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STI2NR:
Anyone had any experience with Swann equipment??  It appears they may have some intercompatibility with x10 (receivers, similar cameras).   

Ebay is littered with the stuff.

birdzeye:

--- Quote from: STI2NR on March 27, 2010, 12:39:13 AM ---Anyone had any experience with Swann equipment?? 

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I have tried the wired IR outdoor Swann cameras from Canadian Tire, and they're pretty good. Work well plugged into x10 appliance modules to turn them on and off.

HA Dave:

--- Quote from: STI2NR on March 27, 2010, 12:39:13 AM ---It appears they may have some intercompatibility with x10 (receivers, similar cameras).   

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Many of the wireless cameras use the 2.4 ghz... as does the X10 cameras. However there is a lot of bandwith on 2.4. There is no guarantee that another brand of 2.4 ghz camera will be compatable with X10. However if the camera has the standard 4 switchable channels... there is a decent chance (but still a gamble) that one of the channels will be compatable with X10 video. The odds of the audio and video on that channel being the same... isn't so great.

If you don't need audio... and the price is cheap enough to take a chance.. why not. Also... with just a little effort you can mix and match your cameras using other brands with the X10. I have always liked having a big honking, shiny, IR camera in a area where the bad guys can spot it. Then I have the much smaller and easier to hide X10 cameras that collect closer video.

Brian H:
You can find the authorized frequency of them if you have the FCC ID number.
https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/GenericSearch.cfm

X10s Grantee Code is B4S. A search with out the Product Code will find all of them or you can narrow the search if you have the whole number.
The Swann should have an FCC number if sold in the US.

nybuck:
According to http://www.x10community.com/forums/index.php?topic=10465.msg59909#msg59909 the X10 camera frequencies are:


•A-2.411 GHZ
•B-2.434
•C-2.453
•D-2.473

I checked the [few] Ebay ads I have seen that list the frequencies.  Often only ONE is common with the above, meaning, in one instance for example, that non-x10 camera on channel 'C' would work with an X10 receiver on 'C'.

At the time, I wasn't looking for SWANN specifically.  I think it was more of the "hidden-in-a-clock" type.  I never actually bought it, but I was surprised that the 4 frequencies used on X10 2.4 GHz cameras were different than the Brand X 4-channel 2.4 GHz camera.

This post: http://forums.x10.com/index.php?topic=13806.0
seems to say that all 4 frequencies for SWANN are the same...  ???

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