Re: Coax as data cable

[J. Sloud <jsloud@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 19:16:12 -0600, "Roland" <roland@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>So I go to this site to program a DiBos where a Samsung Digital Watchdog
>was. I notice something hanging off the back besides regular BNC connections
>that I originally thought was a mike connection. It looked like a DIY job
>with screw on BNC connectors instead of 2 or 3 piece crimp on connections.
>When I looked hard at it I realized someone ran an extra coax instead of
>data wire to the PTZ. That I had never seen before. I hope no one here is
>going to tell me how great it is to use coax for PTZ data cable. Now it
>looks like its time to run new coax and 485 cable to the PTZ. I guess the
>customer is going to love getting charged for that.
>

Rather than run a data cable for control, can use use Bilinx on the
existing coax?

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