Long Distance IP Camera Installations

[ice5 0]

Folks,

 

So far I have done traditional CCTV installations i.e simple analog cams + RG 59 + DVR

 

My next project is kind of different and I need some expert advice :

 

I got to wire a 4 acre (1,50,000 sq ft area) wide warehouse with IP cams.

 

Not knowing much about IP cams what I need to under is

1. What kind of wire would I have to use to cover such long distances ?

2. Will I require some kind of signal amplifiers ? Do these amplifiers work with IP cams ?

3. Do I connect the IP cams to a switch and then to a router ??

 

Where can I get some detailed tutorials

I got to submit a detail cost report and cannot afford missing out on any components ? I need to cover every little piece of instrument for this.

 

Kindly advice.

[Soundy 1]

You could probably do it with ethernet-over-coax adapters, which allow you go far beyond ethernet's standard 100m limit... but if you want to do it RIGHT, you should probably look at fiber. It will cost more (actually, I don't think then equipment is THAT spendy anymore, but installing the fiber itself probably will be), but it's really the PROPER way to do it.

 

Actual topology either way will depend a lot on the camera layout you need... if, say, you have three cameras within a couple hundred feet of each other, you could link them directly by ethernet using a five-port switch, then uplink that switch to the server room with fiber.

[megapixel man 0]

Best to look at edge switches and a fibre backbone.

[hardwired 0]

If you can't afford to implement fiber, I've had pretty good luck with DSL-type converters over twisted pair (CAT3, or 5), up to several thousand feet.

 

You can get 100Mbps bidirectional up to 1000+ feet, and reduced rates out several thousand feet more.

[anisbh 0]

i have an installation using :

* fiber

* media-converter

* IP cam

* Switch Layer2

* NVR

 

contact me for more information

 

a.benhassine@multicom-tn.com

[ice5 0]

Hardwired ... what kind of "DSL-type converters" did you use. Could you be more specific ??

[hardwired 0]

I've had good luck with converters from http://netsys-direct.com/. They have models up to 100Mbps full duplex, up to 1000 feet, up to 4500 feet at 21 Mbps, and other models rated to 22,000 feet, but at minimal data rates, a single camera at 2Mbps would be usable at 12,000 feet or so.

 

They also have a PoE over single pair solution, seems like it would be pretty nice, but I haven't tested that model yet..