Hello all fairly new here I've been browsing for a while after my future residence was broken into and I lost some money in tools and supplies. Actually watched a bunch of youtube videos over nvr's and cameras and ended up finding this amazing forum. I'm very new with networking and cameras and was hoping to get some insights. My house sits just off a blacktop on the north side of a county road with the county road being the only drive in access. Now if you really wanted to go through the ditch it wouldn't be an issue to get onto the property from the west side. With that being said, the only building that is really set in stone is the shop to the east side of the picture which is a 40x80. Unfortunately it has sliding barn doors on the west side for the foreseeable future and they are just over 13' tall and will extend past the building fully opened which definitely isn't ideal for height. Currently I only have electricity but internet hopefully shouldn't be a problem although the company might find it odd that I want internet ran to the shop instead of the house. This is because I am doing a complete multi year remodel on the house and adding another floor to the center section of the roof. I'm wanting the home base to be inside the shop inside of a 9x8 room I am building for a blue iris pc for the cams. I do plan to go with open vpn and a dual nic in the blue iris setup as I'm pretty sure I can figure that much out.
Now for my awkward questions. I'm planning an absolute minimum of 14 cameras.
I was thinking one HFW5241E-Z12E for sure mounted looking towards the south at my drive entry to possibly catch a license plate. Lighting won't be a issue as I'll run conduit and another breaker for a straight up spotlight if I have to.
Also a mix of the T5442T-ZE's and T2231T-ZS
As far as poe switches I'm a complete imbecile. I'm trying to figure out if I can have a poe switch mounted inside the shop to power the 5+ cameras there be fed off of a standard non powered switch that is just doing the data connectivity for the cameras? Then also run a cat 6 in conduit from that non powered switch in the shop all the way to the house for around 240+/- feet to another poe switch for what's essentially temporary cameras on the house until siding, windows, doors and everything exterior is finished. Especially considering whoever put the vinyl siding on did vertical runners every three feet and half of it is blowing off from our winds. The good news is the house is completely gutted so I have access to any stud bay I want!
So I guess my question on poe switches is, do I only need the poe where the termination of the camera wire is and other than that I can run data off of a standard non powered switch or do I need poe from the pc to the camera??
Also I have the water wellhouse around the 150' mark that I also plan on mounting cameras on.
I plan on buying some cameras and testing placement with the 5 gallon bucket filled with rocks and 2x4 with exception to my height limitation on the front of the shop.
Another plus is the account manager has basically given me unlimited funds.
Now for my awkward questions. I'm planning an absolute minimum of 14 cameras.
I was thinking one HFW5241E-Z12E for sure mounted looking towards the south at my drive entry to possibly catch a license plate. Lighting won't be a issue as I'll run conduit and another breaker for a straight up spotlight if I have to.
Also a mix of the T5442T-ZE's and T2231T-ZS
As far as poe switches I'm a complete imbecile. I'm trying to figure out if I can have a poe switch mounted inside the shop to power the 5+ cameras there be fed off of a standard non powered switch that is just doing the data connectivity for the cameras? Then also run a cat 6 in conduit from that non powered switch in the shop all the way to the house for around 240+/- feet to another poe switch for what's essentially temporary cameras on the house until siding, windows, doors and everything exterior is finished. Especially considering whoever put the vinyl siding on did vertical runners every three feet and half of it is blowing off from our winds. The good news is the house is completely gutted so I have access to any stud bay I want!
So I guess my question on poe switches is, do I only need the poe where the termination of the camera wire is and other than that I can run data off of a standard non powered switch or do I need poe from the pc to the camera??
Also I have the water wellhouse around the 150' mark that I also plan on mounting cameras on.
I plan on buying some cameras and testing placement with the 5 gallon bucket filled with rocks and 2x4 with exception to my height limitation on the front of the shop.
Another plus is the account manager has basically given me unlimited funds.