Hi all,
I hoped to seek some insight into how a particular installation might be put together. My brother has been provided a complete HiVision setup consisting of a total of 22 cameras.
The guy who was meant to install it is away at the minute and I was asked if I could assist with the install, I'm fairly proficient with IT/networking etc but I'm a bit confused by the equipment they've ordered and how they planned to string it all together. The cameras themselves are a side topic, I'm initially focusing on the setup of the NVR and the switches they bought.
HikVision NVR's 2x DS-7616NI-I2/16P
HikVision POE Switches 2x DS-3E1318P-EI
I'm seeking some clarification on 2 questions.
Q1: Can the NVR's be connected to become a single instance ( I dont think so so)
Q2: Are these NVR's limited to support a maximum of 16 cameras each (I think this is the case)
The installation location is an old rented multi-storey property so new cabling is a real challenge, the proposed idea was to have:
1. 5 cameras on ground floor connected to one of the switches, a cable is already in place that will be used to uplink (G1 port?) to an office on the top floor
2. First floor has another switch connecting several cameras, and again a cable is already available to uplink (G1 port?) to the top floor office.
3. Second floor (office floor), again several cameras with cable all ran into the office.
Both NVR's reside in the office.
The camera's on the top floor will connect directly to the POE ports on the NVR itself.
The NVR's will need to connect to a hub/switch (via their LAN ports) which also has the uplinks from the Ground and First floor connected. This switch will also have a connection to the gateway for Internet breakout and also running a DHCP server. (It's a seperated LAN from the office network)
Q3: So this is where my first doubt has come in, can I still add cameras to the NVR if they are on the Hikvision POE switch, say it's got 5 camera connected directly to the NVR and I want to add 10 others residing on the LAN side of the NVR. I did try this but got a message saying I couldn't add anymore cameras ( I can see the blank squares on the NVR's screen which I'm assuming are related to each of the ports on back).
Q4: Should I use SADP to set Static IP's on all the cameras on the switch, or will they happily work effectivly if issued via a DHCP server?
Q5: Should I also set an IP on the switches themselves in the same IP range of the cameras/NVR Lan side?
Theortically it all sounds right, but I wanted to see if their where any obvious fails in this setup that I'm not aware of (outside of the questions I already have)
I've other concerns about the quality of some of the cameras, especially the fisheye one but I can deal with that seperately. I just want to start by getting everything talking to one another.
Hope that makes sense and any feedback, advice, recommended guides etc is muchly appreciated.
TIA
I hoped to seek some insight into how a particular installation might be put together. My brother has been provided a complete HiVision setup consisting of a total of 22 cameras.
The guy who was meant to install it is away at the minute and I was asked if I could assist with the install, I'm fairly proficient with IT/networking etc but I'm a bit confused by the equipment they've ordered and how they planned to string it all together. The cameras themselves are a side topic, I'm initially focusing on the setup of the NVR and the switches they bought.
HikVision NVR's 2x DS-7616NI-I2/16P
HikVision POE Switches 2x DS-3E1318P-EI
I'm seeking some clarification on 2 questions.
Q1: Can the NVR's be connected to become a single instance ( I dont think so so)
Q2: Are these NVR's limited to support a maximum of 16 cameras each (I think this is the case)
The installation location is an old rented multi-storey property so new cabling is a real challenge, the proposed idea was to have:
1. 5 cameras on ground floor connected to one of the switches, a cable is already in place that will be used to uplink (G1 port?) to an office on the top floor
2. First floor has another switch connecting several cameras, and again a cable is already available to uplink (G1 port?) to the top floor office.
3. Second floor (office floor), again several cameras with cable all ran into the office.
Both NVR's reside in the office.
The camera's on the top floor will connect directly to the POE ports on the NVR itself.
The NVR's will need to connect to a hub/switch (via their LAN ports) which also has the uplinks from the Ground and First floor connected. This switch will also have a connection to the gateway for Internet breakout and also running a DHCP server. (It's a seperated LAN from the office network)
Q3: So this is where my first doubt has come in, can I still add cameras to the NVR if they are on the Hikvision POE switch, say it's got 5 camera connected directly to the NVR and I want to add 10 others residing on the LAN side of the NVR. I did try this but got a message saying I couldn't add anymore cameras ( I can see the blank squares on the NVR's screen which I'm assuming are related to each of the ports on back).
Q4: Should I use SADP to set Static IP's on all the cameras on the switch, or will they happily work effectivly if issued via a DHCP server?
Q5: Should I also set an IP on the switches themselves in the same IP range of the cameras/NVR Lan side?
Theortically it all sounds right, but I wanted to see if their where any obvious fails in this setup that I'm not aware of (outside of the questions I already have)
I've other concerns about the quality of some of the cameras, especially the fisheye one but I can deal with that seperately. I just want to start by getting everything talking to one another.
Hope that makes sense and any feedback, advice, recommended guides etc is muchly appreciated.
TIA