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after much to-do, my barn camera now works
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| | From: | cindi | | Subject: | after much to-do, my barn camera now works | | Date: | 24 Jan 2005 00:45:22 -0800 |
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 | One of my students got me a wireless security camera setup for
Christmas with three cameras. (An aside: I can't believe this guy
spent this much money on me! I'm very flattered and honored.) Anyway,
I've had a heck of a time with it as it doesn't like to send the signal
thru barn type materials or thru glass windows. It works just fine in
the house, even thru walls. But my barn has metal grills on the fronts
of the stalls and I think the metal just messes it up too much.
So, Gussie is due to foal any day, and my parents are away for a
funeral, so I'm doing everything here and dragging my 3 year old around
with me for it all and I'm WAY pooped. It became pretty important for
me to get this camera working. So I decided to mount both the camera
and the receiver together in the stall and then run 100' of coaxial
cable from the receiver, thru my window (the opening sealed up with
duct tape because brrrr it's cold here!) and see if that works.
Hours later...
After monkeying incessantly with mounting issues (the wires pull the
camera into a different angle and need to be anchored, the extension
cord isn't long enough, I suck with hammers and screw drivers and have
to basically bend nails around thru the holes and mash them down, etc
etc etc) and then working on camera angle and figuring out what channel
works on the TV and trying two cameras but getting sea-sick watching
the TV as the receiver cycles thru them both, I finally have it working
relatively well. And I only fell off the ladder twice. I didn't drop
the hammer off the ladder onto my head this time, but I did last time
when my dad was helping me try to set it up in its wireless
configuration.
Now, too bad I can't just hook it up to the 'puter and you all could
watch. But if this minor installation was too much for me, I think
I'll skip the more complex stuff.
In related news, Gussie is now fully sacked out to ladders entering and
exiting her stall.
Foal report soon, I hope!
take care all,
cindi
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