Netatmo is one of the companies I know that offers the greatest longevity of its smart devices and today we are going to discover the details of the Netatmo NOC-S-W-FR outdoor camera.
Why is the Netatmo outdoor camera have this price?
The Netatmo outdoor camera has a high price tag that is justified with quality material and no monthly fees.
Advantages and disadvantages of Netatmo NOC-S-W-FR
Advantages
- Outdoor camera: Netatmo NOC-S-W-FR is a camera that you can use outdoors thanks to its IP66 protection rating.
- No monthly fees: You don’t have to pay monthly fees to view your camera image from anywhere in the world thanks to the free Netatmo Security App and use different functions such as video captures, activate or deactivate the siren and much more.
- Local and cloud storage: Thanks to an included MicroSD card, you have recordings of events locally even if you don’t have internet but you can also record in the cloud with Dropbox, FTP server and Homekit Secure Video.
- Built-in siren: This camera has a built-in siren that you can use for any automation.
- Different types of detection: You receive different notifications and you can have different recordings depending on people, animals, cars or other movements detected by your camera.
- Night vision: You can monitor an area of your home day and night thanks to its night vision.
- Built-in spotlight: In addition to being a camera, it is also a spotlight that illuminates your garden at night when it detects a person or when you want to activate it manually.
- Quality material: The components of this Netatmo camera are of high quality ensuring a long life span.
- Compatible with Jeedom and Home Assistant: You can retrieve the image of your camera and its different options with your Home Assistant or Jeedom hub.
Disadvantages
- Price: The price of this smart camera is higher than other cameras on the market.
- Wireless network: As it works over WIFI, you need enough range for your camera to work properly.
- Non-rotating: This camera is not rotating so you can only record one area without being able to rotate this camera.
- Solar panel: Unlike other cameras on the market, you cannot operate this camera by solar panel.
- Rechargeable battery: If there is a power cut, your Netatmo NOC-S-W-FR camera will not work as it does not have a built-in rechargeable battery.
Netatmo Outdoor Camera Tutorial
Unlike many smart devices that became obsolete over time, I have seen different users who have had their Netatmo devices such as security cameras, rain gauge, weather station and more for more than 10 years still working today and without monthly fees.
General features of the Netatmo NOC-S-W-FR camera
If we open the packaging, we find different elements:
- 1 Outdoor Camera NOC-S-W-FR
- 6 mounting screws (3 sizes)
- 2 wall screws and 2 dowels
- 1 mounting base and black screw
- 1 Allen key
- 1 fixing plate and its green screws
- 1 User’s Guide
- 1 QR code card
- 1 protective cover
This Netatmo NOC-S-W-FR camera measures 50x200x110 mm and is made of aluminium. It is available in 2 colours: black or white.
It has an elegant design in my opinion, being a 2 for 1: camera and focus.
This camera is made of anodised aluminium in one piece, a high quality material designed to last for many years without deterioration, protecting all the technology inside.
It also features ultra-resistant glass and plastic, prepared to withstand the sun and UV rays without losing transparency or breaking easily.
It also incorporates HZO protection, which covers the internal components and protects them from rain, humidity and any adverse weather conditions.
It integrates a 4MP video sensor, a 2K 1440P resolution, a 100° field of view and infrared night vision with detection up to 15m.
In addition to being a camera, it is also a 12W LED projector, with variable intensity, which is interesting both for automatically illuminating our garden when we arrive home at night and for trying to deter a burglar.
It can also be activated manually when needed.
In terms of power supply, this camera is powered by 100-240V and in terms of connectivity, it is configured with your WIFI network from your Android or iOS phone.
What is very interesting is that you do not need to pay a monthly subscription to access your camera services from your phone, so if you have this smart camera installed for several years, it is a criterion to take into account.
And for storage, you have an 8 Gb MicroSD card included. This camera records the videos and events on this MicroSD card and we can view them with the Home+ Security App on our phone. This allows us not to store the videos in the cloud and respects the privacy of the users knowing that the information on the MicroSD card is encrypted and only the camera that records these videos can read them.
The camera will record at each detected event and the software of this camera will erase the oldest videos when the card is full in order to record new events.
And to avoid false alerts and recordings, it will be possible to distinguish event detection profiles.
And also detection zones according to our needs.
This NOC-S-W-FR camera also integrates a 105 dB siren that we can activate from our phone remotely, to try to deter a burglar.
How to install Netatmo Outdoor Camera NOC-S-W-FR
The user of a smart home already had a Netatmo outdoor camera installed 8 years ago and it was working properly. But since recently, in his personal case, he had 2 functions that stopped working and they are the built-in light and the night vision.
For this reason, in order to be able to continue to monitor the entrance to his house day and night and to illuminate his garden at night when he arrives home, he has decided to install a new Netatmo outdoor camera.
Your old camera can be installed in another, less strategic area of your garden, so that you can continue to keep an eye on it but not be able to do so properly at night.
Speaking of Netatmo, we have already seen in other contents the installation of a rain gauge, a weather station, an anemometer and an air conditioning device from other users.
VERY IMPORTANT: Before installing your NOC-S-W-FR camera, you must turn off the power, verify the absence of voltage, secure the area so that no one can reactivate the electricity, use the appropriate protections and have the corresponding electrical authorisation.
Also, if you have to climb a ladder, take the necessary safety precautions and use appropriate protection. If you are going to drill, make sure you use adequate protection and do not drill into cables or pipes.
This content is for information purposes only and I am not responsible for any risk or damage that may arise from its use.
The installation of the Netatmo NOC-S-W-FR camera is simple and to see this process in detail, I recommend you visit the official Netatmo website where you can see a step-by-step video. To begin with, you can verify that you have a good WIFI range where you are going to install your camera, as this camera needs a WIFI connection.
It is recommended to install this Netatmo camera between 2.5 m to 4 m high.
After having switched off the power and taken the appropriate measurements, the user dismantled his old Netatmo camera in order to connect the new camera.
It has 3 wires available: phase, neutral and earth.
You are going to install and fix the fixing plate.
At the ends of this plate you have the possibility to screw 2 screws if you have a junction box on the wall, with the UP symbol facing upwards.
This metal fixing plate with green screw is used to ground this Netatmo camera to avoid electrical hazards.
For this, the user has an earth wire available in his wall in addition to the phase and neutral wires and I recommend you to have it for safety.
If you do not have this junction box on the wall, as is the case of the user who has the cables coming directly from this wall, you can fix this plate diagonally at an angle of 45° and mark with a pencil on the 2 ends of the plate at 9 cm distance in order to be able to drill these 2 marked points.
Now you can drill and fit the dowels and screws included in the packaging.
Now, even if the user has not done so, it is recommended to put the camera in a protective case to protect it for the next steps of the installation.
You must suspend the NOC-S-W-FR camera on the green screw of the fixing plate by means of the plastic strap of the camera.
You should connect the earth wire, usually green and yellow, the neutral wire, usually blue, and the phase wire, usually red, brown or black, to the wires of the camera with these same colours.
Screw the earth wire of the terminal strip to the green screw on the mounting plate.
Now, place the camera plate on the mounting plate, with the centre hole of the mounting plate aligned with the centre hole of the camera plate and the green screw of the mounting plate in the U-shaped hole of the camera plate.
You should rotate the NOC-S-W-FR camera plate to have it installed horizontally and you can check it with a level. You can screw in the green screw.
Now you can attach the mounting plate to the mounting plate.
And once the camera is attached, you can cut the plastic strap and remove the protective cover from the camera.
You can orientate your camera correctly by unscrewing the screws available on the sides and back of the camera, and it is recommended to set this camera at an angle of 30°.
You can screw these screws back in to fix the orientation of this camera.
Finally, you can additionally protect the electrical wiring by sealing the surface of the wall box with silicone putty, leaving the bottom unsealed to evacuate moisture.
That’s it, now you can turn the power back on.
The focus of the Netatmo NOC-S-W-FR camera should now be flashing and you will be able to configure it.
How to configure the Netatmo outdoor camera
From your phone and the Netatmo Security App.
If you already have an account, go to “Settings”.
Now go to “Install new products”.
You must select “Netatmo”.
And “Smart Outdoor Camera”.
You must confirm the WIFI network connection.
You must locate the camera in your home and you can optionally link this camera to the HomeKit ecosystem by scanning its QR code.
And now, you must be near the camera with your phone so that it can be correctly configured to your WIFI network.
That’s it, your camera is configured, so now you have the image captured by this camera from your phone anywhere in the world.
Detailed functions of the Netatmo camera
Now we are going to see the detailed functions of the Netatmo camera. To start with, we can press “Play” if we want to see in real time the image captured by our camera and we can press “Stop” if we want to stop watching this live image.
The camera volume can be switched on or off at the top right.
At the bottom right, there is an icon to put the camera image on the full screen.
In the middle of the screen, there are 4 options on the top right hand side of the screen:
- To the activation or deactivation of the audio.
- We can stream video from this NOC-S-W-FR camera via AirPlay if you have an Apple device at home, such as a television with Apple TV.
- We can activate picture-in-picture mode, which is interesting if we want to browse our phone but still be able to see the camera image.
- And we can save a video summarising all event activities recorded during the last 24 hours.
Then there are 2 icons at the bottom: one allowing you to activate, deactivate or set the camera focus to automatic mode.
The other icon allows you to activate or not the camera siren.
If we go back to the home page, we have a “Surveillance” icon that allows us to activate or deactivate the camera recording at any time.
And at the bottom, we have the possibility to activate, deactivate or set the camera focus to “Automatic”.
In the icon below, in the centre, we have all the activities of the NOC-S-W-FR camera, such as when surveillance has been suspended or resumed, when an animal, a person or a car has been detected, and in each of these events, we can see the video at that moment.
And in the timeline we have an orange bar which is precisely where the event is detected, i.e. a person, an animal, a car or another type of detection, and we can see in detail that moment and listen to it.
In addition, we can download this event to our album on our phone or delete the event.
Now, if we go to “Settings”, under “Manage my home” and select our camera, we can see additional parameters.
To start with, go to “Options”.
We have the possibility to rotate the image, if we have installed the camera upside down. Then we have the possibility to activate or deactivate the recording of the camera’s microphone. And we have the possibility to configure a “security code” so that we have to enter this code every time we want to suspend the surveillance.
Then there is the “Alert zones” option, which, as the name suggests, allows you to define alert zones to avoid false alerts in unwanted areas and to avoid recording unauthorised areas, such as the neighbour’s garden or the street.
Under “Spotlight”, we can adjust the intensity of the spotlight and set the automatic spotlight mode according to defined events, such as when a person, a car, animals or other movements are detected, or simply always activate it when it is dark.
Then go to “Settings”, “Security settings” and “Outdoor cameras”.
We can decide for each type of detection what to do, such as receive notifications and record to be immediately alerted of an event and take action if necessary, such as activating the siren from our phone, just record or ignore, whether detecting people, cars, animals or other movements.
And we can decide on a schedule for receiving these notifications.
And, additionally, you can only receive these notifications when no one is at home if you have Netatmo indoor cameras that do not detect anyone at the moment.
Under “Cloud storage” we can decide to store recordings in Dropbox, on an FTP server of our choice and in HomeKit Secure Video.
One last interesting detail is that you can recover the image of your Netatmo NOC-S-W-FR camera and its different functions in complete home automation systems such as Home Assistant or Jeedom, as is the case of this user and another user. Both of them have the Jeedom home automation hub to manage the heating, electric gate and other aspects of their homes, and they recover the image of their Netatmo cameras.
Also, if you have Amazon Alexa or Google Home voice assistants, you can retrieve the image from your NOC-S-W-FR camera.
In short, Netatmo is an ally for your smart home, with devices that tend to have a long life span, and being of high quality, without monthly fees and with different functions and integrations with other ecosystems, making it a safe bet for today and the future.
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Graduated with a Higher Technician’s Certificate in Home Automation, a Professional Bachelor’s degree in E-commerce and Digital Marketing, and a Master’s degree in SEO, I have been working since 2013 in a home automation e-commerce company called Domadoo, where I have the opportunity to test a large number of the popular Smart Home products on the market.