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Title: Flood Cams ?
Post by: SteveRF on July 28, 2005, 09:45:43 PM

Anyone using the Color Flood Cams with AHP ?
Are they any good ?  Is the resolution good
enough to monitor a deck or pool area ?
regards,
SteveRF

Title: Re: Flood Cams ?
Post by: DWD on July 29, 2005, 09:00:04 AM

The Flood Cams do NOT work reliabily.  I
have trashed all 4 I got.  After a month or
so the floods stop turning off.  Killing
electricity to reset solves the problem a
few times but then even that does not solve.
In answer to your question though,
resolution is ok during day, but not at
night with floods iluminated area.

Title: Re: Flood Cams ?
Post by: Henri T on July 30, 2005, 01:22:08 AM

Mine works fine.

The resolution is good, but wind could make
interference ...

In the night, and depending on the lights
you use, the resolution is less than in a
sunny afternoon ...

Title: Re: Flood Cams ?
Post by: SteveRF on July 30, 2005, 08:06:56 PM

Henri, DWD
I got 2 different opinions here... hummmm
That makes my decision harder..smile...
1.  At night, with flood lights on, is the
view  ok or just barely ok ?  How far...20,
40 feet or more ?
2.  How about tranmitter/receiver distance ?
Is is adaquate?  Are you guys viewing on a
TV directly or through a VCR first ?
3.  What channel options are avalable 3 or 4 ?
I appreciate your candid opinions !
regards,
SteveRF

Title: Re: Flood Cams ?
Post by: DWD on July 30, 2005, 10:37:42 PM

Steve,
The flood cams do not have audio.
The video is no better than other X10 cams.
You need a normal X10 camera receiver to
receive signal so the output is that of the
X10 receiver of which I used direct video
feed.  I think it also lets you select
channel 3 or 4 but I cant remember.
RF distance I can only confirm my setup at
@60 ft I still had good reception.
At night the view was so-so at a distance of
20ft which I used.
I just could not count on the lights turning
off.  Thus I do not use them.

Title: Re: Flood Cams ?
Post by: ykz_pilot on August 19, 2005, 04:33:13 PM

The Floodcam's picture at night is as good
as the day IF you put sufficient light
bulbs in the floods and point them where
the camera is (seems obvious I know).

Also, if you are having trouble with the
lights staying on, and you have AHP just
set up some macros to shut them off at
whatever interval you think would be too
long to stay on.

Just an option - mine work fine ...