15 Answers to Your IP Video Sales Questions
4. How can security systems integrators and dealers tap into existing wiring?
Typically, most telecom companies install the wiring at the traditional 18-inch level above the floor. An installer can add additional wiring for each surveillance device into the existing Cat-5e wiring for ceiling placement, as long as they consider the distance to a network switch.
5. Are there limitations to the length of this wiring?
Yes. Just like other Internet devices, IP-based technology has a limit of 100 meters (328 feet) before the data needs a network repeater or switch to amplify the signal. A security professional must know where these network devices are located and if there is the capacity for additional inputs when bidding a job. If a customer’s transceiver already has used all of its ports, the cost to upgrade to a larger one is not prohibitive. Some go as low as $25 to $50.
6. Can Cat-5/6 wiring really transmit forensic quality video to a security server?
Security professionals must understand that the capacity of Cat-5 can meet the needs of most video transmissions. Their customers can indeed transmit high-quality video data to their security surveillance monitoring equipment.
There should never be any questions about the wiring’s bandwidth, but security professionals should focus their installation efforts on the data processing capability of the network devices connected to their cameras. With the rising bus capacity of today’s computers, it’s becoming relatively easy to push more video data through these IP-based platforms.
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