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Why no cellular security camera?
Please create a solar powered cellular security camera to integrate with your system - preferably compatible with major companies such as Verizon & AT&T
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Please create a solar powered cellular security camera to integrate with your system - preferably compatible with major companies such as Verizon & AT&T
davey_d
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2 years ago
Hi @tennisfantum ,
Please consider this as more general info, rather than specific to our tech, or from our engineers. But there are a few major hurdles that make cellular for cameras very difficult to implement.
If you have active Monitoring Service, our Base Stations already do use cell to communicate (Verizon by default), and since those are just simple signal codes, they can get through to the Monitoring Center rapidly. But it's different when you're trying to send video, which is a significantly larger amount of data. The nature of cell communication, sending information through huge distances between towers, means that not everyone is going to get the best reception. Most people would not get the best results.
And of course, the other piece is that cell radios are actually immensely power-intensive. Our current Outdoor Camera's battery, even when set up with Solar Power, would not be able to keep up.
That's not to say that any of this is impossible. Our engineering teams are constantly at work on implementing state-of-the-art tech into our system. When we launch new products - especially cameras - you'll hear about it here on the Community!
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