1. What is the purpose of this system?
1.1. Security
1.1.1. Intrusion Detection or Perimeter Protection
1.1.1.1. Central station monitoring service
1.1.1.2. Self monitored
1.1.2. General security purposes
1.2. Surveillance
1.2.1. What level of detail do you require?
1.2.1.1. Monitor
1.2.1.2. Detect
1.2.1.3. Observe
1.2.1.4. Recognize
1.2.1.5. Identify
1.2.1.6. Inspect
1.3. Intrusion detection system
1.3.1. Video verified alarm system
1.3.2. Real time live systems
1.4. Construction Camera Systems, Time Lapse, Project Managment
1.4.1. Hosted or self hosted video?
1.4.2. Do you require live viewing?
2. Lighting
2.1. Low light cameras
2.2. Cameras with IR light built in
2.3. Add LED IR or White light systems
2.4. Use thermal cameras
3. Camera Types
3.1. Fixed cameras
3.1.1. License plate cameras
3.1.2. 180 degree panorama cameras
3.2. Pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) cameras
3.3. Thermal cameras
4. Cloud based systems
5. Options and Accessories
6. Cyber Security Issues
7. Other Sensor Types
8. System Types & Form Factors
8.1. AC powered with network service, typical warehouse, industrial facility
8.2. Solar powered, mounted to pole
8.3. Rapid deploy, portable, lithium battery pack
8.4. Intrusion detection system, fixed or portable
8.5. Time lapse system, solar and wireless
8.6. LTE camera systems
9. Central Station Monitoring Services
10. Power
10.1. YES, I have 110V AC power
10.1.1. Any type and any number of devices can be powered with 110V AC power
10.2. NO, I don't have AC power, off-grid power options to consider are:
10.2.1. Solar electric power
10.2.2. Battery powered
10.2.3. Generators
10.2.4. Fuel Cell Systems
11. Communications
11.1. Hardwired or wireless internet service provider for your internet access
11.2. Point-to-point wireless for cameras on your local network
11.3. LTE cellular service
11.3.1. Static IP usually required
11.3.2. No Static IP required if using our cloud service
11.4. Satellite internet service
11.5. Retrieve video manually
12. Video Management System (VMS)
12.1. VMS running onboard camera
12.1.1. Mobotix VMS is embedded at the camera level
12.1.2. Exacq Edge VMS runs on a 128GB SD card on board an AXIS camera
12.2. VMS running on server
12.2.1. For remote locations, a VMS can run on a embedded, fanless, solid state drive, industrial grade, ruggedized computer
12.2.2. For locations with full utilities, we usually recommend Exacq or Milestone VMS software running on a server
13. Servers and Storage
13.1. Onboard camera
13.1.1. Mobotix
13.1.2. Exacq Edge