Archive for the ‘ Other Security Articles’ Category



Beanie Wire Connectors

Monday, April 25th, 2011

When it comes to splicing wire together or separately, the beanie wire connector is an old standby that is tried and true.  The “B” connectors as they are often called can be used to join or splice almost any wire that ranges from about 18 to 30 gauge.  However, these are not the only wire connectors available so in this article we’ll take a look at some of the more common methods used for joining wire/cable.

IR Illuminators

Friday, April 22nd, 2011

IR (InfraRed) Illuminators can shed a whole new light on digital vide recording in total darkness.  Security Camera King offers several IR Illuminators in addition to the long range IR cameras for your low-light to no-light digital video security and surveillances applications.

The average digital video security and surveillance system consists of three major components; one or more cameras, a DVR, and one or more monitors. For this article, let’s take a closer look at the digital video cameras and IR Illuminators.

SVEX-M1 Stainless Steel Mounting Bracket Camera Housing

Tuesday, April 19th, 2011

Use the SVEX-M1 stainless steel camera housing mounting bracket to wall mount your explosion proof camera to just about any surface that will securely hold screws for the mount. It is rated for holding up to 50 KG (approximately 110 pounds).  This is just one of several different camera mounts available from Security Camera King.

Actually, Security Camera King offers several different types of camera housing mounting brackets including two more for explosion proof cameras.  The first is product# SVEX-M15 which is a heavy duty stainless steel surveillance camera wall mounting bracket.  This stainless steel wall mounting bracket is solid steel and weighs 3 KG (about 6.6 pounds) and can support a load of up to 100 Kg (approximately 220 pounds)!

BNC-M-RCA-F Male to Female Adapter

Thursday, April 14th, 2011

There are many ways to send video transmissions and there are as many different connectors/adapters as there are ways to transmit.  The BNC-M-RCA-F male to female adapter is just one of those combinations that is available.  In this article we’ll take a look at some of the ways video data is sent and the connectors that are used to hold everything together.

Before we get ahead of ourselves talking about the BNC-M-RCA-F Male to Female Adapter, let’s take a broader view of the entire digital video security and surveillance system.  This will help us to understand what we need and why we need it.

PTZ-TOOL Programming Module

Thursday, April 14th, 2011

The PTZ-TOOL programming module makes programming PTZ cameras a cinch.  Security Camera King offers this for sale for customers because there are many people that have more than 1 PTZ (Pan-Tilt-Zoom) camera in their system.  In fact, this tool is only required if you use more than 1 PTZ camera in your system, but it can be used to control a standalone PTZ camera as well.

PTZ cameras make for a powerful addition to a digital video security system.  Often times, these cameras can take the place of two or more stationary cameras making them very cost effective as well.  These cameras usually come with factory pre-settings and it may be useful to “tweak” them a bit; that’s where the PTZ-TOOL programming module comes in.