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POE “light switch” for dog cam? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I want to install a POE camera for watching my dog when I’m out of the house. However, I don’t want the camera constantly on/recording/on the network when I’m home. I don’t want to disconnect/reconnect the camera’s ethernet cable every time I leave, as the plan is to have it mounted flush to the wall with no visible wires. The cabling will run through the wall to the POE switch in another room. Basically I want something like this in the form factor of a wall plate light switch so I can just flip it on or off as I come and go.

https://a.co/d/4pSyZQS

Does such a product exist?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

You can have an electrician run a switched or half-hot outlet, but that's expensive. Or get a smart plug for the switch and connect it to Alexa or Google home and tell it to turn it on or off. Or one with a remote button like this but I've never tried one so can't say how well it works.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

Plug the switch into a smart outlet and set a timer