About Vidimost We started when cameras still ran on coax.
Vidimost LLC installs and services security cameras, access control, video intercoms, and the networking behind them across the city of Chicago. The people on our crews have been in this trade for 18 years — long enough to have pulled coax to VCRs and DVRs, and to have hung some of the first IP cameras back when nobody trusted them yet.
- 18 years in the trade
- 4 years serving Chicago
- Licensed & insured
- HOA & condo specialty
From analog CCTV to cloud access control
Most of our team got into security when a camera system meant coax cable, a power supply stuffed in the ceiling, and a recorder in a closet that nobody looked at until the night it mattered. Then the first IP cameras showed up — expensive, finicky, and only as good as the network you plugged them into. Plenty of installers waited them out. We didn't, and we learned the network side the hard way: overloaded switches, PoE budgets nobody bothered to add up, video that froze every time the office copier woke up.
That history is why we work the way we do. Every camera is a network device first. Every door reader is only as reliable as the power and wiring behind it. And when we walk into an older Chicago building, we usually recognize what's already in the walls — which matters more than it sounds.
Today the gear is Brivo cloud access, Hanwha and Axis cameras with analytics on board, 2N intercoms, and Paxton for buildings that want everything on their own server. The tools changed. The basics — clean wiring, solid power, a network that's planned instead of improvised — didn't.
Step 1
Analog CCTV
Coax, DVRs, and a monitor in the back office. We still service these — and convert them.
Step 2
First IP cameras
Megapixel video over the network, and the first hard lessons about bandwidth.
Step 3
PoE & NVRs
One cable for power and data, recorders you can actually search.
Step 4
Cloud & analytics
Brivo access from a browser, AI search on Hanwha and Axis cameras.
Why knowing the old systems saves you money
In a lot of Chicago buildings the cheapest upgrade starts with what's already there. Coax runs that test clean can stay in service behind an analog-to-IP encoder. Old door wiring can often feed a new controller. An intercom riser can carry a modern 2N panel. You only get to keep those parts if the installer knows what they're looking at — otherwise everything gets ripped out because it's unfamiliar, and you pay for it twice.
One system, not a pile of devices
Cameras, door access, and intercoms share the same network, the same PoE switches, and often the same doors. An intercom may release the same entry the access system controls; its camera may record to the same server as the rest of the CCTV. So we plan power, cabling, VLANs, and backup as one job — that's where most systems fail, and it's the part nobody sees until something goes dark.
On the job
Real installs, shot on our phones — no stock library.
Built for Chicago weather and Chicago buildings
Anyone can mount a camera. Not everyone installs it well. Proper back boxes, conduit where it belongs, sealed connectors, drip loops — that stuff gets tested fast here, between wind off the lake, January salt, and hundred-year-old brick walk-ups. A system shouldn't just work on the day we leave. It should still look clean and behave the same three winters later.
Who we work for
Buildings and businesses across Chicago that need security to just work.
HOA & Condo Associations
Access a board member can run without calling IT.
Property Managers
The same rules and the same documentation at every address.
Small Businesses
Offices and shops that need cameras and doors, not a project manager.
Cafés, Restaurants & Retail
Cameras over the register and the back door, footage you can export.
Company facts
| Business | Vidimost LLC — security systems installer |
|---|---|
| Experience | Team with 18 years in the trade; 4 years serving Chicago |
| Licensed & insured | Yes |
| What we install | Security cameras, access control, video intercoms, networking & Wi-Fi |
| Service area | City of Chicago |
| Based in | Winnetka, IL 60093 |
| Phone | (872) 254-5015 |
| Hours | Mon–Fri 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM, Sat 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM |
Common questions
How long has your team been doing this?
The people on our crews have 18 years in security work, starting with analog CCTV and the first generation of IP cameras. Vidimost LLC itself has been installing in Chicago for four years.
Do you work on older and analog systems?
Yes. We service analog and early IP systems, and plan upgrades around whatever still tests clean — cabling, door hardware, recorders. A system audit is usually the first step.
Where do you work?
The city of Chicago — the Loop to Rogers Park and the neighborhoods between. Details on our Chicago service area page.