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We've had a CCTV camera on the house for a while but used as a dummy, but it's a real camera. I'm installing some wireless lighting stuff and want to activate the camera, which was installed with the alarm 3 years ago.
Just opened up the alarm box and it looks like they've ran the cable for the camera into the alarm PSU and chopped the RJ45 cable off and powered it with the live/neutral to illuminate the IR LED's (which it doesn't)
Am I correct in thinking it's powered by Power over ethernet and it will require some sort of recording device to use it?
here's the details:
https://www.hikvision.com/en/Products/Network-Camera/EasyIP-2.0/2MP/DS-2CD2022WD-I
Is it worth scrapping it and getting something like Ring??
cheers
it is powered over the Ethernet cable. and to record you will need a nvr.
Have you considered buying a NAS drive? I recently got one for backup purposes and did not realise that it is also a very powerful CCTV recorder.
I bought a POE network switch and can pickup the cameras on the NAS's app 'surveillance station'. There are loads of options you can set.
I have been massively impressed with the Nas and what it can do. I have also set it up as a music streamer.
I bought a Synology DS218J (with 2x3TB drives). This is an entry level unit but satisfies my needs well.