Security & Low-Voltage System Architecture Planner

Architecture decisions determine where complexity lives. A small system may be comfortable with one closet and one recorder, while a larger facility may need distributed PoE switching, fiber uplinks, redundant recording or multiple access-control panels.

The planner below turns a system type and endpoint count into a simple reference topology. It is not tied to one brand, which makes it useful before the project team decides whether the final solution will be Axis, Hanwha, Bosch, HID, Keri, Altronix, Cisco, Intellinet or another supported platform.

Use the architecture as a conversation map: every arrow implies a cable, protocol, bandwidth, power or commissioning dependency that must eventually be verified.