I started another post here yesterday ( Foscam - Qcam NVR - ONVIF Camera Problems ), but decided I can't deal with this junk NVR anymore and its time to switch to something that will work better for what I need.
I am thinking of running Blue Iris on my new Dell i7, and I want to use up to 20 POE cameras but have no idea what hardware I need to power the cameras, and then plug into my PC to send the data to Blue Iris? I also would like to use my current flat screen that is plugged into my NVR as my screen that will show all the camera feeds.
I have a farm with 6 outbuildings and have CAT5 cables going to all of them that I would like to use to get the system set up to work better. I have had nothing but issues with the NVR since I bought it, and them Foscam discontinued it and stopped supporting it.
I would appreciate any help you all could give me? I do have concerns about it bogging down my PC as I also use the PC for running my business daily, and also for editing 4k GoPro footage every so often but not daily.. and then there is the 1tb hard drive that I do not want to use, so I will likely install a second, dedicated drive, or do something cloud based if that is an option? Anyway. This is all new to me so I am sure I will be here for some time to come as I build and expand this system over the next few years. Thanks for all your help in advance.
I am thinking of running Blue Iris on my new Dell i7, and I want to use up to 20 POE cameras but have no idea what hardware I need to power the cameras, and then plug into my PC to send the data to Blue Iris? I also would like to use my current flat screen that is plugged into my NVR as my screen that will show all the camera feeds.
I have a farm with 6 outbuildings and have CAT5 cables going to all of them that I would like to use to get the system set up to work better. I have had nothing but issues with the NVR since I bought it, and them Foscam discontinued it and stopped supporting it.
I would appreciate any help you all could give me? I do have concerns about it bogging down my PC as I also use the PC for running my business daily, and also for editing 4k GoPro footage every so often but not daily.. and then there is the 1tb hard drive that I do not want to use, so I will likely install a second, dedicated drive, or do something cloud based if that is an option? Anyway. This is all new to me so I am sure I will be here for some time to come as I build and expand this system over the next few years. Thanks for all your help in advance.