Hello, I am from Louisiana. The company I work for installs cctv, data, voice, access control and fiber optic. We specialize in Pelco endura, but also deal in axis, panasonic and others. I have a home cctv setup and I am looking for some better cameras that are also affordable.
Thats what found me this site.
I have setup many endura systems. endura, endura 2, and endura express. Cost: not cheap. Can use so pretty serious bandwidth. gigabit preferable if not required in most cases. This depends on size and how spread out the system is. Endura can be quite taxing with some switches. Pelco can recommend the ones
that they have tested with endura. We mainly use cisco.
Endura express is a cheaper solution. No seperate System Manager needed. up to 64 cameras last I checked.
Endura 2. More cameras, dual SM's. Multiple NSM's
Pelco sells workstations or you can get the software if you have a capable station of your own.
The ones we have setup have been very reliable once setup properly. Can work with existing cameras ip and analog with the encoders/decoders. Mpeg4 or H.264.
I havent setup other major ip based systems other than pelco. However we do love to use axis cameras with our systems aswell as pelco.
Is this a Endura system? Is it a analog spectra or IP? If analog what model encoder are you using? The reason I am asking about the encoder is because net5404t (h.264) are not capable of pelco P. Only D or coaxitron. You have to use a code translator inconjunction with the 5404.