Security camera help

[d8mok]

I need a camera for a shop. But there isn’t any WiFi or landline sockets.


Anyone know if such a thing exists?

I need one that doesn’t need WiFi (maybe has its own 3G connection but can be plugged in to a 3 pin plug.

It needs to record ideally and be accessible from a phone.

 

[Totoro]

Some people use an old phone for CCTV, I'm guessing you can use a Sim card that has data to access it remotely.

https://www.geckoandfly.com/25034/smartphone-security-ip-camera/

I use a Raspberry Pi's running MotionEYE OS with cameras but using WiFi and also have a good IP camera on the front but again also using WiFi.

 

[ajm]

I need a camera for a shop. But there isn’t any WiFi or landline sockets.


Anyone know if such a thing exists?

I need one that doesn’t need WiFi (maybe has its own 3G connection but can be plugged in to a 3 pin plug.

It needs to record ideally and be accessible from a phone.

If it needs to be accessible remotely then you'll need some sort of Internet connection. You could use a 4/5G router with a data SIM to provide that (something along these lines https://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-TL-MR100-Wireless-Supports-Encryptions/dp/B0DNY31JRD )

 

[d8mok]

I’m not sure a phone is ideal as that would likely go missing.

Our card terminal has its own SIM card , so I kinda thought someone would make a standalone camera which works in the same way.

 

[db95]

Could perhaps use powerline adapters and an ethernet based camera? Not a camera expert by any means but with no wifi that'd be my first port of call since powerline uses the existing electrical wiring to send data.

 

[Totoro]

If it needs to be accessible remotely then you'll need some sort of Internet connection. You could use a 4/5G router with a data SIM to provide that (something along these lines https://www.amazon.co.uk/TP-Link-TL-MR100-Wireless-Supports-Encryptions/dp/B0DNY31JRD )

Just use something like this as an access point and then you have a choice of which camera and setup to go with.

Or you can buy a camera with a sim: https://reolink.com/blog/sim-card-security-cameras-buying-guide/

I've never used one though, just search for IP camera with sim card or maybe somebody will come along who knows more about such things. I didn't even know these cameras existed until just now but I've never needed one.

 

[d8mok]

I’ve actually got Reolink ones at home but didn’t know they did one with a SIM so that could be ideal.

The alternative is to obviously put WiFi in the shop and then use one of my existing cameras but the shop is on a temporary lease so I don’t want to commit to a ongoing contract

 

[argonsixar]

I have had a swan CCTV unit with nice big hard drive set up in my garage for about 10 years which runs 4 cameras around the garden using Power over Ethernet, and which I dont bother to connect to the Internet. The hard disc records for over a month before it overwrites, so I have plenty of time to review anything I want to look at.

 

[bikeworkshop]

I've got a garmin Dashcam in the shop, size of a matchbox, stores a few days worth to its own memory card and overwrites the oldest if you ignore it.
Needs a USB power supply, and can communicate with your phone.

 

[d8mok]

I've got a garmin Dashcam in the shop, size of a matchbox, stores a few days worth to its own memory card and overwrites the oldest if you ignore it.
Needs a USB power supply, and can communicate with your phone.

That’s an interesting idea. So no WiFi or data needed?