Edge Span S60 Series All in One Solar Battery Enclosure Outdoor Designed as Solar Panel for Security Camera
Preface
The deployment of security cameras outdoors is often limited by the power supply, especially in rural areas of developing countries where power coverage is poor. At this time, if you want to deploy security cameras, you must use solar battery enclosure outdoor to design as solar panel for security camera. However, most solar battery enclosure outdoor on the market are not designed specifically for CCTV scenarios, because they do not take into account the special requirements of security camera deployment scenarios, such as PoE power, layer2 aggregation, complex environment requirements and other factors. This article attempts to analyze the actual requirements of solar panel for security camera and find a suitable solution.
Table of Contents
1.Scenarios Analysis of Solar Panel for CCTV
The above picture is a typical solar panel for security camera scenario. Generally, various solar battery enclosures sold in the market are only used as a solar system, and do not take into account the comprehensive requirements of solar panel for security camera. In fact, the requirements of this scenario are multifaceted, covering power, network, structural design, heat dissipation design, maintenance and other aspects.
- Solar Battery System
The solar battery system is the power source in the whole system. It generally contains a solar controller and a battery. It should be noted that Edgeware believes that this system should be as small as possible, and the solar battery system on the market is generally too large. Security cameras are often installed on poles, and a system that is too large will cause great problems for installation.
- Solar Panel
The solar panels in the system are relatively simple and standard. It is important to make the correct calculations based on the load requirements of the project to obtain enough energy. If the calculations are incorrect, the generated electricity may not be enough for the load, or it may take too long to charge the battery.
- PoE Switch or Router
- Wireless P2P, Microwave Backhaul or 4G/5G
In the scenario of solar panel for security camera, there is usually no fiber optic network as the uplink of the entire site, so the backhaul network is generally built wirelessly.
- Security Camera
- Smart Pole
Smart poles are configured differently in each project, but it is important to note that the smart pole must be installed stably. A common mistake is when installing the solar battery enclosure and solar panel on the pole. If both are too large and heavy, or if the smart pole design does not take weight and base stability into consideration, it will cause the pole to vibrate and affect the security camera.
2.Main Challenges of Solar Panel for Security Camera
Solar panel for security camera is installed outdoors, so it faces more challenges than general indoor CCTV camera scenarios, which can be summarized as follows:
- Complex outdoor environment
Because the entire solar battery enclosure outdoor is deployed outdoors, it will be in direct contact with the external environment. The external environment of different countries and regions is very different. For example, the Middle East region faces high temperatures and a lot of dust. If an IP55 level solar battery enclosure outdoor is used, it will inevitably be troubled by dust and affect the stability of the system. For example, in some tropical high-humidity areas, condensation and other problems are prone to occur in the system, thus affecting the stability of the system. In addition to humidity problems, some coastal areas also have high-salinity air, which will corrode the entire system at an extremely fast rate.
- Remote Site Debug and Maintenance
Solar panel for security camera sites are usually located in rural areas, so it is hard to debug and maintain them. Therefore, we believe that the entire system should be designed with perfect management and monitoring functions considering this factor.
- Transportation and Installation for Rural Site
Because the solar panel for security camera site is located in a rural area, it is conceivable that the transportation of the equipment to the site is far and complicated, making the transportation cost extremely high. If the solar battery enclosure outdoor is large, the installation in the rural area will be more complicated. Because in most scenarios, the equipment will be installed on a pole, and if the equipment is too heavy, a crane will be needed to install it. But don’t forget that the site is in a rural area, what will the cost of the crane to the site be?
- Lightning protection design and grounding design
The outdoor system needs to pay special attention to system grounding and system lightning protection. Otherwise, the site is likely to experience various problems such as equipment damage and port damage.
3.Solar Panels for Security Cmaera System Funciton Unit Summary
Solar panel for security camera is subject to the actual conditions of rural areas. It is generally not easy to obtain wired backhaul such as optical fiber. Therefore, the use of wireless P2P backhaul is a solution for this scenario. In the figure above, we have simplified the basic unit of this scenario.
The 4G/5G backhaul scenario is also quite common. This scenario is different from the wireless P2P scenario in that it is based on 4G/5G signal backhaul.
Based on the two simplified models above, we can conclude that the solar battery enclosure outdoor used in the solar panel for security camera scenario needs to have the following functions:
- Solar system with SPD protection
- Solar Battery
- PoE Switch and Router
- 4G/5G Module for backhaul
- Compact Design and Miniaturization
- Light and Easy Carry
- No Rust IP65 Enclosure
Based on this concept, Edgeware designed the Edge Span S60 series to match this scenarios.
4.Edge Span S60 Series All in One Solar Battery Enclosure Outdoor As Solar Panel for Security Camera
Edge Span S60 is an all in one solar battery enclosure outdoor designed by Edgeware specifically for solar panel for security camera scenarios. It has the following features:
As we have described in the previous article, the basic model of the solar panel for CCTV solution, Edge Span S60 integrates all functions of solar controller, battery, POE switch/router, monitoring and management into one system. Customers no longer need to integrate and connect various components during installation, which greatly simplifies site installation.
- IP65 and rust proof provide strong rugged design for environmental adaptability
The entire system has IP65 protection capabilities and the rust-proof capabilities of the entire system built on cast aluminum make the Edge Span S60 series completely fearless of environmental challenges.
- Customized based on customer scenarios
We will carry out customized design and configuration based on the actual network and energy needs of the customer’s scenario, so as to optimize the cost of the customer’s actual site deployment and achieve the goal of profitable rural area Internet deployment.
- Complete remote management and monitoring software platform to reduce daily OPEX
The Edge Span S60 series has comprehensive remote monitoring and management capabilities, which can better help customers reduce site operation and maintenance OPEX after deployment.
Edge Span S60 has a large number of customized models. If you have detailed needs, please contact our sales staff. The following introduces two typical models of Edge Span S60 series.
Edge Span S60 LSP-3 solar system for rural WIFI is a solar power based outdoor maintenance-free all-in-one enclosure that integrates communications, solar power, lightning protection, and POE switch. The product is specially optimized according to the pain points of solar panel for CCTV solution outdoor deployment to achieve the following main functions:
- Industrial grade layer2 POE+/POE++ switch(2 Ports 802.3at 30W, 1 Ports 802.3bt 110W)
- Industrial grade 500W MPPT solar controller
- 48V55Ah lithium battery(48-72 hours system autonomy based on different load configuration)
- Software system for remote management and monitoring
- Solar Statistics
- Surge protection design
- Full aluminum IP65 enclosure for whole system natural heat dissipation ability.
Edge Span S60-LSP-3
- IP65/NEMA4 Waterproof
- W*H*D 295mm*355mm*214mm
- 22kg
- Aluminum Cast Enclosure Rust-Proof
- Operating Temperature:-20~+55°C
- Working Humidity:5%~90%
- Power Surge Protection:20Ka
- Worldwide 5G/4G Band Supported
- WIFI Optional
- GPS Optional
- RS485/RS232/DI/DO Optional
- Industrial 5G/4G POE Router Module Embedded
- 1*1000Base-X/1000Base-T Combo WAN Port
- 4*1000Base-T LAN Ports
- 3 LAN Ports 802.3at POE+ ( Can configure 802.3bt POE++ one port as requested)
- 500W MPPT Solar Controller
- 2640Wh Lithium Battery(48V55AH)
- Thingsboard Support Optional
- Node-Red Optional
Edge Span S60-5GP
