over the years I’ve tried a lot of CCTV cameras. things have come a long way as we moved from coax, CRTs and BNCs to CAT6, IP and PoE.
This time I wanted to organise a new pan Tilt Zoom (PTZ) cam that I could use to enjoy our building site remotely once the action starts.
Building site Cam
Our last house was full of random cameras as makers regularly sent me their kit to try out. This taught me one over-riding lesson though. get a single, appropriately integrated cam system with an NVR (Network video Recorder). like a lot of things in life, spending a bit a lot more indicates doing the job ideal (and once).
Now, while I wanted something decent, it still needed to be inexpensive too. You really can spend a scary amount of money on a good quality PTZ IP camera, easily getting into 4 figures. but that’s not in our budget, so I set about trying to find a a lot more reasonably priced solution.
I’ve previously had great success with an 8-camera Hikvision NVR setup in work. I’ve found it to be exceptional quality at an inexpensive price. This experience indicates i am familiar with their setup, including the browser, desktop and mobile apps so it made sense to stick with the same brand. I not only wanted a standalone cam for now, but also one I could re-use once the new house is built too, incorporating it into a multi-camera NVR setup.
In the end I went for this Hikvision DS-2DE4225IW-DE (catchy title). It’s a 2MP cam (1080p HD) with a 25x optical zoom that’s rated for indoor and outdoor use (IP66) and has an RRP of £400.50+VAT.
Mounting & Setup
The package included a power supply already wired to plug into the dome. but this would indicate having to run both power and data to the camera.
However, it supports the 30w PoE+ standard (802.3at) and so I gotten a PoE+ Injector to use instead. Power over Ethernet is fantastic as it indicates you don’t need to find an electrical supply at the camera. instead you send it along the same CAT5 (or better) cord that connects the cam to your network.
We’re currently living with family next door to our building site and this indicates we are in the lucky position to have access to super-fast FTTP Broadband. fast upstream bandwidth is a requirement for streaming high quality CCTV images. The property has a pole carrying TV aerials on the gable end of the house which is also in an ideal elevated location to monitor our building site next door. So I went with this DS-1602ZJ-POLE mount. There are a variety of other mounts available for this camera, including ones that fit on flat walls and in corners.
This pole does shake on stormy days though, which is particularly obvious when zoomed in, so that’s something you need to consider when working out how and where to mount it.
While it’s too early to draw any conclusions about the longevity of this camera, the metal construction seems strong and durable. Cameras supplied by authorised Hikvision resellers in the UK have a 3 year warranty.
There’s the option to hook up external microphones or speakers to this cam too, must you have a need for that. The list of whizzy sounding features also includes – large dynamic range (WDR), highlight/back light compensation (HLC/BLC), 3D digital noise reduction technology (3D DNR) and electronic image stabilisation (EIS). Puh.
Get a proper SD Card
The cam supports H.264 as well as the new H.265 video compression standard which uses a considerable saving on bandwidth and storage space. It can use a micro SD card for recording (if you’re not using an NVR) and can take up to a maximum size of 128GB.
I’ve seen pretty much every ‘normal’ SD card I’ve ever put into my other IP cameras fail. That’s particularly awkward if your cam is up a pole like this one.
So I’ve splurged on a Samsung 128 GB pro Endurance SD card which is created specifically for surveillance, security, dash and body cams. They are rated for up to 5 years of continuous recording so hopefully will supply trouble-free use until we get the NVR.
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Samsung Pro Endurance MB-MJ64GA (64 GB) SDXC UHS-I minnekort med SD-adapter
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SanDisk High Endurance Video Monitoring for Dashcams & Home Monitoring 128 GB MicroSDXC Memory Card …
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Bakpanelet på kuppelen kommer av med 4 Philips -skruer for å avsløre Micro SD -kortsporet – du kan bare lage det på dette bildet, under det nederste ideelle hjørnet av PCB ved den lille oransje båndkabelen.
Pan, vippe, zoom, patruljer, forhåndsinnstillinger, hendelser og alarmer
Faste kameraer er normen, og normalt en bedre innsats. Men når du vil dekke et stort område med en enkelt kam som dette, er en PTZ ideell.
25X-zoomen er veldig imponerende, ikke minst om natten når kameraets innebygde IR-belysning kan nå 100 meter. Det er en del av ‘Darkfighter’ -området som bruker ultra-lav lysteknologi for å levere fargebilder ned til bare 0,05 lux, og svart-hvitt-bilder ned til 0,01 lux. Den kan gå ned til 0 lux på opptil 100 meter med sin innebygde IR (som en guide, en fullmåne på en klar natt er rundt 0,25 lux).
Her er et eksempel på at jeg nyter noen kaniner om natten som viser den utrolige zoomen så vel som de lave lysfunksjonene innebygd i kameraet (klikk på bildet for større versjon).
I tillegg til de manuelle vinkelene og zoomfunksjonene kan CAM programmeres med opptil 8 forskjellige ‘patruljer’, og hver har opptil 32 ‘forhåndsinnstillinger’. Pannen er kontinuerlig 360 grader, så det er aldri en tid hvor du må gå tilbake den andre veien. Husk å sjekke ut dine lokale lover om innenlandsk CCTV, personvern og databeskyttelse. Her er litt gunstig informasjon for Storbritannia.
Andre smarte funksjoner jeg ikke en gang har kommet inn i, inkluderer påvisning av bevegelse, inntrenging, linjekryssing og gjenstandsfjerning.
Edderkoppnett over linsen var alltid et problem på kameraene i vårt siste hus, men så langt ser det ut til at bevegelsen av PTZ holder dem i sjakk på denne, noe som er en annen stor fordel.
En ting verdt å nevne er at det ikke er noen kuppel som dekker kammen her, slik at du kan se denne bevegelsen. Dette indikerer at hvis du brukte det til sikkerhetsovervåkning, ville emnet ditt mye sannsynlig kunne trene når det ble pekt på dem.
Her er et annet eksempel, ideelt på slutten av 25 ganger zoom som sjekker ut et fuglebord ved siden av huset der vi bor. Jeg tror dette skuddet viser frem kvaliteten på kammen veldig bra (klikk på bildet for versjon i full størrelse).
Tidsforløp
Som alle gode byggeprosjekter har vi tenkt å fange noen tidsforløpsskudd av bygningen.
Jeg har eksperimentert med innstillingene for “hendelsesplanlegging” for kameraet. Et intervall på 5 minutter (300 000 meter) virker som ideelt for dette.
Jeg importerer bildene til Lightroom og eksporterer filmbildet fra lysbildefremvisningsmodulen som fungerer bra.
Hvis du ikke har Lightroom, er det mange frittstående apper tilgjengelig for å gjøre en haug med stillbilder til et tidsforløp.
[Oppdatering] Sjekk ut Instagramen vår for noen tidseksempler
Software
Hikvision cameras can be checked out in a browser or by means of dedicated apps for the PC, Mac, Android or iOS.
Recent updates to Safari have broken the ability to view the cam in a browser on the Mac, so I’m running the iVMS-4200 application instead. It works really well and supplies access to all the features of the cam remotely, whether checkingout or configuring.
On iOS I’m using the iVMS-4500 app. This allows you to view the cam as well as control the PTZ manually and recall presets too.
What If I have No Power or Broadband?
If your building site lacks either power, broadband, or both, then there are still options open to you.
If you have power but no broadband (perhaps living on site in a caravan or mobile home) then you can still use the setup above recording to a micro SD card, but without the ability to enjoy remotely over the internet.
If you have respectable 3G or 4G LTE coverage then you could use the same system connected to a cellular router. Specialists like Nucleus Networks make quality routers for this purpose.
If you have no power and don’t need Ethernet, just WiFi, then you could hack together a MiFi unit with a large USB battery which could give days of Internet access between charges.
Lastly there are all-in-one options available that integrate a camera, battery, solar panel and a cellular modem like this reolink.
Summing Up
We’ve had this Hikvision PTZ cam installed for around 2 months now and it has genuinely been a happiness to use.
I’ve embedded some sample footage below from a YouTube user that gives you a good idea of its flexibility. While we’ve set it up here to monitor our building site, it would of course be beneficial in dozens of other applications too.
Hikvision has become such a huge success by using great features at an inexpensive price. I’ve used a lot of IP CCTV cameras over the years, but this thing blows me away. Recommended.
hikvision.com/uk : Hikvision Authorised Distributors
Remember to check out our Instagram to follow the project, read the rest of the Automated home 2.0 blog articles and find the links to all the products we’ve used in our self-build.
Specs
1/2.8″ progressive scan CMOS
Up to 1920 × 1080@30fps resolution
Min. belysning:
Color: 0.005 Lux @(F1.6, AGC ON)
B/W: 0.001 Lux @(F1.6, AGC ON)
0 Lux with IR
25× optical zoom, 16× digital zoom
WDR, HLC, BLC, 3D DNR, Defog, EIS, regional Exposure, regional Focus
Up to 100 m IR distance
12 VDC & PoE+ (802.3 at, class4)
Support H.265+/H.265 video compression
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