how to integrate unknown camera

[teegold 0]

My customer has three ip cameras on his house that were there when he bought the house. there is no name or serial number on them, they are white bullet cameras with an integrated rj45 tail.

 

1. what software can i try that may work with this (unknown camera)

2. they want another camera with a distance of 100-150ft , any suggestions

3. if that camera in #2 is not an ip camera, how do i integrate all camera's on a dvr.

[ssmith10pn 0]

A picture would be nice.

 

I going to go out on a limb here and say that it's a Analog camera with a video and power over UTP dongle.

[thewireguys 3]

A picture would be nice.

 

I going to go out on a limb here and say that it's a Analog camera with a video and power over UTP dongle.

 

Sounds like ADT bullet cameras with UTP plug.

[teegold 0]

I have a picture of it on my Ipad, i will post it later tonight. Im pretty new to the world of cctv, so please excuse my ignorance, but why would they integrate an rj45 onto an analog camera. I would think it would be digital?

[tomcctv 190]

I have a picture of it on my Ipad, i will post it later tonight. Im pretty new to the world of cctv, so please excuse my ignorance, but why would they integrate an rj45 onto an analog camera. I would think it would be digital?

 

 

many cameras are now built with baluns inside and only use a RJ45 connector.

 

 

are your cameras just on the house with nothing going to them.??? any cables going to a location in the house ??

[teegold 0]

The camera's are attached to the house with the rj45 going to a small circuit board with another rj45 port that has the cat 5 cable running to it that runs to the patch panel. so its like a cat5 extension circuit I guess.

[teegold 0]

Here is the picture of one of the camera's sorry so small but you can zoom in to see what it looks like

[ssmith10pn 0]

The camera's are attached to the house with the rj45 going to a small circuit board with another rj45 port that has the cat 5 cable running to it that runs to the patch panel. so its like a cat5 extension circuit I guess.

 

 

Pictures of that.

[thewireguys 3]

Looks like a ADT camera.

[teegold 0]

is this an analog or ip camera, and if it is analog, do i need a converter to connect it to a dvr's bnc or will i be able to plug the rj45 directly into the router. Also does anyone have software for it if it is in fact an ip camera. I went to the adt site but could not find the camera there.

[Soundy 1]

Baluns (short for "balanced/unbalanced") are devices that allow you to run signal that would normally use coaxial cable, over UTP (unshielded twisted pair - Cat3, Cat5e, Cat6, etc.), instead, often for much longer distances. A typical balun has a BNC connector on one end, and some way to interface the UTP on the other end - usually either a screw terminal, a tool-less punchdown of some kind, or an RJ-45 jack, which makes it easy to us existing network cables and jacks. Some RJ-45-equipped baluns also pass the power through to a pair of wire tails or a barrel-type power plug.

 

If this IS an analog camera (which I agree with the others, it probably is), RJ-45 would be used to make a clean and simple installation - just plug it in, and go. Video, power, and probably audio would all be carried over separate pairs of the UTP cable, and using the RJ-45 connectors means you don't need separate connectors for each type of signal.

 

Mini-DIN connectors are actually much more common for cheap cameras that want to use and all-in-one cable and connector, but there are a number of models out there that use RJ-45 instead.

[teegold 0]

Great description, so I will get some baluns to interface the cat5 coming from the cameras to the bnc connector on the dvr. I will take the advise of you guys and plan on the existing camera's being analog. Hopefully they still work. One more question, please indulge me.

 

What kind of camera can i purchase that will allow me to see a clear picture of someone from 100 ft away. We want to see who is at the gate but dont want to bury cat5, and the distance is too far for wireless, one suggestion was to put a high res camera at the top of the house pointed at the gate would be able to see who is at the gate. The equipment suggested is:

 

a Samsung SCC-B2331 High Resolution Security Camera w/ 5-100mm Auto-Iris Varifocal Lens, and a weatherproof Sony Effio IR Camera.

 

any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks!

[Soundy 1]

Great description, so I will get some baluns to interface the cat5 coming from the cameras to the bnc connector on the dvr. I will take the advise of you guys and plan on the existing camera's being analog. Hopefully they still work.

The catch with this is, you need to know which pins are which in that connector. If there are no other connectors (power, specifically), then power will be carried by at least one pair of pins in the RJ-45... probably two pairs. If you connect power to the video output pins... *poof*.

 

 

One more question, please indulge me.

 

What kind of camera can i purchase that will allow me to see a clear picture of someone from 100 ft away. We want to see who is at the gate but dont want to bury cat5, and the distance is too far for wireless, one suggestion was to put a high res camera at the top of the house pointed at the gate would be able to see who is at the gate. The equipment suggested is:

 

a Samsung SCC-B2331 High Resolution Security Camera w/ 5-100mm Auto-Iris Varifocal Lens, and a weatherproof Sony Effio IR Camera.

 

any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks!

Why would you have two different cameras for this?

 

Using this calculator: http://www.isorainbow.com/lens_calc.htm - at a 100' distance, and assuming you need to view an area 10' wide, you would need a lens focal length of about 48mm.