Hello CCTV Forum... oh how I need your help.
I've been asked to setup a CCTV system to cover a rather large area. My company has never officially gone into CCTV design and installation but because the client company asked us (IT company) to fix their CCTV (Mobotix) system a few years ago, which we've been maintaining ever since their CCTV company went bankcrupt, they have decided to trust our company to deliver the complete package on this new development site and I really dont want to let them down as it could even be a good avenue for my company to expand into. Plus i really know the main reason they want us to do it is because we wont charge £10,000 for the system.
Anyway the system I want to use would be of PoE nature and have cameras that can view clearly up to 80m away, I also need an audio alarm function. With the Mobotix cameras, you kind of have all that build in, they dont have the range or quality of other cams in my oppinion but it does have a built in speaker and microphone (unique). I dont really want to stay with the Mobotix system due to cost of the cameras and quality and no H.264.
So my questions are really:
1) What PoE network cameras do you suggest that could view upto 80m away relitivly clearly (and cost under £1,000 per cam)
2) If they dont have audio out function built into them, what is the best way to get an audio output onto the site using PoE cameras. Eg. On analogue cameras you just go through a 1-4channel video/audio server or DVR. What is the equipment used for audo output with IP cams?
3) Can a single channel audio/video server (single analogue input) with network support host multiple network cameras in the internal software even though it says "single channel"? Basically i think im lookin for a poe switch type device with audio output functions that can host the cameras on its internal software.
Any advice would be appreciated.
