There are also Web and Mobile Alert iPhone and Android apps, but they have rudimentary functionality and refresh the image very slowly. A supplied 2GB micro-SD is enough to store a week’s worth of video. Alert Commander is easy to use and lets you play back recorded video stored on the camera, or remotely on the Dropbox file-sharing service. You can also record audio, but this is disabled by default.Įverything is controlled via your PC, using the supplied Alert Commander software that can control up to six Alert cameras and notify you by email if something happens. That’s not quite HD, but nevertheless, the image on your computer screen is sharp and provides great detail with a 130 degree wide-angle lens that also has a 3.2x digital zoom. The resolution is 960 by 720 pixels, at 15 frames per second.
LOGITECH ALERT COMMANDER FOR MAC 720P
Logitech claims the colour image is 720p high definition, but that’s stretching the truth. I tried the camera at the other end of the house, some 25 metres away, and it worked perfectly well. With PoE as the power source and a flat cable, you have a fair amount of flexibility for placing the camera, even without outdoors power points. I didn’t think power line networking would be a goer, but the system boots up fast and soon you’ll see what the camera sees. All the gear has activity and diagnostics LEDs so you know they’re working – conversely, they do attract attention too, but can be turned off.
LOGITECH ALERT COMMANDER FOR MAC INSTALL
You install the software and plug one power adapter into a mains point and connect it to your network switch with the supplied Ethernet cable likewise, connect the camera to a second supplied Ethernet cable and find a mains point that’s on the same circuit as the other Alert 750E power adapter. Setting up the Alert 750E turned out to be very simple. Two adapters are neededĪs the camera uses Power over Ethernet (PoE) but also HomePlug AV networking to send data. We tried the $549 Alert 750E Master Outdoors system, which includes a sturdily built weatherproof camera with mounting arm and wall/ceiling bracket, and two bulky power adapters. This might seem an incongruous product line, until you realise it’s just a combination of the company’s well-established areas of expertise: webcams, wireless and simple software. Best known for its PC and home-entertainment peripherals, Logitech is taking a stab at the CCTV market with its new range of digital video security cameras.
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