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gr_vythings OP t1_j9ahb8a wrote

Reply to comment by unrepentant_serpent in 2 CCTV cameras side by side. by gr_vythings

Thanks for the explanation, there were 4 other cameras in a room about 3~ meters wide and 7-10 meters long, though it seems like 3 of the cameras were watching down open hallways leading into the room I was in.

For context, I was in the waiting area for a mental hospital, I’m guessing that would explain the amount of cameras?

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unrepentant_serpent t1_j9amg15 wrote

That makes a lot of sense. Probably hospital/facility security and the intake or admin personnel’s systems.

Most contemporary CCTV systems are IP based. Not surprisingly, network security prevents a lot of cross network traffic (or even network interconnectivity) between different system openers. The cost of allowing those connections is far more than just putting in your own system. I have a significant airport client that has 6 cameras on one door going to a generator control room of a parking garage with some antennas on the top level. Between the airport authority, county (they own the airport), power company, cellular antenna provider, and a few Federal agencies, the real estate for cameras on that one door is quite limited.

I hope the hospital visit is a helpful one for whomever.

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gr_vythings OP t1_j9aokns wrote

Thanks again, and yeah my friend should hopefully feel better after that visit.

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