I'm planning on running a remote controlled video camera (pan/tilt/zoom) from non line-of-sight location using IR remote extender.(Russound SLM-1K)
To reduce number of separate cables to run, I would like to combine the video and the remote control extension signals, from and to the camera, using one CAT5e cable.
So via a video balun on each end of a pair of conductors of the CAT5, I would carry my video signal to a recording unit. I also would like to use another pair of conductors in the same CAT5 cable to connect to an IR emitter to carry the IR signal to the camera's IR target.
My concern is if I wire things up this way, would it work OK without one signal causing trouble with the other.
Someone suggested the IR pulses could radiate into the video wires and cause some interference. I'm hoping that the twisted pair configuration of the wires would "cancel" those types of interfering signals.
Anyone done this or have any thoughts? Would be a lot of work to do the wiring and find it isn't going to behave properly.
To reduce number of separate cables to run, I would like to combine the video and the remote control extension signals, from and to the camera, using one CAT5e cable.
So via a video balun on each end of a pair of conductors of the CAT5, I would carry my video signal to a recording unit. I also would like to use another pair of conductors in the same CAT5 cable to connect to an IR emitter to carry the IR signal to the camera's IR target.
My concern is if I wire things up this way, would it work OK without one signal causing trouble with the other.
Someone suggested the IR pulses could radiate into the video wires and cause some interference. I'm hoping that the twisted pair configuration of the wires would "cancel" those types of interfering signals.
Anyone done this or have any thoughts? Would be a lot of work to do the wiring and find it isn't going to behave properly.