Camera and placement recommendations

[Suburban28]

Cool I just ordered a nvr and 4431ca from different seller on ali last night

Just ordered two 4431ca as well. Now I wait

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[XtremeAaron]

Cameras have been processed through ISC Chicago as of the 7th. Have my Poe switch and one length of cat 6 run. Through the porch light box and under siding.

Couldn't get the cable run to the garage as the conduit is stuffed full already. Will have to think that through.

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[FrankOceanXray]

Run new conduit? About 3 bucks a ten foot stick of 1.5".

 

[XtremeAaron]

That's the plan, but will probably have to wait until spring for that. For now the second cam will probably go on the back of the house. And I'll order a few more over the next few months.

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[Kawboy12R]

Use an existing run to the garage and plug it into a switch and branch out from there. No need to homerun everything from the garage and lots less labour than redoing a plugged full conduit. I'd rather run a second conduit rather than redo the first if you didn't want to spend for another switch.

 

[XtremeAaron]

What do you mean use an existing run to the garage?

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[FrankOceanXray]

What do you mean use an existing run to the garage?

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I think he is reading the conduit being full s you already have ethernet run. That may not be the case.

If it is, take his advice to save some resources. I did homeruns for my four so far. Easy enough. I have made a small dent in my 1000 foot reel.

 

[Kawboy12R]

Right. With conduit being full I assumed that at least one of the wires was ethernet to a camera. Simply unplug one from a cam and put it into a poe switch. Then you'll have all of the rest of the ports for cameras.

 

[Egads]

I think it's possible the existing conduit is used for line voltage electric to the garage? Not legal (or advisable) to run data cables in the same conduit.

 

[Inigo]

Can the camera in the IPC-HDW4431C-A be rotated 90 degrees so that it can be flush-mounted on a vertical wall? I am thinking about mounting one at shoulder level on the wall next to the front door.

 

[XtremeAaron]

Yes the existing conduit runs power to the garage. I'll bury a new one but need to decide where the best place to run into garage is. The existing runs directly under driveway up into garage.

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[Kawboy12R]

Try a power line adapter if conduit has to run under asphalt or concrete. They can be a bit flaky in some situations but I run three cameras currently from my back building and it gets Ethernet from a PLA. Works great with no issues. 2x 2mp and 1x 1.3mp cameras.

 

[XtremeAaron]

Cameras came today.

I can't get open vpn configured correctly(pi). I can connect, setup using a ddns but still shows my home IP. Any ideas/recommendations?

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[XtremeAaron]

Long overdue update. I've had these setup for a few months now and am very happy with them. I use a raspberry pi as a vpn, so the cams never touch the internet.

I'll update more when I get home.



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