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IP cameras as a distinct supply line
Network cameras carry their own search demand and their own design questions — resolution, onboard analytics and PoE class — so they are quoted as a separate line here.
Why IP cameras sit apart from the CCTV page
Buyers specify IP cameras by network behaviour as much as by lens: resolution, frame rate, ONVIF-style integration with the recorder platform, and PoE draw per unit. This page keeps those questions in one place, while the CCTV page covers whole surveillance schedules.
Name the recorder or VMS platform in the inquiry if the estate already has one. Compatibility is a quotation-stage question; raising it in the first message avoids a second round.
IP camera inquiry checklist
- Resolution and lens type per position
- Recorder or VMS platform they must join
- PoE class and total camera count for the switch budget
- Outdoor rating where cameras sit outside
Network behaviour is the specification
An IP camera is a network device that happens to see. Its streams join a recorder or VMS, its firmware joins a management estate, and its draw joins a PoE budget. Inquiries that name the platform the cameras must join get compatibility settled at the quotation — the stage where a mismatch costs an email instead of a site visit.
Resolution is a system decision, not a camera feature: it sets recorder load, storage burn and network traffic across the whole estate. Brief the resolution per position with its reason — identification, recognition, overview — and the quoted mix follows the brief instead of defaulting to the highest number.
Common questions
IP cameras or the CCTV page — which should I use?
Use this page when the list is network cameras with a platform to join; use the CCTV page for a whole-site surveillance schedule.
Can IP cameras ride with the switch order?
Yes, and the PoE budget check makes it the better pattern.
Do IP cameras need the recorder chosen first?
The platform needs naming, not necessarily purchasing — the compatibility check at quotation needs to know what the cameras will join.