Alarm and cat5/6 cables

[Theweeknd]

Hi,

Just bought a new house which is sitting empty at the moment before the full house gets dome up.

Before it gets done up I am planning to get a wired alarm system ( Which is the best at the moment?) I only need two PIRS as its only a small house and maybe some door contacts.

Also while I am wiring this I thought I could run some satellite cables and cat 5/6 to two bedrooms (upstairs) main sockets are in living room,

Is this possible and what would I require?

 

[Doggit]

Not sure if I'd bother with the cat 5/6 cable. Modern routers will handle that size house. I prefer wired alarms to wireless, as they're more stable, and less hassle free. How many rooms need a satelite feed, but would SKYQ multiroom be more sensible.

 

[Theweeknd]

Not sure if I'd bother with the cat 5/6 cable. Modern routers will handle that size house. I prefer wired alarms to wireless, as they're more stable, and less hassle free. How many rooms need a satelite feed, but would SKYQ multiroom be more sensible.

Thanks for the response, It was just a thought really but to be honest its not something I really need, I just thought it would be good to do now while I am getting the full house done incase it does ever need it..

Alarm is definitely to do though, which make would you say is good?

 

[Doggit]

I just use a honeywell accenta, simple and straightforward, but the experts on this site look down upon me. Veritas seems to be the common choice, but you'll very likely get one of the experts on here later.

 

[opps]

I don't see anything wrong with running cat 5e (I don't have any direct experience of using cat 6). IMO it is the better option for static items such as TVs and printers, and if you have any Wifi blackspots you can simply plug in another router.

 

[Doggit]

With powerline adaptors, and range extenders for WIFI, small homes are well catered for. I would only recommend CAT 5/6 fo a larger house that can have issues with solid walls and several floors; then I'd recommend at least 2 points per room, and a mini cabinet.

 

[opps]

I have worked in houses where "powerline adaptors" are extremely unreliable. Granted it implies a problem with the internal wiring but nevertheless...

 

[motorbiking]

If you don’t mind the work Cat 6 reel and some sockets and punch/cable tools will set you back £50. plan to have the cables running back to a central “hub” point either using 2-4 or grid switch rj45 sockets. You can then liven them up using a cheap gigabit switch £30-50. or plumb directly in to your wifi router.

Wifi is ok but if you stream off a NAS increasingly bandwidth drop off can be an issue.

You could easily put some PoE cctv in too.

 

[james_help]

Since you are doing it up, I would put in all cables that you need. Take into consideration satellite cables too. Also CCTV?

 

[Theweeknd]

Since you are doing it up, I would put in all cables that you need. Take into consideration satellite cables too. Also CCTV?

Would satellite cable be run from the master socket I guess?

Will also have a look at cctv aswell

 

[james_help]

Would satellite cable be run from the master socket I guess?

Will also have a look at cctv aswell

Not sure how satellite cable works, but I have normally seen them run from the point to the outside to a satellite dish.

 

[Doggit]

You could run satellite cable everywhere, but it wouldn't achieve anything. Aerial cable is easy to split and boost, but satellite needs a feedback so you can't have 2 rooms using the same cable; you'd need to have a pair of cables from each room to the dish, and then an LNB that would handle all those cables, then each room would need a satellite box. But if you go to bed, and there's no one downstairs watching the main box, then a magic eye system that transfers the signal can work fine.

You need to work out what you want, and you need someone better than me for the design.

 

[james_help]

You could run satellite cable everywhere, but it wouldn't achieve anything. Aerial cable is easy to split and boost, but satellite needs a feedback so you can't have 2 rooms using the same cable; you'd need to have a pair of cables from each room to the dish, and then an LNB that would handle all those cables, then each room would need a satellite box. But if you go to bed, and there's no one downstairs watching the main box, then a magic eye system that transfers the signal can work fine.

You need to work out what you want, and you need someone better than me for the design.

Touching up on this, sky requires two satellite cables per box for recording etc, however the new SkyQ system is much more advanced.