Security Camera & Surveillance System Support Forum Tag: IP cameras

Security Camera & Surveillance System Support Forum Tag: IP cameras - Recent Posts http://videos.cctvcamerapros.com/support/ Security Camera & Surveillance System Support Forum en Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:37:27 +0000 JCHaldas on "Can I Use My Existing CCTV Cameras in Conjuntion With IP Cameras?" http://videos.cctvcamerapros.com/support/topic/can-i-use-my-existing-cctv-cameras-in-conjuntion-with-ip-cameras#post-1161 Fri, 21 May 2010 21:30:15 +0000 JCHaldas 1161@http://videos.cctvcamerapros.com/support/ We Recently had a customer contact CCTV Camera Pros with the following question: What Are the Advantages of IP Cameras? How do you record using IP cameras,will it work with my current CCTV Cameras. CCTV Camera Pros Response: The IP Cameras are a bit different than your typical CCTV Surveillance camera in the sense that CCTV Cameras connect directly to the back of your recording device or DVR. Where as the IP Cameras are plugged into your router and are ran over you internal network. The advantage of IP cameras is they can record in a much higher resolution. Depending on the camera up to 8 Mega Pixels. IP Cameras produce a much sharper resolution, great for applications which require details like Facial recognition or the ability to digitally zoom in on a specific object or area live or while reviewing previously recorded events. Another advantage when using IP Cameras is they have built in web server which will allow you to Remotely View and configure your cameras as long as you have internet connection were the camera is located. In small 1-3 camera setups you can use an existing PC as your NVR (Network Video Recorder) , most IP cameras come with a basic recording software that you can download on a Windows PC . This software can not be used in conjunction with your current CCTV DVR System. For your case because you want to use your current CCTV Cameras you will need what is know as a Hybrid System which supports IP and CCTV Cameras. Our Hybrid systems can manage up to 32 cameras. Here are the Leading Manufacturers your can use for a Hybrid System. NUUO <a href="http://www.cctvcamerapros.com/NUUO-Surveillance-Systems-s/296.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.cctvcamerapros.com/NUUO-Surveillance-Systems-s/296.htm</a> GeoVision <a href="http://www.cctvcamerapros.com/Geovision-DVR-Computers-Geovision-Surveillance-DVRs-s/60.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.cctvcamerapros.com/Geovision-DVR-Computers-Geovision-Surveillance-DVRs-s/60.htm</a> and Alnet <a href="http://www.cctvcamerapros.com/Alnet-Surveillance-Systems-s/376.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.cctvcamerapros.com/Alnet-Surveillance-Systems-s/376.htm</a>. We provide fully built custom Hybrid systems to fit your application. maxv on "IP Camera Remote Recording" http://videos.cctvcamerapros.com/support/topic/ip-camera-remote-recording#post-540 Sun, 14 Feb 2010 19:11:37 +0000 maxv 540@http://videos.cctvcamerapros.com/support/ Does he need to use Internet or is it possible to install these ip cameras in just a local network? Usually LAN is way more reliable. AFAIK required bandwidth for 640x480 camera at 10 frames per second using "Motion JPEG" compression is 3-4MBit/s. But in case if you choose MPEG4 or H.264 you need less than a 1MBit/s for each camera. Mike on "IP Camera Remote Recording" http://videos.cctvcamerapros.com/support/topic/ip-camera-remote-recording#post-212 Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:36:38 +0000 Mike 212@http://videos.cctvcamerapros.com/support/ An installation partner recently contacted us with the following question regarding remote IP camera recording: We have a client that wants to install 2 surveillance systems using IP cameras. This is a car repair shop. They are looking for a system that will provide coverage for the following: 1 Outdoor Camera to cover parking lot 1 Indoor Camera for the office 4 indoor cameras for We want the ability to expand to additional cameras in the future. Features to include: full time recording during business hours motion recording during non business hours. alerts if motion is detected during off hours. Cabling distances can exceed 300’. We will most likely power the cameras at their location. This client has a second location. Is it possible to install an IP based system that allows the 2nd location to just have the IP cameras and have them connect over the internet to the main system? There will be a an estimated 4 cameras at the 2nd location. CCTV Camera Pros response: The challenge for remote recording of IP cameras is the limitation of available bandwidth. The typical DSL Internet connection has an has an upload speed of between 256KB and 512KB per second upload speed. The typical cable Internet connection upload speed is between 512KB and 2MB per second. It takes about 1MB per second upload speed to transmit an IP camera at 12 frames per second using 640 x 480 VGA resolution. As you can see it is just not realistic from a bandwidth speed standpoint unless the customer wants to record at a very slow frame rate and/or smaller resolution. The second issue is reliability. If the Internet connection goes down on either end, so does the recording. Al that being said, CCTV Camera Pros does not recommend recording IP cameras remotely over the Internet unless there is a very reliable and very fast Internet connection available on both the camera location and recorder location. Please let me know if you want to discuss further or need anything else. Mike on "NUUO Remote PTZ Camera Joystick Controls" http://videos.cctvcamerapros.com/support/topic/nuuo-remote-ptz-camera-joystick-controls#post-122 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:45:45 +0000 Mike 122@http://videos.cctvcamerapros.com/support/ A customer contacted us today with the following question: I would like to install a 16 channel IP camera system using <a href="http://www.cctvcamerapros.com/NUUO-IP-Camera-Software-s/297.htm">NUUO IP camera software</a>. I want all of the cameras to be <a href="http://www.cctvcamerapros.com/PTZ-Security-Cameras-s/45.htm">PTZ cameras</a>. I understand that I can control these cameras from remotely over the network or internet using the on screen controls build into the Internet explorer user interface, but we were wondering if you can use a joystick from the remote PCs to control the PTZ cameras. CCTV Camera Pros contacted <a href="http://www.cctvcamerapros.com/NUUO-Surveillance-Systems-s/296.htm">NUUO surveillance</a> support and they told us that starting with NUUO 3.2 software, that it is possible to control PTZ cameras from remote PCs. Mike on "Wireless Security Cameras for iPhone" http://videos.cctvcamerapros.com/support/topic/wireless-security-cameras-for-iphone#post-117 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 15:42:32 +0000 Mike 117@http://videos.cctvcamerapros.com/support/ A customer recently made the following inquiry to CCTV Camera Pros: Do you have any setup that has 4 wireless cameras, with I/R night vision that I could see on my iphone? Here is CCTV Camera Pros response: Justin, If you also want to record the video from the cameras, you can use this system: <a href="http://www.cctvcamerapros.com/Network-Security-Camera-System-p/ip-sysm4zo.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.cctvcamerapros.com/Network-Security-Camera-System-p/ip-sysm4zo.htm</a> I can not advertise the price, but if you call me for a quote, I can give you a better price on that system that what is advertised on the website. If you want to make any of the cameras wireless, you can use this add-on wireless camera system to do so: <a href="http://www.cctvcamerapros.com/Wireless-Security-Camera-System-p/wifi-en95610.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.cctvcamerapros.com/Wireless-Security-Camera-System-p/wifi-en95610.htm</a> If you do not need to do recording and you just want to access the cameras remotely from your iphone, then you do not need the NVR that comes with the IP camera system that I linked to above. Please let us know if you have any other questions. Sincerely. -Mike