New IP Security Camera installation - some questions

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*reposted from the installation and help forum. I was asked to post it here.

 

 

I'm looking for a little advice in setting up security cameras.

 

I've decided on Axis for the cameras. I'm not sure what to use for an NVR, any suggestions would be helpful.

 

The cameras will be on their own network, so all new cabling. Am I right in keeping video traffic off our internal network?

6 cameras at the front of the building and 4 in the back.

1 POE switch in the front of the building for the front cameras and one at the back for those cameras. I'd like to put the NVR in the server room so it's locked up and climate controlled.

I'd also like to setup a 50" TV about 250 feet away from the NVR/server room so the factory can see what's on the cameras. How would I do that? HDMI?

 

Would it be possible to have the NVR connected to our internal network so the video can be viewed anywhere?

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Having the cameras and nvr on a PoE switch will isolate the traffic from the rest of your network, so no need to worry. Axis makes good cameras but no NVR. Milestone sells an NVR. Other names that come to mind are NUUO, Synology Surveillance Station, QNAP, AverMedia. Depends on your budget. I personally prefer to use a PC with NVR software as it separates the investment in license and hardware. So if it breaks, I can just fix it myself or get a new PC without impacting my software license investment, so I use Milestone XProtect which works well with Axis but there's others like Exacq and Luxriot that have been around a while.

 

To view the cameras remotely on the 50" TV, you'll need some sort of computer to run client software or web browser to view the cameras at the remote location. I use a tiny Android computer, usually sold for way under $100 and connects via WiFi but if that's not possible, they have adapters or some with Ethernet ports. Then I run one of the many Android apps that lets you view the cameras directly via their sub-stream.