- Nov 18, 2014
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Most PoE splitters strip the power out of the Ethernet and provide 12v and just plain data on the far (camera) end. I'm not having much luck finding one that taps into the PoE to provide both PoE and a separate 12v supply on the far end. I'm looking to run a PoE camera (no 12v option) and a 12v IR illuminator from a single PoE RJ45 cable from the switch. It's easy if the cam does 12v- just split the 12v again with a Y after it comes out of the PoE splitter and run one to the cam and one to the IR but not if the cam doesn't have a 12v input.
Seems like a common enough thing to want to do, right? Where's the hardware? Google isn't helping much today.
Seems like a common enough thing to want to do, right? Where's the hardware? Google isn't helping much today.