texasturbo Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 I am looking for feedback on the security cameras that work with C4. Can you view them on the new touchscreen? Can you log in from any computer to view both live and recorded? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akg4y Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 I bought some of the Panasonic PoE cameras. You can watch and control them on the touchpanels, you can watch and control them on any television hoooked up to a C4 controller, and you can watch them over the internet.I am not sure about recorded video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhendriksen Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 I bought some of the Panasonic PoE cameras. You can watch and control them on the touchpanels, you can watch and control them on any television hoooked up to a C4 controller, and you can watch them over the internet.I am not sure about recorded video.Can you elaborate on the cameras that you got, and how you hooked them up to the system? I have composer pro and have been able to figure out everything I have wanted to add/program/do, but I have not tinkered with a camera yet. I am curious as to what cabling/wiring is required to accomplish this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesh Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 I bought some of the Panasonic PoE cameras. You can watch and control them on the touchpanels' date=' you can watch and control them on any television hoooked up to a C4 controller, and you can watch them over the internet.I am not sure about recorded video.[/quote']Can you elaborate on the cameras that you got, and how you hooked them up to the system? I have composer pro and have been able to figure out everything I have wanted to add/program/do, but I have not tinkered with a camera yet. I am curious as to what cabling/wiring is required to accomplish this.PoE = Power over Ethernet, all you need is a Cat5e/6 run and a PoE switch or injector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhendriksen Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 I bought some of the Panasonic PoE cameras. You can watch and control them on the touchpanels' date=' you can watch and control them on any television hoooked up to a C4 controller, and you can watch them over the internet.I am not sure about recorded video.[/quote']Can you elaborate on the cameras that you got, and how you hooked them up to the system? I have composer pro and have been able to figure out everything I have wanted to add/program/do, but I have not tinkered with a camera yet. I am curious as to what cabling/wiring is required to accomplish this.PoE = Power over Ethernet, all you need is a Cat5e/6 run and a PoE switch or injector.This may be a really stupid question, and forgive me if it is, but how does the video/audio get back to Control4? Does it go over your wireless network? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akg4y Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 I bought the following with reference prices (I paid less on Ebay):BB-HCM511A $340 shipped from newegg.comBB-HCM531A $564 shipped from thetwistergroup.comBB-HCM581A $808 shipped from abesofmaine.comThe 531 and 511 are essentially the same thing except one is for outdoor use. The 581s are dome cameras. I havent actually gotten my C4 system yet but they essentially just hook up to the network via a single cat5e cable, draw power from that, and once the C4 driver is added to the project with the IP address of the camera then you are good to go.The dome cameras are awesome but pricey. Ive only seen them demo'd in the store but the quality was great and they seem to work reasonably well in low light (we tried them in a closet with the door just barely cracked open) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecodeman Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Can you elaborate on the cameras that you got' date=' and how you hooked them up to the system? I have composer pro and have been able to figure out everything I have wanted to add/program/do, but I have not tinkered with a camera yet. I am curious as to what cabling/wiring is required to accomplish this.[/quote']PoE = Power over Ethernet, all you need is a Cat5e/6 run and a PoE switch or injector.This may be a really stupid question, and forgive me if it is, but how does the video/audio get back to Control4? Does it go over your wireless network?http://www.brickhousesecurity.com/about-ip-network-video-cameras.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesh Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 This may be a really stupid question, and forgive me if it is, but how does the video/audio get back to Control4? Does it go over your wireless network?The ethernet cable is plugged into your switch.Then you add the camera to your control4 project, and fill in the required fields. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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