Quickset SX20 extend camera cable

[bradatbcass]

Hi, I've seen several discussions around extending the camera cable for the SX20. But they all seem to reference the 12X camera which has cat-5 and HDMI cable configuration. In my deployment I'm using the Quickset SX20 with 4X PHD Camera (CTS-SX20-PHD4X-K9)

This camera has the proprietary connection on both ends of the cable, so the extender kit does not work.

Is there any way to extend this camera cable?

Thanks,

Brad

[Patrick Sparkman · Accepted solution]

You can extend the SX20 camera with the use of custom Y-cables that allow you to break out the HDMI and camera control into two separate cables.  The part numbers are CAB-HDMI-PHD12XS and CAB-PHD4XS2-SPLIT, refer to pages 19 and 20 in the PrecisionHD Camera User Guide.

[bradatbcass]

Ok great, I didn't realize this worked for the SX20 quickset as well. Thanks for the assistance!

Brad

[dupwee0000]

by no means am i a network guy.  So we have the  CAB-HDMI-PHD12XS split cable with the female ends (page 20 of the endpoint guide)  We connected a normal (off the shelf) cat 5 cable straight through cable.  The message on the screen is a caution sign icon with message No Camera Connected.  The camera works but that annoying message is displayed.   

any ideas because we cannot control the zoom on the camera.

[Wayne DeNardi]

Some of what you are doing will depend on the codec and the camera you are using - it's likely that the -SPLIT cable is the wrong thing for your use case (especially if you're then not using it with the one that came with the codec/camera to recombine for the older custom plug cameras).

If you're using a newer camera (such as the 1080p12x) then you just use the standard cable that comes with the SX20 (CAB-HDMI-PHD12XS), and extend using a normal ethernet cable (with a RJ45 joiner in between the two), and similar for the HDMI.

Note: if you extend the cable too far then there will be too much voltage drop to be able to power the camera, and you will need to power the camera separately.

[Justin Ferello · Accepted solution]

See attached file, shows you how to extend the P40/4XS2 camera.

[bradatbcass]

Perfect, appreciate the document. Thanks!

Brad