Hello all,
Updated 3/21/14 – 1102 for battery information.
I have a couple of things to share about Piper. Piper is part of my security at home. I have written about it before here and here. I quite like it. But I have a few things to share about my recent usage of it.
While in India recently I knew each time our neighbor came in to check out our house. I got a push notice, and I could also see a movie of it, but I could also check the temperature inside and outside of the house. So pretty handy and cool. It is important to me that it is a sensor platform as well as a security tool. For more on that see this.
I want to mention that the support forums suggest 4 – 6 hours of battery time when the power is off to the Piper. What I had to learn from their support is that it is cumulative and the batteries are not rechargeable. So I have approximately 3 minutes of battery time. I am checking to see if I can do anything about that – yes, you can easily change the batteries.
I suggest you do not have the appliance at desk level as I do. But maybe a few feet above it so you get a better view. You do not have a lot of control over what the device see’s and records so it is best to put it at a good height. But test to see what works for you the best.
As well we still have the 1 appliance limit. We were to see that changed in the month of February to 5 but that has not happened yet.
Michael
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