Come in IloveC4. A Security spy review for your site..

[wappinghigh]

Dan would you like me to write a review on DIY home CCTV setup/monitoring/off site backup and integration with C4 for your DIY web site? Based on Security Spy. Let me say I've had endless trial and error experience with this. A review might help others save a bit of time

[ILoveC4]

I would love it...shoot me an email.

[wappinghigh]

Ok. email sent BTW what door station solution are you going with at your new place?

[ILoveC4]

Ok. email sent BTW what door station solution are you going with at your new place?

The way my porch is, and the lack of ability to see what the view from the Control4 Door Station looks like, I decided not to opt for the C4 door station. The doorbell is in a less than ideal position, and the door station would need to have a pretty wide angle lens to see the entire porch.

What I've decided to do is integrate the ELK doorbell sensor, a stereo speaker on the porch, and a network camera. When the doorbell rings the camera view will pull up on the touchpanels, and for a 60 second period after the doorbell is pressed two of the soft buttons on the touch panel will execute two separate announcements to the porch (I may implement 3 or 4 announcements, I haven't done any yet). I'm thinking the announcements will be something along the lines of "I'm on my way, hold on." and "Sorry, I can't come to the door right now. Your being monitored via video surveillance. Please leave the property.". If I end up finding an automated lock I like for the front door I could also have a button unlock the door and an announcement invite the person in.

If I knew what the camera view looked like from the C4 door station I would have gone that route, because two way audio would be an advantage, but it isn't a big deal. It's pretty easy to spot a salesman from the camera...