I want to set these camera's up using POE, any advice? The long term plan will be 8 to 12 camera's. Thanks!
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I use Blue Iris on my PC and Foscam Pro on my ipad and iphone.. I only have 4 cameras but I think they can handle much more.
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I'd check out iSpy (www.ispyconnect.com) for the software. I'd recommend looking elsewhere for cameras. This model has a known flaw of dropping connection and rebooting continually when pointed at bright colors or highly complex visual areas.
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as others said, no. I have six cameras with one adapter.The cameras also work off POE, so if you mount the cameras next to an Ethernet outlet, you don't need any adapters.
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At the camera end you will need what is called a POE splitter. I have had good luck with the LevelOne POS-1002 PoE Splitter. You can get these on Amazon site as well.
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Yeah. If you had a non-PoE camera you would want a splitter to split thet data from the power since you would power it with a wall wart or something besides CAT 5/6. If your switch does not provide PoE to the camera you can use a PoE injector to provide power and data to the camera and back to your DVR or whatever. Hope this helps.
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Larry L., I am almost sure you cannot. Being this is an IP switch, each device is going to get an IP address. Also, if you are using PoE, Not sure how this would work. THEORETICALLY (and I am stretching my knowledge-base), you ca have another switch at the far end and have the cameras plugged into that. But I believe there is a 1:1 relatioship for PoE port to Cameras... I'll be interested in finding out if it does work though!
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If you are asking if this switch can replace your NVR, then no. This switch has 10 ports 8 are POE, and you have 9 cameras. You may have to go with a 28 port POE. (SG300-28P) it is higher in cost, but it gives you the option if you want or need, to increase the number of cameras, and add any other POE devices without having to upgrade again. (i.e WAPs.) Hope this helps. Here is a link if you would like to see your options. http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/td/docs/switches/lan/csbms/sf30x_sg30x/quick_start/78-19252-01.pdf
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Larry, Each POE IP camera requires a dedicated Ethernet 5/6 cable. Can't split pairs... Good luck
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You need POE. I bought the WS-POE-8-48volt on Amazon and so far it is running two of these cameras fine. One camera is 25 feet from the injector and the other one is 65 feet.
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If your cameras are PoE, then this switch will just power and connect your cameras to a network. You'll still need some sort of recording hardware / software to capture and archive the video. I got this switch to learn how to setup a VoIP system at home (to better market myself in the workplace) and it works great for that. I can only put 4x PoE phones on the network, but that's more than enough to learn. If you want to one day expand your security system past 4 cameras, or at least like the idea of being able to one day upgrade, look for a switch that has more than 4 PoE ports. If you KNOW that you'll stop at 4 cameras, then get this switch. You won't regret it. If your cameras are PoE, then this switch will just power and connect your cameras to a network. You'll still need some sort of recording hardware / software to capture and archive the video. I got this switch to learn how to setup a VoIP system at home (to better market myself in the workplace) and it works great for that. I can only put 4x PoE phones on the network, but that's more than enough to learn. If you want to one day expand your security system past 4 cameras, or at least like the idea of being able to one day upgrade, look for a switch that has more than 4 PoE ports. If you KNOW... » Read More If your cameras are PoE, then this switch will just power and connect your cameras to a network. You'll still need some sort of recording hardware / software to capture and archive the video. I got this switch to learn how to setup a VoIP system at home (to better market myself in the workplace) and it works great for that. I can only put 4x PoE phones on the network, but that's more than enough to learn. If you want to one day expand your security system past 4 cameras, or at least like the idea of being able to one day upgrade, look for a switch that has more than 4 PoE ports. If you KNOW that you'll stop at 4 cameras, then get this switch. You won't regret it. « Show Less
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Larry,Each POE IP camera requires a dedicated Ethernet 5/6 cable. Can't split pairs... Good luck
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I'm guessing it's a mistake in the description. In theory you could have 8 ports with only 4 of them delivering power to the cameras (i.e. POE ports vs non-POE ports), but I don't think that's the case with the 7608. That said, I can't be sure because when I ordered this from TechVideo it came with no nameplate or designation and the firmware reports a different (presumably OEM) model number. The NVR I received does in fact have 8 POE ports. I'm currently running 5 cameras, all POE.
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the camera runs at 100Mbs.... So you'll want at least a 10/100 switch. If you are doing POE, it'd need POE on it as well.
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No. Each camera requires a dedicated cable from the POE switch to the camera.
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I got the same camera and it works fine. Note that the camera is powered by the ethernet cable. To send power over the ethernet I used a POE switch.
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I have 2 of these cameras already installed and they work great. I was thinking about adding an additional camera, and want to know how do I connect the new camera to the two other cameras for AC power?
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Yes. And if your camera has the setting, make sure you set it to "uncontrolled" PoE; some PoE devices can talk with each other and adjust power, but this doesn't.
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Yes you need to have a POE device, you don't have to buy a new router/switch though. You can buy an injector such as this one http://amzn.com/B001PS9E5I. I did a measurement on the load of this device and with everything hooked up it draws about 4.5 watts and with the LEDs enabled it bumps up to 5.5 watts. This is your best low cost choice. If you want, there is also a barrel power connector pig tailed onto the camera. But it doesn't come with a power supply and I don't really know what the power requirements are. You would have to buy the power supply after finding one that works.