example - also $200+)

If you are running power to a camera you might as well just run ethernet and just use a POE camera for better connection quality. But again, a PoE injector or switch, plus a PoE camera will exceed $50 unless you can find used equipment.

If you go the wifi route though, you can use a cheap D-Link wifi camera without all the cloud-enabled stuff, assuming you can mount it somewhere out of the weather and have power. I have used these kind before in a sheltered location and they've worked outside from below freezing to about 90 deg F.

This is not specifically for babies, but it works well, can be seen on your computer/iphone and has a night vision mode. You can have several camera connected to the network.

[D-Link-DCS-932L](http://www.amazon.com/D-Link-DCS-932L-mydlink-Enabled-Wireless-N-Network/dp/B004P8K24W/ref=pd_cp_p_0
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Edit: Also, has a motion detector.

D-Link DCS-932L I bought it a few years ago and only plug it in when I go out of town. Has an Android app and automatic night vision.

[this] (http://www.amazon.com/D-Link-Wireless-Surveillance-mydlink-Enabled-DCS-932L/dp/B004P8K24W/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1407025118&sr=1-1&keywords=wifi+video+camera)
and [ this ] (http://www.amazon.com/Beams-Battery-Powered-Motion-Sensing-Stick-Anywhere-Nightlight/dp/B002FCGI8Y/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1407025279&sr=1-1&keywords=motion+sensor+light) like /u/bookchaser suggested

It seems like OP's intention is to use the camera to record video locally, not open it up so he can view the video remotely. Typically these "hacks" are just people failing to change the default password on the camera.

An alternative is a D-link camera

These companies are reputable and will issue a firmware update if there is an actual bug in the system that allows people to gain access without your username & password. Updating firmware and looking for security press releases is common sense for anything you allow through your router for remote access.

tl;dr: OP doesn't need to worry about that unless he's planning on viewing it remotely, and even then he should be good if he changes the password.

It was on sale during the holidays. So far it has worked non-stop and I've had it running for a year + without rebooting, excluding power outage.
This one is their 2 way communication, HD quality. Night vision.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00PVDQ27Q?ref=emc_b_5_t

I also have 2 of the standard (640x480) ones for motion detection & Night vision (Not great if placed by directly touching a window in night-vision, too much glare)- I can live view into them, they're only $40. I have it linked to my FTP and email. It will take 6 screen shows for you to view (Had to setup my own web directory and index page to view the images on my web host... They send email notifications, not text. This $40 helped capture a wanted home invader. I watched him jump over my fence. I called the sheriff, they were there in 5 min and caught him red handed going through my tools.

https://www.amazon.com/D-Link-Camera-Remote-Viewing-DCS-932L/dp/B004P8K24W/ref=pd_sim_421_4?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=GG7VAX5N2NGS89ZBY275

Just this cheap D-link from Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/D-Link-Camera-Remote-Viewing-DCS-932L/dp/B004P8K24W/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1483920251&sr=1-1&keywords=dlink+camera


Works pretty good. I actually have two in there. One on the nesting boxes, the other so I can view the whole coop.

I solved your problem in my own application 3 different ways (I love redundancy, I love redundancy) that are completely different than the way you are looking to solve it. So I'm not going to answer your question, I'm going to answer mine and hope it applies to you.

My solution is on a Pi0W with a relay that shorts the switch on a hacked garage remote to open the door. This is also a single button trigger and I believe similar to your application. I heavily modified this solution to create a webpage that allow me to press a button on the screen to trigger the button.
http://www.instructables.com/id/Raspberry-Pi-Garage-Door-Opener/

Solution #1
I have a webcam set up in my garage pointing at the garage door. This in itself is a full solution because I can always just look at the feed to monitor the door. But that's not enough for me. The model camera I use:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004P8K24W/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
It has a url which publishes a snapshot of what the camera sees. This url can be embedded in the "button web page" to publish an image of the garage on the same page as the button <img src="url" />. 1-stop convenience. To turn the snapshot into meta-video I refresh the page every 3 seconds <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="3">. Essentially allowing me to press the button and watch the progress of the door. All in one place.

Solution #2:
I picked up one of these:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006M1I1W/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
and again heavily modified this guide:
http://www.ryansouthgate.com/2015/08/10/raspberry-pi-door-sensor/
To determine whether the door is open or closed.
I run the script at boot in a terminal window and a bonus effect is I can effectively log the door status.

I incorporated this into my webpage by using this:
https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=58267

I added this code to the "open" condition to email me if the door is open:
http://naelshiab.com/tutorial-send-email-python/

My modifications basically pulled all this information together into my "button web site" Action, view, and response on the door. Basically they were cut and paste and mostly done in HTML.

Finally not sure how new you are to this but there are other factors to get this all to work:
OpenVPN - to hide everything behind my firewall and expose none of it to the internet. I vpn in and it's all as if I'm on my home network.
no-ip - dynamic dns so I can resolve my vpn to a name rather than an IP which periodically changes.

This might be a case of "Breach of Quiet Enjoyment" also yeah get evidence of him doing it with a camera. This should be enough, I'd think.

http://www.amazon.com/D-Link-Wireless-Surveillance-mydlink-Enabled-DCS-932L/dp/B004P8K24W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1427123768&sr=8-1&keywords=home+security+camera

This: http://www.amazon.com/D-Link-Wireless-Surveillance-mydlink-Enabled-DCS-932L/dp/B004P8K24W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1449026800&sr=8-1&keywords=dlink

I have 5 strategically placed. Not HD, though.

We purchased a D-Link security camera that runs off our wireless. It was less than $100 and has sound, night vision, and zoom. You can use an iphone or ipad as the monitor or use the dlink website. Super easy to set up, and my SO really enjoys sneaking peeks of the baby while he's at work!

EDIT: Here is the camera we bought

D-link makes some pretty snazzy wifi cameras
www.amazon.com/D-Link-Wireless-Surveillance-mydlink-Enabled-DCS-932L/dp/B004P8K24W

But a good dog is better.

What systems did you look at?

Wife and I found this guy:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004P8K24W/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=39MQKJ1OP0291&coliid=I2Y43LCOXHRDJ3&psc=1

Now, the downside here is it has to be plugged into an outlet, there's no battery capability, but that also means it won't die on you.

It's wifi-enabled, so no need to hardwire it into the router.

It doesn't rotate without you having to physically re-adjust it, but it does zoom and the video quality appears to be good, even at night.

Capable of working with up to 4 cameras at once.

It uses motion detection, but the fancier versions do have both motion and sound detection if you needed that. The app will alert you when it picks something up, instead of having to be open all the time.

It stores to individual SD cards in each camera and you can review the recordings remotely (via your phone) without having to remove the cards.

I have this camera. It does exactly what you need it to do. It has audio and video and you can check it remotely on any computer or via an android/iphone app.

The microphone is pretty mediocre but it should work for your purposes. It's relatively easy to set up as well.

Also, if you trust your employees to run the store, I'm sure they'll be fine.

Lots of choices out there. This product is popular and well reviewed:

http://amazon.com/D-Link-DCS-932L-Night-Wi-Fi-Camera/dp/B004P8K24W

The only way you can "hide" your IP address is tunneling your traffic through another IP address, on another server somewhere. aka, a VPN or a proxy of some sort. This adds extra hops or "internet distance" and almost always makes things slower, to some extent.

You can get a wireless camera like this for about $35, but you get what you pay for. You probably have to put the camera outside the window to work right. I've had an indoor D-link camera outside, under a covered porch, for over a year with no problems. Rain can't directly hit it.

https://www.amazon.com/2GC5804-DCS-932L-Surveillance-Network-Monochrome/dp/B004P8K24W/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1511381889&sr=8-3&keywords=d+link+wireless+camera

There are a lot of wifi security cameras that do that out of the box without any software and cost less than a pi + camera and the rest necessary to make this work.
Here's an example.

Im using this

https://www.amazon.com/D-Link-Camera-Remote-Viewing-DCS-932L/dp/B004P8K24W/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1484603192&sr=8-2&keywords=linksys+camera

Can remote to it, very cheap. I have mine set up to email me clips so no need for remote storage. It can do eathernet or wireless

GET A SIMPLE WIRELESS SECURITY CAMERA

$120 for two cameras and anytime someone walks through my door, in my living room, etc. it instantly emails photos to a folder in my gmail. You come into my apartment and have any kind of movement, and your photos are taken and instantly emailed. I don't need renter's insurance... I have the data. If you don't have cameras, you are a fool, IMO.

SURVEILANCE CAMERAS

Every month I delete the pile of 10,000 photos it has taken (me walking around... cleaning, doing things), but if something happens, the photos are there. I even leave back door open (for a cool breeze/air), my apartment neighbors see the door wide open all the time, and they also see the camera staring them in the face if they enter the door.