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Hello everybody! In the summer I decided to upgrade my surveillance system and my home network. Until then, I had 4 wireless Foscam cameras with a Foscam NVR and the quality was terrible especially at night. I am an IT professional, but I haven’t dealt with CCTV systems in the past, so that was my first installation.
That was my rack cabinet before the upgrade:
![Cabinet_Before.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50361-2dbe88cd7ce4e017e763f243fce5ad69.jpg)
After some research I decided to go with Dahua IP Cameras with an NVR. I wanted to build something that will last so I chose 8MP Cameras supporting 4K resolutions, especially:
![Equipment.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50381-0a60157f4460d89a9b56469bdf98f974.jpg)
I have Cat6 cables running through the house, but I had to install new cables from inside to the garden and that was the hardest part as the house is surrounded by tiles. So, I chose the shortest corridor and I cut the tiles in order to install a tube under the ground:
![OutdoorBefore1.jpg](/data/attachments/50/50362-0a16edd5d236811d5a7092f1aeb672a7.jpg)
![OutdoorBefore2.jpg](/data/attachments/50/50363-4056a9178f2d4b9a51652dd7fb963369.jpg)
![OutdoorBefore3.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50364-89565d7eaaff5723dc39b33a72484314.jpg)
![OutdoorBefore4.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50365-313cb95c372663c792e7fb2397870eb7.jpg)
![OutdoorBefore5.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50367-cf655ebc31c2e61b63dbcc9ca568284f.jpg)
![OutdoorBefore6.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50366-555f4505e44aa9ba1961bd3505a48f52.jpg)
![OutdoorAfter1.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50369-9fd282eadbe4ca3b1e028f4055778da7.jpg)
![OutdoorAfter2.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50370-df327f92c0c799704b27da8815c2024d.jpg)
After that, the remaining installation was easy. I buried the cables underground and led them to the Camera positions. I installed a small 10” rack in the boiler room where all the camera cables terminate and installed a D-Link POE managed switch. Also, I left 4 cables inside the garden junction box for future use and I installed the Cameras:
![Small_Rack1.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50371-8c0c65c98d802b78abbe85a339c9d65e.jpg)
![Small_Rack2.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50372-5d6e5826a78813f014191190fa59db3e.jpg)
![BackCorridor1.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50373-9ebeeeb5ce6785c5c2c8a9c415d4ec74.jpg)
![BackHouse1.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50396-0c3b61bbbbb6a05623713593e9e2c721.jpg)
![BackHouse2.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50378-e1c267e8fab40dc848892f4270b75430.jpg)
![FrontHouse1.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50382-fd760f17eeada2558718285d2a2794fa.jpg)
![FrontYard1.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50383-e741ea017645da278c90f44e5d104112.jpg)
![FrontYard2.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50384-4ffe5533c9f738c9b98d202515547182.jpg)
![GuestHouse.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50385-c9ef902325f5e5ac70f1916a0bba3010.jpg)
![Warehouses.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50395-00e92ed85a3f5244c6fe978835ab0817.jpg)
Now it was the time for the Rack cabinet. I decided to put the NVR inside the cabinet and distribute the signal through a DVB-T Modulator. Since I was out of slots in the rack, I installed a 6U short rack and placed another patch panel in the side to hide all the cables for the cabinet devices.
![UnderCons1.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50389-d8e5021dd4b9c83961bd232dd7559563.jpg)
![UnderCons2.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50390-6c2e41d46c6926055daebdfc04d03456.jpg)
![UnderCons3.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50391-14731eb289ed7fb24614574d9f081ed6.jpg)
![UnderCons4.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50392-148ce21508fd6808e94660b1ebe82aac.jpg)
![Modulator.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50386-fca4b02fbfb8e213444099d116f82ea7.jpg)
The chaos during the cable patching:
![UnderCons6.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50394-f24d60801e5a8b362a2bd818ddde47ac.jpg)
Did the required testing:
![UnderCons5.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50393-0e0a487de347e36c4f3f626f7aa13c91.jpg)
And the final result with a small 8” monitor that I installed for some basic NVR configuration:
![Cabinet_After.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50379-aa49e4253001d63455e67a10e9c35f0c.jpg)
![SidePP.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50388-c9e6b75bababd6c3f5da58edbce852cc.jpg)
And that was my setup. It took me almost 1,5 months working only on the weekends.
Now I have a question, I want to create an automation so when someone hits the doorbell the camera with the varifocal lens zooms in and the NVR switches to 1 full screen view of this camera. I found the Dahua HTTP API and I was able to Zoom In and Out programmatically through a node.js server running on a raspberry pi but I couldn’t instruct the NVR to switch to 1 full screen view. Is there any way to do this? Or perhaps using the RS485 interface of the NVR?
That was my rack cabinet before the upgrade:
![Cabinet_Before.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50361-2dbe88cd7ce4e017e763f243fce5ad69.jpg)
After some research I decided to go with Dahua IP Cameras with an NVR. I wanted to build something that will last so I chose 8MP Cameras supporting 4K resolutions, especially:
- 3x IPC-HFW4831E-SE (Bullet) – 2.8mm Focal length
- 2x IPC-HDW4831EM-ASE (Dome) – 2.8mm Focal length
- 1x IPC-HFW5831E-ZE (Bullet) -Varifocal (2.8mm-12mm)
- 1x NVR5208-4KS2 (With 2x2TB WD Purple Disks)
![Equipment.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50381-0a60157f4460d89a9b56469bdf98f974.jpg)
I have Cat6 cables running through the house, but I had to install new cables from inside to the garden and that was the hardest part as the house is surrounded by tiles. So, I chose the shortest corridor and I cut the tiles in order to install a tube under the ground:
![OutdoorBefore1.jpg](/data/attachments/50/50362-0a16edd5d236811d5a7092f1aeb672a7.jpg)
![OutdoorBefore2.jpg](/data/attachments/50/50363-4056a9178f2d4b9a51652dd7fb963369.jpg)
![OutdoorBefore3.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50364-89565d7eaaff5723dc39b33a72484314.jpg)
![OutdoorBefore4.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50365-313cb95c372663c792e7fb2397870eb7.jpg)
![OutdoorBefore5.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50367-cf655ebc31c2e61b63dbcc9ca568284f.jpg)
![OutdoorBefore6.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50366-555f4505e44aa9ba1961bd3505a48f52.jpg)
![OutdoorAfter1.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50369-9fd282eadbe4ca3b1e028f4055778da7.jpg)
![OutdoorAfter2.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50370-df327f92c0c799704b27da8815c2024d.jpg)
After that, the remaining installation was easy. I buried the cables underground and led them to the Camera positions. I installed a small 10” rack in the boiler room where all the camera cables terminate and installed a D-Link POE managed switch. Also, I left 4 cables inside the garden junction box for future use and I installed the Cameras:
![Small_Rack1.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50371-8c0c65c98d802b78abbe85a339c9d65e.jpg)
![Small_Rack2.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50372-5d6e5826a78813f014191190fa59db3e.jpg)
![BackCorridor1.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50373-9ebeeeb5ce6785c5c2c8a9c415d4ec74.jpg)
![BackHouse1.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50396-0c3b61bbbbb6a05623713593e9e2c721.jpg)
![BackHouse2.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50378-e1c267e8fab40dc848892f4270b75430.jpg)
![FrontHouse1.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50382-fd760f17eeada2558718285d2a2794fa.jpg)
![FrontYard1.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50383-e741ea017645da278c90f44e5d104112.jpg)
![FrontYard2.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50384-4ffe5533c9f738c9b98d202515547182.jpg)
![GuestHouse.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50385-c9ef902325f5e5ac70f1916a0bba3010.jpg)
![Warehouses.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50395-00e92ed85a3f5244c6fe978835ab0817.jpg)
Now it was the time for the Rack cabinet. I decided to put the NVR inside the cabinet and distribute the signal through a DVB-T Modulator. Since I was out of slots in the rack, I installed a 6U short rack and placed another patch panel in the side to hide all the cables for the cabinet devices.
![UnderCons1.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50389-d8e5021dd4b9c83961bd232dd7559563.jpg)
![UnderCons2.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50390-6c2e41d46c6926055daebdfc04d03456.jpg)
![UnderCons3.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50391-14731eb289ed7fb24614574d9f081ed6.jpg)
![UnderCons4.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50392-148ce21508fd6808e94660b1ebe82aac.jpg)
![Modulator.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50386-fca4b02fbfb8e213444099d116f82ea7.jpg)
The chaos during the cable patching:
![UnderCons6.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50394-f24d60801e5a8b362a2bd818ddde47ac.jpg)
Did the required testing:
![UnderCons5.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50393-0e0a487de347e36c4f3f626f7aa13c91.jpg)
And the final result with a small 8” monitor that I installed for some basic NVR configuration:
![Cabinet_After.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50379-aa49e4253001d63455e67a10e9c35f0c.jpg)
![SidePP.JPG](/data/attachments/50/50388-c9e6b75bababd6c3f5da58edbce852cc.jpg)
And that was my setup. It took me almost 1,5 months working only on the weekends.
Now I have a question, I want to create an automation so when someone hits the doorbell the camera with the varifocal lens zooms in and the NVR switches to 1 full screen view of this camera. I found the Dahua HTTP API and I was able to Zoom In and Out programmatically through a node.js server running on a raspberry pi but I couldn’t instruct the NVR to switch to 1 full screen view. Is there any way to do this? Or perhaps using the RS485 interface of the NVR?
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