Livestock farmer in northern Minnesota has pregnant cows he needs to monitor around the clock. The barn is about 500 feet from the house. It is very troublesome to wake up every hour and run out to the barn in the middle of the night, especially in the extreme frigid conditions of Minnesota winters.
Also, the barn is pitch dark at night. The barn and home are wood frame and siding. There is power readily available in the barn and home.
This is a seasonal problem, so the farmer does not want to invest in a permanent wired solution. Most wireless kits available have about 300 foot unobstructed signal transmission range.
Solution
We recommended a wireless transmitter / receiver booster and a wired night vision security camera with strong IR capabilities.
Since the barn and home are wood construction and the equipment on both ends would be stored indoors a wireless transmitter and receiver booster is a perfect solution for this problem. There are many wireless singal booster available. For this case we used the Astrotel MiniVideo Sender VC-2-M.
We want to make sure there is enough light generated from the IR night vision security camera to render a clear picture in the total darkness of the barn at night. The farmer used the PC-1315S Precision Night Vision Color Camera. This security camera has 48 LEDS, which will provide plenty of light in the barn at night for this purpose.
Installation Notes:
The wired camera connects to the transmitter. The transmitter send the signal to the receiver that is in the home 500 foot away. The farmer set up a TV next to the receiver in the house.
The total cost of this solution was about $220.00. The farmer is very happy he does not have to go outside at night in the freezing cold.
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