review: Revodata I706-P-HS tiny PoE camera

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Hello all

HD 5MP Small POE IP Indoor Security POE Camera, 3.6mm Lens 75° P2P Remote View CCTV Video IP Camera H.265/H.264
Motion Detection (I706-P-HS)
Brand: REVODATA

I wanted a bird box camera, so this one from Amazon seemed suitable, having researched the idea of the 940nm IR wavelength being an invisible better bet than the usual shorter but visible 850nm: less upset for birds. The 3.6mm M12 lens is the right sort of focal length to suit my bird box and anyway it is adjustable by loosening a locking screw.

It took about ten minutes to configure it in Frigate, by following the instructions provided and online namely

and I am also using Strix to find out whether there are better URLs with lower latency, for example it suggests

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The webUI for the camera is decent enough, modelled on Hikvision/similar I think:

The price was about £45 which seems pretty decent - it isn't outdoor rated but I am building an enclosure to suit and given the small size, approx. 41 x 41 x 53mm, it's easy to tuck it away inside something waterproof on top of the intended bird box.

I spent most of the day fitting it to the bird box etc. so I only got it fully installed an hour ago, but I am hoping Frigate will detect motion in the bird box and record it ... maybe it'll detect/classify the bird species. I'm not sure how to set it up in Frigate+ so I chose the following settings:

I am yet to see a daylight image but the greyscale seems pretty good. No motion of any sort yet but the 25fps and matching i-frame might not show much blurring, I hope. Time will tell!

Edit: here's the image this morning - the bright glow to the LHS of shot is a perspex window (facing S) which I fitted: