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On a wireless home security system, can you mix and match cameras from different brands or styles?

Asked by rojo (24179points) December 4th, 2018

For instance could you use one brand for interior, and two different cameras on the exterior (depending on the site requirements, such as a telephoto lens and a doorbell camera in addition to the standard lenses) and have them all controlled and feeding to the same source? Or if you wanted to add a spy camera to the existing system in case someone destroyed the obvious camera what would you need to know to add it?
If you planned on having them feed to a remote app on your camera would that make a difference or complicate matters?

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elbanditoroso's avatar

It depends on the software of the system controller. Not all cameras will have the same functionality that the controller is expecting to see.

Let me give an example:

Let’s say that the controller software allows zooming and brightness correction as features. You can sit at a console and tell the system-provided camera lens to zoom in on something. because the software is familiar with the camera’s capabilities, they work together well.

Now let’s say you bought a different camera – it may or may not understand the command to ‘zoom’ or ‘sharpen’ or ‘correct for light conditions’ that the controller is sending. Best case is that you still get a picture. Worst case is that you send a command to the camera and it gets fried.

To my knowledge there isn’t a common feature language among all security systems and cameras that would ensure the interoperability that you are asking about.

Tropical_Willie's avatar

Some brands of wireless security cameras are not compatible with older controller by the same manufacturer.

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