Hi, I work in the computer industry(I'm computer and network technician) but I do sometimes do some analog video camera installations. I got into this field by accident. My landlord was having some security trouble in one of the buildings he owns. To make the story short, I ended up installing around 24 analog video cameras total in three different buildings. Since he did not know much about video quality he bought a cheap video system. He does not like this analog video system anymore and he would like to replace it with a new ip digital video system. He thinks that by switching to this new technology he will eventually be able to watch his buildings on the internet.
I do not know much about ip video cameras, I've been talking with some people about it and I have come accross some terms like ip video camera, ip over coax, etc....but for right now I would like to have some feedback on a very specific set of questions :
1.- Am I gonna be able to use the same coax cabling already installed ?
2.- Am I gonna be able to power these cameras when cable runs are very long(500 feet) ?
3.- Am I gonna have to assign ip addresses to all diferent ip cameras ?
4.- Am I gonna need some type of device to bring the video signal from one end to the other when again the cable run is very long ?
I need to start this project right away therefore any help would be really appreciate it..ThankU
