A policeman knocked on the door last week and said there had been a break in just up the road and to stay secure etc. We have a house alarm so not overly worried about getting chosen as the next target but further deterrent can't be a bad thing so i got the go ahead to set up some CCTV cameras.
I spent quite a while reading forums and finding out which brands are best. Hikvision seems popular. The kit is all wired ethernet as wireless is insecure and unreliable and from what I've read wireless should be avoided at all costs!
You need to store the feeds from the cameras. That can either be a computer with the right software or a dedicated set top box type thing. It seems my server would get bogged down if recording HD streams 24/7 so i went for a box.
cameras get their power down the ethernet cable using 'power over ethernet' (PoE) and this box has 4 powered ports which are plug and play for known cameras. It doesn't come with a hard drive
So I fitted this one. I broke it out of a USB enclosure as for some strange reason plug in USB drives are cheaper than bare drives.
I've only bought 1 camera for now but will be getting 2 more. The resolution is over full HD at 2048 x 1536 pixels 3Mp
just for testing it is connected to a TV via HDMI (it also has VGA for PC monitor) and the camera is looking through the double glazing at the street.
picture info
I can also log in with a PC and view the cameras and review recordings, change setting etc without going near the box. this is a screen capture
using the computer I saved a still image at full resolution. The forum software will have resized it
So here is a link to view the image full size
http://www.argand.co.uk/pixs/TWH2/CCTV-8.jpg
Oh and having gone through a bit of network setting up i can view on my phone too.
Happy to answer any questions if I can
I spent quite a while reading forums and finding out which brands are best. Hikvision seems popular. The kit is all wired ethernet as wireless is insecure and unreliable and from what I've read wireless should be avoided at all costs!
You need to store the feeds from the cameras. That can either be a computer with the right software or a dedicated set top box type thing. It seems my server would get bogged down if recording HD streams 24/7 so i went for a box.
cameras get their power down the ethernet cable using 'power over ethernet' (PoE) and this box has 4 powered ports which are plug and play for known cameras. It doesn't come with a hard drive
So I fitted this one. I broke it out of a USB enclosure as for some strange reason plug in USB drives are cheaper than bare drives.
I've only bought 1 camera for now but will be getting 2 more. The resolution is over full HD at 2048 x 1536 pixels 3Mp
just for testing it is connected to a TV via HDMI (it also has VGA for PC monitor) and the camera is looking through the double glazing at the street.
picture info
I can also log in with a PC and view the cameras and review recordings, change setting etc without going near the box. this is a screen capture
using the computer I saved a still image at full resolution. The forum software will have resized it
So here is a link to view the image full size
http://www.argand.co.uk/pixs/TWH2/CCTV-8.jpg
Oh and having gone through a bit of network setting up i can view on my phone too.
Happy to answer any questions if I can
