The Worst Business Security Camera Placement Mistakes If you’ve invested in a business security camera system, you’ll want to get the best out of it. That starts by making sure to place your security cameras properly. With that in mind, here are five security camera installation mistakes you need to avoid. Placing your security camera at the wrong height For...

So what is a preset position for a PTZ camera? Preset positions are a speed dome camera's memorized P/T/Z and focus functionality. This means a user/operator can set the security camera to automatically look at a certain area in your CCTV application. Depending on what you are trying to do and what you want to look at, this can be...

Connecting multiple PTZ Cameras is a simple process that takes several PTZ cameras and allows them to use one joystick. The easiest way to connect multiple PTZ security cameras is to Daisy Chain the data line. PTZ cameras have three cable connectors, data (to run the joystick), power, and video (which are usually residing in one cable). Data can be...

Today we are taking a closer look at the internals of a PTZ camera's brain to indicate what dip switches are and what they do for a PTZ camera. If you have not noticed there are two blocks of dip switches, both of which set addresses for your PTZ camera to work properly. Most end-users that purchase these cameras are...

PTZ security cameras have a very unique setup in from the very start. They have power, video and data connection to deal with. But how does provide power to their PTZ security cameras? There are two ways to really do this. You can power independently or you can use an AC power distribution box. There are also some other hybrid...

So you have a PTZ camera and you are trying to figure out how to hook it all up. The major thing to this camera is the data connection. The pigtails coming out the back of the surveillance camera is power, video, and data. So you have three connections to worry about. Also when you are hooking up your PTZ...

This is the brain of a PTZ camera. Most people never even know what these PTZ cameras are made of, so here is an example. This camera features a 1/4 type EXview HAD? CCD and high sensitivity of 1.5 lux (50 IRE). Exview is powerful chip-set technology, where infrared and non-infrared cameras (like this ptz camera lens) renders more detail...

Here is a another new surveillance CCTV camera to added to our arsenal of security cameras. This one is very special thought. I looks like a ptz camera, but it is not! It has the pan and tilt feature but no zooming feature. See what we want to express here is this surveillance camera's special ability to work for very...

It is finally on our website for sale! This device is going to save all of our PTZ camera customers a lot of money and headache. We cannot express our excitement to have this item in stock. After multiple testings we stand behind this product. If you have a Pelco-D or Pelco-P PTZ security camera, then this part will integrate...

Looks like the demand for video surveillance is getting stronger each year. One of the major signs are the growing amount of ptz security cameras being used to survey state highways. There not only in the state of Florida, but in Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and many other southern parts of the United States. We are blown away by...

How to make a PTZ camera Track Objects So you want to know how you can make a PTZ camera track objects? There a few ways you can do it. One way you can do it is to buy an auto-tracking ptz security camera. Or you can get a converter box that you can inter-phase to run your non-auto-tracking ptz...

What are the differences between these two security cameras? They both look like domes, right? Both security cameras are great in design, and appeal. However, they have major differences. Those differences start at the insides of the cameras. PTZ security cameras have a super brain inside their smoked-color domes. The brain of a PTZ camera has artificial intelligence. Most PTZ security cameras...

So everyone has seen, or heard about security cameras right? Most people think of security cameras as digital cameras. Naturally they are on the right track. Security cameras are not too complicated, they are a tad different than digital or professional cameras. They still have the basic things about them, a lens, integrated circuit board, and chip sets. However, there are other things about security cameras...