I was absolutely floored when I saw this camera yesterday - so much so that I am looking to bring in a skid load of them to sell out in the marketplace ...
Here is a picture of it:
I dont believe that there is anything else like it out in the marketplace - in affordable ranges anyhow ...
The bottom half of the camera is literally its own built in computer system so with this unit, you dont need to hook it up to a computer to view what is going on in your stall or on your farm. The camera itself records to its own internal memory system and you can either allow it to operate solely through a flash drive or have it send the data to an external hard drive as well
You only have to be able to hook it up to a power source or one fellow is going to hook it up to a solar source and power it that way. I am waiting to see how successful he is with that project and what his costs will be to do so
You can insert a flash drive in one of the ports which will hold a continuous loop of 3 days worth of data that you can upload to your computer in either jpg format afterwards or in video format
The camera is remote controlled and rotates 360 degrees from side to side and 360 degrees up and down. It also has a terrific zoom lens on it as well. It can also be controlled via motion sensors so as the mare is moving around the stall, or as someone is coming into your barn, it will follow that movement and capture those images. The picture clarity and colour tones are unbelievable - we had it hooked up yesterday and we zoomed it in on a fly that had landed on my fridge in the other room across the alleyway and 30-40 feet away, you could see the details on its wings very very clearly
It is fully infra red and can operate in low light / no light conditions as well
If you have only one camera in the barn, you then also need a sender unit to send the signals from the camera to the bridge unit which then sends the signal to the router. The router can be up to 10 kms away (depending on obstructions) so for those that were limited to that 300' range from the barn to their house, this is no longer even a factor.
If the barn to the house is further than 10 kms but closer than 50 kms away, you would then need 2 Power Stations that will take the signal from the barn and send it that distance
If you have more than one camera in the barn, you will then also need a router internally within the barn which can then support up to 50 individual camera's in that single location
My daughter worked at a Future Shop and I showed her the unit yesterday and asked if she had ever seen anything like this and she said no - she was floored at the technological advancements contained in this camera. As mentioned - there is really nothing else like it out there - anywhere ...
So thats the scoop on this unit as I understand it at this time. I will be putting 4 of them into my barn for the 4 foaling stalls (and you also can mount it in the centre aisle instead and rotate to to either side of the barn so you can capture the movement in Stall 1 or Stall 2 - whichever you'd prefer and only have half the expenditures for the camera) and will also be putting one centrally in the barn that can cover all 3 access doors
If anyone is interested in information and pricing on the cameras alone or an entire package including the sender/receiver units, the bridge units, the Power Stations and the flash drives, I can be contacted at: sales@truecoloursfarm.com or 519-443-0036
I am just working on a data sheet now that will be attached to my website and will detail the specific technical information on these units. Once that is completed, I will post the link to it here ... :)
