sorry if I'm naive. So I just buy that camera, link it to my wifi and I can view it on my iPhone or email? That's great
I think you'll find they sneaked in between the light going out, and the infrared coming on... :wink:
Right idea, wrong location. Im pretty sure the pin wont fit your axle as im assuming it is the same as the 848. You can check when you get the bike as if you look on their website there is a bit of detail under the pin description/ spec. Basically you can use a broom handle as a guide and try to pass it through different places on the bike. You should be looking at putting it through the riders footrest (rearset), through the bike in front of the shock (then you need to check as it has a different exhaust to my 749) and then out of the frame on the other side. I would put a picture up but i dont like advertising how I lock my bike and thieves cant read so this is ok :biggrin: Check that this works on your bike with a broom handle first or else you will end up with the wrong pin. The length is the longest one they do. The next one down works but dont go that way as it makes it hard to use and means you will end up damaging the bike. There is plenty of warning about how easily they damage the finish on their website and they aint lying. If you cant do it that way the next best is to either pass the chain through just one side of the frame (difficult) and if so I would suggest using pipe insulation on your frame tubes or they wont last ten seconds. Here is a picture of the size of the thing (16mm). The 19mm is a few mm bigger but is much heavier and more difficult to lock as the links are difficult to turn. Ive played with them all and spent quite a bit of time doing it so trust me. If you pm me I will try to give you the best advice I can and try to make sure you get the right stuff. The chain itself will wreck wheels and is actually difficult to use so really not an option and this means the chain is on the floor.
Useful thread this! I've been wondering about anchors and stuff for a while now. Really like that camera idea too, looks a piece of cake to set up and work. I reckon that might be approaching "must have" status for me...
There not the simplest to set up but yes once its setup connected to your wifi , you do this wired , you can then install it and use wifi . Theres an app to go on your phone , think its £2.50 , and then you can look at your garage from anywhere . It will Email you if you have motion or sound detection switched on . There are lots of features like the solenoid light switch and the talk through the camera speaker . For the price they are remarkable . I didn't set mine up though my son did and he's an IT graduate so what is simple to some might be difficult to others . There is a professional helpline with them though .
About as much use to me as tits on a man. My work involves a lot of travel to up creek locations with no wifi, phone signal, electricity.... for weeks on end. And it sounds a right old pain in the hoop to set up. I was talking to a cop who was involved in combating bike thefts. He told me to get the biggest baddest ground anchor/chain I could find. And no, this wasn't in 1974 in was a couple of months back.
I had similar advice from the cops recently and did a load of research and spoke to a few retailers and manufacturers. It's weird that there are even forums for these things. Weird, but useful as you get the real world facts on security such as testing for brittleness etc that they don't always want you to know. its all nice having anchors but the key is how you locate it and chain your bike to it and what with. Bigger chains create issues. Small chains are crap and u are using stuff like oxford chains you may want to reconsider. Funnily enough, the older oxford stuff that can be bought for cheap is pretty good quality but the modern stuff is all cheese. Unfortunately pretty much everything you see in the shops crap. Anyone else subscribe to Adrian weber and Bosnian bill on youtube? It would be cool to start a thread on the foscam thing as I'm interested in that too.
I've used webcams for security too, but it's more peace of mind ("I can see my bikes haven't been stolen yet") than protection. As ducati2242 mentions, you can have it triggered on motion detection to record, say 5 mins, of action after each trigger, so it should capture the action. It may record the perps, but I think they are wise enough to wear balaclavas and the like these days, so may not be identifiable, but you never know. The real value would be if use of video acted as a deterrent, but if you put up a sign saying you have video surveillance, you're just warning the perps to hide their faces, and probably also find and smash the camera :-/
