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    How much range of motion does a turret mount have?

    Thanks, I guess Dahua is the way to go. It just is a bit less intuitive for a newbie like me. I figured with Reolink I could just use their NVR and their software for my computer and their app on my phone and it was relatively plug and play. With Dahua, it will require more active setup and...
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    How much range of motion does a turret mount have?

    Would a bullet get me to 100 degrees? I had assumed the camera body would prevent that. I guess it depends how far out the joint is. It would have to have a pivot point far enough out that the camera could get to 100 degrees before the camera body itself hits the wall. I could ask the...
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    How much range of motion does a turret mount have?

    This is great. I'll probably end up going with this camera. Is there a variable-focus version? If not, maybe I'll just buy a cheap variable-focus camera from another more easily acquired brand jus to test before I buy since it looks like these come as fixed focal length only and 2.8, 3.6 or...
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    How much range of motion does a turret mount have?

    Thanks! I didn't think of this. I think that would look pretty good. I don't like the look of turrets on a junction box. Does the wall mount act as a waterproof junction box as well?
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    How much range of motion does a turret mount have?

    I'm trying to figure out whether the mount of a turret camera gives enough range of motion to essentially turn it 90 degrees or even a bit more than that. I'm prewiring a house and the front has the paved approach to the front door. Let's say walking up and facing the door is North. To the...
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    Building new home - suggestions on camera locations

    Thanks! Working on finalizing it now. Are there any rules regarding cameras going right near the outdoor wall lighting outside the garage on either side? Would putting it directly next to the light or directly above or below the light cause issues with the camera? I assume a dome camera...
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    Building new home - suggestions on camera locations

    Thank you! This is super helpful. I had been looking at how to cover that downstairs bedroom that juts out and it just seemed like there was no way to do that without the cameras looking super obvious. I agree I need to add one on the other side of the garage, but to add two more cameras to...
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    Building new home - suggestions on camera locations

    Thanks, I'll talk to the guy about doing two drops each. For some reason with two drops per site, can't use the 4-pack and it's coded differently in their system. But in the grand scheme of things, it's not that much more. And that's a great idea with the selfie stick. I'll have time to do...
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    Building new home - suggestions on camera locations

    Thanks, I knew 10-12 feet sounded too high. Luckily they can definitely do 7.5-8 feet up without issue. The house comes with a Ring camera already, but I don't want to pay the monthly cloud storage fee, so it'll just be a doorbell. I'll have to see where I can add a second camera. And...
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    Building new home - suggestions on camera locations

    Thanks! Yeah, I had a feeling he wasn't all that knowledgeable. He seemed to pass it off with a "it's your house, you worked hard to earn it, so of course we'll do it!" but without actually giving any real suggestions. I'm looking at the wiki now and the cameras are definitely not in the best...
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    Building new home - suggestions on camera locations

    Hi everyone! I was on this forum a few years ago when I was planning wiring an older home that never worked out. Now, instead, I'm purchasing new construction and am putting in camera prewiring before the walls go up. I was talking to the structured wiring guy today and he gave some ideas...
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    How to bring all the wires down to the NVR?

    Thanks for being so helpful! I had figured two wires per camera since that's what the wiki recommended and it does seem like a good idea in case something happens to one cable. But I guess one cable is easier, the hole is smaller, and it should be good for at least a few years. The NVR...
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    How to bring all the wires down to the NVR?

    This sounds like a good way to go. So I can install a switch in my garage, two of my cameras can just be run along the inside of the garage to their locations contained in PVC, and I'd bring enough cables from the garage up to the attic to run two cables to each camera and a single cable which...
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    How to bring all the wires down to the NVR?

    They'll be using it. I guess I can remotely log into the computer when I need to, but it's going to be designed so they can monitor since there will probably be a couple indoor cameras too and I don't want them to feel like they're being watched.
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    How to bring all the wires down to the NVR?

    Could I get a picture of how all the cables come into the garage and into your switch? Is it one big hole? I had originally thought to put the NVR in the garage because then two of the cameras can just go around the inside of the garage in PVC to get to their locations. Then I'd really only...
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    How to bring all the wires down to the NVR?

    Thanks for the pic! I didn't realize this was an option. So there would be one output from the switch which goes to an input on the NVR? How easy will be that be to program on the networking side of things? Would it be as "plug and play" as having the cameras go straight into the NVR? The...
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    How to bring all the wires down to the NVR?

    Thanks! I'll have to ask my electrician. He's already going to be up the attic getting the lights installed, so hopefully it's not too big a deal.
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    How to bring all the wires down to the NVR?

    Thank you!! This is exactly what I needed. The faceplate seems like the perfect solution since it is a normal room that it's going into. So I assume for this I'd have to cut out a square of drywall just smaller than the faceplate to put in the bracket? Seems like cutting 12 little holes to...
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    How to bring all the wires down to the NVR?

    So essentially it would end in a panel with 12 ethernet female connectors and then I'd have six short CAT6 cables going from the NVR or the switch to the wall? Is there a photo you can point me to? It's funny how I've spent a month reading about these cameras but never really considered what...
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    How to bring all the wires down to the NVR?

    I guess I'll have to read into it more so I finally understand it. In any case, I still have to figure out how to bring all the cables down from the attic into a room where the NVR or switch would be. That's what I'm trying to figure out. Seems 12 CAT6 cables bundled together would need quite...
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    How to bring all the wires down to the NVR?

    Oh, I think I misunderstood then. I thought the cameras hooked up to the NVR for power and to provide data to the hard drives, but then the NVR hooked up to a desktop PC to run the software. So assuming an NVR with PoE ports, there would just be a display out to connect a monitor? How would I...
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    How to bring all the wires down to the NVR?

    I'm new to this whole PoE camera thing, but have read a ton of threads here as well as the wiki. What I realized I never figured out is how best to bring all the CAT6 cables to the NVR. My place has attic access, so my plan is to run CAT6 through the attic directly to the spots on the exterior...
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    Typical install for attic access?

    Oh, okay. So if I'm using Dahua starlight turrets, I should be okay to just plug in using CAT6? I was going into this assuming I could make just small holes in the walls, so imagine my surprise when I saw that picture and thought i needed a hole large enough to get that big bulky plug through...
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    Typical install for attic access?

    Sorry, hijacking this thread. I'm new to this and this might be a dumb question, but what is the bulky pigtail for? I was under the impression that the power was coming through the CAT6, so I assumed all I had to do was pass the CAT6 through the wall and click it in place on the camera just...
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    Advice needed for new setup (newbie)

    And here's a quick drawing of the inside based on a picture. Sorry, I'm not very artistic. But it shows the general layout and choke points. The two thin rectangles designate sliding glass doors to the back yard.
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    Advice needed for new setup (newbie)

    My parents are moving into a new home and I'm trying to figure out how to set up a wired PoE system for them. They're moving into the Bay Area, which has surprising numbers of break-ins. I know nothing about this subject, but have spent some time browsing these forums looking for advice. The...
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