Cameras for poles with no cable.
Panel, battery and SIM inside the unit, so the site needs no trench, no mains and no network run.
Three ways to go off-grid
The difference is where the power comes from and how much recording you can afford to lose in a bad week.
60 W panel and 30 Ah battery driving a 20X speed dome with 80 m IR.
VL-B405I216H2-G1TASSame dome with a SIM slot when mains power exists but cable does not.
VL-B604I216H2-G1TACompact solar and battery bodies for gates, yards and construction hoardings.
VL-BC1 to VL-BC9The solar system, measured
These figures are from the system specification, not a best case estimate.
| Item | Value | What it means on site |
|---|---|---|
| Solar panel | 60 W mono | Roughly four hours of good sun covers a normal day of recording |
| Battery | 30 Ah, 12 V lithium | Capacity for the night plus one bad day |
| Standby | 3 to 4 days | Cloudy and rainy days, recording on standby |
| Camera draw | 5 W max | The dome, not the panel, sets how long the battery lasts |
| Illumination | IR 80 m | Six array LEDs, switched by the camera |
| Ingress | IP67 | Rain and hose, not submersion |
| Temperature | -30 to +60 C | Cold store yards and desert sites |
Power budget depends on how often the camera is woken and how long it streams. Ask me to run the numbers for your location and season.
The SIM decides whether it works
The radio has to match the network that actually covers the site. Two hardware variants are built for that reason.
| Variant | 4G bands | 3G and 2G | Built for |
|---|---|---|---|
| G1, Europe | FDD B1/B3/B7/B8/B20, TDD B38/B40/B41 | WCDMA B1/B8, GSM 900/1800 | Europe, Middle East, Africa |
| G2, North America | FDD B1/B2/B4/B5/B12/B13/B17/B25/B26 | WCDMA B2/B4/B5, GSM 900/1800 | United States, Canada, Latin America |
Check the bands your operator uses before the order. A camera on the wrong variant looks like a dead unit on site.
Sizing the panel for a real week
Four inputs decide whether the site survives winter.
- Sun hours at the worst month, not the best one.
- Wake frequency: continuous streaming empties a battery far faster than event recording.
- Panel angle and shade: one tree branch is worth more than a bigger panel.
- Antenna height: the 4G link fails before the power does, usually.
- Recording
- Standby recording on the solar system
- Storage
- SD card in the camera, or stream to a recorder when a link exists
- App
- iOS and Android, plus PC client
- Ask for
- Power budget for your latitude and season
Send the site and the model, get a quoted configuration.
Tell us the site type, the channel count and the destination market. I reply with models, options and the documents you asked for.