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i think both of these posts are your best option and both give you scop for converting to ip by just changing baluns to switch. the only part that has changed is the addition to send PTZ data. this can also run down cat5 though your baluns via a digital sender which cost around £30 both of these posts will do what you want viewtopic.php?f=17&t=27263 Any type of balun will do - you don't NEED one with power pass-through. You can use regular screw-terminal or toolless baluns and just split out the ends of the Cat5e yourself - wire one pair to the balun, two other pairs to the power connector, and leave one pair as spare (I normally use blue for video, green and orange for power, and brown for a spare - no particular reason). OR you can use the type with an RJ-45 connector on one end, and BNC and power leads on the other end. It really is up to you as a matter of personal preference. A four-channel balun, or four single baluns. Again, personal preference. No special equipment needed here. Two four-channel baluns, one eight-channel balun, or eight single baluns. Again, personal preference. You could use one pair in the camera's Cat5 run (such as the brown spare in my example) to get the control signal to the camera. To get it back to the DVR however, you'll need another pair available between buildings. Personally, I'd just pull two Cat5 between each building, to have the extra capacity. I do recall going over this before... the advice given really wasn't "conflicting", it was just different methods to achieve the same end. Look, this is the easiest way to do it with a minimum of needing to splice wires: Use something like this at each camera: - it uses one pair for video, three for power. Then use something like this centralized in the garage - four baluns *and power* in one unit: Plug each camera run into one of the jacks, 1 thru 4. Then plug your run going back to the DVR into the "4 in 1" jack. Repeat all this for the second garage. At the DVR, take your two runs from the two garages, and plug them into this: Then run 8 short coax cables from that to the DVR. If you want PTZ control, run another wire (be it 18/2, station-Z, Cat5, whatever) direct from the DVR to the camera. THIS IS NOT THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT, so any different advice is not necessarily "conflicting"... it's just different. However, this is a nice, clean, painless way to do it.

this can also be down to camera settings motion does take a bit of work to set up. but you also have smart record which will also save you HD space

Hi. webviewer will always look for active x first ...... its not for home use. its just there for if you want to go on holiday or something and you dont want to carry software around. but at workplace of home or family members remote viewer is the software used.

Hi. showing images to installers will always make for a bit of criticism. so i hope you dont mind why did you not mount your PTZ right at the end of your sofit. that way having alarm sensors front and side of your house would have given you more protection. you have lost 60% of your cameras function

go to tools. then internet options. then programs then manage add ons and revove aver active x. the start the download again in administrator mode

how old is your dvr. ??? new firmware was releast 3 weeks ago also you need to run IE in administrator mode. as is calling for software .... right click I.E select run as administrator then load webviwer then click on remote icon. you enter http://local ip:5550 to get webviewer.

once webviwer is loaded click on second icon up and the system will load remote viewer to your pc and insert a icon onto your desk top. so its always there. then it gives you same screen as your dvr. port 80 web viewer. and you also need 5550/56/1056. if you want to use iphone/ ipad/ android / BB / and the free ddns service

ok rg59 with cat5 for power makes it ready for both analog and ip. then for the lenths of runs you posted in june you will have power problems over that distance you might want to start at looking at 24v cameras.

sounds like you are using the webviewer and not the remote viewer also which ports are you using ??

most websites say Discontinued so i would stay away from it. also buy a brand name dvr. at least you will have some kind of support.

Hi. your 4 cameras at both garage 1 and 2 dont need to be wired in cat5. all you need is rg59 with power and run the cables to a point in your garage were you can attach the power (cctv power in each garage)and attach the BNC ends to a 4 way balun . then you just run cat5 back to DVR building where you will have two 4 way baluns from each garage.

Hi. it all depends on how good your installers are ........ i have seen guys fit systems in lofts only because of the easy fitt. and i have also seen some bad and unsafe main wires (85% of uk home ) dont have power in the loft. also the reason they want you to have it in the loft is its easy for them to run cable to cameras. it may be easy for them but is it the best place for the cameras. you say you have a 3 floor house. ?? are the cameras good for that hight. also fitted in loft will restrict you to normal viewing. unless you run cables to your tv. another problem is network phone lines (master) are most of the time are on the ground floor. and in the loft also depends on the DVR like already said PC is no good for a loft. standalones are good but you will find no name units may have problems (bad cooling) in kitchen area is a good place close to network close to power and link to kitchen tv. you can get DVRs that now run total silent so under units or on top

i was just adding up the costs of what you was doing. with so many multiplexers and dvrs and vcrs would it not just be cost effective to just install a budget 32 way dvr. it cuts down on monitors cables and office space

can i ask why you are going though so much expence installing new TVs for a store and the expence of running feeds to all your TVs and not have the ability to record. ???

Hi paulnye. the CNB was the camera i was talking about you have made a good choice and its not expensive

hi. the specs will be seen by many sellers some may be ture some not. its all down to build quality and standing by there product. many people go on about the CNB being an expensive name it is infact the opposite. yes you can buy the same spec for a few $$ less and have 1 year warranty or just a few more $$$ have a good 5 years warranty

Hi can you post some screen shots. it does look like its running two systems

its because you did not run baluns when using cat5. BNC =75ohms cat5 =100ohms fitted balun = 75ohms (at both ends)

cat5 with no balun will also not help.

were are you based. and which dvrs will you be looking at.

zekezchry you are looking for a problem that you dont have. 1 YOU cant just load activex onto your dvr it would have to be a firmware update. in your first post. 'inst4twn.exe is a command from your PC and not your dvr its not something you can download from maplins. its saying you have a problem. it is not allowing you to download the activex from the dvr. so you need to sort that out first

no its in the software download from dvr even if a H/drive is not fitted.

it may well be a bad cable from your dvr. do you have another tv you can test with ?? the other thing to look at is on your tv menu see how your AV is set (some TVs have a source setting) but either your cctv cable or the coax has a short (check the connection on your tv coax)

sorry i am also confused. i understand you have your dvr into the AV of your tv but what is this coax connection ..... is it you tv signal ????

hi are you using AV or scart socket ?