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Posted by ransley on October 18, 2007, 7:50 am
On Oct 18, 4:33 am, alvinamo...@notmail.com wrote:
> These may or may not be the best newsgroups for this question. If
> there is a better one, please advise me.
>
> I bought a security camera to put in my barn. I presently have a
> pregnant horse that I want to monitor, and there are other times I
> want to watch a horse that is sick or something and not spend all my
> time in the barn (especially in cold weather).
>
> The camera is intended to transmit 400ft. It's made by 2.4ghz
> Wisecomm brand. The instructions say it will transmit 400ft. in a
> straight line with no obstructions. Well, there is one tree, but this
> time of year there are no leaves, so I dont see that as a problem, and
> I have moved the receiver unit in the house to different locations,
> and put it by windows to eliminate walls, which are aluminum sided.
> The windows are just glass and fiberglass screens.
>
> The camera works fine when I plugged in both the receiver (camera) and
> the transmitter inside the house, and I took it to the furthest
> corners of the house and even took it outdoors using an extension
> cord.
>
> However, once I put it inside the barn, I do not get a signal on the
> receiver inside the house. The barn is only about 250 ft. away, so
> it's within the limits. Yet, when I took a portable tv and the
> receiver into the barn, it worked in there. My thought is that it's
> because the barn has steel siding, and the signal is not getting thru
> the metal walls.
>
> Can anyone think of any way to make this setup work? I know I can
> return this camera and could buy one that needs a wire. They only
> come with 50 ft of coax, so I'd have to buy another 200 ft. But then,
> stringing all that wire thru the yard, and avoiding tree branches and
> still keeping it high enough over the driveway so that farm machinery
> can pass, would be a challenge in itself.
>
> With that said, I got to thinking about plugging the transmitter
> camera AND the receiver (in the barn) into the inputs of an old vcr (I
> have several of them who eat tapes but the electronics still work).
> Then I could run the output of the vcr to the house, but via coax, but
> once again, I am back to stringing coax.
>
> My next thought, is there some sort of transmitter that I could buy
> that would transmit the output of the camera (both parts) via an
> antenna on the barn roof, directly to my rooftop tv antenna on the
> house? I recall years ago, they had these things that were called
> "The Rabbit" or something like that, and they were supposed to
> transmit a vcr to the whole house. So far that seems like the most
> promising idea, but if I can even fond one of those things, will it
> transmit the 250ft, or actually more like 280 to my antenna.
>
> Does anyone have any other ideas how to do this. So far, everything
> seems pretty complicated. I was concerned about the metal barn walls
> posing a problem, but the store clerk insisted that the 2.4ghz signal
> will go right thru any walls. So much for that......
>
> Maybe there is an entire different camera system made for my needs,
> and if I need to return this one and get something else, that is
> another option, as long as the price is fairly reasonable. I paid
> $130 for this one, and it works well without the barn walls.
>
> Finally, the antenna from the camera (receiver) is not removable.
> It's a built in rubber thing about 2 inches long and does not come off
> the camera. Otherwise I'd run coax from the camera, and mount the
> antenna on the roof of the barn. But it's not removable, so that's
> out.
>
> Yes, I did email tohttp://www.wisecomm.com.
> But as seems to be the case with most companies these days, no one
> returns a reply or they wait months to reply.
>
> Anyone have any ideas?
>
> Thanks
>
> Alvin
Try www.supercircuts.com they have wireless that go 10x as far
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