jasonwb

The gate is powered, my dad ran electricity out there from somewhere, I think the property next door (that they own as well). It's operated by a garage door opener type transmitter, and there's no intercom. So the family has one and if someone is coming over, they go down to the gate and open it and just leave it open. Luckyfella: From a quick google search, a point to point bridge is wireless correct? It would have to be mounted way up on a pole above all the trees right? I would like to try to avoid doing that if at all possible. RVT: Fiber optic is expensive compared to Cat5 correct? I couldn't really find any place selling it. Sunnykim: If going analog, I would run to a balun then over Cat5 to the house.

I need some help designing a security system for my parents. I have attached a print of the basic layout of their property, it's approximately 1000-1100' to the house from the gate (as the crow flies). They would like a few at the gate to be able to see faces and license plates of people pulling into the driveway and snooping where they don't belong. They would also like a few up at the house but those are the easy part. I know for analog cameras, you can get them to run over 1000' with baluns. What option is there for running a few digital cameras that distance? We do have 110 VAC at the gate and I would rather not run powered signal boosters every 300'. I like the high resolution benefit of the digital cameras vs the analog, what option is there to get the signal to travel 1000 or so feet?