Blink Camera questions

[easyrider]

I replaced my 3 trail cameras with 10 Blink cameras on a high traffic property. It was pretty easy to do and everything was working well. Then one night a few of the cameras went dark for a few hours and now are black and white at night but color in the day. Looking at the other cameras we see two people showing up on foot at about 3 am. I think they disabled the cameras with a laser pen.

My question for this issue is how to protect the camera from laser pens.

The other question is how to set these cameras up so that each property manager can only see the property they manage using one account to view 3 properties.

Bill

 

[easyrider]

Ok, so it looks like there is no protection from a laser pen disabling the blink cameras at night. Laser strikes will ruin the infrared and ability to see color at night and fuzz out the videos for a while. In the day the cameras will work fine.

After reading the blink faq's and calling to see if one account could have privacy settings so others can see cameras but not all cameras I am still stumped. One way is to have more than 1 account.

Bill

 

[dougp26364]

I wonder if there might be a way to install one way glass (one way mirror) in front of the camera. Would it reflect the laser or would the laser still penetrate the reflective surface? What would it do to the quality of the video feed? Where would one even buy one way glass?

It’s not something g I’ve thought through. Just the first potential solution that popped in.

EDIT: I believe I’ve answered my own question. A one way mirror only reflects some light but allows light to pass through, thus the laser would still penetrate the glass, just to a lessor extent.

OTOH, most thieves aren’t that sharp and likely didn’t do well in science class, so installing a one way piece of glass that reflects some of the laser back in their direction might confuse them so that they don’t use it on all of the cameras.

 

[Wyominguy]

Be sure to disable the light that shines when picking up objects. It is in the menu and might help so they can's see that the camera has picked them up. I also have the neoprene covers for them to help blend in.
Neil