XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.home.repair   
   From: Bears@invalid.com   
      
   On 12/19/22 12:09, this is what micky wrote:   
   > I wanted to get some waterproof/outdoor cameras that plugged into the   
   > PC, or maybe something that connected straight to the PC.   
   >   
   > But all I see for sale are cameras meant to clip to the monitor, not be   
   > screwed to the wall.   
   >   
   > Or if they are meant for outside, they are either wifi or they are meant   
   > to go to some sort of separate video recorder.   
   >   
   > Do they sell what I want?   
   >   
   > I'm not worried about burglars or porch thieves, I just want to look at   
   > my yard when I'm inside. There is some wildlife that spend time there,   
   > but I have no window on that side of the room I spend a lot of time in,   
   > and even if there wwere I window, I'd have to stand up, leave my work at   
   > my desk, stand on the bed and look down at the yard.  I want to be able   
   > to watch on the PC monitor instead.  --- If I went outside, most of the   
   > animals would run away   
   >   
   > I hoped to have 3 cameras**. A real bonus would be if I could do   
   > something like run all 3 into one hub and just run one wire through the   
   > window frame or wall.  (Darn, I found what they call a waterproof   
   > enclosure for a 4-port hub, but it's showing just a regular $10 hub and   
   > a box without only one usb jack. By Sabrent but Amazon has no ratings   
   > and no Q&A.  I'll keep looking, or make my own?)   
   >   
   > It it possible to cut the the USB connector off of a cord, slide the   
   > wire through a hole, cut the wire to the desired length, and reattach a   
   > USB conector?   
   >   
   > **One facing the front, one to the right of that, and one mounted a foot   
   > or two away, around the corner of the house, facing the side yard.   
   Run the cable through wall, you could cut the usb cable, near the plug, but   
   leave enough to pick the wires to splice.   
   If you're lucky, and the wires are uniquely colored, it would be just time to   
   strip the ends of each wire, slip a small   
   shrink tube over one of the ends, solder red to red (or whatever), slide the   
   shrink tube over the splice and heat it.   
   If your not lucky, you screwed the cable.   
      
   No idea about the hub.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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