Budget Mobile Video Surveillance Solution

Question

Do it yourself

A video surveillance solution with 3G transmission is needed to monitor work at various construction sites.
The solution should be as affordable as possible (will be replicated), provide recording from 1 camera, data transfer over 3G, be resistant to power cuts, and most importantly, be mobile.
Installation takes no more than 1 hour, since our organization is engaged in the construction of networks at various sites, the team's work time at one site is from several days to a month. The decision should be from the category of “picked up and hung up.” Ideally, a small box that you simply plug into a power outlet.

At the moment, I am considering the option:
* UPS standard, from security alarms, (12v) BBP-20
* Batteries AKB-7 (7A * h, DC12V)
* Router with support for OpenVPN RouterBOARD 750UP (the ability to raise VPN due to NAT)
* USB-3G \ 4G modem, huawei some there, from the operator
* IP camera, for example, spyg.ru/production/goods/catalog_sect= 460_id=1563.html Dislikes

in this configuration:
* The camera is powered by a separate cable, although there is PoE on the Mikrotik. PoE is not standard, are there cameras with 24V PoE?
* USB modem. It is possible to have a built-in 3G router, which can be removed into the power supply, leaving one antenna
* Two smart pieces of iron (camera and router) are not very rational. Perhaps there are options for routers that can act as a registrar for an analog camera? Or from what it is possible to make similar?

Answer 1

on a Zyxel Keenetic router, you can do it or almost any other with USB and DDWRT / OpenWRT. Connect a webcam, modem and USB flash drive via USB. on a flash drive, a program like Motion and scripts that will raise the VPN and upload videos from the memory card somewhere on FTP freeing up space on the memory card.

Answer 2

And what does not suit a simple smartphone on android? Everything is there - camera + server + 3G + UPS and cheap. For the dark time of the day - next to the usual LED or IFC-LED lamp.

Answer 3

There is such a solution (~ 25000)
www.beward.ru/goods/?model=8480
www.beward.ru/goods/?model=6679
www.beward.ru/goods/?model=6745
+ UPS + SIM.
However, if VPN is important (it is not clear from the first question), then I think it is not (not sure), but there is an entry on FTP.
Possible option (~ 10000)
www.controlvision.ru/index.php
+ analog camera + UPS.
Again, there is no vpna, but there is their Video Service Server.

Answer 4

I apologize that it is not entirely relevant, but I do not advise using the BBP-20 as a UPS. Working as a servant in a security organization, we quite often encountered a transformer malfunction (it just melted) of this UPS model! It is better to take some BIRP 1.6. It has a lower voltage output (12.5V instead of 13.7V in the BBP-20), but it has a transistor output that you can attach anywhere, and you will have low battery notifications!

Answer 5

Another option is the mikrotik.ru/katalog/katalog/besprovodnye-marshrutizatory/routerboard-411u board with a miniPCI-e 3G modem, for installation directly inside the power supply housing. The PoE issue still remains open

Answer 6

So far I have found these guys www.3gvideocamera.ru/
They offer a solution with an OpenVPN client on the camera, with support for 3G\4G modems

Answer 7

The best solution for video surveillance is the Zenith E5 IP camera: www.electrovenik.ru/catalog/cifrovaya_tekhnika/set... It has a lot of really necessary and useful features, such as dust and moisture protection standard, Wi-Fi, motion detection and much more. The price is also affordable.