Budget farm system

[BuffaloBilly]

Hi, can anyone help me by suggesting a cheap system for our farm. We live about 600 metres from the farm buildings and would like to be able to check our cows when they are calving during the night etc.. We currently have a basic wireless camera with panel antennas but I would like to progress to one or two ptz cameras with sound. Mostly they would be used in sheds about 50 metres by 30 with adequate light. It is a long distance to run cable to the buildings so I was wondering about IPcameras as there is a rented farmhouse near the buildings with a broadband connection. We dont really need recording ability, just real time viewing.
If anyone has any thoughts it would be appreciated, thanks

[iStorm]

you could plug the I.P camera's into the rented farm house broad band, then view them on your pc in your farm house! hope it helps........ not sure what you where looking for???

[securityman]

I fitted a Security system in an Farm few months back now and this the system i palced.

2x Alarm Link system
2 ANPR cameras on access roads
16 CCTV cameras
260GB DVR (That was a problem to get)
3 Monitor LCD Screens
16 PIR sensors
Ground Pressure Sensor ( Where if you hit this under ground often lay on grass fitted and touch that and Buzzer goes off)
Land Fence Sensor.

If i was correct it came to approx 5grand inc fitting with an area of 1200 SQM.

[thecctvguru]

I'd be a bit wary of using PTZ ip cameras over broadband, unless the broadband has a fairly good UP speed. As with slower broadband you'd get a lower framerate, which makes moving the camera a real pain! But having said that, it will work, just maybe not to the standard you'd like.

If I was surveying the job i'd probably suggest a high quality wireless ip link. The link would be somewhere in the region or £200, the cameras about £500-600 each, and a 2 channel codec (converts standard cameras to IP cameras, cheaper and better than a similarly priced IP dome) would be around £350. And a microphone something like £40 each.

You'd need a PC to view them on but this would be in my opinion the best system for what you want.

[securityman]

For what it cost to get it cabled than Broadband.

All it would depend is how big the farm is, What i would recommend is that you get some Security Firm to survey the firm as for how many CCTV you would need and extras