CmdrBond

Even if I decide to bring the NVR further into the house to avoid the "damp", can anyone explain to me why I shouldn't pass the cables through the nice easy air vent, and instead look at having to drill new holes in my wall? Please, if there is a reason I am missing, then I will quite happily accept further guidance. But just saying don't do it without a why not doesn't help much, it would be like taking a car to a garage with an intermittent obscure fault, telling them its broken (but not how) and walking away leaving them scratching their heads.

I am in the process of installing my first system. For this post the specs are irrelevant, but for information I have chosen the following: 4x HikVision DS-2CD2132F-IS 3MP PoE cameras with built in microSD 4x HikVision DS-1272ZJ-110B wall brackets with junction box 1x HikVision DS-7108N-SN/P NVR with built in 8 port PoE switch I would like some advice on bringing the cabling from the cameras indoors. I plan to install the NVR in the downstairs toilet. Which is on the left hand side of the house, in the middle. My broadband connection comes into the back bedroom which is on the right hand side of the house. I plan to power the NVR from the back bedroom via the use of a pair of passive PoE injectors/splitters thereby just needing to pass the Ethernet cable to the NVR. I plan to run some CAT6 up through the ceiling (in the corner), through the loft, out through the eaves and down the side of the house to the entry point for the camera cables. To make things easy, I am going to pass the cables through an air vent. I plan on replacing that wooden slatted cover, which is about 6"-8" square. What I would like from you guys is some advice as what to replace it with. What I am looking to achieve is a weatherproof cover for the cabling, but one that will allow for the addition or removal of terminated cables at any time, and is not to obtrusive. Ideally, it should be no more than 1"-2" deep. Also, do you have any suggestions as to what to place on the inside (where the plastic vent cover was)? Lastly, could you comment on whether it would be wise to place a smaller diameter pipe (say 2") through the vent and fill the gaps around it with expanding foam? Or should I leave the current hole as is and just work with the covers?

I note that my Cameras (Hik DS-2CD2132F-IS) and my NVR (Hik DS-7108N-SN/P) all have a screw on the back labelled "Ground". The NVR will be powered by an AC adapter providing DC current, and this in tern will be powering the cameras via PoE. Do I need to ground the equipment? As the NVR is receiving DC input, there is no earth going back to the mains circuit, so I would have to find a sufficient water pipe I presume. What about the cameras? How would I earth them? I can't see grounding them individually is going to be easy. Can I pass the ground back to the NVR? If I were to use STP, could I connect the ground wire to the earth on the back of the camera, and the other end to the earth on the NVR? Looking at the RJ45 socket on the pigtail, I am assuming that it is not designed with STP in mind as it appears to be all plastic. Or should I just not worry and continue to use UTP as planned and ignore the ground screws altogether?

I am in the process of setting up my first system, I am still waiting for the components to arrive. I am currently waiting for some HikVision DS-2CD2132F-IS cameras and a DS-7108N-IS NVR. I don't plan on recording to my PC with iVMS, however I do have a friend who is interested in the system I am installing and they have 2 locations they want to cover. Before I ordered the Hiks, I briefly had some SwannEye HD ADS-460's and whilst testing them I noticed that their software showed LAN and WAN connections. I didn't try it, but I was presuming that the SwannEye HD Pro software would allow live/scheduled/motion recording of both LAN and WAN cameras to the local HDD - not just transferring off the in built SD Cards. On to the iVMS and the Hik NVR... I am guessing that the NVR will only allow recording of directly connected cameras, but it would be interesting if it did allow for recording from WAN cameras. But what about iVMS - will that allow attaching of WAN cameras and recording directly to a local disk? My friend will very likely be connecting to a PC and wishes to cover their home and their business. It won't be a big issue if not, as the cameras will record to in built SD, but that will restrict them to motion recording only and not 24/7.

So your saying even the NVR will connect to a WAN camera (bandwidth permitting)? If the WAN camera has an IP address and is accessible, then there is no difference. It needs an IP address, it can not use a name. Gotcha. Obviously the swan system somehow tunnels IP's as you log into their servers to register and connect cameras. So with this system, you would somehow have to make the IP of one site visible to the other to be able to connect them. Thank you.

That's a fair comment, however the downstairs toilet is just a toilet (no bath or shower), is hardly used and doesn't suffer from damp or condensation.

So your saying even the NVR will connect to a WAN camera (bandwidth permitting)?

Could you be a bit more specific as to why not? I can't see how passing cables through an existing vent is an issue. Anyway, I don't know if you can tell from the pictures, but it is practically blocked off anyway. BUT If there is a seriously good reason why I shouldn't, then I will reconsider my cabling strategy.