scottishalex 0 Posted February 6, 2015 Hi there. I would like to minimise the cable required, maximise the capacity of CAT5e/6, and build in an upgrade path between a HD-SDI system and an IP system as far as possible. Specifically, I would like to be able to run say 2 HD-SDI cameras over one CAT5e/6 cable, fit baluns at the end of the CAT5e/6 cable, then run COAX from each balun to the each camera, so that I can have the flexibility to choose the length of the run between the baluns and each camera rather than fitting the baluns directly to the cameras. A bit like traditional networking ish. Many thanks. Alex Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brebenac 0 Posted February 11, 2015 Hi there. I would like to minimise the cable required, maximise the capacity of CAT5e/6, and build in an upgrade path between a HD-SDI system and an IP system as far as possible. Specifically, I would like to be able to run say 2 HD-SDI cameras over one CAT5e/6 cable, fit baluns at the end of the CAT5e/6 cable, then run COAX from each balun to the each camera, so that I can have the flexibility to choose the length of the run between the baluns and each camera rather than fitting the baluns directly to the cameras. A bit like traditional networking ish. Many thanks. Alex What?? Really?... HD-SDI on CAT5e? Man, look for technology description first, you will not be able to use 1m of cat5e and get signal lock on HD-SDI... Geez... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Don Stephens 0 Posted February 11, 2015 Hi there. I would like to minimise the cable required, maximise the capacity of CAT5e/6, and build in an upgrade path between a HD-SDI system and an IP system as far as possible. Specifically, I would like to be able to run say 2 HD-SDI cameras over one CAT5e/6 cable, fit baluns at the end of the CAT5e/6 cable, then run COAX from each balun to the each camera, so that I can have the flexibility to choose the length of the run between the baluns and each camera rather than fitting the baluns directly to the cameras. A bit like traditional networking ish. Many thanks. Alex You can't use network cable with HDSDI like you can with standard def analog cameras. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tomcctv 190 Posted February 11, 2015 hi. there called cat5 extenders not baluns but are only good for 30 to 40 meters and you would need one for each camera so will get expensive Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
