PoE specifications & planning

Warning: Underpowered cameras cause serious performance issues.

Online PoE calculator

Click here to open the online PoE calculator.

PoE planning by hand

  1. Look up the maximum PoE budget of the NVR on the NVR specifications chart.

  2. Next, look up the requirements for each PoE camera in your system on the camera specifications chart.

  3. Calculate the total maximum PoE power consumption (in watts) of all PoE cameras attached to the NVR. This method protects the system against overload and underperformance when all cameras are pulling peak PoE power.

  4. Compare the calculated PoE budget of the NVR (step 1) to the total maximum PoE consumption of the cameras (step 3).

  5. If the total PoE consumption of the cameras exceeds the PoE budget of the NVR, you must upgrade the NVR to a model with a larger PoE budget, or insert a PoE switch, or add PoE injector(s) to the system.

x20 camera maximum PoE consumption

Camera style Lens SKU Maximum PoE consumption
Bullet Fixed LUM-220-IP-BF 5W
Fixed LUM-520-IP-BFC 7W
Fixed LUM-820-IP-BF 9W
Fixed LUM-520-IP-BF 5.5W
Motorized LUM-420-IP-BM 2.5W
Motorized LUM-820-IP-BM 12W
Fixed LUM-820-IP-BFH 11.5W
Motorized LUM-820-IP-BMH 14W
Dome Fixed LUM-220-IP-DF 4.5W
Fixed LUM-820-IP-DF 9W
Fixed LUM-520-IP-DF 6W
Fixed LUM-520-IP-DFT 6W
Motorized LUM-820-IP-DM 10.5W
Motorized LUM-420-IP-DM 9W
Fisheye Fixed LUM-1220-IP-FE 10.5W
PTZ Motorized LUM-420-IP-PTZ-4 20.2W
Motorized LUM-420-IP-PTZ-25 24W
Turret Fixed LUM-220-IP-TF 5W
Motorized LUM-420-IP-TM 8.5W
Fixed LUM-520-IP-TFC 7W
Fixed LUM-820-IP-TF 9W
Motorized LUM-820-IP-TM 10W
Fixed LUM-520-IP-TF 7W
Fixed LUM-820-IP-TFH 12.5 W
Motorized LUM-820-IP-TMH 12.5 W

x20 NVR maximum PoE power

NVR series SKU

PoE ports

 PoE total

PoE avg./port
120 Series LUM-120-NVR-4CH

4

 48W

12W
LUM-120-NVR-8CH

8

 96W

12W
220 Series LUM-220-NVR-8CH

8

 80W

10W
LUM-220-NVR-16CH

16

 150W

9.3W
420 Series LUM-420-NVR-16CH

16

 150W

9.3W
820 Series LUM-820-NVR-32CH

16

 150W

9.3W