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Is there anyway that you can customise the name of the FTP files that a Dahua or Hikvision DVR sends? Problem is this: customer has multiple sites in different locations. To get an overview of operations every five minutes a still is uploaded via FTP to their server, of a certain name ie: localyard.jpg, and overwrites the existing image, and therefore updates the website with the newest image. The problem, unless I am missing something, is that when both the Dahua and Hikvision recorders (both NVR and DVR) send an image via FTP, the file names are by the date and time, so are always different so that the FTP folder would quickly become cluttered. Is there a way that I can change so that each file FTP'ed has the same name? Any help would be much appreciated.

I understand all of the above - however, if I buy an NVR from one of the Chinese vendors, will that connect to IVMS-4200.........I know the cameras wont. Has anyone had experience with this? Regards Tango

Which begs the question. What do Chinese customers use for a GUI on their PC's. Is there a Chinese version of IVMS-4200

Has anyone successfully married a Hikvision IP camera to a Dahua NVR and got it working with full motion detection. And the opposite - a Dahua IP camera on a Hikvision DVR. Will it work? Is there a problem doing this?

Nuuo already does this no port forward setup with their NuuoSolo NVR. (log on through the eznuuo website.) We have installed a number of these, plug it into the router, no port-forwarding, no cloud storage, no hassle. Hasn't failed to be an easy setup yet.

sorry to bump this. Can anyone help with the Bosch Video Station client workstation specs?

Hope someone can help me here. The Bosch Video Client (BVC) spec sheet minimum workstation requirements tells me I need: intel dual core 3.0 GHz or better, and at least an NVIDIA GeForce 8600 or better. Thats a fairly low specced machine. So I am assuming that when viewing multiple megapixels cameras (2 x 2, 3 x 3, 4 x 4 etc) that it is sending the secondary stream of the camera. Can anyone confirm this is correct? Additionally, does anyone have any experience and feedback about Bosch Video Client?

Have a site with 4 Bosch G4 PTZ's which is preparing to migrated to an Avigilon platform. Has anyone done this before? I can recall a discussion around PTZ lag with Avigilon. Is this going to be an issue? How many PTZ's can I control per 4 channel encoder? Thanks and Regards Tango

Further to a previous post, about a remote traffic monitoring site, the client has now asked me to investigate ANPR \ LPR. Does anyone have any realworld experience with ANPR - especially using IP cameras? I understand license plate cameras, but never had any exposure to the ANPR side of things. What package has anyone used? Advantages \ disadvantages of one over another? Appreciate your input guys. Regards Tango

Hey GrouchoBoucho, I really appreciate your, and everyone elses input. The problem with backing up the footage to disk is two fold: 1) time on site to back up potentially 20 GB. and as MaxIcon points out 2) it may not be natively readable back at home base. I considered using a solution with hotswappable drives, and mirroring them. Remove the drive, insert in the second machine back in the office. Would this work? eg: QNAPVS2004 Pro or QNAPVS4008 Pro. Set to raid 1. Remove drive, insert new one for removal next time. Take removed home back to office and insert in second\same NVR. What are the inherrent problems if I went down that path? NB - not sold on QNAP. Just using as an example!

Hi PeteCress, good solution, but in this application I can't physically connect to the machine, so and LAN or WAN isn't a possibility, and unfortunately 3G \ 4G packages to cost prohibitive for amount of data. So ultimately bandwidth is the issue - I will be remotely monitoring the health of the system via 3G, but wont be able to download large amount of footage via this avenue. MaxIcon with SecondCopy, can I then review on my machine back at the office. I know that with some of the older DVR's if you performed an automated backup, you had to have a similar DVR in the office to then load and view the footage with. I would like full NVR playback functionality on the footage which I take away - ie be able to review, with variable speed, and download stills \ images. I appreciate your input guys Regards Tango

Indeed Buellwinkle that was one of the things I considered. Bit of extra outlay at the outset, but ultimately I get a robust solution.

I have an application where I am setting up a camera to view a busy but remote piece of road. It is impractical to then view the footage on site, and prohibitively expensive to remotely view via wireless. The footage is required to be viewed in its entirety and a report written on traffic flow twice a week. Is there a solution \ product which I can use where I can create a scheduled backup to a drive which I can then remove and view at my office, while another drive is installed and being backed up for my next visit ie (switch drives when I visit - but be able to view footage on removed drive in my office.) The camera will be reasonably inaccessable (overhead gantry) so recording to a local SD card isn't that practical. I am envisaging that the recording device will be accessable in a locked cabinet. Any direction on setup or product much appreciated!! Regards Tango