RE: Re: CCTV on CAT5

["Paul Gordon" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

After I posted, that's exactly the thought I had too...

I shall make up some adapters, with an RJ45 plug on one end, and a BNC on
the other...

Then I don't have to cut the camera cables at all... (which is nice...)

Paul G.

(just off now to buy the mother of all drill bits so I can get the wire
through the outside wall...)


>From: "Patrick Lidstone" <patrick@xxxxxxx>

>--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Paul Gordon" <paul@p...> wrote:
> > I'll either solder the bare cable to some cores in the CAT5, at
>each end...
> > - or I suppose I could try to crimp on an RJ45 plug in place of
the
>BNC,
> > then I could run it "properly" over the structured
cabling... -
>Anyone
> > reckon doing it that way would introduce any problems?
>
>Not sure I've fully understood - won't the BNC go straight on to the
>MVC, and the other end of this BNC patch lead could have an RJ45 on
>it if you wanted? I don't think you'll have much luck crimping the
>screen reliably on the existing BNC coax. Crimp a short length of
>cat5 onto an RJ45, and then solder to the BNC coax, with a bit of
>heatshrink to make it look pretty, I reckon.
>
>Patrick