New member here. I've been lurking for a few weeks. Finally getting ready to design, wire, then buy equipment for a surveillance camera system. I'm a Mechanical Engineer by profession. And have done all aspects of home construction/repair. And I'm very comfortable with wiring Electrical Cable Phone & LAN. Semi-retired, and living on a small Lake in western Washington.
In a previous home, back in 2017, I installed a "Costco special" camera system. Night Owl 8-camera DVR system with 5Mp 1080p fixed lens cameras. Most of you can immediately see the problems that type of system would have. The positives of experiencing that system is that I got to learn first-hand it's short comings. But it didn't give me much insight as to how to fix those problems with better design and hardware/software. That's why I'm here. Just reading thru the "Cliff Notes" wiki page here is incredible!
I've got a ton of questions to ask. But out of respect for the old timers here that get asked the same dumb questions over and over, I hope to read enough to get an overall approach to my new system. Then I'll post a general approach I'm thinking. and ask a few specific questions. Is there a specific forum location where I should make that post?
In a previous home, back in 2017, I installed a "Costco special" camera system. Night Owl 8-camera DVR system with 5Mp 1080p fixed lens cameras. Most of you can immediately see the problems that type of system would have. The positives of experiencing that system is that I got to learn first-hand it's short comings. But it didn't give me much insight as to how to fix those problems with better design and hardware/software. That's why I'm here. Just reading thru the "Cliff Notes" wiki page here is incredible!
I've got a ton of questions to ask. But out of respect for the old timers here that get asked the same dumb questions over and over, I hope to read enough to get an overall approach to my new system. Then I'll post a general approach I'm thinking. and ask a few specific questions. Is there a specific forum location where I should make that post?
