Home Automation

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Home automation is the residential extension of building automation.

It is automation of the home, housework or household activity.

Home automation may include centralized control of lighting, HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning), appliances, security locks of gates and doors and other systems, to provide improved convenience, comfort, energy efficiency and security.

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wi-if camera streaming only when phone app connected (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by SemperBasilicum@alien.top to c/homeautomation@selfhosted.forum

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Hi,

I'm living far away from my parents house and they're really old. I have a caregiver with them most of the day but I'd like to have a camera to check how they are when they are alone. Unfortunately there are few restrictions:

- It must be a wifi camera as they only have a small wifi router with no ethernet ports

- It must stream data only when phone/app is connected. The internet connection they have at home is limited to 10GB/month meaning that I don't want a camera that continuously streams data to a cloud service.

Does a camera like this exist? any brand you would recomend?

Thank you!

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[–] BlubberKroket@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Eufy Pan & Tilt with a big SD-card for storage. You can also use a local SMB server. You can live view via the app, set it to record at given times or when it sees a person or movement.