On March 7, 2019 at 14:26, Ernie Gilman said...
kwkshift made it take longer for us to help him by not mentioning that he was preparing for being thirty feet up, where "pretty much" isn't good enough. (On the other hand, answering that you don't use one was not answering the question, and so, was not being helpful.)
I've done cameras eighteen feet up on a ladder where restaurant tables and fixtures that came in the next day made tweaking the camera later REALLY a pain. Since IP cameras don't have a video output per se, a monitoring device goes a long way toward simplifying the installation.
Im not sure you understood my reply.
A phone IS a monitoring device.
Set up the system on the network, open the app and log in with your phone and there you have your device to adjust cameras.
Plusses are:
No need to spend extra money for another device.
Most of us carry our phones all the time, so no need to bring extra equipment up on a lift.