<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Bill,</div><div><br></div><div>Dahua cameras are essentially web servers and can store on local SD cards. They don't actually need an internet connection. There is a weird Windows app that initialises each camera but from there it's fairly straightforward.</div><div><br></div><div>I can lend you one if you wish. (I have a trade account with a wholesaler)</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Kevin.<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 15 Jul 2022 at 11:58, Bill Kenworthy <<a href="mailto:billk@iinet.net.au">billk@iinet.net.au</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><u></u><div>Hi, Google isn't helping much so I am hoping someone here has expertise in this. I would like to get a security camera(s) that doesn't send everything to the cloud or china. Prefer wifi, should be 1080 resolution, can be fully accessed from Linux (I currently do not have a working windows install) and can be made compatible with homeassistant.<br><br>Or<br><br>Is something like an esp32 camera module viable/usable? I already use some esp32's for other projects and if the camera modules are suitable this might be the best solution - anyone tried this?<br>BillK<br><div style="white-space:pre-wrap"><div>-- <br>Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.</div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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