CaliGirl
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My brother asked me to help him design and setup a camera system for his house. Wohoo
Looking for product recommendations, feedback and constructive criticism on this thread to design it. I had good success for my previous build and from many of you on here! Looking to build something similar, but improve upon it. I've read the Cliff Notes several times over.
1. Needs to mount flush and look clean, thinking Turrets mounted on a junction box on stucco walls
2. Needs to detect movement for intruders well in BI software
3. Needs to be semi easy to install since this will be DIY and we have very little experience running the cable
4. CPU needs to handle 9+ cameras
5. There is a very bright LED street light in the culdesac that should help at night
6. Looking at Dahua and Hikivision (never tried hiki)
7. Budget about $1,500 for cameras, CPU, POE switch, cables
8. Trying to keep the cameras mounted below 8 ft (better recognition) except on one camera
9. Would like to mount BI machine and switch in the garage to avoid attic work and keep things simple, we can run 6 camera's cabling via the garage ceiling exposed and easy to get to.
10. Doesn't really want cameras peering down in the pool, at least up close since its an invasion of privacy for his guests, wish there was a way to cover them up when guest come over said.
11. No way to hard wire the BI CPU to the router, will need to be wifi 5ghz, strong signal avail
12. Very much struggling with how to run cat 5 to the back of the house. Access via the attic but no easy way to get it down lower that we can think of. No basement. Any ideas here? Would be great to have a camera on the back fence looking back at the house, but not sure how to get a cable to this location.
QUESTIONS for Stage1:
1. What are the latest Dahua and HIKI turret offerings that have decent low light and excellent daylight image quality? Varifocal wanted if a viable option. Easier to install and get dialed in. Should I forgo 4mp and get 2mp on this system? I have 4mp on the last project and I feel like I never get to use the extra resolution bc the BI bogs down or needs to be reduced for remote viewing. Just cumbersome. A fairly bright front driveway at night with the LED street light. The backyard is dark at night. Everywhere I look lately from modern hotels to model homes I am seeing Hikivision turrets.....
2. What do you recommend for a good 9+ POE switch?
3. Anything I need to determine before moving onto to stage B? What am I not thinking about?
(stage B will decide what BI CPU computer and cabling)
Looking for product recommendations, feedback and constructive criticism on this thread to design it. I had good success for my previous build and from many of you on here! Looking to build something similar, but improve upon it. I've read the Cliff Notes several times over.
1. Needs to mount flush and look clean, thinking Turrets mounted on a junction box on stucco walls
2. Needs to detect movement for intruders well in BI software
3. Needs to be semi easy to install since this will be DIY and we have very little experience running the cable
4. CPU needs to handle 9+ cameras
5. There is a very bright LED street light in the culdesac that should help at night
6. Looking at Dahua and Hikivision (never tried hiki)
7. Budget about $1,500 for cameras, CPU, POE switch, cables
8. Trying to keep the cameras mounted below 8 ft (better recognition) except on one camera
9. Would like to mount BI machine and switch in the garage to avoid attic work and keep things simple, we can run 6 camera's cabling via the garage ceiling exposed and easy to get to.
10. Doesn't really want cameras peering down in the pool, at least up close since its an invasion of privacy for his guests, wish there was a way to cover them up when guest come over said.
11. No way to hard wire the BI CPU to the router, will need to be wifi 5ghz, strong signal avail
12. Very much struggling with how to run cat 5 to the back of the house. Access via the attic but no easy way to get it down lower that we can think of. No basement. Any ideas here? Would be great to have a camera on the back fence looking back at the house, but not sure how to get a cable to this location.
QUESTIONS for Stage1:
1. What are the latest Dahua and HIKI turret offerings that have decent low light and excellent daylight image quality? Varifocal wanted if a viable option. Easier to install and get dialed in. Should I forgo 4mp and get 2mp on this system? I have 4mp on the last project and I feel like I never get to use the extra resolution bc the BI bogs down or needs to be reduced for remote viewing. Just cumbersome. A fairly bright front driveway at night with the LED street light. The backyard is dark at night. Everywhere I look lately from modern hotels to model homes I am seeing Hikivision turrets.....
2. What do you recommend for a good 9+ POE switch?
3. Anything I need to determine before moving onto to stage B? What am I not thinking about?
(stage B will decide what BI CPU computer and cabling)
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