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Product Description
From the Manufacturer
Easy set up gets you up and running fast
Instant viewing15-minute installation on your PC. No wires to run. Just plug and play.
No-hassle setup:No new wires to run. No network configuration.
Alerts and remote access let you be in two places at the same time
Protect your entire property with multiple cameras
Expandable for maximum coverage. Add up to five additional Logitech Indoor, Outdoor, or Spy Add-On Cameras in any combination to any Logitech Master System.
Multiple indoor-mounting options.Attach to a window (facing in or out), place on a desktop, or mount to a wall for optimum positioning.
WiLife Digital Video Security Camera Indoor Master System
Client Critiques
I've had the Wilife camera system for two months, and I've found it meets my needs to give a view of what is happening at specific locations around the home (inside or out). I located the process delivers the goods by providing the homeowner a pretty clear image, retailers the image in an very easily managed retrieval program, and you can view "what is happening" when you are away from residence over the Online via your laptop or a wise phone. Also, you can individually set the cameras up to have the system E-mail or text you if there is motion detected or the process goes "off-line."
The skinny critique:
Pluses: for the most portion easy set-up, difficulty shooting is extensively detailed (Logitech undoubtedly wants you to be in a position to resolve connection difficulties), Net accessibility actions are recorded (and very easily accessed), adaptability, the quality of the images can be varied, images can be saved, and films can be saved of what is picked-up by the camera(s) in a WMA file.
Negatives: begins to get pricey by the time you get your 4th camera, some areas in the home not simply receptive to signals and not all cameras are suited to all areas (I write about this below).
Full Critique:
This "Starter" technique with the indoor camera is a fantastic way to see what the method can do for you. I say this mainly because, for me, the indoor camera was a small harder to set-up, but it also was flexible sufficient that I was in a position to easily transform its location and could tell exactly where I wanted to place my other cameras ahead of acquiring them. In setting these locations, I often put to use a laptop connected to the Internet to give me instant feedback on my placement of cameras and what the image would appear like.
Concerning difficulties, most had to do with receiving the signal from many points in my house, and my house, approaching 40 years old, has its share of additions that I am thinking a newer property with continuous wiring won't have this difficulty. But, I am getting ahead of myself.
I do not know why a "surveillance" technique has always intrigued me, but more than the years I have tried numerous several wireless items (X-10's program, one more wireless program with the cameras employed with USB 2. water-proof Wireless Net Prepared DVR Security Method w/ 4 Pack Highigh Resolution Indoor/Outdoor Night Vision Surveillance Cameras with only "poor" to "fair" outcomes. WiLife's program offered me with an reasonable "starter" process, a great image, and it kept track of the activity that the cameras recorded.
Right here are my observations regarding the system with all of the many elements and their installation:
Initial of all, it is painless to hook-up. With the starter kit for the inside, I installed the software on a media personal computer I had integrated into my audio/visual process, plugged-in the receiver to an outlet that wasn't "protected" by a surge protector and placed the camera in yet another part of the residence, plugging that camera's LAN-like connector into yet another outlet. The initially time I hooked it up, it searched for the camera(s) immediately after I told it I had "1." As I added cameras, I merely clicked on the "add additional cameras" button, changed the number of cameras, and it discovered them. With regards to firewall difficulties, I use OneCare Windows Reside OneCare two. (Up to three Users) for my computer's security, and it handled this for me by asking if I wanted to allow WiLife. I did and that matter was solved.
With regards to set-up issues and the inside camera, I reside in a rather sprawling house that has many floors and an addition (which is why my "radio signal" X-ten and other cameras had issues). I took the camera and placed it in diverse regions to see how it worked. In all but two areas, it worked properly and was quickly picked-up by the WiLife system. With the camera at one location, just after a number of times of not being in a position to uncover it, the system basically had me assign an address, like an IP address, for the camera. After doing that, it worked fine, but I ended-up using an outside camera at that place, which picked-up the signal appropriate away. NOTE: even though I did not use the manual to function-out my problems, the manual is quite detailed and a extremely superior manual, in particular in working through connection and firewall concerns (if you have them). The manual is on the market on the CD and from their websight [...], and if you have any doubts about whether or not to get the system, you should really download the manual and glance by means of it. In hindsight, I should really have consulted it in addition to the instructions offered by the program's support section in dealing with my minor issues.
As for the various set-ups, on 1 camera I use the infrared light, and it is rather inobtrusive. On the other cameras, I have an inside camera that is affixed to a window by the suction cup with the wide angle lens and a further inside camera that is just in a room. This inside camera with the suction cup has stayed attached since I attached it six-weeks ago. One note about the infrared camera, it should not be utilized around a pool or spa for it occasionally "shows," based on the color of the swimsuit, the swimmer's figure under the swimsuit.
Which camera operate most beneficial? The outdoor camera operates perfect. I have a beneficial picture from dawn to dusk (and even in twilight), and I have not had any complications with them sending the picture to the WiLife Computer Center. I have 1 of them pointed at my front door and one in the backyard that can view my hot tub or the backyard (a great deal more on that in a minute). I wish there was a way I could post a video, but if you look-up my name on youtube, I have posted one that shows the neighborhood children coming to the front door and finding candy from my wife. In that video, you'd see the picture of the entrance with just the light coming through the fixed-lights in the door, then, the fluorescent floodlights come-on (those frequently take a few seconds to "warm" up), and finally the lights on the side of the doors come on. During the day, the picture is really very good (I have posted a picture of the front door throughout the day).
With the backyard outdoor camera, I attached-it to something my X-ten camera utilized that could rotate the camera to fixed points that one established. It was named a "ninja" unit, and I have discovered it to be beneficial in allowing my backyard camera to view various spots in rotation, or but I want to do it.
The clock, or "spy," camera is yet another camera that is simple to use. I hooked it up, and it was worked fine from the get-go. It picks-up an image in slightly lower light far better than the inside camera. If there is a single thing I wish the system had, it is that the clock camera had a battery back-up. Although the electricity does not go off but when or twice a year exactly where I live, it is nonetheless one thing I wish it had. On the plus side, the clock is 1 of the easiest I have found to reset.
The method has performed what I wanted it to do: I had some concerns that some of the neighbor children were attempting to get into the spa, and the cameras showed me this wasn't accurate (my modest dog was actually slipping-in via a four-in opening) It shows me who is at, and who has come to, the front and other doors and it has shown me what, if something, my daughter does in my audio/visual space when I am not at property.
If I had young children, I would most likely have 1 of the cameras in their space and in their playroom, and pointed outside to the yards exactly where they play. With my dog, I have been able to discover-out if he is damaging something whilst becoming left alone (quite often he is guilty). For the reason that the cameras turn-on and record activity, and show the recording on a time-line, 1 can simply go back and view what has take place throughout those recordings.
This is not a security program, but I have identified it supplements the centralized alarm program on my house really well. Which brings-up an instance, and a feature I have not mentioned, the capacity to view what is happening over your pc or your wise phone. We were out of town for the day, and I received a call about the alarm going off. The police had been on their way to the residence and the alarm dispatcher was checking to see if we had accomplished something to trigger the alarm. I told them no, and to let me know if they discovered something. I instantly logged-in on the WiLife net webpage with my intelligent phone and clicked on the outside cameras. Considering this was at night, I 1st saw the policeperson's flashlight at one particular of the entrances to the backyard (the alarm came from the back door getting opened). Then, the outside security lights came on, and finally the police checking the doors. With the WiLife technique, you can really have notices sent to you if there is activity from any of the cameras by text and even an image of what triggered the camera if you want that information. Some of these attributes call for a subscription fee, and this could possibly be a thing you would want to consider. I have the subscription and like it. Concerning this instance, it turned-out that I forgot to close one door all the way and dog pushed it open.
General, I have found the WiLife Technique has met my demands. I did get the extended warranties on gear via NEW as supplied on Amazon, and have been pleased with their service. The two occasions I have had a warranty concern with other gear (a computer and a printer), NEW has taken care of the matter easily or has had extremely superior technical assistance to assist me resolve the predicament Even although I am not anticipating any difficulties with the WiLife Method, typically it doesn't hurt to have the additional protection. I specifically believed an extended warranty would be good considering the fact that one particular cannot hook-it-up by way of an UPS or surge protector. I have uploaded a variety of images to give you an concept of how the images sent by the cameras appear.
Wilife Digital Security System is the first video security method I've had that certainly operates . . . at least part of the time. But it really is a far cry from foolproof. And I'll admit to being a thing of a fool when it comes to electronics.
I wanted this method to be in a position to look in on my sleeping mother (she has Alzheimer's illness) with out waking her. And it turns out that the program is pretty superior for that goal, often. Here's what I experienced:
The Superior
Getting this method in a bedroom where you want to appear in on a infant or elder at times demands seeing in the dark. This camera is surprisingly fine at making an image in light where your eye fails to register an image. Lighten up your screen, if required, but you will not have to turn on a light to disturb your sleeper.
The pictures produced are at or above the level of security cameras I've seen. Fantastic, but not superb. And beneficial is enough to accomplish my purpose.
So far, so fantastic, but wait! There's extra.
The Negative
Installing this method was anything but the 15-minute breeze promised by the Logitech blurb. I ended up calling their help number (the rep was useful and pleasant) and finally resolved the situation with new software. (six hours)
I wasn't carried out but. The computer software needed to recognize the camera - and that took a number of trips to the Knowledge base to resolve. Turns out this process does not perform or play well with my firewall (or my virus protection), so all those programs had to be turned off in order for camera recognition to occur (one other 4 hours).
Then my sleeper complained about the brightness of the light on the spy clock. I toned it down with a sheet of paper cut to fit the display, and she was pacified (an additional hour). Had I not taken this step, she would have removed the camera from her space, and the whole exercise would have been for naught.
The Ugly
The process refused to operate at all this morning. Apparently, one other program was interfering with recognition of the USB device, so I had to go through the entire install procedure again (a different hour and 1/two). By this time, my temper is becoming frayed at the edges, and I'm wondering if it is definitely worth the effort I'm putting in to it.
Conclusion
Image good quality is excellent adequate for my purposes, and leaving my dedicated pc on all the time, I believe I can sustain contact with the camera. So, for me it is worth it.
Nonetheless, you shouldn't have to be a pc wizard to set this process up and get it operating. Installation must be the breeze promised - but for me it was not!
Three stars!
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