Hrishi 0 Posted June 9, 2015 In an apartment of 10 blocks, we plan to install 2 cameras (one in the basement and lobby) and 2 along the periphery of the building. We plan to view the footage in the security area and have one control room Idea is to have a strong Optical fibre backbone, which can be used for future upgrade. Isnt it good to have a ring network so that the wiring is minimal. Proposal sent out are generally for long mesh of cables across the apartment blocks to the control room(where the NVR's are placed) and then put the data out to watch in security. How does one reduce the cost and complications of wiring? Is it possible to have a POE dedicated to each block and having these connected to a switch which is then connected to a NVR? We can then connect 2 displays from this device. Thanks Hrishi Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jazzar 0 Posted June 9, 2015 you could bring an 8 core fibre cable back from each block to the monitoring block, using 1 fibre per camera would still leave 4 spares for upgrades and if system expands further you can get fancy CCTV encoders/decoders which will handle 8 channels across 1 fibre - potential of 64 cameras from each block. running a ring means you need to splice all cables at each drop off point to continue on with the ring which may be more costly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hrishi 0 Posted June 10, 2015 Thank you for the feedback Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jazzar 0 Posted June 10, 2015 no problem - meant to say on my post I was referring to analogue video system, if you put a network switch at the end of each fibre at each of the blocks then use IP cameras -then you have more capacity than you would probably ever use. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
