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Originally posted by lightswitch
its always nice to have a deterant. we have a back alley that i would like to monitor. figuring on two cameras side by side will give a good 180 view of the alley. Same for the the front of the building would like to look up and down the street. also want to monitor who is at front door of residence, see whos ringing the door bell or talking to the intercom. would like a sixth camera to monitor a front desk/shiping reciving area. currently during teh day door remains unlocked, & anytime teh door is open the alarm system chimes indicating that someone has entered. This area is down stair from my office & its a pain to check & see who has arrived, when it might just be teh mailman or UPS guy.
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You could get away with some B&W bullet style or case-style cameras with (depending on the range you need) some 3.6-8mm fixed lenses, some siames coax (carries power and video in the same casing), an 8-camera power supply, a B&W 8 channel multiplexor, and a basic monitot (or old spare TV).
If you want to see who is at the front or rear door, find a multiplexor with alarm inputs and program the mux to go full screen with that camera and tone or chime when the alarm input is trigered.