When planning for your client’s new security system, the most important thing you’re going to want to take into consideration is how the client wants to view their cameras. The client has a couple different options:
Local Viewing
Easiest to plan for.
Requires no network connection.
Viewed on a device connected to the same network that the NVR is on.
Remote Viewing
More difficult to plan for.
Requires a network connection.
Viewed on any device that is connected to the internet.
Setting up your system:
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- This takes care of the Local Viewing option. Now you should be able to view your camera system on any pc, monitor that is networked to the NVR.
REMOTE VIEWING:
Option A: Opening Ports on your Router
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If you can't open ports, you won't be able to tell the camera system to send you to live video, because that requires the camera system to receive an instruction sent by you. Your NVR will still be able to send alerts, however. You will still be able to use our Snapshot email feature, which sends out emails with thumbnails, and our Snapshot FTP feature, which uploads the video to an FTP server on analytics event or motion.
PHYSICAL NETWORKING:
SWITCHES:
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A network switch (also called switching hub, bridging hub, and, by the IEEE, MAC bridge) is networking hardware that connects devices on a computer network by using packet switching to receive and forward data to the destination device. |
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We use network switches to separate different areas of a facility, different floors, or completely different buildings! Security camera cables are plugged directly into the switch. Our switches use POE (power over ethernet) to push power directly to each camera. Our switches are unique in the way that they push power up to 700 ft. Most switches only push POE the standard 320 ft. |
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UBIQUITI’s (Wireless Backhaul)
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The term backhaul is often used in telecommunications and refers to transmitting a signal from a remote site or network to another site, usually a central one. |
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We use Ubiquiti wireless antennas to send a network signal to remote areas of a property that don’t have internet. This could be a parking lot pole, a storage building, or a gate entrance. The most important thing to consider when planning to use wireless backhaul is line of sight. Antennas will now work unless they have direct line of sight. These antennas allow us to shoot a signal from cameras and network switches back to the head-end to be viewed by the NVR. |
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