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We have been selling quite a few of these to retail stores and they have had some good feedback on quality. You may want to consider wall mounting for 180 degree coverage if you are dealing with high shelving units in a retail space.

Second on the quality of the Mobotix. We sell them 10:1 over other brands. Buellwinkle, How is the build quality and performance of the Ubiquiti products? Looks like a a great solution, though it comes across as too inexpensive from looking at their site. Have you used the products before and can recommend the performance and durability? thanks

If you wanted to avoid building a system from scratch, a company called Sun Surveillance, mentioned on the forum here a few times has some great bundles that include, pole, choice of camera, transmitter, batteries and solar. They are 900mhz though, but does give you up to 20 mile range. If you have any obstructions to line of site between the camera and the receiver, then 900 is better suited then 5.4ghz. The vendor I mentioned above may be a good solution and you can contact them to see if they have any dealer/ integrator partners in your region who can handle your installation and setup. We are a reseller for them, but being in Kenya and a mission critical application like an airport, may be better to go with a local integrator who can support the install onsite. http://www.sunsurveillance.com/

There are a variety of wireless options available. Is the distance line of sight with no obstacles in the way, trees, terrain, etc? do you have power in the remote location or do you need a solar solution?

If you have seen any of our previous posts, we lean heavily towards mobotix for IP Cameras. They are 3 megapixel day/ 1 mega night options, Poe, No moving parts, use less then 4watts of power with no heater needed, and come with free software with no licensing fees etc. You can stream the footage to a pc or NAS device to record or you can even record directly inside the camera with up to 32gb of storage. Each camera internally has a built in server that can send you email alerts for motion detection, temperature, and a number of other variables. For a home setup with motion activated recording you should be fine with the internal storage depending on your needs. In this case all you would need is Cameras- POE Switch- Router- and you would be all set. Depending on your site plan you can also use the Mobotix Q24 Model that offers 360degree recording that can sometimes replace up to 4 traditional cameras. This may save additional money. Their site is www.mobotix.com and if you have questions on a model feel free to ask us or I believe Wireguys and few others on the forum carry and can support them pretty well. Axis, Mobotix, and Panasonic. Axis is probably best with NAS. Mobotix is reportedly good, but I don't have personal experience. Panasonic is OK with NAS, but lacks some Axis features. For example, Axis can create new date/time folders via ftp, and can ftp event preview; Panasonic can not. Thanks for the suggestions, I will start looking into different Axis models. Can you confirm that even if I am running the software on my PC as the NVR, and using a separate NAS, the camera would send the data to the NAS without bogging down the PC in the process? Indeed... my powerbill already gets up over $400/mo in the summer and $250/mo in the winter.... I blame the reef aquarium and the cost to maintain the water temperature Unfortunately much of the equipment is located outdoors so I'd like to point a camera at it incase anybody gets a bright idea.

I second the use of the mobotix cameras. If the onboard storage is not enough for the framerate and resolution then adding a low power nas or netbook with a 120gb drive could solve your issues for two cameras. The mobotix camera runs on about 4watts with no heater needed, the netbook should run somewhere i am guessing 40watts . The netbook would serve both recording and monitoring. The best part is that the camera and netbook should be able to run directly on the dc 12v output of the solar/battery setup with no inverter needed. This will increase the recording time as you will not have the loss and overhead of the inverter.

for low voltage stuff, if the poe switch or injector is ul listed, does that make the ip cameras then covered?

Thanks for the link. They don't mention the shutter speed, which usually means they used a very slow DSS but are too embarrassed to include it in the spec. I wish the FTC would step in and put a stop to the practice of publishing lux values without shutter speeds. Best, Christopher i second the M12 and they post the lux levels with shutter speed. According to the tech specs: Color: 1 lux (t=1/60 s), 0,05 lux (t=1/1 s) B/W: 0,1 lux (t=1/60 s), 0,005 lux (t=1/1 s)

I believe the reason that the voltage is higher up to 48volts is that when the voltage is higher, the current can be lower. With the length of most poe installations and the thin wires of cat 5, I wouldn't expect a lot of current being able to be carried by a twisted pair.

IF the remote location is within 300 feet and has a twisted pair or coax wired already you can use the mx2wire from mobotix to send the power and the data via that. If the power in the install location is on the same bus as the central location, you may be able to use one of the ac power networking options that are on the market to send the data over the ac lines.

I second the Mobotix, Weatherproof enclosures and they require no heater to operate. The minimal operating temperature on the Q24 and most of the cameras for instance is -22F

Canon cameras in that range also have bigger sensors so there is less noise then most consumer level cameras. Also the digic chips they pack in there do some serious noise reduction at high iso's Thats why my 5d outperforms my old rebel hands down in low light..

One of the benefits of using an IP camera is not needing a dvr, instead the video is stored on the server , a NAS device, or inside the camera directly. The only conversions i have seen is the HIGHWIRE adapters which allow you to use coax to pass the network signal or converters to make analog cameras into IP.

I agree that there is not a lot of room for pricing on the Mobotix Line. Though this is sometimes tough when you are faced with an installation that has a fixed budget and you are trying to squeeze in as much value as possible. The benefit is it levels the playing field and keeps pricing pretty close among suppliers. The quality of the cameras help justify the pricing, and have had little trouble selling the features and justifying the larger investment compared to some more "budget" quality/pricing Brands.

I third, i think it is worth considering to use the mobotix cameras. The poe will simplify wiring and installation and if you did not want to add the cat 6 to the traveller you could opt for a wireless link if you have coverage. The build in audio in the camera could act as a secondary backup PA system. Those vandal corner cameras are a little pricey though i agree. I wish there was a lower cost version available.

I would look at the mobotix cameras. Depending on the setup, you can even possibly reduce the number of cameras needed if you go with the Q24M-Sec model that does 360 Degree views. These are great for hallways or common areas as they can usually provide the coverage of up to 4 traditional PTZ cameras. With 30 cameras you can record directly to a server/NAS Storage and each camera has a ring buffer that works to prevent lost footage in case your network slows down. For software monitoring, Mobotix provides free software for managing the cameras in the control room. You can also integrate non Mobotix or analog cameras with adapters into the software for upgrade installations. If for some reason the Mobotix MX control center software isn't enough, you can look at video-insight software that is good for multiple site installations management.

I am not sure of the type of location you are installing at, but if you are installing the camera in a remote location, there is a 3rd party vendor that makes a pretty cool Solar and Battery Powered mount for the Mobotix Line. The product also I believe has a wireless transceiver to send the data back to the main location. I am amazed at how the Mobotix and other Poe IP cameras draw such little power.

We have been selling alot of the SRW208p from Linksys for small IP Camera Installations. I think the price point more then anything is the justification though it does have basic QOS and Gigabit Uplinks.

I have had alot of inquiries on this. Any ideas on when this would be available and if it is night/day or just night

We are new to the site and wanted to post our impressions. We run a small site selling gear and wanted to share some input after lurking for a while. We have sold quite a few of the Q22 and now the Q24 cameras and have had some great feedback.. They are easy to setup and configure and provide a robust solution. Only downsides are with the cost of the mobotix branded mounting equipment and the learning curve for our customers who are used to the traditional analog & DVR PTZ solutions. As people learn the networking side to go with the traditional CCTV tech then I think the adoption of the IP cameras will increase. Josh P