First, I hope I dont make this complicated.
I somehow drew the shortest straw on this project, so I am looking for outside help.
I do some volunteer work for a non-profit facility that installed a 13 camera networked surveillance system a few years back. When it was originally installed, 3 of the cameras were run into a modulator and were visible thru a couple tv channels thru out the building.
Over the last couple years, cameras have been upgraded to all digital cameras and are not being run into the modulator (or I dont even know if they can be anymore)
There is a fella (completely technically ignorant)that lives at the facility in a very small apartment. If he heard anything in the middle of the night, he would turn on the tv, and flick thru the 3 channels to see if he could see anything. That no longer works, and never incorporated all the cameras anyways.
He wants to be able to monitor all the cameras full time from this apt.
The only thing I can think of (and please help me if I am way off) is to install a mini-pc in the basement of his apartment, and run output cable to a large monitor in his apartment that would stream live views 24/7. Granted he would not be able to control the cameras in any way, but would be able to see them all. I can use the current monitoring software we have and just leave that running on the mini-pc.
1) Does this even make sense? I want to get some feedback before purchasing the mini-pc and figuring out how to get cable up from the basement.
2) If this does make sense, would running a extremely long vga cable upstairs make sense, or should I convert it to something else for the long run? HDMI is an option, but it can be quirky around 50ft.
I appreciate any help
