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- With 3 simple steps you can get your mole up and running, without needing complex technological know how
- You can remotely control the pan (270 degree) and tilt (125 degree) of your mole from any web browser and iphone
- Built-in DVR (SD card required, SD card not included)
- Send video clips to youtube, the mole can automatically upload video clips directly to youtube
- When the motion detection captures something, you can get immediate notifications with image attachments via email or twitter,
- Sophisticated motion detection enables you to control how much movement will trigger a recording
- When the motion detection captures something, you can get immediate notifications with image attachments via email or twitter.
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The mole is the all in one network camera for security and all your social network communities. A simple 3 step setup gets this H.264 Wi-Fi camera up and running, so that you can automatically send video clips to youtube or facebook, even if you’re not there. Sophisticated built-in motion detection controls what you record, and will notify you via twitter or email if the mole catches something. You can remotely control the pan and tilt angles, and monitor or record video from anywhere in the world. View it from your iPhone, or any web browser. With 3 simple steps you can get your mole up and running, without needing complex technological know how. You can remotely control the pan (270 degree) and tilt (125 degree) of your mole from any web browser and iphone, built-in DVR (SD card required, SD card not included). Send video clips to youtube, the mole can automatically upload video clips directly to youtube.
Product Description
The mole is the all in one network camera for security and all your social network communities. A simple 3 step setup gets this H.264 Wi-Fi camera up and running, so that you can automatically send video clips to youtube or facebook, even if you’re not there. Sophisticated built-in motion detection controls what you record, and will notify you via twitter or email if the mole catches something. You can remotely control the pan and tilt angles, and monitor or record video from anywhere in the world. View it from your iPhone, or any web browser. With 3 simple steps you can get your mole up and running, without needing complex technological know how. You can remotely control the pan (270 degree) and tilt (125 degree) of your mole from any web browser and iphone, built-in DVR (SD card required, SD card not included). Send video clips to youtube, the mole can automatically upload video clips directly to youtube.
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
31 of 31 people found the following review helpful
I've always been curious about what goes on at home when I'm not there. What do my dogs do all day? Can I watch my new little baby play and maybe take its first steps while I'm at work? This product is one of the simplest electronic products I've ever set-up. All I had to do was plug-in the camera, attach it to my home router and log in to the Astak site. My cameras were up and running.
This product can be used for so many different purposes: to be a video security/surveillance system, check on things at a business or home, or whatever else you can think of doing. Check out the stuff posted on You Tube. People actually caught people robbing their business.
This is what I like about this product:
1. Setup was a breeze
2. Only one wire to plug it into an outlet for power.
3. I can move the cameras around as needed. For example, some days I put it in my garage to watch the dogs while I'm gone. On other days, I have the camera sitting on the dresser in the babies room.
4. They are linked to your internet wirelessly
5. The website and camera functions are very easy to use
6. The image quality is great and the night vision works awesome.
7. I can share my camera with my family anywhere so that they can see whats going on. (Even my Brother-In-Law in the Army)
8. The range of my camera seemed just as good or better than my wireless home phone.
9. Works great with my iPhone to check in via the web.
10. The Yoics software program is very easy to use and easy to see other family members camera on a secure network. ( Many additional features also for remote desktop applications)
11. Directly posts videos to You Tube
12. Email alerts, motion detection, scheduled recording times, etc.
13. 270 degree turning radius with full tilt
14. Audio- so you can remotely hear what's going on
15. Remote viewing,sharing, and controlling
This is what I wish the product would do better:
1. Provide me with an iPhone app soon so that I can quickly check-in with one push of a button
2. Have a way for me to zoom into an area to get more clarity.
3. Have a battery back-up
Overall, I think the product is excellent for people that want to see what's going on in places when they are not there and they are not tech savy enough to hook up more difficult systems. I would recommend this for anyone and plan on buying more cameras in the future.
This product can be used for so many different purposes: to be a video security/surveillance system, check on things at a business or home, or whatever else you can think of doing. Check out the stuff posted on You Tube. People actually caught people robbing their business.
This is what I like about this product:
1. Setup was a breeze
2. Only one wire to plug it into an outlet for power.
3. I can move the cameras around as needed. For example, some days I put it in my garage to watch the dogs while I'm gone. On other days, I have the camera sitting on the dresser in the babies room.
4. They are linked to your internet wirelessly
5. The website and camera functions are very easy to use
6. The image quality is great and the night vision works awesome.
7. I can share my camera with my family anywhere so that they can see whats going on. (Even my Brother-In-Law in the Army)
8. The range of my camera seemed just as good or better than my wireless home phone.
9. Works great with my iPhone to check in via the web.
10. The Yoics software program is very easy to use and easy to see other family members camera on a secure network. ( Many additional features also for remote desktop applications)
11. Directly posts videos to You Tube
12. Email alerts, motion detection, scheduled recording times, etc.
13. 270 degree turning radius with full tilt
14. Audio- so you can remotely hear what's going on
15. Remote viewing,sharing, and controlling
This is what I wish the product would do better:
1. Provide me with an iPhone app soon so that I can quickly check-in with one push of a button
2. Have a way for me to zoom into an area to get more clarity.
3. Have a battery back-up
Overall, I think the product is excellent for people that want to see what's going on in places when they are not there and they are not tech savy enough to hook up more difficult systems. I would recommend this for anyone and plan on buying more cameras in the future.
37 of 39 people found the following review helpful
Pros:
- Initial setup very easy.
- Able to view easily from the web on computer or iPhone.
- Email alerts for motion detection works great.
- Video capture works well and will automatically upload to You Tube.
- Works well on wireless.
- Came with a 2GB SD Card (maybe only for Costco purchases).
- Night time pictures are decent, better than expected.
Cons:
- Initialy could not view from the Mac or PC. See FAQ: [...]
- Software on the CD is worthless. Mac version did not work, didn't bother with the PC version. Recommend ignoring the CD.
- Software downloaded from [...] for the Mac worked once, then after would never load. Ended up removing it. Recommend ignoring this software as well.
- No ability to delete images or videos stored on the SD Card from the camera. You need to remove the SD Card and delete the files from a computer.
- When trying to watch a video stored on the SD card, it may crash the browser. You need to save it to your computer first then play the file.
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For those interested here's my setup guide:
Mole Camera Setup:
- Get started:
-- Plug in LAN cable.
-- Plug in power.
- Register Your Camera:
-- Go to: [...]
-- Create a new account, it will detect your camera and bring up your camera's home page.
-- Note: If Yoics' site is down (unlikely), you can go directy to your camera's home page by typing in the IP address, e.g. 192.168.0.111
- Update browser:
-- At this point your camera is running, but you may not see a picture.
-- Reason is that you need to install an ActiveX Plug-in and/or QuickTime.
-- Instructions: [...]
- Setup Wireless:
-- Attach WiFi antenna.
-- From your camera's web site, click the [Advanced] --> [Network] tabs.
-- Click the [Search] button and select your router.
-- Enter in the security settings for your router.
-- Unplug the power to your camera, unplug your LAN cable, plug the power back in. This will reset the camera so that it will now start using WiFi.
Setup Alerts and Remote Storage:
- Setup email notification:
-- From your camera's web site, click the [Advanced] --> [e-mail] tabs.
-- For this you need to have an email account with SMTP. This is so that the camera can send the alert using this email account.
-- Enter the your email account settings.
-- Typical email settings: [...]
- Setup Alarm:
-- From your camera's web site, click the [Advanced] --> [Alarm] tabs.
-- Check "E-mail Alarm".
-- Check "Send with Picture".
-- Check "Save Picture on the SD card".
-- Check `Save Video on the SD card". Must have this checked to upload to a remote storage.
- Setup Remote Storage for Video (optional):
-- Create a YouTube or Twitter account. This is if you want to upload your videos on the web so you can view them easier.
-- You can make these uploads private so that no one else can view them.
-- From your camera's web site, click the [Advanced] --> [Remote Storage] tabs.
-- Enter your YouTube and/or Twitter account settings. Select "Private Youtube Upload" if you want to.
-- Note: You need to have selected "Save Video on the SD card".
Setup Motion Detection and Schedule:
- Setup Motion Detection:
-- From your camera's web site, click the [Advanced] --> [Motion detection] tabs.
-- Select the areas where you want the camera to detect motion. I just used one window and expanded it to the full screen.
-- Select the sensitivity for each window. I set mine to 26. At 45 I was getting too many alerts.
- Setup Schedule:
-- This is when you want the camera's motion detection to be running. Generally you want to schedule it when you're not home.
-- From your camera's web site, click the [Advanced] --> [Schedule] tabs.
-- Set the days and times.
- Setup Auto Capture (optional):
-- This is if you want to pictures to be taken at regular intervals.
-- I didn't bother with this.
-- From your camera's web site, click the [Advanced] --> [Remote Storage] tabs.
Setup Camera as Virtual Web Server (Optional):
Normally you should be able to access the camera from [...]
However, if you want to remove any dependency on Yoics' server, then you can setup your router to operate the camera as a virtual web server. I did it mainly for fun.
- Setup User Access:
-- Out of the box, camera authentication is not active, which is ok if you're going to access via Yoics' site. But if you want to access your camera directly then you'll want to enable authentication.
-- From your camera's web site, click the [Advanced] --> [User] tabs.
-- Check "Enable".
-- Enter passwords for Admin, User and Guest.
- Find out your camera's IP Address:
-- From your camera's web site, click the [System] --> [Device Information] tabs.
-- Note the IP Address.
-- The default port is 80. Unless you changed it at [Advanced] --> [Network].
- Log in to your router's home page:
-- Typically: [...]
-- Find out what your router's public WAN IP Address is. Finding this information depends on the router, e.g. 111.222.333.444
-- Go to the virtual server settings.
-- Select the public port you want to use. e.g. 6000.
-- Enter the camera's IP Address and port. e.g. 192.168.0.111 port: 80
-- Save the settings and you can now access your camera using your IP Address and port. In this example it would be: [...]
- Initial setup very easy.
- Able to view easily from the web on computer or iPhone.
- Email alerts for motion detection works great.
- Video capture works well and will automatically upload to You Tube.
- Works well on wireless.
- Came with a 2GB SD Card (maybe only for Costco purchases).
- Night time pictures are decent, better than expected.
Cons:
- Initialy could not view from the Mac or PC. See FAQ: [...]
- Software on the CD is worthless. Mac version did not work, didn't bother with the PC version. Recommend ignoring the CD.
- Software downloaded from [...] for the Mac worked once, then after would never load. Ended up removing it. Recommend ignoring this software as well.
- No ability to delete images or videos stored on the SD Card from the camera. You need to remove the SD Card and delete the files from a computer.
- When trying to watch a video stored on the SD card, it may crash the browser. You need to save it to your computer first then play the file.
==============================================================
For those interested here's my setup guide:
Mole Camera Setup:
- Get started:
-- Plug in LAN cable.
-- Plug in power.
- Register Your Camera:
-- Go to: [...]
-- Create a new account, it will detect your camera and bring up your camera's home page.
-- Note: If Yoics' site is down (unlikely), you can go directy to your camera's home page by typing in the IP address, e.g. 192.168.0.111
- Update browser:
-- At this point your camera is running, but you may not see a picture.
-- Reason is that you need to install an ActiveX Plug-in and/or QuickTime.
-- Instructions: [...]
- Setup Wireless:
-- Attach WiFi antenna.
-- From your camera's web site, click the [Advanced] --> [Network] tabs.
-- Click the [Search] button and select your router.
-- Enter in the security settings for your router.
-- Unplug the power to your camera, unplug your LAN cable, plug the power back in. This will reset the camera so that it will now start using WiFi.
Setup Alerts and Remote Storage:
- Setup email notification:
-- From your camera's web site, click the [Advanced] --> [e-mail] tabs.
-- For this you need to have an email account with SMTP. This is so that the camera can send the alert using this email account.
-- Enter the your email account settings.
-- Typical email settings: [...]
- Setup Alarm:
-- From your camera's web site, click the [Advanced] --> [Alarm] tabs.
-- Check "E-mail Alarm".
-- Check "Send with Picture".
-- Check "Save Picture on the SD card".
-- Check `Save Video on the SD card". Must have this checked to upload to a remote storage.
- Setup Remote Storage for Video (optional):
-- Create a YouTube or Twitter account. This is if you want to upload your videos on the web so you can view them easier.
-- You can make these uploads private so that no one else can view them.
-- From your camera's web site, click the [Advanced] --> [Remote Storage] tabs.
-- Enter your YouTube and/or Twitter account settings. Select "Private Youtube Upload" if you want to.
-- Note: You need to have selected "Save Video on the SD card".
Setup Motion Detection and Schedule:
- Setup Motion Detection:
-- From your camera's web site, click the [Advanced] --> [Motion detection] tabs.
-- Select the areas where you want the camera to detect motion. I just used one window and expanded it to the full screen.
-- Select the sensitivity for each window. I set mine to 26. At 45 I was getting too many alerts.
- Setup Schedule:
-- This is when you want the camera's motion detection to be running. Generally you want to schedule it when you're not home.
-- From your camera's web site, click the [Advanced] --> [Schedule] tabs.
-- Set the days and times.
- Setup Auto Capture (optional):
-- This is if you want to pictures to be taken at regular intervals.
-- I didn't bother with this.
-- From your camera's web site, click the [Advanced] --> [Remote Storage] tabs.
Setup Camera as Virtual Web Server (Optional):
Normally you should be able to access the camera from [...]
However, if you want to remove any dependency on Yoics' server, then you can setup your router to operate the camera as a virtual web server. I did it mainly for fun.
- Setup User Access:
-- Out of the box, camera authentication is not active, which is ok if you're going to access via Yoics' site. But if you want to access your camera directly then you'll want to enable authentication.
-- From your camera's web site, click the [Advanced] --> [User] tabs.
-- Check "Enable".
-- Enter passwords for Admin, User and Guest.
- Find out your camera's IP Address:
-- From your camera's web site, click the [System] --> [Device Information] tabs.
-- Note the IP Address.
-- The default port is 80. Unless you changed it at [Advanced] --> [Network].
- Log in to your router's home page:
-- Typically: [...]
-- Find out what your router's public WAN IP Address is. Finding this information depends on the router, e.g. 111.222.333.444
-- Go to the virtual server settings.
-- Select the public port you want to use. e.g. 6000.
-- Enter the camera's IP Address and port. e.g. 192.168.0.111 port: 80
-- Save the settings and you can now access your camera using your IP Address and port. In this example it would be: [...]
24 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Amazon Verified Purchase
When i recieved the cam, set-up was a breeze and worked as defined. However, a few weeks later i noticed that the camera could not longer pan more than 25%, and would start to pan (only 25%) and tilt endlessly. Finally i contacted the manufacture who recommended that I restart the until. That seemed to work well, but only for a few days. Unfortuntily, I was forced to return the unit to Amazon. I did like the camera and it's functioanlity, but the pan feature was critical for me. Hopefully they can get that corrected.
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SIX STARS!
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Published 1 day ago by LumberKing
nice capability, but chronic pan problem
I own two of these, one purchased at Costco, the other at Fry's. After about 9 to 12 months, BOTH of them no longer will pan (move left and right). Read more
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JUNK - Don't waste your money especially if a Mac user.
If you are a Mac user the instructions on getting the camera to display in Safari or Firefox don't work. Read more
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Published 1 month ago by Danny D
Pay them more! Obfuscating ads and ad hell. Evil software. Delivered...
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The construction is very lightweight plastic. Read more
Published 2 months ago by TAAMinator
Low Tech, High Price
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Published 3 months ago by Peyton Bass
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