Cctv.

[Farmelectrics]

Mods I have asked this before can you give me access to the alarm section please . Been wanting to install a cctv system to my house for a while now and today after another break in local to me I'm taking a trip to the
ocal wholesalers to get a basic cctv kit and install it myself not done one before I'm sure there easy enough to do but any advice would be welcomed cable type etc and type of kit thanks in advance anything to deter these scum bags

 

[Spoon]

Hi mate. What kit are you thinking of getting? What features do you want? How many cameras are you looking at? What price range are you looking at?
The answer to these should give the guys here a better idea of what you want.

 

[Farmelectrics]

Thanks spoon not sure if I'm honest 2 cameras one front and back.

 

[Farmelectrics]

Might call in to mas alarms near me and get a booklet what would you suggest nothing over the top basic cctv with 2 cameras possibly one for the side as well so maybe 3

 

[Spoon]

Honest mate, I've never messed around with the cameras. I just always go and check out the cctv section in CPC whenever I'm waiting to pick something up. You better wait for the professionals (I don't mean Bodie & Doyle) to answer back.

 

[Octopus]

Best to look at kits and online retail specialists.

I have done a few but in each case the customer has selected the kit, cameras and the relevant extension cables. On top of that allow for a wiska box at each camera so the power and signal connections are kept in the dry. Also make sure the kit has a screen or the client had a spare screen.

 

[telectrix]

maplins do a kit. 2 or 4 cameras with dvr. it's all plug and play, but as murdoch says --- a wiska box by each cameras to protect the plug/socket connections.

 

[Spoon]

I have always wondered how good these kits are. Some of the cameras they have at CPC give out a rubbish picture. Usually the cheater ones of course. If you are using the kit just as a deterrent then it may not bother about the picture quality.

 

[tazz]

All down to cost...basic camera quality is measured in tvl, the higher the tvl the better the image. Most decent camera are around 700tvl.......high range cameras are HD but measured in pixels again 2 qualities 740 x 420 lower end or 1080 x 640 high end.
Hd is of course the best quality, and gives more detail such as reg plates, names on shirts, hat etc, which would be blurred on a analogue system.

 

[UNG]

What is your reason for having / wanting cctv and what are you expecting from any recorded pictures

From the system you are specifying it sounds like you are looking for a system that gives very general surveillance which will show people intruding on your property but may not give enough to identify them

When considering cameras and camera positions you need to consider the focal length which will dictate the field of view you get some cameras are fixed focal length but some do have a variable focal length that can be adjusted on site to optimise the field of view. Having done quite a bit of CCTV over the last 25 years I have a focal length finder that allows me to demonstrate to customers what they can expect but I'm sure there must an app out there these days

I'm looking at a job over your side of the water at the moment for a family friend and that looks like it is going to be an 8 camera system to cover what he wants to see, the property is a reasonably sized old detached property but has a few areas where intruders could hide unobserved and some blind spots that need to be covered hence the number of cameras

The recording capacity is another one to consider a lot of people want 1080p pictures without looking at how much more disc space is needed over a 720p system for a 30 day record capacity

Hope this helps

 

[ian.settle1]

Might call in to mas alarms near me and get a booklet what would you suggest nothing over the top basic cctv with 2 cameras possibly one for the side as well so maybe 3

MAS do not seem to have the stock they used to have going by their website.

 

[ruston]

What is your reason for having / wanting cctv and what are you expecting from any recorded pictures

From the system you are specifying it sounds like you are looking for a system that gives very general surveillance which will show people intruding on your property but may not give enough to identify them

When considering cameras and camera positions you need to consider the focal length which will dictate the field of view you get some cameras are fixed focal length but some do have a variable focal length that can be adjusted on site to optimise the field of view. Having done quite a bit of CCTV over the last 25 years I have a focal length finder that allows me to demonstrate to customers what they can expect but I'm sure there must an app out there these days

I'm looking at a job over your side of the water at the moment for a family friend and that looks like it is going to be an 8 camera system to cover what he wants to see, the property is a reasonably sized old detached property but has a few areas where intruders could hide unobserved and some blind spots that need to be covered hence the number of cameras

The recording capacity is another one to consider a lot of people want 1080p pictures without looking at how much more disc space is needed over a 720p system for a 30 day record capacity

Hope this helps

Can you get them with good quality fast lenses , or are they all digitally enhanced ?

 

[newtothis]

I was researching into this a couple of months back. Seems to me 90% of what’s currently on the market is old hat.

Min you might want in the domestic situ (just my humble opinion)

External IP camera with recording to your NAS drive. Or options.
App for receiving alerts on your devices (like your phone) when the something/one trips the sensor.
Programmable as to what it does when it’s tripped eg record for specified mins take a photo etc etc. monitoring on all connected devices
IR LEDS

Posh Options: pan and tilt from your phone or other connected device.
Mic for 2 way audio, apparently this technology is still a bit hit and miss on realistically priced options.

I was going to go for hard wired in cat 5e or 6 from POE switch then a mate, told me voltage drop is a major concern anything over 2-3mtrs and you forget about pan & tilt over it.

Be interested to hear if someone has this kind of setup be interested in brands model nos and prices.

 

[DPG]

The pan and tilt from your phone is all well and good if you are aware of the intruder and can follow him round. This may be the case if you get an email alert fairly sharpish and respond to it quickly, but seems fairly unlikely to me.

Also, when looking at low light visibility distance then at least half whatever distance figure they say on the leaflets, as they are very optimistic with their estimates!

Daz

 

[newtothis]

What made me mothball this project was privacy concerns, didn’t want the neighbours accusing me of invasion of their privacy.
reason going hard wired apart form speed- it used to be relatively easy to hack wireless when I was WEP dunno how hard it is now.