Matiw

Dear forumers, I am new to this forum. I am an IT professional; I am given a project to install an IP-camera system in a factory, and to this end, I need your help. I have a project to install 24 IP-cameras in a factory compound. The factory is 100 meter by 200 meter in dimention. The 24 cameras are distributed within the compound in an irregular manner. To reduce the cabling, I would like to use a single cable from the viewing computer (or DVR), and divide the cable at each Camera location using a POE Switches. For ecample, when I reach camera A, I use a Switch to split the cable and send one cable to Camera A, and the other cable will keep on going until I reach camera B. Then I split the cable using another POE switch, send one cable to Camera B and go on until I reach camera B, and so on. - Can someone please tell me if this is possible ? Will the computer be able to identify the signals from each camera and display the video separately ? (remember that only one cable was taken from the computer initially which was then divided using Switches) - Will the network cable have enough bandwidth to accommodate all those signals ? Also, please tell me which IP camera System from which campany will fit my project. Thank you very much Matiw

Dear forumers, I am new to this forum. I am an IT professional; I am given a project to install an IP-camera system in a factory, and to this end, I need your help. I have a project to install 24 IP-cameras in a factory compound. The factory is 100 meter by 200 meter in dimention. The 24 cameras are distributed within the compound in an irregular manner. To reduce the cabling, I would like to use a single cable from the viewing computer (or DVR), and divide the cable at each Camera location using a POE Switches. For ecample, when I reach camera A, I use a Switch to split the cable and send one cable to Camera A, and the other cable will keep on going until I reach camera B. Then I split the cable using another POE switch, send one cable to Camera B and go on until I reach camera B, and so on. - Can someone please tell me if this is possible ? Will the computer be able to identify the signals from each camera and display the video separately ? (remember that only one cable was taken from the computer initially which was then divided using Switches) - Will the network cable have enough bandwidth to accommodate all those signals ? Also, please tell me which IP camera System from which campany will fit my project. Thank you very much Matiw

The cameras are located in groups of three or four far from the monitoring station. I can use some POE switches for them.

Thanks cctvikidis. What I would like to design is like the diagram shown in the attachment, with the Combiners and Extrtacters replaced by Switches, the Coax replaced by a Ethernet cable, and the CCTV camera and Video Injectors replaced by IP cameras. Is it possible ?