How to Integrate Open Source Home Automation to Your Video Surveillance System

Nowadays, protecting your family and your home is everything. Security systems have developed to incorporate security cameras, an alarm panel, IP cameras with Wi-Fi connectivity and motion detection, hardwired motion sensors, and even the latest app or two with a user-friendly interface to connect to your mobile device, as well as many other off-the-shelf components to keep you safe. Having a video surveillance system is one of the smartest things that you can do as a homeowner. It helps protect you in case of unforeseen events, like a break in or robbery. It is often very helpful in the prevention of home theft and crime. You can use your system after events to show what has occurred in a court situation or to show official time records of events.

Often, homeowners have different contractors and other workers come to their home and often these home surveillance systems help them feel and be much safer. Some robbers pretend to be providing home quotes, selling baked goods, or even may hang around to see what they want to steal in the future. These cameras provide insight into who is coming near your home, home long they are there and can tell you more about what a person’s true intentions are. You can use this in nanny situations, professional situations, and even for recording comings and goings of the areas surrounding your home.

Now you can use open source home automation to control your video surveillance system and help you to gain more useful information and better protection.

“Most people come to know only one corner of their room, one spot near the window, one narrow strip on which they keep walking back and forth. Rainer, Letters to a Young Poet.

Since one of the most powerful ways your video surveillance system can protect you is by enabling you to see potential threats before they occur (for example, by alerting you when someone is watching your home), you will have more power when you enable open source home automation.

This is basically “smart” security.

Could Open Source Home Automation in Your Video Surveillance System Pose a Potential Threat?

One of the biggest issues surrounding this issue is that some people still do not feel safe from hackers and potential “spies” and feel uncomfortable surrendering their surveillance to a perceived threat.

You will need to determine what makes you feel the most comfortable and what systems you prefer to use within and without your home.

Some people want to use a system to provide both a nanny cam function and an outdoor surveillance system. The issue is when you begin to include open source home automation into your video surveillance system will you feel comfortable with potential safety issues of having the system inside of your home.

Ensuring You Have a Safe System

To ensure that you have a safe system in place for your home automation video surveillance system it is likely best to go with a hardwired option for collecting and utilizing your surveillance.

Also, a good idea is to go with a company that is well-known and provides a secure connection that you can see on your devices like your smartphones and tablets.

The Top Two Companies We Recommend

There are two companies that we recommend for you to add open source home automation to your video surveillance system, they are, LinuxMCE, as they provide an entire home system that you can use to control and install smart home technologies, and iSpy because they provide a system that includes night vision and is known for their nannycam equipment.

 Integrating Open Source Home Automation to Your Video Surveillance System

If you already have open source home automation, you may be able to add video surveillance monitoring easily. In the case of LinuxMCE, this is quite possible. We recommend setting up your entire home with open source home automation for increased functionality. You will also be able to share information with all your family members and you can streamline some of your activities, like grocery shopping, chores, and even movies nights. You can easily monitor the safety of your young children and will have more time to focus on other things that you enjoy.

Open source home automation provides a new level of luxury for the homeowner who can fully enjoy their home and new technologies. With an open-source home automation surveillance system, you will have better control over what type of security information you receive and therefore be better protected.

To improve functionality throughout your home, make sure that you have the proper cables installed that provide a strong, fast and constant internet connection. Having a faster Internet speed is especially important when it comes to home security systems. Also having a method for saving footage is important. Some people prefer to save directly to CDs while others want their footage stored in the cloud. It is likely more economical to have footage saved to CDs at the end of each day or week.

Being aware of your surroundings is very important. It could save your life to know who is hanging around outside of your home before you leave in the morning or in the evening.

There are options for those who have budgetary constraints. Bringing open source home automation to your surveillance system is a great way to feel safer and secure in your home.

Two of the main components that you will need to connect your video surveillance system devices to other devices in your homes like televisions or widescreen monitors are HDMI cables and the correct wall plates that will allow you to connect your wired connection. The solution we suggest specifically for your wired set up would be the HDMI Coax Ethernet Wall Plate with Single Gang Low-Voltage Mounting Bracket Device (Black Kit)

 

 

This wall plate includes a direct Ethernet jack, an AV connection, and an HDMI port. This is likely what you will need for setting up your home monitor system.

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