Hello, I have a camera that uses power via Power over Ethernet.
Can I use my router to power and use the camera on the network? I'm using a netgear router that wont be connected to the router, but one of the ethernet ports will be connected to a server, and another connected to the camera.
I have seen the PoE option, but that's only for internet connection.
Thank you.
What model IP camera?
Also i highly doubt the router can supply POE to it, but if we know the schematic for the POE ethernet port on the IP camera, you can make your own POE ethernet cable.
Oh it's this crappy camera that arrived to our house, and was suppose to come with a recorder. I'm now supposed to use a computer to record images from it. It's just got one cable that is ethernet.
It was made for this little box thing that came with it, it's just a device that toggles through the cameras and outputs to a scart lead out. And as I said, it was suppose to have a recorder on it.
The box that came with it looks VERY like a router, but without internet in and has buttons and dials on it that allows setting of the time to switch camera and to force view a camera.
Looking at the camera now, it has a junction in the middle which is a female to male connector that changes this odd cable (PS/2?) to ethernet.
Power over Ethernet generally tends to use an amplifier or a booster to boost power to the device; it could be that the router-like-box that it came with could be this booster..
Like the above poster said, if you could supply us with a model number we can assist further.
The camera has a number on the back, but Google confirmed that it's virtually nothing.
ARG701/8428
Here's the kit including the cameras and the funny looking box: [url]http://www.brooklyntrading.co.uk/p-1981-get-professional-colour-twin-cctv-security-camera-system.aspx?source=googleps[/url]
Here's a doodle of all the cables.
Cables coming out of the box:
- Camera hookup ethernet x2
- Power cable
- Scart lead
The box on the camera ethernet cables is the converter.
[img]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9105338/system.png[/img]
Okay I think that unit then looks like what could supply the power to them.
In response to your original post no, consumer grade routers do not have POE capability within them, so no wonder the router cannot connect to the camera - the camera doesn't exist, as far as it's concerned. Your only option would be to look into getting a power over ethernet [i][b]injector[/b][/i] (sorry, not booster or amplifier as I stated above) that would inject power to the camera via AC mains, and allow a generic ethernet connection to it from there.
An example is [url]http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?q=power+over+ethernet&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=8682709771555141381&sa=X&ei=nyqvTemsM5GwhAec6fzfAw&ved=0CEwQ8wIwAw#[/url]
Hm, I might buy the injector that you specified. Could I possibly get the scart into something a computer can intemperate as video input?
[QUOTE=Silentfood;29320060]Hm, I might buy the injector that you specified. Could I possibly get the scart into something a computer can intemperate as video input?[/QUOTE]
Yes, a TV capture card may do the trick nicely.
What you must be careful of however is that you are connecting an IP camera directly to a network, without that box module with the controls on it acting as a bridge.. The cameras may not even function by themselves on a network, they may rely on the box to do everything for them, so you might be stuck with it I'm afraid..
I'll look into a TV capture card, if not I'll see into an injector. And if all fails, I'll throw the system in to a bin, and invest into a ...legit... system.
Thank you.
You live in Lancashire
I'll buy it off you if it doesn't work.
[QUOTE=runtime;29320263]You live in Lancashire
I'll buy it off you if it doesn't work.[/QUOTE]
We will see.
This is what you need. Works well for us under these same circumstances:
[url]http://www.panoptictechnology.com/network-smart-adapters/[/url]
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