Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Can’t get Video Images from your IP Camera?

I've been asked on several occasions to assist CCTV and Networking companies resolve issues with IP camera installations. The common fault I have encountered is that the system can view the IP camera settings on a web browser but it’s not able to view the camera images.

The common problem I encountered on all these installations is that the maximum CAT5 cable distance between the IP camera and the Ethernet Switch has been exceeded. Here is a table that I recommend:



If your installation needs to exceed the 100m limit then consider one of the following options:
  1. Repeat the signal by installing another Ethernet Switch before the recommended maximum cable distance is achieved.
  2. Consider installing fibre optic cable and fibre optic media converters.

BFR Digital Ethernet Switches: http://www.bfrdigital.co.za/switches.html

BFR Digital Media Converters: http://www.bfrdigital.co.za/dtxseries.html

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