CCTV Camera On Eaves 3.8m High

[*Dan*]

I have now wired up my home network and placed cat 6 cables in rough areas where I wish to place some CCTV cameras. I am still drawn towards the eaves of the house as this would be so much easier to do compared to the other locations! I have a room above my garage which really needs some CCTV - the bottom of the eaves here are lower than the rest of the height at 3.8 metres.

The rest of the house has eaves with a height of 4.6 metres - I obviously want the best performance from the setup and was double checking before I drill holes into a wall as opposed to the eaves (which I can access easily from the loft!).

I am running a UBIQUITI network with a dream machine pro which can be used as a NVR and POE.

 

[secureiam]

might be looking at tops of peoples heads depending on cameras used and fields of view vertically. The more the camera tilts down, the more likely it is you get a head shot rather than face shot.

not familiar with the dream machine, had a quick look and didn't see any poe ports or storage mentioned to be honest.

 

[*Dan*]

might be looking at tops of peoples heads depending on cameras used and fields of view vertically. The more the camera tilts down, the more likely it is you get a head shot rather than face shot.

not familiar with the dream machine, had a quick look and didn't see any poe ports or storage mentioned to be honest.

Ok yes it may be a problem then even with the lower eaves on that room. I guess the next problem is the lower down you have them you then have the issue with someone tampering with them. Is it better to get a dome or bullet camera?

I have a switch connected to the dream machine which has POE ports and you can add a hard drive to the dream machine to store the data. Ubiquiti make their own cameras which integrate with my home network.