Mechanical door/lid to hide built in IP camera when home?

Posted on
Wed Dec 21, 2016 1:00 pm
T-Power offline
User avatar
Posts: 220
Joined: May 10, 2010

Mechanical door/lid to hide built in IP camera when home?

Hello Good People,
Can some one please help with a solution.
I have an indoor ip camera mounted flush mounted inside a cabinet. I would like to have some kind of mechanic door or lid that can be triggered via Insteon/Z-Wave to uncover the camera when away from home, and cover the camera when home. Having the camera being visible when guest are over isn't the best vibe!

Any input would be much appreciated.

T.I.A.

MacMini 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 16GB DDR3
Indigo Pro 2022.1 macOS Mojave 10.14.6

Posted on
Wed Dec 21, 2016 1:38 pm
ckeyes888 offline
Posts: 2425
Joined: Nov 26, 2009
Location: Kalispell, MT

Re: Mechanical door/lid to hide built in IP camera when home

Might help to post a picture of the camera as it is now.

Carl

Posted on
Wed Dec 21, 2016 1:53 pm
johnpolasek offline
Posts: 911
Joined: Aug 05, 2011
Location: Aggieland, Texas

Re: Mechanical door/lid to hide built in IP camera when home

Arduinos (see Karls plugins in third party section) can drive servos with a moderate amount of torque if you're willing to build your own light decorative door for them to push against... and they're cheap and WIFI.

Posted on
Wed Dec 21, 2016 8:05 pm
T-Power offline
User avatar
Posts: 220
Joined: May 10, 2010

Re: Mechanical door/lid to hide built in IP camera when home

Thank you All for the quick response!
I know nothing about Arduinos but willing to learn if need be.
Would be cool to have a small painting or decorative plate in place that would slide away from the cameras location. At the moment I am open.
Attachments
camera-in-wall.jpg
camera-in-wall.jpg (290.13 KiB) Viewed 1227 times

MacMini 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 16GB DDR3
Indigo Pro 2022.1 macOS Mojave 10.14.6

Page 1 of 1

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 9 guests