4 cores for IP cam

[bm99]

Evening all, would it be possible to connect a hik ip cam using just 4 core of a cat 5?

 

Dont know whats happened to the other 4 but as its ip im a bit stumped especially with this poe aswell

 

cheers in advance

[MrHappy]

iirc

 

4 for data + 2 for power

 

if you only have 4 you'll need  to power locally

[sixwheeledbeast]

Depends if powering the device midspan or endspan, also will only be upto 100BASE.

Also wattage of the camera needs to be considered.

[bm99]

10 hours ago, MrHappy said:

iirc

 

4 for data + 2 for power

 

if you only have 4 you'll need  to power locally

Cheers mate any idea which cores or numbers in the rj45 are which?

 

There's another working ip camera near this and I can get to that cable, any way I can splice that cable and take the power from there?

[james.wilson]

48 minutes ago, bm99 said:

Cheers mate any idea which cores or numbers in the rj45 are which?

Green and orange

50 minutes ago, bm99 said:

There's another working ip camera near this and I can get to that cable, any way I can splice that cable and take the power from there? 

Not for POE cams. You would need to add an endpoint. Id just power the other one locally either POE or 12v etc

[sixwheeledbeast]

Surely a small POE switch on the working cable is the first solution?

[al-yeti]

2 hours ago, bm99 said:

Cheers mate any idea which cores or numbers in the rj45 are which?

 

There's another working ip camera near this and I can get to that cable, any way I can splice that cable and take the power from there?

So add a four way switch there if you also have mains power there and take both cameras off the new switch 

[Amps]

[petrolhead]

Yes connect pins123 and 6, but it wont poe off the dvr that way  you need to add at the nvr end a poe injector or switch that supports mode A

I have successfully done this at sites where recabling is not an option to run 2 cams down 1 cat5