USING THE TPE-S44

Since I’ve been testing IP Cameras for roughly 5 years i have two specific locations i use for that exact purpose, one at the front door of my house and one just over my office/lab. When i first started using these locations i had both power and Ethernet cables routed (since i swap IP cameras all the time i used external power sockets) and so i never actually thought about using a PoE switch. However as you can see from the above images the power adapters along with the power plugs take quite a bit of space and let’s not forget that if the main power grid fails for any reason whatsoever so do your IP cameras. However if you plug your entire system (PC/Surveillance Station/Switch) with a UPS device it will keep running without issue (the how long of course depends on the capacity of your UPS).

You can check the status of both IP Cameras (more specifically if they receive power) from the activity LEDs at the front.