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Looks like it is part of their Cyber Monday sales, saw it when picking up a Mi Box from this deal: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/345723. Appears to be only 1 hour and 54 minutes left for this deal at time of posting.

Rep has added a Xiaomi Dafang Pan and Tilt IP camera for $16.99 US / $23 AUD

https://www.lightinthebox.com/xiaomi-dafang-1080p-smart-ip-c…

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  • MorriJ on 28/11/2017 - 17:17

    Limit 2 per customer account

    • MorriJ on 28/11/2017 - 18:53

      Now Limit 1 per customer for each type

  • ho-ly phuc on 28/11/2017 - 17:18
    +4

    Bought two, thanks OP! These go great with fang-hacks and motioneye running on Raspberry Pi!

    • MorriJ on 28/11/2017 - 17:23
      +5

      Yep, and the battery consumption is so good. I have these stuck in trees around my house attached to motorcycle batteries and 12v solar panels. Great solution!

      • ho-ly phuc on 28/11/2017 - 17:27
        +1

        great, now I have to buy solar panels!??

        Seriously though, awesome idea. Can you let me know what panels/batteries you have?

        • MorriJ on 28/11/2017 - 17:35
          +3

          Only if you need to spy on your neighbours like I do. I'm using some BCF panels, will have to climb a tree to get the model, they werent the highest wattage tbh, but sit nicely on the lower branches.

          Battery wise; latest to go in a tree (to monitor the f#ckwits who knock my motorcycles over) I just used a battery from my 2016 R1M (replaced the stock battery - a Yuasa YYTZ7S with a li-ion in the bike and used it as the spare).

          Panels trickle charge the battery during the day and if you keep the fang cpu utilisation low enough; two sets of panels will charge faster than it will consume overnight.

          I'll dig up photos and models a bit later, but they work a charm. WIFI drain is probably the biggest issue; so power up the WIFI unit so its throw reaches the camera; prevents packet loss :).

        • ho-ly phuc on 28/11/2017 - 17:44

          @MorriJ: great stuff. Luckily I can park my bike in the garage so don't have that problem! I do want to have one in the backyard to perv on the neighbour keep an eye on the kids when they play outside though. WIFI won't be an issue but heat in summer can potentially be one — how was your experience? My indoor units run a bit warm.

        • MorriJ on 28/11/2017 - 18:23

          @zecoj: Too many bikes for me - 8 in the house a few months ago, have to park some on the street unfortunately. The expensive ones fill the garage; and the race bikes.

          Got annoyed at the creepy people that tap and run - knocked over 4 in a line over the other day and skittled a child who was between two of them and took off - people were running out of the pub across the road to get his plate but werent quick enough. Gets angry at people who reverse where there are kids around and don't look

          Back on topic :)

          In the peak of heat, they will crash or loop crash if CPU gets too warm. Don't block the arrow shaped dot pattern and lift them up a bit so the bottom exhausts properly - haven't had any issues yet, touch wood. Small plastic lid over the top, slanted to run to one side for when it rains and its solid.

        • ho-ly phuc on 28/11/2017 - 18:47

          @MorriJ:

          Too many bikes for me - 8

          Yeah I reckon that's another problem entirely!

          Small plastic lid over the top, slanted to run to one side for when it rains and its solid.

          Yes I thought of doing something like that or find some place under cover to mount it.

      • futaris on 28/11/2017 - 17:27

        Motorcycle batteries?

        • MorriJ on 28/11/2017 - 17:37

          Yeah, I have a lot of motorcycles. Instead of using a 12v car battery, which is big and clunky and would hurt the kids when they land on them in the park, I use motorcycle batteries. Same deal; just smaller and less fatality likely if it does fall out of a tree (they are screwed into a box and attached to a tree on my common property).

          Need a 12v -> 5v adapter (ebay them - $5) and a charging kit for the battery - eg cheap panels when they are on sale; wattage doesnt matter too much provided they supply > than what the fang is using.

        • MorriJ on 28/11/2017 - 20:32

          @UBE:

          Yep, that would do the trick to power the camera from the battery. The fangs take 1A 5v; its rated for 5v 3A.

          You can run more than one off the battery as well of course:

          http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/DC-12V-to-5V-3A-Step-down-Convert…

          The ones I got provide 1A on one channel and 2A on the 2nd.

    • silo on 28/11/2017 - 18:17
      +1

      Have you got a guide you could share for installing this with motioneye? Been looking for one but haven't quite figured out how to get it to read the rtsp stream.

    • Frogprince7 on 28/11/2017 - 18:34

      Hi! With fang hacks , can you watch your home from work by internet ?

      • silo on 28/11/2017 - 18:39

        You'll need to set up a VPN for that

    • Fabbbrrr on 29/11/2017 - 09:52

      I have that very same setup but the Pi struggles a bit with the FPS. I've donwsized theresolution to 640x480 but still getting near 14fps tops on the Pi. Any tip on motioneye/cam config to get better performance?

      My setup:

      Pi 3b, overclocked to 1.4Ghz
      2xXiaofang cameras
      1xAndroid IP camera (old Motorola device with a mod to run without battery)

      Cheers!

  • Store RepMiniInTheBox @ LightInTheBox on 28/11/2017 - 17:32

    hi OP, our dafang is on sale too, US$16.99 and free shipping
    https://www.lightinthebox.com/xiaomi-dafang-1080p-smart-ip-c…

    do you mind add this on the topic?

    • scrimshaw on 28/11/2017 - 17:36
      +1

      ok

      • Store RepMiniInTheBox @ LightInTheBox on 28/11/2017 - 17:37
        +1

        :) thanks

        • coboz on 28/11/2017 - 20:29

          is it free shipping?

        • Store RepMiniInTheBox @ LightInTheBox on 28/11/2017 - 20:31

          @coboz:most cyber day special deal is expired now. free shipping has been canceled

    • dcep on 28/11/2017 - 17:37
      +1

      no, because dafang is dabian according to many Ozb users.

      • turkz1 on 28/11/2017 - 18:26

        dabian

        This means poop to those of you following along at home

      • Hiroko on 28/11/2017 - 20:38

        can confirm this.
        just a $20 paperweight.

  • thydzik on 28/11/2017 - 17:38

    anyone got a solution to the poor IR LEDs.

    in a pitchblack room I can't see anything more then 1m in front.

  • waderr on 28/11/2017 - 17:39

    Thanks OP got 2.

  • uder on 28/11/2017 - 17:47

    Do Xiaomi make baby monitors? Expecting my first child in May.

    • scrimshaw on 28/11/2017 - 17:49

      They don't make dedicated baby monitors, only home security cameras. You can however, re-purpose any Ip camera into a baby camera, but it just won't have the fancy features of a baby monitor.

      These Xiaomi's are also cloud based, so you need to actually connect to the internet (and login to Xiaomi Mi home app) to view the camera. Most other baby cameras just use local wifi and don't require internet access.

    • coin saver on 28/11/2017 - 18:12

      " Expecting my first child in May" That could make your user name appropriate. Just kidding congratulations.

  • cyssero on 28/11/2017 - 17:51

    I'd love to know what the pros and cons of each are and how hackable they are? I know the cheaper model has hacks that allow you to grab an RTSP stream but not sure about the Dafang?

    • scrimshaw on 28/11/2017 - 17:53
      +1

      there is an ongoing discussion thread on github. Try there.

      https://github.com/samtap/fang-hacks/issues/234

      3 days ago someone posted this which means it could be working:

      I got a RSTP Server which is running fine, but it has a lot of disadvantages for now:

      • Its not H264, its MJPEG
      • The Framerate ist quite bad(like 15 frames per second)
      • The Resolution is quite bad(only 640x480)

      I will try to compile a H264 RTSP when i have free time.

      Greatings
      Elias

      • cyssero on 28/11/2017 - 17:56

        Thanks Scrimshaw, that sounds promising. Maybe by the time I order one and it arrives there could be a working hack available..

      • MorriJ on 28/11/2017 - 17:56

        Everything is working on the threads I am following; but no one has managed to bake a full firmware yet that can be installed without pulling the camera apart and soldering to the serial pins.

        There is also no way to hack the dafangs at the moment out of the box - needs an autorun script, which the dafangs dont seem to have; already in place in an existing firmware.

        • scrimshaw on 28/11/2017 - 17:58

          if you hack the Dafang, does it still retain pan / tilt function? If pan/tilt is no longer capable that makes it no more different from the cheaper, more hackable XiaoFang.

        • MorriJ on 28/11/2017 - 18:04
          +1

          @scrimshaw: The hacking process is painful at the moment. On the older fangs, the was an init script that was mountable to the sdcard, which meant you could put in a script on the sd card and it would run at update etc.

          Until someone finds an init script in the original firmware, or a full OTA firmware is made available that can be spliced with an autoinit script, there is no way to hack them short of soldering a serial cable to the board and using ssh that way.

          So it's a mix bag; until someone figures a way firmware can be flashed without disassembling the unit, efforts to build and compile the kit required to run the PTZ etc will be limited.

          Everyone is holding their breath for the init hack; until then not as many people will get on board. Once the init flash/hack exists - the rest will be reasonably easy to implement.

          Edit: ATM, no if you hack the dafang, no PTZ

      • BargainKen on 28/11/2017 - 20:46

        MJPEG is so 1999

  • kml22 on 28/11/2017 - 18:05

    When check out the price gone up the roof

    showing "The promotional price of item(s) in your order has changed and your order total has been updated. Please check the new order amount before making a payment."

    Price for Xiaofang now $24…instead of $15.

    • MorriJ on 28/11/2017 - 18:06

      Only if you have bought it already in the flash sale?

      • kml22 on 28/11/2017 - 18:07

        Nope, I'm a new customer, I've notice it does this if you buy 2.

        • Store RepMiniInTheBox @ LightInTheBox on 28/11/2017 - 18:08

          AU address? which product?

        • MorriJ on 28/11/2017 - 18:09

          Damn, it must be over then I guess? There was 100 units to begin with, they are gone, perhaps they upped the price?

          Now limited to 1 per customer.

        • kml22 on 28/11/2017 - 18:11

          @MorriJ:

          Also shopping is not free. two option to select for shipping
          Express Expedited 4 - 5 business days. AUD $ 19.49 (50% off)
          Postal Service - Tracking 6 - 33 business days. AUD $ 6.69 (40% off)

        • MorriJ on 28/11/2017 - 18:12

          @kevin22:

          Yeah, they have implemented 1 item limit as well. Something's a bit amiss with it.

          Has been changing a few times accoring to clear's dupe post comment thread. Shipping was free, then wasnt etc.

  • kml22 on 28/11/2017 - 18:09

    Yes, AU address and AU currency

    • Store RepMiniInTheBox @ LightInTheBox on 28/11/2017 - 18:12

      just checked, the discount still available. please check your order list, might have pending order. if still not please give me a checkout page screen shot, i might figure out what's wrong.

      • kml22 on 28/11/2017 - 18:18

        https://ibb.co/fjuoSm
        If 1 item, price showing correctly, but still no free shipping.
        If 2 item, it showing at $24 x 2 for XiaoFang.

        • Store RepMiniInTheBox @ LightInTheBox on 28/11/2017 - 18:20

          please try 1 order 1 unit.

        • kml22 on 28/11/2017 - 18:22

          @MiniInTheBox:

          That work, thank you

        • Store RepMiniInTheBox @ LightInTheBox on 28/11/2017 - 18:22

          @kevin22: :) you are welcome

        • MorriJ on 28/11/2017 - 18:32

          @kevin22: I see what you did, didnt look at screenshot. Deals are likely based on 1 product ordered at a time as per associate post :)

  • Clear on 28/11/2017 - 18:12
    -3

    Dupe of my deal but thats okay.

    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/345522

    • Clear on 28/11/2017 - 19:47

      Aaaaand look the mods edited the deal.

      Me 1
      Neggers 0!!!

      • Store RepMiniInTheBox @ LightInTheBox on 28/11/2017 - 20:03

        lol that might blame to our shipping system, very unreliable recently. you say a free shipping on the product page, but it's gone when you go to checkout page

  • bbtlovebbt on 28/11/2017 - 18:28

    Cameras are now as popular as power bank?

    • MorriJ on 28/11/2017 - 18:33

      People only need the powerbanks to run their cameras in the bathroom. What does anyone else use a powerbank for?

      • bbtlovebbt on 28/11/2017 - 18:50

        20000ma one could run this kind of cameras for around 24 hours.

  • tempura on 28/11/2017 - 18:34

    How quick delivery?

    • Store RepMiniInTheBox @ LightInTheBox on 28/11/2017 - 18:42

      free shipping normally take 3-5 weeks, express shipping 1-2 weeks.

  • antman on 28/11/2017 - 18:43

    Won't accept any of my phone numbers and says shipping address incomplete! Grr!

    • MorriJ on 28/11/2017 - 18:52

      Did that to me. I just put in my full mobile number, no spaces, no dashes and hit use this address.

      • antman on 28/11/2017 - 19:07

        I got it to work by going to my user page and amending it there. It wouldn't work trying to fix it on checkout.

  • Godric on 28/11/2017 - 18:50

    Have fun setting these up, i couldn't = D

    • f4te on 28/11/2017 - 19:00

      Use the Mi Home app and set your locale/server to Mainland China, easy peasy!

  • King of oats on 28/11/2017 - 18:53

    hi may i know how many days it takes to ship to melbourne?
    I cant see the option of express

  • pistachio1 on 28/11/2017 - 19:01

    Can anyone help me please, I need a night camera to catch a guy on a motorbike waking up my 3 little kids at 12;30am, its gotta be weatherproof and have good distance clarity at night. thank you so much

    • MorriJ on 28/11/2017 - 19:05

      Yep, my solution above would be perfect … except … you aren't the angry guy with 3 kids that keeps getting annoyed when I rev my R1M at 12:30am in the common garage are you?

      1. Get a motorcycle battery
      2. Get a Xioami camera
      3. Get a 5v USB converter
      4. Setup camera, put a dome hat on it and the battery
      5. Record said motorcyclist enjoying his morning ride to work?
      • bbtlovebbt on 28/11/2017 - 19:07

        it is not going to work with Xiaomi Camera - very bad in low light.

  • MorriJ on 28/11/2017 - 19:07
    +1

    Edit free shipping gone. Another 20hrs added, plenty of units left it seems

  • King of oats on 28/11/2017 - 19:10

    why is shipping cost not free now? It was free five mins ago

    • MorriJ on 28/11/2017 - 19:18

      new deal, its expired i guess.

  • Greedo1808 on 28/11/2017 - 19:46
    +1

    Love this camera, the only issue I have is trying to set it up to notify me of any movement or sound. Does anyone know or give any tips on how to set that up?? I can check it any time im out of the house but a notification would be so handy!

  • cart on 28/11/2017 - 20:12

    Do I need to be logged in to get free shipping?
    Thanks

  • error619 on 28/11/2017 - 22:59

    Missed it

  • [Deactivated] on 29/11/2017 - 00:49

    Anyone tried to apply Hack firmware with this?
    I did a hack with my old Yi Camera and now I am using the RTSP stream instead

  • Bargain4Days on 29/11/2017 - 23:11

    Any chance of another sale?
    Ugently need to grab some as my house just got broken into

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