Question/advice/recommendation

[JMT76 0]

Hey all,

 

I was wondering if someone could chime in with their thoughts and let me know if this is a good system to use to monitor the outside of my property. As far as the cameras, I would like sufficient night vision clarity to be able to see about 50 - 100 feet to my cars and boats, maybe 100-120 feet of my driveway, as well.

 

https://www.lorextechnology.com/hd-ip-security-camera-system/high-definition-surveillance-camera-system-with-2mp-cameras/LN10802-166W-1-p

 

Location: Mississippi, so snow/ice is not a concern. All cameras will be mounter under 24" eaves, so direct rain shouldn't be too much of an issue.

 

Installation: I was Director of Surveillance at one of the casinos down here, so I have a good understanding of system design and layout, but I've been out of the game for a while. When I left, it was still analog cameras with BNC connectors feeding a 2-channel encoder rack which went to the NVRs through a network switch on a Pelco Endura NVR/NSM w/SM5000. I would like this system to be POE for ease of installation, and I would like all the cameras to be able to feed into a POE switch in the garage that will run one Cat5/6 cable to the NVR connected to a cable in my office.

 

Was wondering if this system would cover all my needs in one tidy package? My biggest concern is the single input question, as the recorder will be located inside the house, and I don't want a rack full of equipment in my office.

 

Second concern is remote viewing. I would like to be able to see the cameras via an app or website. Router is also in the office, so it can be connected to my home network via ethernet.

 

Thanks in advance for your replies/recommendations.

 

Cheers.

 

-Jason

[mattaggie 0]

That system is good, but my concern is with how you are wanting to route your wires. It is designed to have each camara plugged directly in the NVR. Your plan of a POE switch in the garage and then one cat5 going in your house is a good idea, but you are defeating the design of this system. I imagine the networking ports on this NVR are 100mbps, so 16 3MP cameras coming into one port may not work very well. Your setup would work better if you used an NVR that did not have POE built in, but only 2 gigabit network ports.

 

Remote viewing is no big deal, standard with any system these days. As far as night vision goes, the best way is to use lights to light up the area. Relying completely on IR usually doesnt give the best picture. If there are street lights around you usually get a pretty good black and white picture.

[JMT76 0]

I appreciate the reply.

 

The one network cable off the switch into the house isn't a must-have, I was just hoping for a convenient and less messy solution than 16 cables coming through a penetration in the wall.

 

Would a different NVR be a better option, or should I just suck it up and run all the cameras into the house on their own CAT5 via a pipe chase?

 

Thanks.

[mattaggie 0]

16 cameras is alot for a home. Are some of these cameras going inside the home? My point is, connecting all 16 cameras to the garage may be more difficult that just routing them into your house. Also, Im guessing your garage is no air conditioned, so the POE switch may fail due to heat/humidity at some point. I agree a bunch of cables coming into your office may not look very nice, do you have a closet you could use for all the wiring?

[JMT76 0]

House is 3000 sq ft with some bump outs that would create dead zones, so there will have to be some redundant coverage areas, and I'll also be monitoring a 150' driveway and where I park my boats.

 

It's starting to look like I'll have to use a closet and a pipe chase, and then just run a single CAT5 to the router and branch off from there. I was trying to avoid all the cables, but there may not be another way.

My pantry is about 200 square feet, so I can just rearrange some stuff in there and go with a smaller monitor and a separate UPS for the system.