anthonytr

Hi everyone, This is my first post on this forum - I'm new to CCTV. I have a few design/layout questions I would like some advice on. 1). I'm planning on using Cat5e utp cable to each camera. Some are bullet cameras, some dome and 1 will be PTZ camera. Distances range from 30m to 60m. I wasn't gaing to send power of the cat5 cable and was going to route a separate power cable to each camera, all terminating in a power distribution panel so its all nice and tidy. Would this be hat is normally done? Separate power and video? I don't want to use the Siamese cable. 2). Is it standard practice to run the cat5e cable from the DVR straight to the camera, or do I terminate the cat5 at a junction box by the camera and then connect to camera into the junction box? All the cameras are external, with access through the wall. 3). What are some good manufactures of DVR machines? Prices seem to vary on the Internet from £300 to £3000. What should I be looking for as a benchmark? The majority of my questions / concerns are layout based (how power is distributed, video signal retuned, cables are managed). Would appreciate any feedback or tips. Thank you for your time. Anthony

Nothing, their website doesn't even mention the product Looks like I'll have to go with seperate power lines to each camera and then use a video hub to manage the video cables.

I'm finding it tricky to source the CCTV hub. What would be the alternative?

Thanks Matt for the great response! I've been searching the web for somewhere to purchase one of the hubs but can't seem to find one in the UK. I was thinking along the lines of using a cat5 patch panel, but wasn't sure it would work - great news. Hope I can find one of the balun hubs, it's seems perfect. Anthony

Thanks for the reply! The cameras will be analog. This might be a silly question, please excuse me. If I'm sending power and video down the same cat5 cable, isn't it a bit messy at the DVR end? I mean, the power bit will need to go into my power distribution box and the video bit to the back of the DVR. How do you get round this problem? Is there a hub where you can terminate the cat5 cable and then run the separate power and video feeds from there to pdu and DVR? Again, sorry if this is a silly question Anthony