Not Sure if this belongs in this area of the form but here goes. By trade I'm a I.T. person of 26 years who was given the job of installing Cameras in our Government Buildings. Its a work in progress and I have to deal with many different Department Heads, people and building layouts. The next job is say a facility that has a layout of hallways like a hospital with many long narrow hallways and 90 degree turns, Its like a maze. I met with the Director a few weeks ago and I told him I could give him a idea of what the cameras and pictures would look like. Here is what I threw together on short notice.
1. coffee cart
2. My old trusted laptop
3. one power injector
4. one 3mp 3.6 dome
5. one HP UPS battery backup.
6. a old broom stick and a scrap 2 by 4
7. some scrap 5e network cable
8. SmartPSS software
The pictures are of it somewhat disassembled but you will get the point. I threw everything into my truck and took a road trip. It not pretty but was able to wheel it around self contained, hold up the stick, look at the views and take a snapshot and aim it around and decide if was better to install on a wall or ceiling tile. I walked around for over two hours with the Director and his staff deciding where to put cameras inside and out. I copied all the pictures to a thumb drive so they could review them. Like I said it was crude but it worked well. The 3.6 dome worked well in most place but a 2.8mm will be better in some thin hallways, they agreed on 11 cameras for the install, it also gave me a good feeling that i was getting the correct cameras for the job. The network cable goes from the laptop through the POE injector direct to the camera, I also use this method to bench test new IP cameras. As long as the laptop and the camera are on the same subnet it will work. In this case no need for a crossover cable because I believe the camera is auto sensing and adjust for it. The Injector and laptop ran over two hours on the ups with no problems. Just hit the beep button to turn it off and it was a self contained setup.
1. coffee cart
2. My old trusted laptop
3. one power injector
4. one 3mp 3.6 dome
5. one HP UPS battery backup.
6. a old broom stick and a scrap 2 by 4
7. some scrap 5e network cable
8. SmartPSS software
The pictures are of it somewhat disassembled but you will get the point. I threw everything into my truck and took a road trip. It not pretty but was able to wheel it around self contained, hold up the stick, look at the views and take a snapshot and aim it around and decide if was better to install on a wall or ceiling tile. I walked around for over two hours with the Director and his staff deciding where to put cameras inside and out. I copied all the pictures to a thumb drive so they could review them. Like I said it was crude but it worked well. The 3.6 dome worked well in most place but a 2.8mm will be better in some thin hallways, they agreed on 11 cameras for the install, it also gave me a good feeling that i was getting the correct cameras for the job. The network cable goes from the laptop through the POE injector direct to the camera, I also use this method to bench test new IP cameras. As long as the laptop and the camera are on the same subnet it will work. In this case no need for a crossover cable because I believe the camera is auto sensing and adjust for it. The Injector and laptop ran over two hours on the ups with no problems. Just hit the beep button to turn it off and it was a self contained setup.
