CCTV design advice

[MarkC-cure]

Hi,

 

Please can you recommend me a security CCTV system for a recording studio. I would like the following:

 

- 3 cameras - would much prefer wireless so dont have to drill holes through walls

- be able to record onto a PC, preferably with some kind of software that records "incidents" ?

- be able to access video remotely from a different location

- night vision is nice but not essential

 

Kind regards

Mark

[Secware_Tech6]

Mark

We dont supply any conventional wireless cams as such. We do supply wirelss ip cams. We also supply wireless link, but we dont supply the little wireless cameras currently because all that we have tested have performed poorly. Range and interference issues mainly. As all the systems use a analouge normal transmission they can also be recieved by anyone, and if anyone close gets an additional one it will affect yours. But ip cams use a digital signal that can also be encrypted to prevent snooping and I/f issues.

 

If you want to record on an existing pc then you havea few choices, eg Geovision is using conventional or ip cams

http://www.securitywarehouse.co.uk/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=781

 

Axis if using ip cameras

http://www.securitywarehouse.co.uk/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1197

Although they do provide a single channel free version with certain cameras.

 

and milestone

http://www.securitywarehouse.co.uk/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1198

 

But i must advise caution with sharing a pc with dvr duties and normal pc duties. Also during a breakin pc's often taken.

 

Standalone dvr choice would depend again on budget etc, and we would need some more info to advise you.

 

Any of the softwares above allow some sort of remote access. Also some standalone dvr's offer this and all the high quality ones do.

 

'Night Vision' is a bit of a wrong description, most people call it that, but night vision is when you use an image intensifier (gives the green image you see on wildlife programs) and is very very expensive. Most cctv system that need to see at night require some form of lighting. This is either visible lighting or Infra red lighting.

Depending on the system will decide the requied light type. Visible has many advantages but with the advent of budget cams including ir led's most now go for ir lighting.

Using ir lighting you need either a mono camera or a true day/night camera, these range from

http://www.securitywarehouse.co.uk/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_2_20&products_id=1483

 

to

http://www.securitywarehouse.co.uk/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_2_14&products_id=14

and using a seperate ir system such as

http://www.securitywarehouse.co.uk/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_7&products_id=40

 

Now obviously you cannot compare the performace of the 2 as the seperate system will far far out perform the budget system.

There is also an inherant problem with combining ir lights and cameras in that bugs and spiders are attracted to the light. Normally when using a seperate emitter this isnt a problem but when combined you get some great images of a bright white moth.

 

Hopefully that answers your questions mark

[Guest angela14]

A security CCTV that can still supply traditional types of units as replacements but users should consider the benefit of upgrading to a much lower maintenance and less user dependent system. These can usually be simply integrated in to an existing system and retain monitor and cameras if required.

 

 

 

 

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