speteman

So no problem running 24vac over two pair, video over the third pair, leaving the fourth pair for possible remote control should I go with a PTZ camera?

I did some more research on the CNB camera manual, and it says to only run 24V AC power through UTP CAT6 cable (using 2 pairs of wires). The manual specifically states not to run 12V DC through UTP cable. Since I am doing this from scratch, I can easily choose one power supply over the other. I suppose I will update my spec to use 24V AC power instead of 12V DC.

Hello all, Thank you for such a helpful community of people with great information on setting up security systems. I have read the boards pretty thoroughly before posting this, so hopefully I won't be too far off. I am trying to accomplish the following: Setup 6 outdoor cameras at a residence (plan to use the CNB VCM-24F based on the advice on this baord) Wire those cameras with both power and video over single 23 awg UTP CAT6 cable dedicated to each camera. Max run length from central wiring cabinet to the farthest video camera is 200 feet. I plan to provide central power to each CAT6 cable with 12VDC using probably 3 of the conductor pairs. I see a central power distribution panel. Anyone have experience with that, or would you recommend a different one? I plan then use the other remaining pair of conductors for the video signal. I will tie the video conductor pair into a home intercom system (EntryVue) to display individual cameras at each intercom panel location. (EntryVue has this part figured out from what I can tell, so I am not looking for folks to weigh in on this, unless you have some experience with EntryVue that you want to share.) However, the wires will screw into a terminal block that EntryVue provides. Do you think I still should use baluns in this scenario? In parallel, I plan to wire the video cameras to a future DVR. I assume that wiring in parallel means I can simply provide a jumper from the EntryVue termainal block to the DVR? Please provide any advice/feedback on this planned design. Thanks