eahheretik

Is the Hikvision any less visible than the dahua?

Good morning folks, After a great deal of research I recently purchased the Dahua IPC-HFW4300S. Unfortionately, the red IR lights are visible at night to the naked eye! This makes it impossible to hide these camera locations. Does anybody know, if the Hikvision DS-2CD2032-I has lights that are visible at night to the naked eye? Thanks you in advance, Bob

That's exactly the sort of thing I'm looking for, thank you for your reply. Any idea what the distance limitation would be? Could I go 1000ft? What sort of unit would you use to manage multiple PIR sensors? Thanks, eahheretik

Good afternoon folks, I know this isn't a "Video" question, but what are you guys doing for motion detection on your camera systems? I am building a pretty simple analog video system with a few cameras and baluns over Cat5 UTP. Is there such a thing as a POE motion detector? I'm looking for a good way to detect motion in areas I can't afford cameras. Thanks in advance.

Thanks for the detailed reply! I have no way of getting power at the camera end, so finding a way to do it over Cat5e is critical. Thank you for the info on the 24vac idea. From searching around I had gathered that this would probably be what I would have to end up doing. I found this: APS-ACDC-1500, 24vAC to 12vDC Power Converter http://www.active-vision.com/Power-Converter-p/aps-acdc-1500.htm But I understand this would be used on the camera side, and I would need that 24vAC supply on the receiving end. The product you linked to looks like it might be a bit confusing for me. Do you know of any supply that might be a bit more self contained? Thank you so much for your time.

(Sorry for the double post in the wrong forum) Hello all, I'm a broadcast video engineer trying to build a small CCTV system for myself to look over a property I maintain. I'm hoping someone can tell me how far I can power a 12VDC Swann Camera on a Cat5 balun. I'm using two pairs of a 1000ft 24AWG Cat5E - one pair for power, one pair for video. I've been looking at this balun kit which says 900ft(300m) for video and power. http://www.cctvcamerapros.com/Cat-5-Video-Balun-p/balun-pv5.htm I'm very curious if any of you have experience with running both power and video at a long distance (I'm trying to go a full thousand feet). Any Balun recommendations?

Hello all, I'm a broadcast video engineer trying to build a small CCTV system for myself to look over a property I maintain. I'm hoping someone can tell me how far I can power a 12VDC Swann Camera on a Cat5 balun. I'm using two pairs of a 1000ft 24AWG Cat5E - one pair for power, one pair for video. I've been looking at this balun kit which says 900ft(300m) for video and power. http://www.cctvcamerapros.com/Cat-5-Video-Balun-p/balun-pv5.htm I'm very curious if any of you have experience with running both power and video at a long distance (I'm trying to go a full thousand feet). Any Balun recommendations?