I want to install CCTV camera system in my company, but how?
September 25, 2009 by admin
Filed under CCTV System
I want dome type camera to be installed at various places and see the view on computer, how can I set up the same and what do I need as system components?
Hello
If you like you can send me your requirements and I can pass them of to a professional to design your CCTV. (email is listed bellow)
Just like any other consumer electronic in the end you get what you pay for. Most retailers and sellers make about a 40-80% profit margin, this is after costs like shipping and overhead. That means when you buy a product that costs $100.00 the manufacturer usually has only spent $30 to build it which simply means it’s not a good product and will probably have a working life of about 2 months. There is a reason these products are 1/10 of the price of good and reliable DVR brand names. The type of seller these products attract are online sellers (ebay) and will make profits margins as low as 2% which means they can’t afford to offer good service or allow for RMAs (returns). Cheap products are like disposable razors they are NOT designed to last for a long time and you will end up replacing them every 2 months.
A true DVR and camera require years of research and development to facilitate the seamless integration of both the hardware and software. DVRs are highly complex systems that must run 24/7, processing millions of images per day and are one of the few products that can’t be made both well and cheaply. Cheap and inexpensive products like Q-see, Swan, Lorex, and other low grade DVR’s and cameras sold by Tiger Direct, Newegg, radio shack Sams Club, are not used by any security professional and should only be used by hobbyists.
File size is crucial to streaming because most DVR’s on the market record at real time performance (30FPS per channel) so on a 4CH is trying to send 120, 8CH 240, and a 16CH 480 images per second which requires way too much bandwidth even for the most extreme internet connections.
If you are buying a DVR and streaming is a high priority I suggest you ask for a demo and connect to the DVR to make sure it is able to stream fast enough for your needs. Most DVRs say they have remote viewing but it is often too slow and laggy to be of any use especially if it is a standalone. Some good DVR brands that I recommend are Bosch, Pelco, Honeywell and Ascendent. These brands are what security professionals use, Q-see, Swan and Lorex are only used in residential applications because they are sold by Tiger Direct, Newegg, Sams Club, Costco and other retail outlets but are not used by any security professionals also their tech support rarely speaks English as their first language…
http://www.ascendentgroup.com (Price and performance)
www.honeywell.com
www.pelco.com/
http://www.bosch.com
Hope this Helps,
Contact me, but first mail me the details
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Hi David.
The answers I want to give are too long to be held within the limit of Yahoo! Answers , so please visit this site yourself to find out what you wanted.
1. How to Install a Digital CCTV System
http://www.ehow.com/how_2221139_install-digital-cctv-system.html
2. CCTV Video Tutorials
http://www.apexcctv.com/t-cctv_video_tutorials.aspx
3. How To Install That Pesky CCTV Camera System
http://digg.com/security/How_To_Install_That_Pesky_CCTV_Camera_System
4. Do-It-Yourself CCTV
http://www.homesecurityguru.com/do-it-yourself-cctv
5. How To Install a CCTV Camera System
http://www.howtodothings.com/electronics/how-to-install-a-cctv-camera-system
Regards.
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Web Search
I advise that you read product reviews before making the decision of purchasing such products. There are lots of product options available and it can be checked online. Just google Easyspyshop . com- they have lots of products available.
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Major components:
Surveillance cameras:
* can be analog or IP network based.
* can be wired or wireless.
* can be indoor or outdoor rated.
* can be used under lit conditions only or use infrared emitters for zero-light use.
* can have controls for panning (left-right), tilting (up-down) and zooming (in-out) or just remain with a static view.
* can be low resolution at 320 lines of horizontal video or high resolution at 540 lines of horizontal video – or higher – up to and including high definition.
* can be a camera only or include a microphone.
With all the different options and added capabilities the camera can range in price from about $50 to over $3,000 each.
Camera connection to
* Digital video recorder can be analog – composite – video with a single BNC connector or RCA jack. This can be as simple as a single camera and a single monitor (or TV with an AV-in jack) or multiple cameras feeding into a multi-channel Digital video recorder. Surveillance DVRs typically come in 1, 4, 8, 9 and 16 channel configurations. There’s a hard drive inside the DVR to store the video or stills. The DVR has a monitor out that can connect to a TV so you can see all the cameras on screen at the same time – or can be assigned an IP address on the LAN and accessed by authorized computers.
* an IP network by the individual cameras happens if the camera is IP based and not analog. Each camera has a "video server" embedded in the camera and each camera is assigned an IP address on the LAN – and each camera has its own ethernet connection. There needs to be a file server computer on the LAN that records and stores the video fed to it from the IP cameras.
The "monitor" in an
* analog surveillance network can be a TV – I use flat-panel TVs with RCA video-in jacks (normally these would be used at home to connect a game console with the yellow composite RCA jack). If you assign an IP address to the DVR, you can also access the video image from a computer (local or remote). The low-end systems require a client to be installed on the computer being used to monitor – the better (more expensive) systems have a video server embedded in the DVR so all the computer being used to monitor is a browser pointed at the DVR’s assigned IP address.
* IP network based surveillance network monitoring is always a computer.
Battery back-up of the cameras (they all need power), and anything that is part of the "system". In the case of an analog system, that means the DVR and any monitors you might need to be useful during a power outage. With the IP based network, that also means the file server recoirding the video and the network hub and the network router – and any other computers that need to continue monitoring in the event of power failure.
A wired camera has a single cable that carries power and video (and sometimes audio) and directly connects the camera to the DVR or the LAN and plugs into power.
A wireless camera still needs power (wire #1). The video signal is transmitted wirelessly to a base station or access point. The base station or access point needs power (wire #2) and connection (wire #3) to the DVR or LAN… when you count them up, a "wireless" camera actually requires MORE wires than a wired camera.
So… What is your budget?
In my mind, a decent "starter" system budget and shopping list:
4 stationary cameras ($100 each),
monitor (19" flat panel TV for $250),
DVR ($300) and hard drive ($150),
battery backup ($250)
=> gets over $1,000 with no labor fairly quickly. Add more $ for color, hi-res, LAN connectivity, night vision, more than 4-channel DVR, bigger hard drive in the DVR for more storage, multiple monitors and monitoring places at the place under surveillance and associated cabling, pant/tilt/zoom, audio, etc…
Fry’s Electronics has a good selection – I would stay away from the "kits"… consumer-grade, 4-channel Lorex DVR, Lorex or Swann cameras… any relatively current TV monitor will do as long as it has AV-inputs. Cheap cameras = low resolution, so spend a little more for those.
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Hello
If you like you can send me your requirements and I can pass them of to a professional to design your CCTV. (email is listed bellow)
Not all CCTV equipment is created equal, in fact there are many options that offer varying performance much like the automobile industry. In the world of CCTV you can find the equivalent of a $2,000 golf cart and a $350,000 Ferrari and everything in between. Both have 4 wheels but that’s where the similarities end, it’s under the hood that counts.
Just like any other consumer electronic in the end you get what you pay for. Most retailers and sellers make about a 40-80% profit margin, this is after costs like shipping and overhead. That means when you buy a product that costs $100.00 the manufacturer usually has only spent $30 to build it which simply means it’s not a good product and will probably have a working life of about 2 months. There is a reason these products are 1/10 of the price of good and reliable DVR brand names. The type of seller these products attract are online sellers (ebay) and will make profits margins as low as 2% which means they can’t afford to offer good service or allow for RMAs (returns). Cheap products are like disposable razors they are NOT designed to last for a long time and you will end up replacing them every 2 months.
Now some products can be made cheaply like ipod cases, screen protectors, and other simple products with no moving parts or electronics. DVRs need to be good quality as they run 24/7 (20X more than the average electronic device) and process anywhere from 30-480 frames per second which in a year is over 15 billion images, and a good DVR should last 3-5 years.
A true DVR and camera require years of research and development to facilitate the seamless integration of both the hardware and software. DVRs are highly complex systems that must run 24/7, processing millions of images per day and are one of the few products that can’t be made both well and cheaply. Cheap and inexpensive products like Q-see, Swan, Lorex, and other low grade DVR’s and cameras sold by Tiger Direct, Newegg, radio shack Sams Club, are not used by any security professional and should only be used by hobbyists.
I suggest you buy a PC based DVR has they have more processing power and normally have a much smaller file size and offer more features then Standalone DVR’s. I know many people buy a cheap standalone DVR, only to upgrade to a PC based in 6 months especially when they are using it to manage a store remotely. Also PC based allows you to record up to 64 cameras where a standalone will have a limit of 16.
File size is crucial to streaming because most DVR’s on the market record at real time performance (30FPS per channel) so on a 4CH is trying to send 120, 8CH 240, and a 16CH 480 images per second which requires way too much bandwidth even for the most extreme internet connections.
The smaller the files size the more images are able to be sent, and the faster they can be processed improving both FPS and speed. File size is the heart of any DVR and goes far beyond just its streaming capabilities, as it also determines the recording storage time, how much you can back up at once, how fast it renders and searches video. The file size of a DVR impacts the performance of the DVR in just about every aspect from speed to longevity and is often the most important spec of any DVR.
If you are buying a DVR and streaming is a high priority I suggest you ask for a demo and connect to the DVR to make sure it is able to stream fast enough for your needs. Most DVRs say they have remote viewing but it is often too slow and laggy to be of any use especially if it is a standalone. Some good DVR brands that I recommend are Bosch, Pelco, Honeywell and Ascendent. These brands are what security professionals use, Q-see, Swan and Lorex are only used in residential applications because they are sold by Tiger Direct, Newegg, Sams Club, Costco and other retail outlets but are not used by any security professionals also their tech support rarely speaks English as their first language…
Some good CCTV brands that I recommend are Bosch, Pelco, Honeywell and Ascendent.
http://www.ascendentgroup.com (Price and performance)
http://www.honeywell.com
http://www.pelco.com/
http://www.bosch.com
Economical DVR’s
Two good economical DVRs I would recommend are Ascendent’s AVP-4120 DVR or Pelco’s DX-400. They will allow you to view all your cameras instantly from anywhere in the world using either IE, or a client software. The AVP-4120 uses the latest H.264 codec to improve streaming and recording time, and will allow PCs and Apple computers to remotely view cameras. These are the DVRs I would recommend that are good quality and affordable from companies who stand behind there products.
Hope this Helps,
If you need anything else feel free to email me at
williammorales93@ymail.com
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I have worked with CCTV products for many years and specialize in streaming CCTV cameras over low bandwidth communications such as cellar and satellite as well camera systems to protect coastlines for governments..