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It’d be greatly appreciated if people can offer their expertise regarding this topic.
Below is the not-to-scale-or-ratio badly drawn block diagram of front of my house. I would like to install one CCTV somewhere to monitor those in RED, in clockwise order: red square of a parcel box, red round square of my car on the driveway, red line of study window (converted garage), red line of front door.
Other grey blocks in the image are part of the house, the blue dot is the location of router. The green blob is a small tree that shapes like a Christmas tree, it is there to block view of front door. The transparent triangle is a roof above the front door, under it is a PIR controlled external ceiling light. The PIR area is just enough to reach the car door. The driveway is 2 car lengths, red round square is drawn in the middle of the driveway, where I usually park (1 car household).
I have identified 2 possible locations for DIY install (no external mains wiring, no drill through brick wall, accessible using my current ladder):
- A is next to the front door, on the grey triangle roof, cable through the wooden roof.
- B is on the external wall farthest away from main house, cable through roof edge into the garage attic.
Problem with location A is that it is only suitable for a small camera to prevent clustering the view of front entrance. It is also quite far away from the router with a lot of walls. Good thing with location A is that with its cone of vision, it is able to see whole of driveway covering all approaches to front of the house.
Problem with location B for a fixed camera is that it doesn’t cover other side of the car where someone could walk up to study window unseen. But it’s close to the router for guaranteed wi-fi access and no size restriction.
Perhaps an automatic PTZ camera at B? But which one? Is there a PTZ IP camera that patrols between driveway and looking down at the window, then lock and track on motion? Problem I foresee with PTZ tracking is that it is highly dependent on the camera software, which are usually not great.
On camera recommendation, I’d like motion detection triggered recording and if possible record to a free cloud account. Eg. Y-cam offers free cloud account that keeps recordings for 7 days, this is preferred over IP cameras that record to NAS.
The goal of installing CCTV is to both deter thieves as well as remind parcel delivery man that other parcels inside the parcel box isn’t free for taking. I dislike idea of dummy camera.
All your thoughts are welcome, open to other ideas on locations.
Finally, I do have Synology I can use. Does anyone know if using its surveillance station capabilities will prevent HDD spin-down?
Below is the not-to-scale-or-ratio badly drawn block diagram of front of my house. I would like to install one CCTV somewhere to monitor those in RED, in clockwise order: red square of a parcel box, red round square of my car on the driveway, red line of study window (converted garage), red line of front door.
Other grey blocks in the image are part of the house, the blue dot is the location of router. The green blob is a small tree that shapes like a Christmas tree, it is there to block view of front door. The transparent triangle is a roof above the front door, under it is a PIR controlled external ceiling light. The PIR area is just enough to reach the car door. The driveway is 2 car lengths, red round square is drawn in the middle of the driveway, where I usually park (1 car household).
I have identified 2 possible locations for DIY install (no external mains wiring, no drill through brick wall, accessible using my current ladder):
- A is next to the front door, on the grey triangle roof, cable through the wooden roof.
- B is on the external wall farthest away from main house, cable through roof edge into the garage attic.
Problem with location A is that it is only suitable for a small camera to prevent clustering the view of front entrance. It is also quite far away from the router with a lot of walls. Good thing with location A is that with its cone of vision, it is able to see whole of driveway covering all approaches to front of the house.
Problem with location B for a fixed camera is that it doesn’t cover other side of the car where someone could walk up to study window unseen. But it’s close to the router for guaranteed wi-fi access and no size restriction.
Perhaps an automatic PTZ camera at B? But which one? Is there a PTZ IP camera that patrols between driveway and looking down at the window, then lock and track on motion? Problem I foresee with PTZ tracking is that it is highly dependent on the camera software, which are usually not great.
On camera recommendation, I’d like motion detection triggered recording and if possible record to a free cloud account. Eg. Y-cam offers free cloud account that keeps recordings for 7 days, this is preferred over IP cameras that record to NAS.
The goal of installing CCTV is to both deter thieves as well as remind parcel delivery man that other parcels inside the parcel box isn’t free for taking. I dislike idea of dummy camera.
All your thoughts are welcome, open to other ideas on locations.
Finally, I do have Synology I can use. Does anyone know if using its surveillance station capabilities will prevent HDD spin-down?
You'd then argue there's no point in the tree, and I do agree. 
But don't care enough to remove a perfectly good tree.