I’m getting more and more calls for camera systems in large homes and corporate environments. Aside from discussing coverage priorities like ingress/egress areas and taking a walk around the building I really don’t have any kind of mechanism in place for deciding exactly where to put cameras and what to cover. I do however always feel like the client is expecting me to tell them this.

What is the best way to go about getting clients to think critically about their own environment and learning what someone’s coverage priorities really are without sounding like it is ME that doesn’t know where to start. I mean if they said here do it the way you think it should be done it would be different. Problem is they want to be a part of it I just don’t know how to let them.

I guess the same question applies for designing any kind of system, theater room, etc.