Sean13

Looking for a good quality outdoor wireless IP camera system setup that can reach remote cameras up to ~1 mile away, assuming Line of sight or near-LoS for all locations. I am not 100% sure on the number of camera's the customer will be wanting in total, and how many will need to be wireless. It will be between 8-16 camera's total. At this point just looking for recommendations on where and what to start looking at. I have mainly worked with Ubiquiti unifi camera's before, and never used them in a wireless configuration as I generally hate wireless cameras, but there is no other way to cover the distances and locations needed with anything else. I was considering using the unifi cameras, paired with a nanobeam AC, shooting back to a rocket AC access point and omni antenna on the main building. The only reason I don't like this idea is because of how many different components would be involved in the mix, and in turn how many problems could go wrong in the future. I would like a more "all in one" solution I guess, but not looking for your average run of the mill bargain store wireless cameras, they have to be high quality and reliable. I don't want to be revisiting the site for years down the road when things go wrong, and I know if I throw this many ubiquiti parts into the mix, I will be constantly worried about it. Camera's do not need to be PTZ, and I'm assuming that power will be available or installed at all camera locations.

If you have Line of Sight between the 2 locations a ubiquiti solution may work. You may need to install a basic Rohn tower to gain LoS between locations, but it should work. To move the kind of bandwidth you would need for those amount of camera's you need to look at the 5ghz AirFiber system. Also Mimosa makes some nice point to point radios. I can get nearly 200mbs thru the B5 at 17 miles and 40mhz channel with a good noise floor.

As much as I'd like to spend more on it, I just can't justify it. My current DVR has and does all the features I really need with the exception of HDMI for about $200, and I see basic Q-See systems that are pretty much mine with the addition of HDMI for the $350-$400 range. I only record cameras that detect motion, so the vast majority of the time only a few cameras are recording at once and for a short period of time, so what I have works. I just can't justify paying more then $250+ over the cost of what I have for the addition of HDMI and room for an extra HD. I can live with one hard drive and get HDMI for the $400 range if need be.

I currently have 16 cameras and a 16 channel dvr in my commercial location, and want to expand to another 16 cameras which I have bought already, but am looking for a better DVR then my first to use for it. My current DVR is a basic china imported generic (with no brand name or number on it) run of the mill $200 dvr. Having some problems with it but thats another story for another thread. The thing is it offers D1 as a recording option in the settings, which I use, but am not sure exactly how it works. I know it isn't a real time D1 recorder, but I see some dvr's that decrease the frame rate depending on how many cameras are recording, and some that record say 2 cameras at D1 and the rest at CIF. All my files appear to be D1 in size, I'm guessing at a limited frame rate, but again my DVR wasn't very clear on how it worked. I'm looking for something that, at a minimum offers 16 channel D1 recording at a limited frame rate, has a HDMI video output, and uses SATA hard drives. I would like to be able to have 2 or more hard drives, but this isn't a deal breaker. Would like to keep the price around the $400 mark if possible. I see some Q-See systems that fit the bill for $350 with the exception of multiple hard drive options. I'm also looking to possibly replace my current DVR with a matching unit, as I'm having some troubles with it.