Once your camera is connected to your network

Once your camera is connected to your network, wireless camera security you can then use the Foscam Viewer mobile app to get a live view. This simply requires you to scan a QR code on the base of the camera, which in turn pairs it to the app. The app itself is unattractive and can be a little daunting at first. The app’s live video tab security system lets you toggle between a full-screen view as well as a command centre-style overview showing up to four cameras at once, which is useful if you have multiple cameras installed.

In the Video tab you also have full control over the camera’s pan-tilt-zoom movement. We found that our control inputs were followed by the camera almost instantly, but the live video feed lagged considerably behind the real world, at times taking close to eight seconds to update. We found that video viewed remotely wasn’t completely smooth, independent of the camera’s frame rate, security camera system as the live feed would work in bursts. This meant that video would work for a few seconds at a time before intermittently freezing and then updating again, making for a jarring experience.

It’s possible to incrementally adjust the camera angle, and we were pleased to see that the camera supports preset angles, home security camera  so you can quickly switch between them with a single button press rather than having to adjust the pan and tilt manually. The Foscam app also lets you configure the motion detection, but we were disappointed in how it worked. As with many other IP cameras, you set the detection zone using a grid interface to select the area you want to monitor for movement. With most cameras, the grid is laid over a live image, making it easy ip camera review to select specific areas such as a doorway. This isn’t the case with the Foscam, so you’re left to blindly try to guess the location of real life objects, leading to a lot of unnecessary trial and error.