Product guide

Not everyone will have the luxury of starting from scratch with a new
Video Surveillance system, so what if you’re looking to update an
existing analogue CCTV setup? Some vendors will tell you to rip it all
out - all those cameras, expensive cabling and back-end monitoring
equipment - and start again, but that’s not the D-Link way.
Migrating to Video Surveillance
D-Link understands the desire to make
the most of often very expensive
existing solutions that have yet to reach
their sell-by date, and to migrate from
analogue CCTV to the latest Video
Surveillance technologies at your
own pace.
Yes, modern network cameras have a lot
more to offer and are easier to deploy,
but where a customer wishes to
integrate existing analogue hardware,
D-Link sells analogue-to-digital
encoders - small boxes that plug into
an analogue camera at one end and
the Ethernet network at the other.
D-Link digital encoders can be used
with the majority of analogue CCTV
cameras, effectively turning them into
network-ready video devices. Support
for Power over Ethernet makes them
easy to deploy plus there’s a built-in RS-
485 interface for use with external pan/
tilt accessories, 2-way audio digital I/O
support plus an SD Card slot for
local recording.
Cameras connected using a digital
encoder are fully compatible with
D-Link Network Video Recorders,
D-ViewCam™ monitoring and
recording software and all supporting
infrastructure products, enabling you
to migrate from analogue CCTV to
Video Surveillance on your own terms.
Migrating to
Video Surveillance
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