Camera System Design Package — Pro

— Who this is for

Security integrators, IP camera installers, low-voltage shops doing surveillance work — anyone tired of spending 30–60 minutes on a 1-page quote that still misses what the customer needed to see.

— What you get on setup day

• A NotebookLM notebook pre-loaded with the manufacturer spec sheets for the camera lines you actually sell (Axis, Hanwha, Hikvision, Dahua, etc)
• A Google Sheets site-walk intake form (per-camera location, coverage goal, mounting, IR distance, expected scene)
• A storage + bandwidth calculator that forces you to log a real 60-second field sample bandwidth reading — not a manufacturer guess. (IPVM community has been asking for this for years; nobody built it.)
• A PoE budget calculator that flags shared-budget switches + IR-LED startup-surge gotchas BEFORE you pull cable
• A Claude-powered design package generator: coverage narrative, camera-by-camera spec summary, PoE plan, storage projection, compliance flags (HIPAA / PCI / retention law)
• Customer-ready PDF output — your logo, your name, the customer's address
• 60-min setup call where we wire it for YOUR camera lines + your switch standards

— How it runs after setup

1. 01Run the site walk — fill the per-camera intake on your phone or tablet
2. 02For the storage calc: capture a 60-second sample bandwidth reading on a representative camera. Tool projects from real data, not codec guesses
3. 03Tool checks the PoE budget across each switch — flags any port that fails under steady-state OR startup-surge
4. 04Claude assembles the design package — coverage narrative, spec summary, plan, compliance
5. 05Send the PDF to the customer. Win the job because your proposal looks like nobody else's

— Sample questions you can ask

The notebook answers things like this, with the source page cited every time:

• "Generate the design package for the Walgreens at 3rd & Main — 8 cameras, mixed indoor/outdoor"
• "What's the PoE budget impact of adding 2 IR-illuminated cameras to this switch?"
• "Project 60-day storage for these 12 cameras at H.265 medium"
• "Does this design clear the HIPAA retention requirements for medical facilities?"
• "Compare an Axis P3265-LV vs a Hanwha XNV-8083R for this coverage goal"

— Not built for this

Honest scope. If you need any of these, it's a different conversation:

• Live VMS configuration — that's still Milestone/Genetec/etc on the head-end side
• Field-of-view rendering (use Hikvision/Axis design tools for the FOV cones; we plan around them)
• Compliance certification — we flag the requirements; an auditor still signs off

— Subscriptions you keep

You pay these vendors direct. I don't mark them up, I don't host your data behind a wall. Your account, your seat.