Can you create a video to show the use & operation for the home security system.
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I think this video from Dave Crosby pretty much covers it:
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And you will also note it was magnetically mounted, not screw mounted.
Sometimes it is not always possible to mount cams out of reach, much like the doorbells that are also readily accessible. But, with CamPlus, if someone does decide to mess with it, you already have the evidence in the cloud that shows this.
Studies have proven that residences with security stickers\signs are 25% less likely to be burglarized. Those with cams: 53% less likely.
In a study from the University of North Carolina, 25 percent of burglars said that security signs would deter them from choosing a house. However, signs are a less effective deterrent than security cameras and systems, which would deter 53 percent of burglars.
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It does NOT “only work with WiFi” unless you connect it that way. It has an Ethernet LAN port on the back. Use it. That way it is NOT WiFi dependant only Internet Dependant. You will note that when Dave pulled his out from behind the TV, it had 2 cords attached: Power and LAN Ethernet.
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Lock your power access panel if it is outdoors (and place a cam monitoring it).
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Place your ISP modem, router, and Ethernet connected Hub on a UPS so that it continues full operational capability in any power outage.
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Personal preference. But this also removes any possibility to use the IR Night Vision as IR will not traverse the glass panes and the IR emitters will reflect. I also have one cam indoors shooting thru a window, but it is much less effective than my cams mounted outdoors with full functionality.
Home security systems only keep the smart criminals from breaking in. The dumb ones who think they know how to disable it are still going to try… and fail. That is why you have the system. For the dumb ones. Knowing how to “disable it” would assume there is a sure fired way of doing just that every time. There isn’t. As I have posted, there are ways for you to “harden” your home security posture against such basic threats.
Your original post made no distinction between the brand name on the sticker vs just the presence of a sticker.
It is a RJ45 Internet cable (Local Area Network… wired internet) that comes with the unit (correction: might not be included… I might have already had that) to plug directly into a wired LAN port on the router. It removes all WiFi data transmission and routes everything thru the hardwired LAN from the Hub to the Router to the ISP Modem and out thru the Modem’s WAN (Wide Area Network) port to the internet.
No. It isn’t like backhauling. Backhauling is a router specific term for a LAN wired connection between sattelite nodes or APs of a WiFi network and the base router. There is no WiFi usage at all. It’s like plugging your laptop, computer or printer into an Ethernet LAN jack. It’s a wired internet LAN\WAN connection. No WiFi.
If the internet connection is lost as a result of an ISP failure or local hardware failure, the connection to the server, Noonlight, and the entire outside world is lost. But the hub will still operate and will still produce a local alarm.
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