SuperHouseTV #18: Installing the ANNKE 4-channel CCTV system 

*Very pleased with **Newest.Technology** the setup , it took a little adjusting on a few of out cameras to keep them from getting a glare at night. Once that was done they looked great! We look forward to adding a few more cameras to our current setup soon!*

...Thank you it has been a pleasure in finding a easy video on how to hook cables to the dvr/nvr box & not be confuse about the back of the box......

I installed a 8 ch CCTV system. Works great and it only cost me $200!!!! That included 500gb SSD, cables (20m), power, DVR, EVERYTHING. Works great and looks great!

Really glad to run across such an instructive channel. I love the tempo, the details et your opinions as a seasoned engineer. Thanks a lot. Each and every video I've been watching so far, is awesome and helpful. You really deserve your 55K subscribers. As a matter of fact, I agree with you about the exclusive-windows monitoring software. I do all my job on linux boxes and it's always pretty frustrating to install a dedicated machine (virtual or real) just to have your monitors running. Looks like a regression... Regarding cables, you didn't mention Power over Ethernet cables which could spare space and time too. Adapters could do the job but they're pretty expensive for the topic.

have spent many hours watching your vids, they've brought me so along the IoT learning curve and I thank you for that :) even better that you are from my hometown, so nice to see an aussie nailing things so articulately, a template for how we can generate value for our country post the usual digging stuff up and selling it (with the associated Co2 liability...)

FINALLY a CCTV system install video that actually shows the cable installation!!

Another great video mate, always love your stuff! I have been hold off on installing something similar for a long time and this is great inspiration. Would also be nice to see a video on the other aspects that you mentioned you did not get time to touch on.

I love your videos, I learn a lot from them, I have to adapt what i can do here in Canada but I have plans.... now what I have to figure out is the heat/ac on winter/summer....

Great video. Looking forward to part 2!

Hi Jonathan! Greetings from a fellow Aussie, electronics, home automation, ham radio, computer geek! :-) A few points... you refer a few times to the ANNKE cameras as being HD and 1920x1080. These cameras use composite video which is not HD, it's either 480i or 576i depending on being PAL or NTSC. I really think you have better check the temperature of the DVR in the ceiling space during summer... I think it's going to get way to hot up in there. (noticing beads of sweat on your forehead during this video). There are a lot of keenly priced HD IP cameras and DVRs out there now. I've been playing with the Hikvision cameras and they are amazing value for the $$$, 4MP (2688x1520) for ~US$130 . The web interface supports multiple web streaming formats... Microsoft, Quicktime, VLC. Motion detecting is built in, FTP uploading, amazing IR illumination. RTSP streaming direct to software like VLC. The Hikvision DVRs work very well too.

Very nicely done, clear and easy to follow. Thank you.

Thankyou, great video, learned a lot. Bought a 4K Ultra HD 8CH H.265 CCTV Camera System with 4/8Weatherproof Camera Annke today

Good video, with all the information I needed. Thanks for sharing!

Great Video. I have a 10 camera system with a 2Tb HD. So glad you reminded me of the ethernet extenders! I know I will have 2 or 3 spots that need more than 60ft. I bought this system about a year ago (still have not installed it!!). Please make a follow-up video for those great features you spoke about at the end. I would like to come up with a way to have my HD tv in my bedroom automatically switch from regular tv programs to the cameras if motion is detected.

looking forward to part 2!!!!

By the way, Happy new year to your projects and your loved ones, to you too.

very good I've ordered one and its really helped me , great stuff

That barrel connector is called a BNC female to female adapter. We go through tons of them each year :)

Great stuff, don't believe you found the fishing wire so quickly though 😆

Nice video ! Thanks.

I know it's a bit late, but the firmware on these DVR's/NVR's tend to have an RTSP stream that you can stream from. I have set up this model before and IIRC, the address is something like rtsp://ipaddr:554/PSIA/streaming/chXY (X being the channel and Y being the main or substream, usually 1 or 2) With this address, you can stream directly into omxplayer on a raspberry pi or even right into VLC.

You are so good at figuring things out with Python and stuff like that. Isn't there a way to figure things out with a computer language like Swift? Or, if you wanna go "basic", using Xojo? I use the latter to hack hardware (Professional Sony Camera's in my case).

Now on to my 3rd generation of home CCTV - Zoneminder, analogue DVR, 3mp IP DVR, etc) , I can say Zoneminder was the biggest PITA of them all. DVR boxes like these are far more reliable & the live HDMI output to TV's is also very handy.

Awesome video thanks

Great Video! what do you call those cable extender (UDP to COAX ?)and where can I get few of does? any link please? Thank you so much.

Wait a minute. So, the power, like the 12v needed for a TVI camera can go across that small junction of ethernet cable? Amazing. Also, I have a question. I have a HD-SDI camera (I know, it's old) for my driveway that weren't installed by me that haven't worked for months. What do I use to check if there is still power running to the camera?

seems a few of the Annke systems offer PoE cabling.. what is the ethernet RJ45 plug for on the recorder box? for NAS storage or connect to a network?

Great video. Does it get hot in your attic where you installed the DVR, will the heat be a problem long term?

I still have one unanswered question that I am thinking about installing the system in my house overseas.What happens when I choose only the motion detection and the 1 TB hdd gets full then what I can do from sitting in a foreign country? Does it stop recording or restart automatically deleting the old recording or watch it using internet and delete using an app on the smart phone or pc remotely?

Are they able to autofocus? Please discuss in a followup video how to focus. And also would love to see a video on how to send transmission to another tv to view camera like you mentioned.

and can this allow you to veiw the video from your smartphone? through an app i can just download?

question, can you put a solid state drive (SSD) into the dvr?

great video ! What do you thnik about POE security camera systems? I want to build something similar to what you did, but I want to use POE cameras and store the video on a NAS (already have a ZyXEL). I think it's easier this way to stream video to smart-TV's, smartphones,etc.

just an idea: you dont need long hdmi cables as long as your computers all connect to the main pc (via teamviewer)

If you were to use a brand new HDD would you have to partition the HDD before you install it or will the Linux OS on the DVR manage that at for you at first power up?

My only concern with doing home automation is security. I would not want it connected to any internet or phone companies. Basically I have 2 separate networks of both ethernet & wifi...one intranet & one internet. Can this setup still be used on my local intranet so it will be secure?

Don't know if I'll get a response, but where did you get the BNC, Power Audio adapter to Ethernet for the last camera you did & what is it named? I'm looking at a camera system & would rather run a single Ethernet cable for each camera through a wall then make a hole big enough to fit the 2 plugs of each cable through Edit: Found some on Amazon.com & will likely use these when/ if I install a camera system similar to yours

Interesting video. You should get a few pricelists from the chinese suppliers on Alibaba. The latest prices I get are about US$15 for an AHD 1080p IR camera and about US$35 for the latest 8ch hybrid DVR (5-in-1 support HD-TVI/HD-CVI/AHD/Analog/IP Cameras). The all supply sample quantities to anyone, in my experience.

i have a wifi system now is there a way to download the flash and do some changes and uplaod it again? why i want to do that is, i want to change the ip range to the one i use. the manufactur says you can´t change it.... i would be very thankfull for some help.

You can access you security system via Android App to monitor your cameras with your smartphone remotely. This Annke brand seems to be a ' Dahua ' rebranded dvr. If it's true look for app called ' GDMSS Lite ' in play store and install it. It's very convenient way to monitor your system when you are away.

Hi Jon, I really like your videos, I think you should have your own tv show! following on from the above comment, I went to the Annke website and noticed they have POE 4mp cameras with an app for you phone etc. Is there a reason you didn't go for these?

What type of DVR system would be able to link up to OpenHAB where you can actually view your cameras online?

I have the same configuration and it is not working for me, do you sell those adapters? Also I cannot get the camera's to go WIFI. I probably need more channels on my Router, which I will look into later.

Hey. Great video. This is quite late but I've been trying to look for a cctv system and aanke seems to be what I'm aiming for. I want to get a hd system but I need to know whether your able to distinguish a cars number plate.

So there's adapters that makes analog cameras able to use ethernet cable, but are there adapters that make poe cameras use analog bnc cables??

I've been looking for a system for a while so I was interested in this video. I did think that the cameras would be driven using a network cable (for power and picture) so I was surprised to see the coax and separate power cable used. After checking out the Annke website I found you can have a NVR (as opposed to this DVR) solution. I think I might opt for the NVR (see below) unless there is reason not to? SANNCE 4CH 1080P PoE NVR HD Security Camera System w/ 4 2.1 Megapixels 1920*1080P Weatherproof CCTV Bullet Camera, Power Over Ethernet, Smart Recording, Quick Scan QR Code Quick Remote Access

In the UK the cable with coax and power is known as shotgun cable. Also the converter from BNC to cat 5 then back to BNC is known as BALUN. it changes the signal from balanced to unbalanced. I find that the quantity is not the great compared to BNC but yours look unnoticeable.

I can't get my ankke to show on the screen. Does the internet have to be hooked up to work? Or the mouse?

At about 31 minutes you talk about the Sonoff and presence detection. What method do you use to determine presence? All the methods I'm familiar with have reliability issues, but I'm interested in what method you prefer.

I have a 16 channel 2K Q-SEE camera system, it has the same UI as yours from what I saw in this video. I was wondering if you tried video streaming. I use VLC media player to view RTSP streams from the DVR, I know it works with OS X, Ubuntu, and even KODI on a Raspberry Pi. They also have a Q-SEE app to view it on a mobile devices, even outside the network.

I am looking in to doing something similar. However, I was wondering about being able to tap in to those video feeds. I have been playing with computer vision with my HA system and being able to tap in to those video feeds would be awesome.

are the cameras still working

Hello! Usually, you can access the video streams of those DVRs directly without windows. On mine, there was a CD with lots of examples inside. Try around a little bit with VLC on the device. My ports and address where: rtsp://10.10.10.145:554/user=admin&password=&channel=1&stream=0.sdp? Channel for the number of the camera and then you can choose stream 0/1 (high resolution, low res) Maybe your system supports that direct access, too.

This looks really cool except that windows requirement is a show stopper since I have no windows machines in the house, only mac os and linux/rp. I did a quick search and found ZoneMinder which can run on an old PC under linux and from my quick look it would have most likely supported your existing cameras as well as allowing upgrade to better cameras in the future. Why did you go with annke over a something like Zone Minder? Gordon.

what kind of car is in the drive way

So, no quad divided screen and talk at the same time? :P Damn, I missed the 80's :D

Use IE on windows with Active X - Thats how most of the DVRS work. This is a benefit to using an NVR as you could build it from an old PC and install something like Milesight but have full control not just from Windows PC's

do you have color vison at night

I have a cobra 8 channel system and rxcamview installed on my phone. My remote access works fine for 24-30 hours and then the remote access is disconnected. I have to reboot my DVR and as soon as I do, the remote access to my cameras work again. Then it fails again after 24 hours. Reboot and it works, then fails, etc. What is wrong...Can anyone help?

Forgive my confusion... But if you already have ethernet cables run, why not go for a POE DVR and POE Cameras?

The whole network connectivity on something other than Windows has been driving me nuts. I run Linux on my daily use machine, therefore... No ActiveX. Many cameras including the cheap Chinese ones, require ActiveX. So far I'm trying to get around that by using BluIris as an NVR.

use internet explorer in windows ...i had the same problem until i did my research that was the only browser that works with the cameras ...as long as you have your ip address from the dvr it will work perfect on any computer with windows..and smart phone..

Could you buy the 8 cameras and DIY an box with capture card running linux ?

I'm only 14, so I'm limited on money with my "job" called school. Do you recommend any cheaper, less permanent surveillance systems? Me and my mother are getting ready for one soon.

you can get a pci card to accept the coaxial cable system.

The software looks like the usual China DVR special - can you get an RTSP stream out of it? Stream path something like /cam/realmonitor?channel=1&subtype=00&authbasic=XXXXXX Oh and nerd homes will require more than a 8ch DVR too hah

I'm a Linux only user, so I don't like that side of it and it wouldn't work for me. However, I did love the size of that board and the fact it had 4 BNC HD Video inputs! I'd love a board like that to run Linux and use OBS Studio obsproject.com to capture the feeds so you could play with different setups and switching for live events. So my idea was more for live video production instead of home security. Anyone know a board like that that is Open Source/Supports Linux!?

Have a look at HDMI splitters, they're dirt cheap for multiple screens

Good😘🇮🇶

I would have gone for a 5 pack of ubiquiti cameras and my own pc with the free software they provide for them

Recomend a dust mask in attic. I could see what u were breathing

Shame the IP camera's dont plug into this CCTV box

why not using an NVR instead of DVR? ip cameras are more expansive but your cables are already installed...? here in ISRAEL the price of NVR Vs DVR will be about 20-25% more.(overall with cameras...)

Looks pretty good for the price. But for automation i wouldn't use HDCVI camera's. Individual IP camera's (with the onvif standard) give you a lot more choices in the future for integration. Most of them have rtsp streams, screenshot functions, ... For "cheap" camera's, some great brand would be Axis, Acti, hikvision & Dahua. I think the set you are using is actually a rebranded Dahua set As for recording you, there is plenty of free software if you want to run your own server. all of these brands also have NVR(recording boxes) if you prefer that.

What if someone hacks into your network and sees what your seeing

I disagree with not seeing commercial places with IP cameras, in fact I see more IP cameras than analogue and AHD cameras although their not foscam's their proper enterprise grade stuff like Panasonic, Axis, Hikvision and Dedicated Micros I wouldn't recommend the balun method simply because you are more likely to get interference, but if have existing Ethernet run then its an ok method, just not recommended, I had horrible interference with one of the cameras on our home system, but we recently switched it out to a IP camera and it works great As with the only working with activex thing I would not trust it, even the first IP camera ever made (axis neteye 200) worked without activex, not sure why they still use it, hope that microsoft edge is going to put a stop to activex, I can just about live with a slow java applet but a windows only probably malware infected IE only applet, no, burn it to the ground, so many bad experiences with activex, can you tell?

Hi can someone who knows alot about this get back to me please?

ANNKE STOPPED WORKING AFTER 12MHTS IT IS A PIECE OF JUNK...

Don't you love it when they run crap like dotnet or active x on stuff like this ...... Considering how many people use tablet and mobile phone for surfing and the increased usage of chromebooks

I need to stop watching these videos, although it gives me a good laugh. The siamese Coax/Power cable that come with those cheap CCTV kits are crap. You should just use proper RG56 or if you can find it RG6 siamese cable. Or future proof the setup and use Either Cat5e or Cat6 with Video Baluns.If you want to cheap out on the CCTV system then get a HikVision Value series kit or spend a little more and get a FLIR. Those two companies are the big boys of CCTV.

A bit late given the age of this recording...... That is no way a 4K HD kit for that price. I am sure that is what you said but then there was a jump in the video that looked like an edit so you may have been talking about another camera type. For info BNC and Phono connections normally only carry analog but you can send digital to some extent. This is more down to the manufacturers than bandwidth limitation of coax. The right type of coax cable has more than enough bandwidth to do the job. The problem is the cost of the hardware at each end. In order to send very high definition video some very expensive hardware and processing grunt is needed. I have yet to see a consumer priced coax based NVR/DVR that will record in 4K. To get that resolution you normally need a cctv camera with cat5/6 that is usually powered by POE (Power Over Ethernet). The video and control is normally sent through the network via H.265 or MPEG-2 encoding for the video or will use a management and video protocol such as ONVIF and many others. I am going by what is available in the UK. Here we use 50 or 60 Hz displays on normal home TV's, higher frequencies are normally only found on high end HD televisions and computer monitors. We use a video standard known as PAL-I in the UK. Different standards are used in other countries. Make sure you do your research before handing over your money and if possible buy a recorder that will give you the ability to expand the system later. If you want a very high quality no hassle cctv system then go for IP cctv cameras. Bellow are some links you may find helpful. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ONVIF www.cctvcamerapros.com/remote-security-camera-viewer-software-apps-s/671.htm www.cctv-information.co.uk/i/Transmission_of_Video_Signals_by_Cable I hope this is of help to someone. :)

Came looking for a simple annke hook up but instead I watched something wayyyy over my head, sigh

could you provide the cat 5 adapter part number..