But could you get a bird table and put the camera on the shelf? I do similar with one of my outdoor sensors for me weather station to protect it from the elements. But I didn’t want to drill into my walls. it is not as simple as an outdoor camera and means I need to activate something before using some of the cameras. I have had them previously so moved to internal cameras looking out of a window with additional lighting and IR. I have seen sone describe Kami as the top shelf brand. Yes Kami is the US/European brand of Yi technology - sounds better Yi the western world I think. It looks similar to an Arlo I’ve used in the past and had issues with it. I think the kami camera is more for a protected outdoor location. I’ll try and post some screen shots of dud screens in the app later. Just seems like bad design to me (PS I am a designer as well!) The wired camera does also have a small lip at the top of the camera which could have been added to the wireless camera to help shield against rain a little. If they can do it in one camera why can’t they do it another? (By the way I assume that Kami is just the Western marketing brand for Yi cameras and that they are all from the same manufacturer). So the motion sensor is much more sensitive. With the new wireless Kami camera I get alerts every 5 minutes throughout the night. The only issue I had was cats triggering it or sometimes on a very windy day, but it worked fine. The Yi Outdoor wired camera has a sensitivity setting and responds quite well. As my new property is rented I can’t drill holes in the wall/window to wire an outside camera, hence the reason I bought the wireless camera. But having experience of these cameras and understanding what I bought I’m ok with Thank you for your comprehensive answers.Ī while ago I was using the Yi Outdoor Camera. It’s a low level battery operated camera so bouncing rain does still indicate motion. Now rain and snow and the condensation effect do not occur. It created a sort of dome roof above the lens. This was from some plastic that was not required. I mentioned previously I made a ‘hood’ for one of my Ring cameras that suffered from what you describe. All these type of devices, in my opinion, should be seen as monitoring devices rather than security devices if you are expecting a traditional style functionality. But don’t look at say the likes of Ring or Arlo as they suffer from rain motion detection too and they cost a lot more money. To counter such experience myself I make so that my main risk areas are protected by at least two monitoring devices and/or sensors and if both indicate detection at a time I know to take more serious consideration.Īlternatively what you could try is getting a refund on your camera as it seems that this type of device is not fit for your needs. I do fully agree though that not offering some form of sensitivity level for this camera’s detection capabilities does appear to be a miss on the part of the manufacturer and that too many false-positives could create a ‘so what’ attitude to the alerts produced. Given your limited information on the app fault I tried both iOS (two devices at different iOS versions) and multiple android devices and cannot replicate what you have described above. What platforms & operating system version are you using? Any screengrabs of your experience? Since you are a software developer I’m sure you will know the level of information and any troubleshooting attempted to diagnose any issue with your setup. You now make comments about the application. I have had such previously and didn’t need such this time. I weighed up my needs, risks and costs of these reasonably cost effective monitoring cameras against a wired security system with remote capability. What I did was to use internal mains powered cameras pointed through a window to the outside and use off device IR and other lighting to give me the monitoring I want. Rain will detect because the camera is seeing it as motion. I have used many over the years and tested many over the years and they all suffer these issues. When I bought into Y/Kami I performed a lot of research and decided against more battery operated cameras for the very issue you are experiencing.
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