May 2020

Pond Camera Plans

It has been an adventure setting up my first Webpage Camera. Was a learning process. Started with buying a Solar Powered Wifi Camera but did not realize that Solar Cameras, to save power, only activate upon detecting motion. Found an IP Camera made by Jidetech on Amazon and bought the Power over Ethernet (PoE) injector. The PoE injector sends the power the camera needs over the Internet Connection and, by doing so, eliminates an electrical outlet nearby the camera. Wanted to do it all for just the cost of the equipment but couldn’t get my ATT router to actually allow...

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Welcome to The Old Radio Ranch

This website is a good outlet for me – could probably do the same thing much more quickly and efficiently using other available webware, but this format allows for adding custom code so there is no learning limit. This site will, hopefully, change over time as the new tools available are put to use. New for me was the Pond Cam. Expected it to be easy but found out that ease of use seems to hinge upon the camera brand, and to a lesser extent, firewall issues getting a camera signal out. Does work and the camera was inexpensive so...

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