Hey, smart people of the twit community, I was hoping some of you would be able to give me some i...

[G+_Alex Martinez]

Hey, smart people of the twit community, I was hoping some of you would be able to give me some ideas how i could do this. My family had a home invasion a couple years ago and my mom is usually home by herself and the front door has a high tiny window which she cant see whos at the door since she's shorter and she has a bad habit of just opening it without having a clue whos there. So I was wondering if there's any way to set up a small camera that can see outside the door and have a small display mounted on the wall next to the door inside so she can easily see whos at the door. Any ideas you have i would love to hear them . Something simple would be great or maybe since i have a Synology doing with it with Surveillance Station Client and somehow having live view displayed on the screen.

[G+_Michael Hagberg]

Banggood.com has backup monitors for about$20 and cameras starting at $10. If by some chance you don't have a pile of 12 volt wall warts for power you'd have to get something.

[G+_Ben Reese]

The backup camera idea is brilliant! There's even wireless models if you don't want to run a cable between the two.

 

I've also seen peep-hole cameras and, of course, there's probably 5 different brands of doorbell cameras.

 

I'm curious what other's suggest too. I'm planning on putting a camera outside my front door and running the feed to Synology Surveillance Station, but you can't do that with Ring.

[G+_Chris Eckeard (StMerlin]

Couple old Smart phones and the Alfred app would be another solution. Power to these devices is always the challenge of installing and visual acceptance level. Door bell cams with a phone or tablet as the display near the door is a clean solution.

[G+_Rud Dog]

Cell phone and induction charging has been on my mind for a while now. To experiment I wanted to take a cell phone mount it so it is flush with the surface of the door and have only the camera hole exposed outwardly. Second part of this was to run wire for charging battery on phone thru the door hinge area via induction coupled charging connection. Having it connect to you LAN all kinds of options are ready and waiting for discovery. Now back to my IOT sprinkler project.

[G+_Jared Twomey]

I hate to be the low tech guy on this, but you can get a peephole and a drill bit at home Depot for under $20. Just install it at a height that is good for her

[G+_Rud Dog]

Jared Twomey thinking he is trying to get his geek-on.

[G+_Andrew Wind]

Just read a good review of the wyze camera($20). Viewable thru the phone app.

[G+_Rud Dog]

Andrew Wind If you don't mind another monthly fee added to your subscription costs. Didn't follow up on how much they want for monthly feature.

[G+_Jared Twomey]

Rud Dog? totally get that, but we sometimes over think things and our families have to deal with the consequences :) I installed everything smart home in my place a few years ago and my wife struggled to use our house. I had to replace smart bulbs with smart switches, ect to make it tech friendly and normal person friendly.

 

In the vein of this discussion, I tried a wall mounted phone and tablet as a smart home controller and the issue I always ran into was if the device becomes non-responsive, then it was just frustrating for the user.

 

For this particular issue, here is how I did it...

 

I have a camera mounted on the front porch, that connects to my Synology Surveillance Station. Near the front door I have a small TV with a Amazon Fire TV stick plugged in running DS Cam to view the cameras around the house.

 

This works pretty good until the fire TV stick wedges and I have to power cycle it to get it back on.

[G+_Andrew Wind]

Hmmm I do not see any subscription fees listed. Hope they don't, I just ordered a few of these. All I see listed is 14 days of "free" rolling alert videos.

[G+_Juscelino Acevedo]

I am surprised that no one has lured you towards the Ring Doorbell. I know that it is pricey, but we are talking about lives and safety. Just my opinion.

[G+_Shooter_FPV (Shooter_FP]

Juscelino Acevedo Was going to say the same...