Chris Alexander

On Engineering

Stalking your dog

Welcome to EddieCam

29th January, 2017

Ever since we got Eddie a few months ago we have been trying to keep an eye on him while we’re out to make sure he’s not too lonely and upset on his own (he is a rescue dog after all).

NEW TOY #squeak pic.twitter.com/kqZgENncZL
— Eddie (@EddieTheGrey) November 19, 2016

A few people have seen me watch EddieCam since we got it, so here are the details for it.

The camera we got is from Amazon, pretty cheap at around £35 (especially compared to the others you can get, in the hundreds!) - and seems to be working pretty great so far.

Here’s the link to it.

There are some really good features of the camera, such as:

Simple set-up (make sure you change the passwords!)
Wide range of pan and tilt
Great quality
No monthly fee (peer-to-peer connection)
Works when you’re home and out
Configurable audio / motion alarms (alerts on Android app only)
Night vision

Here you can see it in action on my phone, over 4G - decent quality and it looks like Eddie’s having plenty of fun with his toys!