Source
r/homedefense•
themulf

BlueIris compatible baby monitor

I currently have an operational 6 camera Blue Iris IP camera network setup, and would also like to add a baby monitor to it as well. We're expecting our child in a couple of months, and the wife wants to baby monitor that has a dedicated monitor, and I want would like to have the camera be part of my setup for 24/7 recording, as well as remote viewing. Blue Iris is rather robust, so I know it can "talk" to a wide variety of devices. One option would to just use a cheap kindle fire using the Blue Iris viewing software since my Wife doesn't want to dedicate her phone for monitoring. I don’t think she would go much for the kindle option, so it will likely be best left to a Samsung (or like) device with a IP streaming capacity and a wireless dedicated viewing screen.

Thanks!

Posted Sep 18, 2017, 3:11 PM UTC

16
Soysauce801•

I don't have an answer for you but I'm interested in setting up a Blueiris camera system and would like to know how you setup yours. Do you use a POE switch?

1
CodenameJ•

A POE switch doesn't really have anything to do with Blue Iris's setup. You have to load that on a 24/7 pc. You can use POE cameras in this setup if you want. I have a mix in my current setup. Some are powered off POE injectors and others are just wifi with regular power.

1
themulfOP•

I have a 24/7 Xeon mac pro running windows and Blue Iris software, and with a dedicated 6TB HDD for storage. Four of the cameras are connected to the 4 PoE slots of my PoE switch, and the other two are connected to an injector (the switch only has 4 PoE ports).

1
CodenameJ•

A buddy of mine just went down this road and used a regular camera I think. Just make sure you have the ability to block all internet traffic to it....I don't know about you, but I would be creeped out without doing that since most of the cheaper cameras are loaded with security issues and phone home a lot.

1
ray123a•

I made the mistake of buying a baby monitor from Babys R Us in 2012 we had our first baby, and the thing was horrible. When my wife delivered earlier this year I tried a few different models from different places, like swan and lorex. They do work with blue iris but didn't do the resolution I was looking for. I tried this camera https://goo.gl/1aGBDg from a company I buy for my business, and it exceeded my expectations. I look at it from their phone/tablet app. The camera is onvif compatible, and would work with blue iris. I would suggest emailing them to ask. There is a product question button their page and it wouldn't hurt to ask.

1
themulfOP•

Thanks. The thing is, there are thousands of cameras that support BlueIris, and therefore the use of the iPhone/tablet to be used as a monitor. What I am looking for, is a baby monitor with a dedicated handheld LCD screen AND can support streaming to Blue Iris.

1