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Documenting the Construction of My Rural IP Camera System
I debated using fiber for the long runs in the beginning, it looks like a solid technique. I decided to go with buried shielded cable because the data I had indicated it should be robust enough, and I had a ton of it on hand. I'm hoping to avoid the added complexity of fiber. We will see if I...- Tim Swift
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Documenting the Construction of My Rural IP Camera System
A few days ago we had another thunderstorm with a rather close discharge, and that has got me back onto the subject of lightning protection. The strike took out the camera system and our local area network. The following equipment was damaged: DSL Modem (Actiontec T3260 in passthrough mode)...- Tim Swift
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Documenting the Construction of My Rural IP Camera System
The first sets of "trunk lines" have been installed. These run from the house out to the boxes that will house the PoE switches. I used a ditch witch for the trenches in the woods, and tried to keep it at least 12" deep. The 120 VAC was run in 1/2" PVC and the data cables in 1" PVC. Two data...- Tim Swift
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Documenting the Construction of My Rural IP Camera System
Much time has passed, but I'm finally back on the IP camera system project! Here is a quick update on the 3D printed camera boxes I'll be using: The enclosure is designed to be both a junction box and turret camera mount. I'm using the IPC-T54IR-ZE turret cam I bought through Andy's EmpireTech...- Tim Swift
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Documenting the Construction of My Rural IP Camera System
I've been thinking about the single POF issues when running a single BI machine, but alternative systems are pretty complex! I'll have to look into it, you have an interesting set up. I know BI has a manage function now where you can have several installation managed from a single machine, but I...- Tim Swift
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Documenting the Construction of My Rural IP Camera System
Well, it's just my thoughts on the subject, so probably plenty of mistakes I've not learned about the hard way yet! I've had a failure on my Blue Iris PC which has set things back, trying to fix it before buying another. I did buy a 2MP turret camera from Andy, and am going to design some 3D...- Tim Swift
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Documenting the Construction of My Rural IP Camera System
Lightning surges are a huge concern I have when running any long wires. In this post I’m going to try and explain why I have these concerns, and then try to figure out the best way to protect the system against damaging surges. Here is a list of some of the damage I have seen done by lightning...- Tim Swift
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- Forum: IP Cameras
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Documenting the Construction of My Rural IP Camera System
I’m working on building a camera system for a large rural property, and will do my best to document the process in this thread for those who might be interested. Should be fun! Also, this is my first post to the form, and I wanted to say thank you to all the people who have shared their...- Tim Swift
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