D70 installation - list of parts
Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 7:16 pm
We have a new D70 and the meetinghouse communicator device.
We need to feed the camera into the CCTV loop and webcast to other buildings. It is looking like the camera will be mounted about 30' off the ground at the back of the chapel so we need to use a hard-wired remote cable. The cry room on the 2nd floor has a protruding bay window overlooking the chapel and is only 20' away from the intended camera mount and just a few feet lower so this seems to be the logical place to use as a control booth during stake conference. Cat 6 runs from here to the satellite room which, after accounting for the jogs around an outdoor courtyard in the middle of the building is about 450' away. A switch is possible for the furnace room which is on the 2nd floor in about the geographic center of the building.
So the pieces:
1. Coax/composite adapter to run coax out of the camera and into the video distribution panel.
2. Composite audio cable from the audio distribution panel at the satellite box into the communicator.
3. S-video cable out of the camera, balun to convert to cat-6, 2nd balun to convert back to s-video and into the communicator. (Will I have any problems passing this signal through the switch?)
4. Mounting bracket.
5. Power supply to the camera. (Might have to be an extension cord from somewhere, but this would be running through the attic.)
This leaves only the problem of the remote control cable for the camera. Where do I find an RS-422 --> USB adapter? Or can I get an RS-232C --> USB adapter that can be used for pan/tilt/zoom?
Also, are there any suggestions on how to switch the feed between the camera and a laptop that is displaying the words to the hymns? Since the changeover would have to be displayed on both the internal feed (coax) and the communicator feed (s-video) I'm not sure how to do both at the same time.
We need to feed the camera into the CCTV loop and webcast to other buildings. It is looking like the camera will be mounted about 30' off the ground at the back of the chapel so we need to use a hard-wired remote cable. The cry room on the 2nd floor has a protruding bay window overlooking the chapel and is only 20' away from the intended camera mount and just a few feet lower so this seems to be the logical place to use as a control booth during stake conference. Cat 6 runs from here to the satellite room which, after accounting for the jogs around an outdoor courtyard in the middle of the building is about 450' away. A switch is possible for the furnace room which is on the 2nd floor in about the geographic center of the building.
So the pieces:
1. Coax/composite adapter to run coax out of the camera and into the video distribution panel.
2. Composite audio cable from the audio distribution panel at the satellite box into the communicator.
3. S-video cable out of the camera, balun to convert to cat-6, 2nd balun to convert back to s-video and into the communicator. (Will I have any problems passing this signal through the switch?)
4. Mounting bracket.
5. Power supply to the camera. (Might have to be an extension cord from somewhere, but this would be running through the attic.)
This leaves only the problem of the remote control cable for the camera. Where do I find an RS-422 --> USB adapter? Or can I get an RS-232C --> USB adapter that can be used for pan/tilt/zoom?
Also, are there any suggestions on how to switch the feed between the camera and a laptop that is displaying the words to the hymns? Since the changeover would have to be displayed on both the internal feed (coax) and the communicator feed (s-video) I'm not sure how to do both at the same time.