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Of course, there are many ways of doing it with pinhole cameras and the like. How about this one from seco larm? http://www.jmacsupply.com/mobile/product.aspx?ProductCode=seco%2Dlarm%2Dev%2D5105%2Dn1sq&404;http://www.jmacsupply.com:80/Seco_Larm_EV_5105_N1SQ_p/SECO-LARM-EV-5105-N1SQ.htm?gclid=CLHlkp_FjsACFWELMgodNz4AzA It has a 1.5mm lens and also comes with a mullion mount plate or you can remove it altogether from the plate. Not sure what qualifies as cheapo but these are about $100 wholesale. Because you mention flood lights, I just wanna mention that I find led floods to be ideal for use with cameras because to me, the light coverage seems to make for a clear picture without the deep shadows of traditional flood lights

Yeah, they were on the housing. They were regular cheapy outdoor bullets, not box cameras that would be in a housing. It lookedime the housing has little cameras on its back

Man, I wish I had a picture of the install I saw in Newark NJ back in may. There was an older style camera housing on the side of the building (typical heater/fan type enclosure) and then mounted on the housing itself were two bullet cameras.

You have tagged this response onto every post that mentions Swann plus posted your own thread. Please use some sort of etiquette.

I'd actually challenge you on that statement. I don't think those numbers are factual. At the very least you can't make a general statement on the method without considering the manufacturer or product. That's fine, I'm certainly no expert on the matter. I'm just stating what I have read. Here's one source. http://www.passivepoe.com/faq.html Maybe I'm not properly considering the product but it seems better to me to figure worst case. My thought was that limit is why mid span injectors may be passive but Poe switch typically (or never) are not. I'm certainly not looking to poo poo the idea of using them and in most residential situations, I would think they're completely fine, especially seeing that you can just mid span them if needed. One other consideration though, I see one if the op's mentioned switches is a gigabit switch (probably not needed here) but if he does choose to go with gigabit, a regular passive Poe injector won't work because passive Poe uses the spare pairs that gigabit requires in order to work.

Roughly 750 feet for rg59 And 1500 feet for rg6 Remember that quality cable matters. Here's Pelco's info on this matter. http://www.pelco.com/sites/global/en/sales-and-support/support-services/technical-information/video-cable.page

Look into geovision cards. I believe apex cctv has them.

I setup a no name dvr for a customer and they used the Meye app. It would show only one camera just like what you're getting. I just set the view to single and they can just select each one.

From what I see, it may be a nomad voice file by creative labs. Is it possible that its actually not from a dvr video.

Not sure why its not recording when you move in front if the camera but the false triggers are probably dust, bugs and light changes. Emails based off of motion can be iffy because there are so many little triggers normally. Double check your settings to see why it didn't record known motion.

No, you will need an HD-sdi compatible dvr.

I understand they are rebranded hikvision but I wonder if they are the same quality. I was talking to the guy at ADI the other day and he says they're selling a lot of Hikvision and with very little to no issues. I hear of a lot of issues with lorex and Swann. Though truthfully I have no experience with Swann but I have serviced a few Lorex systems and they seem to have issues, mostly being cheap cameras that condensate under the glass, etc. is it definite that Swann is hikvision rebranded? The only reason I ask is because some of their equipment looks a lot like Digimerge/Flir but I don't actually know.

I definitely agree with the tip on running extra lines in the conduit. But are you saying to use shielded cat 5e for Poe over 25' even indoors? I'm on many many large commercial jobs with long runs of cat6 and its never shielded.

I think you're gonna have be a bit more specific. Opening a free no ip account itself will not get your cameras to be viewed on your iPhone. You have to do setup on your dvr/nvr and forward the ports on your router. What steps have you taken?

I agree with Don here. I don't see it as entrapment. So lets say I have a store and there's a corner I can't see from the counter. I have merchandise in that corner and a camera that focuses on the merchandise in that area. Someone comes in and doesn't see the camera. They steal some merchandise. Is that entrapment? The people that go in that corner know that they're not supposed to steal.

If you go with passive injectors, keep in mind that the distance is limited to about 130 feet as opposed to 328 feet.

The main brands that I know of with 9 channel DVRs are everfocus and Swann. I'm not so sure about Swanns reliability. Seems like a lot of issues but Everfocus is a good brand. Most DVRs come in 4, 8, 16 or 32 channel but there are others that are available in 9 and 10 channel. Kalatel used to make a 10 channel but I'm not sure of who may now.

Yes. You can buy 18/4. It's not typically needed for a motion but it'll work fine. You can probably find it at Home Depot or lowes.

Replacing the photocell would depend on your abilities with electronics. You would have to unsolder the old one and solder in the new one.

Both Geovision and Hikvision have there respective apps but there are also a number of apps and programs that support multiple camera makes and models. Some if these include ip cam viewer and blue iris.

Yes, I think Ideal makes a meter that will generally locate them.

Yeah, the hikvision cube is nice. There's also the GeoVision cubes which are available in wifi and take 5v plug in for power. They also have a pir sensor (as does the hikvision) which is better for picking up motion without every piece of dust and changing light setting it off. The geo vision cube also has an actual visible led for light (also activated by motion) I use one of these in a customers warehouse entrance and it works great.

Yup, you'll be fine with rg59. Siamese rg59 will be a better choice that cat5e. Using cat5e will require baluns and the whole deal ends up costing more than the Siamese rg59. And many of the cheap baluns aren't worth it.

I can't really speak straight to Blue Iris because I haven't used it. But you would be best to do a little reading on Video Analytics in order to learn what you can do and what you'll need in order to do it. A couple of things to consider would be maybe just setting the motion sense area to a very small area like just around the mailbox or something. You can control the areas that motion is sensed from, so if the street is not within the motion area, cars won't set it off. Another option is to use a camera with alarm inputs and put a contact on the mailbox door so that when the mailbox is opened, it triggers recording. There are plenty of wireless sensors for this.

Glad to hear you got it resolved