I am trying to help my sister who is being harassed by a neighbor. Several times a week, at a particular time, he comes to the end of her driveway and stands there. He screams at her house, and/or exposes himself, and/or vandalizes something. She has tried going to the police, but without proof they can't do anything. She has tried talking to him- no good. She is not always there at this time.
We were told to set up a camera to catch him in the act over several days. After hours of reading, I have a good idea of what's possible, but haven't found the right combination of hardware/software yet.
We need to:
- schedule recording for an hour/day
- save the video locally so we can review it/edit it (on a card in the camera? saved to the PC?)
- I live 300 miles away and will need to set it up through TeamViewer
- My sister is a marginal computer user so things on her end have to be as simple as possible.
That's it. We don't need remote monitoring, sound/motion detection or anything like that.
Here's what I'm working with:
- Win XP
- Cisco Valet
My sister bought a Samsung Smartcam SNH-P6410BN https://www.samsungsmartcam.com/web/ which I set up. Wireless won't work because the router doesn't have the right kind of security. We're willing to run an Ethernet cable across the room, but I can't figure out how to schedule a recording. There's no tech support other than FAQs at the site.
If we can get the Smartcam to work, fine. If we need to use something else, that's fine too. Our budget is up to about $300- less is better.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
We were told to set up a camera to catch him in the act over several days. After hours of reading, I have a good idea of what's possible, but haven't found the right combination of hardware/software yet.
We need to:
- schedule recording for an hour/day
- save the video locally so we can review it/edit it (on a card in the camera? saved to the PC?)
- I live 300 miles away and will need to set it up through TeamViewer
- My sister is a marginal computer user so things on her end have to be as simple as possible.
That's it. We don't need remote monitoring, sound/motion detection or anything like that.
Here's what I'm working with:
- Win XP
- Cisco Valet
My sister bought a Samsung Smartcam SNH-P6410BN https://www.samsungsmartcam.com/web/ which I set up. Wireless won't work because the router doesn't have the right kind of security. We're willing to run an Ethernet cable across the room, but I can't figure out how to schedule a recording. There's no tech support other than FAQs at the site.
If we can get the Smartcam to work, fine. If we need to use something else, that's fine too. Our budget is up to about $300- less is better.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.