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6 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT POE FOR IP CAMERA SYSTEM

 Unifore Security |  August 15,2015-2:48 AM 

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Since the rapid development of network video surveillance, technical barriers are getting higher and higher, manufacturers offer technical support is also becoming comprehensive and systematic. Tom
is a sales representative in video surveillance industry for several years, everyday exchanges ideas with security integrators. In the exchange of technology, integrators and installers often feel confused
on Power over Ethernet (PoE) problems, Tom feel the importance of PoE technology, herein, Tom invited a PoE expert to provide comprehensive information about PoE.

#1 What's Power over Ethernet (PoE)?

PoE stands for Power over Ethernet, it's a technology that transmits both data and power supply simultaneously to network devices (such as VoIP phones, Wireless AP, network camera etc)
without changing existing Cat.5 cable network structure.  PoE allows you to supply power to a networking device using the same cable that transmits the data, which in turn, greatly reduce the cost
of installation and maintenance.

A complete PoE system includes Power Sourcing Equipment (PSE) and Powered Device (PD) two parts.

Power Sourcing Equipment (PSE): The equipment supports PoE function such as PoE switch, PoE injector (midspan) etc.

Powered Device (PD): IP/network cameras in video surveillance system. 

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24CH PoE Switch

Note: Currently, PoE technology has two standards - IEEE802.3af and IEEE802.3at (http://www.hkvstar.com/technology-news/poe-ieee-802-3af-and-ieee-802-3at.html).

#2 Is PoE technology reliable?

On technical perspective, PoE technology has been developed for many years, now PoE technology is in mature stage. However, current video surveillance market faces cost pressure, the quality of
selected PoE switch and Cat5 cable is too poor, or the project design is unreasonable, may result in the maintenance workload of PoE project is huge, so integrators hold the common view that PoE
technology is not stable.

For network video surveillance projects, different from common network cabling, data transmission is huge, power consumption is high, additionally requires 24/7 days continuous working, choosing
high quality PoE device and cable can ensure the reliability of system.

#3 What's the advantage of PoE?

1. Simple cabling, reduce installation cost

Centralized power supply, one network cable can transmit data and power supply, PoE enables network devices no longer require extra power supply, greatly reduce the installation cost and time.

2. Safe and convenient

Power Sourcing Equipment only provides power supply to PoE-enabled devices. For example, PoE switch only transmit power supply when it detects the connection of PoE-enabled devices. This can
avoid the risk of leakage. Users can mix use existing non-PoE device and PoE-enabled devices, both of them can co-exist.

3. Convenient for maintenance

Similar to data transmission, PoE can be managed through Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). This function can offer shut down at night, remote reset etc functions.

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is a popular protocol for network management. It is used for collecting information from, and con guring, network devices, such as servers, printers,
hubs, switches, and routers on an Internet Protocol (IP) network.

#4 Possible problems or disadvantages of PoE?

1. Power insu cient, powered device can't boot: 802.3af PoE standard maximum output power is below 15.4W, this is su cient to provide power supply for most of IP cameras. However, this output
power is not su cient for high power consumption devices such as network PTZ camera.

2. Centralized risk: Generally, a PoE switch connects to multiple IP cameras, if PoE network switch encounters any problems, all IP cameras will stop working.

3. High equipment and maintenance cost: Compared to other power supplying methods, PoE technology increases maintenance workload, when considering security and stability, separate power
supply is best.

#5 How to select PoE switch?

1. Power consumption of IP camera: PoE network switch adopts different standards, the output power is also different. For example, IEEE802.3af can support powered devices that don't exceed 15.4W.
As cable transmission will consume power, IEEE802.3af can provide power supply to powered devices that don't exceed 12.95W. According to IEEE802.3at standard, IEEE802.3at PoE switch can work
with powered devices that don't exceed 25W.

2. Max. support powered devices: PoE switch has an important parameter - total power. Under IEEE802.3af standard, If 24CH PoE switch's total power reaches 370W, then each ports can get su cient
power (370/15.4=24), but if based on IEE802.3at standard, each port supports 30W, the PoE switch only can provide power supply to 12 ports (370/30=12).

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PoE IEEE 802.3af Technical Speci cation

3. Required quantity of ports, whether having Optical Fiber port, or network management, bandwidth (10/100/1000M).

#6 What's the PoE transmission range? advice on selecting cable?

PoE transmission range is 100 meters, recommend to use Cat5 Ethernet cable.

You should be cautious when buying the Ethernet cable from China. PoE IEEE802.3af standard requires PSE output power is 15.4W, after 100 meters transmission, the PD can receive 12.95W power,
according to 802.3af standard current value - 350ma to calculate, the resistance value of 100 meters Ethernet cable should be (15.4-12.95W)/350ma = 7 Ohm or (15.5-12.95)/350ma = 7.29 Ohm. 

Obviously, standard Cat5 cable can meet this requirement. but there are many non-standard Ethernet network cables selling in the market, they are produced not strictly in accordance with the
requirements of the standard network cable. Non-standard network cable utilizes other materials such as copper clad steel, copper clad aluminum, copper coated iron, etc. The resistance of these
cables is big, not suitable for POE power supply. POE power supply must use oxygen-free copper material, namely, the standard network cable.

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Pujaso Technologies • a month ago

Nice explanation of PoE Switch, call us at 09891479086 or visit www.pujaso.com for CCTV installation service, NVR installation, DVR installation
and camera installation in Okhla, Delhi, India.
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Jennifer Tang Mod • 2 months ago

Download the PoE solution for IP Cameras http://support.hkvstar.com/...
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Peter Harris • 3 months ago

I have just installed a system that uses Cat6 and have 2 cameras with 2 more to be installed. My problem is that the vision from the cameras keeps
dropping out and then come back and then drop out again. Can anyone shed some light on what the problem might be ?
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Jennifer Tang Mod > Peter Harris • 2 months ago

I suppose it's related to the bandwidth problem, you may try to use a network switch supports higher/larger bandwidth.
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rsk4you > Peter Harris • 3 months ago

I had that problem with my WLAN Camera too in my garage until I turned on the WLAN Repeater in the kitchen. Could barely get one frame
a second. One frame every three seconds wasn't a problem. Now even 15 frames a second go.
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Yousef Nofal • 4 months ago

Hi, i recently bought a Dahua ptz ipc supports the standard IEEE 802.3af (PoE) , i have a poe sipliter wih IEEE 802.3af (PoE) 48 Voltage and 0.500
Amp , can i use this poe splinter for this camera? it's supports 12.v dc with 2 amp, but i don't have enough knowledge of poe systems, please help
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Jennifer Tang Mod > Yousef Nofal • 3 months ago

As long as they are compliant with the same standard, the PoE splitter should work. Since the PoE devices have the protection from
damage you may have a try. The power current of PoE devices provided are adjusted automatically according to the detected devices.
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Michael Angelo Refama • 7 months ago

Thank you Jen.
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Jennifer Tang Mod • a year ago
Things to take in to consideration when selecting the correct network switch:
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Things to take in to consideration when selecting the correct network switch:

1) Amount of Ports
The most importing thing is to check the amount of ports on the switch are enough to connect all your network devices. UNIFORE has a range of
PoE and PoE+ network switches ranging up to 24 ports. If you require more than one switch it is heavily advised to choose switches with gigabit
uplink ports. These ports allow a smooth transmission of data between the switches allowing them to operate at maximum effectiveness. Switches
without uplink ports can still be linked together but you may experience bandwidth issues with switch to switch data flow.

2) Power Requirements – PoE or PoE+, Injectors and Splitters

Review the data sheets of the camera’s you have specified on the installation to see if any have higher power requires known as PoE+. If you have
1 or more camera’s requiring PoE+ power you will need to heavily consider this when choosing your switch. (Please note PoE+ switches will
happily power standard PoE devices but a standard PoE switch cannot power any PoE+ device, regardless of the amount of wattage unused by
the other connected equipment). However some switches are designed to power both PoE and PoE+ devices, please check the specification sheet
of that exact switch model to see if this is possible on your selection. If this is the case you will usually find a the switch will handle half the PoE+
devices it will PoE e.g. An 8 port switch can power 8 standard PoE devices or 4 PoE+ devices.

A real world example

If you have a 10 camera system and only 1 camera requires PoE+ there is yet another alternative. PoE+ switches can cost considerably more than
standard PoE switches, to combat this the alternative is to use PoE+ injectors and splitters. These are products designed specifically to power a
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E71 > Jennifer Tang • 6 months ago

While true, I think there aren't anywhere near as many PoE+ (802.3at) cameras as PoE (802.3af). I don't think this is going to change
anytime soon either.

A person picking their switch should first check the cameras that require PoE+ (eg Vivotek's Speed Dome aka. "SD" range) and see if they
will ever need those features otherwise there's an overwhelming number of PoE cameras that can do the job for most people.
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Jennifer Tang Mod • a year ago

#7: Is it going to be a problem when I use PoE and DC power together?

Normally, NVRs or network switching hubs are PSEs (Power Sourcing Equipments) and have no consideration about the PoE and DC power
because they generates the PoE power using DC power and have no collision between PoE and DC power.

However, cameras are PDs (Powered Devices) and should select one of PoE or DC power if both powers are supplied. So, if both PoE and DC
power are supplied to the camera, the camera use DC power first, and send power status message to PSE via signal lines, then PSE recognizes
that the camera use DC power and stop supplying PoE power to the camera.
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