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  1. Firefighter

    Nosey neighbor?

    Have you tried just telling him "Hey I added a camera that only covers the road so we can catch any kids who come in trying to steal from our cars" or something like that. Sometimes it can go a long way. You might even crop out his house and print the picture off or send it to him via...
  2. Firefighter

    Network Mapping / Design

    Lol I didn't mean to hit submit. I edited and updated the post. Thanks!
  3. Firefighter

    Network Mapping / Design

    Hey yall, I have a lot more experience in installation than design of networking. This is for my personal home and I wanted yalls opinions. Finally getting things ran and done in my house. 10 years after moving in. I have ATT Fiber 1GB Plan. Fibers ran all the way into my closet with the att...
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    Trench fiber, cat6 etc

    I haven't closed the trenches up yet. Planning on doing that Saturday. Wasn't going to throw conduit in but idk thinking about it now. Lol
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    Unshielded CAT5 cable in EMT conduit outside?

    Just use DB cable.... it's 24 awg with a tougher jacket. $85 for 500ft. Cat5e direct burial is available at most stores for small price, i got mine at home depot. I just threw some in the ground recently. I too use to install cctv and still, for a few cameras cat5e is fine. More than fine...
  6. Firefighter

    Trench fiber, cat6 etc

    UPDATE, I wasn't about to trench for power like I did the water. lol
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    Trench fiber, cat6 etc

    I do not. They're not allowed where I'm at in the city. We have an acre, no hoa but the neighborhood behind us is newer, smaller lots with hoa. I've had the city contact me when I started the coop because of a complain filed. I then had to submit a site plan, plot plan, design plan and pay a...
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    Trench fiber, cat6 etc

    I think I'm just gonna run 3/4" pex for the fiber in white so it's not blue or red. Then throw down the conduit for the power. Idk direct burial wire sounds alot easier than pvc conduit
  9. Firefighter

    Trench fiber, cat6 etc

    What size for fiber?
  10. Firefighter

    What's your opinion on cameras *inside* the home?

    We have a few, Each of the kids rooms upstairs ( Both are single digits old ) and the common play area upstairs. The only other one is in the kitchen but wife turned it away because she doesn't like "feeling watched" even after nearly 2 decades. I don't have an issue with it, but i get when...
  11. Firefighter

    Outdoor ethernet cable questions

    Co Correct, the only thing that would corrode is in the connector. If they cut it half way or even a few inches behind the connector then they will get fresh copper and not have an issue. I'm 90% sure that's the plan. If we couldn't tuck it away we would do the same thing just to keep the...
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    Outdoor ethernet cable questions

    Previous installer here. 1. I wouldn't worry about the length, the final installer should cut it to length needed and put a new end on. 2. It shouldn't be exposed to the elements especially if they aren't going to cut it to length and put a new end on it. If it were my home, I'd wrap it...
  13. Firefighter

    Trench fiber, cat6 etc

    Thanks guys. Just needed to get something in the ground and working. I'll maybe trench a fiber in conduit this summer. Just have an issue with a neighbor I need to get covered. ( Concerned he'll kill the chickens )
  14. Firefighter

    Trench fiber, cat6 etc

    I stopped over thinking it and dropped a dual cat5e direct burial cables from home depot. Above that I dropped in a 1/2 pex line for water. It's 9-12 inches deep on average where I checked. Ideal world it would be 1 inch conduit with 2 fiber lines. But that's totally unnecessary. Will...
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    Trench fiber, cat6 etc

    UPDATE: See the video at the bottom of this post. Spoiler, I rented a trencher So I'm running data to the chicken coop where I'll have a poe switch for cameras around the coop one tree house. I didn't want to spend $250 on a trencher so I borrowed a friend's line hand trencher for cables...
  16. Firefighter

    RV Type 360 coverage systems

    True, Thank you. I'll stick with a system like I linked where zero lag is the most important thing. Thanks
  17. Firefighter

    RV Type 360 coverage systems

    Hey yall, has anyone made a RV 360 type system? I see systems on amazon but they all seem cheap. I have this box KUV and want to see better. Not looking for the fake 360 blending type just 4 or 6 cameras on a screen up front. Heres the system im looking at but looking for something better...
  18. Firefighter

    Seattle Area Bomb Cyclone Sky Captures November 2024

    Do you have a generator or back ups for the cctv?
  19. Firefighter

    Building my home network

    Alright so I'm about to start buying some stuff. The POE switch for the cameras with the spf ports ( I can use those as intake data correct? ) will be a 16port poe 30w switch with 2 up link gigabit ports and also 2 spf slots. TP-Link TL-SG1218MP https://tinyurl.com/mrb5kfar The Non POE gigabit...
  20. Firefighter

    IPCT IPCT & Amcrest Partnership - Discounted Products

    Any update for deals in Q4 with IPCT and amcrest?
  21. Firefighter

    Building my home network

    Coop photo. It's 6x8 while the run is 10x20. I have concerns about a neighbor killing then with a pellet gun so I want cameras on them in addition to wanting cameras on them anyway. I plan on putting a small box inside the coop to house the switch.
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    Building my home network

    Yea I wasn't sure if that would work but since I won't have any other use for the ports why not use them that way and remove one converter needed. They will. I'm finishing up the coop soon and will be trenching power and water to it so it just needs data and I'd rather do a hard line over a...
  23. Firefighter

    Building my home network

    So Install a Dual NIC in my Blue Iris Computer and have one going to the cctv switch and the other to the main home network switch? Makes sense... Then the office computers and tvs in the house will be on the main home network switch while isolating the cctv and BI stuff. Correct?
  24. Firefighter

    Building my home network

    Hey yall, have a few questions as I'm about to build out my home network and want to make sure I'm looking at this correctly. I haven't bought any switches yet. I'm going to use a small 2x2 coat closet and wire shelving. I have ATT 1gig Fiber mode/router directly into the closet. ( I had to...
  25. Firefighter

    IPVM Alternative cctv design tool

    Paid and messing with it now. Its worth it. Here's a short 15min video they have and it surprised me you can run wire lengths, network switches and more for network planning ontop of the cameras.
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    IPVM Alternative cctv design tool

    Hey I haven't but I think I'm about to buy it for a year. It's $12 a month, but if you pay for a year it's $4 a month. It doesnt get much cheaper than that. So I'm gonna buy it for a year. $58. They added Amcrest Cameras as my request through their support email so they are very responsive and...
  27. Firefighter

    Installed PTZ

    I never got the auto tracking to work on this. It's installed on an Amcrest dvr.
  28. Firefighter

    Live camera on a cell tower

    None of the links are working for me
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    IPVM Alternative cctv design tool

    Looks like I found an alternative to the absurd price of ipvm. I'll be subscribing this weekend and testing it out. It's $48 euro pounds or $51 usd a year.... I know several of us have been looking around and I'm curious if anyone's used this option. Here's the company and their response...
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    These two amcrest difference?

    So I have a buddy who wants a general 4 camera system and I've been recommending the Amcrest over reolink. I know this is a long standing debate, but for someone who can't self troubleshoot and I don't want to help I just need to recommend the best basic system and am down to these two. The...
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