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if you are looking for a system with about 4 cameras then i would just buy something like the avermedia 1304 sata. this will cost no were near the price of a pc to run. http://www.avermedia.com/AVerDiGi/Product/Detail.aspx?id=151

Hi remoteeyes. its about time you guys joined the forum. i contacted you 2 months ago (am in the uk) and you were very helpful. i can see you being a big help on the forum regarding pos systems.

Hi drzman. your pc will always need to be on and not go into sleep mode. all your motion setting are on the cctv card software your pc goes to sleep so does your cctv software. which cards are you going to use and what will you be protecting.

Anything is possible, but why would you want this? Fire alarm systems are separate standalone systems that are complex enough without integrating them into questionable quality CCTV/access systems.. If you feel the need to have total monitoring you can have remote satellite annunciator panels installed at key locations by your fire alarm company, which you probably already have. The other question is the fire alarm system remotely or locally monitored? . Simplex and Edwards makes some really nice annunciators. it is important to have any door entry/exit system linked to a fire system the last thing you want in a fire are doors locked trapping people and also fire service getting in. you dont want the fire system to open doors as soon as it is activated. but if another fire alert device (2 alarms active) or fire alarm active for over a certain amount of time say 5mins it opens doors. but this is something that you can talk to your local fire dept about. Miamirob. i would just like to say what a good job you are doing. i have been reading your posts since you started your project and it has been very good reading.

There arn`t a lot of settings to do Why dont you tell honestly that Arecont does motion blur like hell? Combine that with some F1.6 or F1.8 50m lense - oh yes, what a great image will we have sorry robert but i am with thewireguys on this. lets take the sanyo hd camera and i use these everyday. in the daytime its like watching a movie. leave the camera set like this 5mp and night time falls the video becomes very poor just looks like a cheap camera. but if i set-up set the setting to 5mp for day time and have the camera reboot when the light is starting to fade to switch to 1.3mp i am back to a very good b/w video. now mobotix with there Q24 same again day time very good camera but night useless. but the d/n Q24 with 1.3mp is just as good as its day camera. but there are not many ip cameras on the market that you can set to auto change its own settings like the sanyo and also re-focus. for day and night.

Hi billeh. wireless cctv does not work and it sounds like you have 2.4ghz system. these system will never work to many household equipment will give you problems. they are wireless systems out there that cost mega bucks. like avermedia but for the cost i would go ip.

Hi lonelyhouse. can you let us know what make your dvr is or post a link. its just that there are so many ways to do this.

Hi cctv supplier. 2 years ago uk suppliers were full of these connectors. now you cant buy them anywere. they look good but are the worst things ever. also yes they do different cables but what the video does not show is to do this you have to buy extra caps. blue for RG59 and green / yellow / red for others. and i love the way they say re useable. if you connect 8 bnc 3 will have a problem so you need the tool to start again. and at £2 $4 here. and the other problem you cant just buy some to try because you have to buy the tools to put them together $50

Hi hardwired. i still dont understand the project. i have asked if its text overlay or moneys going though till and the answer has been no. if its just the duplicate screen he is looking at converting he would save a lot of money if he just did overlay from ip.

+1 i dont think anyone on the forum is nasty at all to new or old posters. and i think the knowledge guys on here give will save people $1000s. its like a guy on the other nite gv 16 way card from ebay $75 he thinks its going to just slot into his pc and away it goes. gv dont do cards for $75 so he has a copy or bad card that is either cheap crap or does not work. the sh#t i got from him on here and pm. i was only trying to save him money

Hi adam sorry i am lost now. we have covered pos and coverd you dont want text overlay. i dont understand what you need to capture. if it is not the moneys and amounts going though the till. what info are you looking at.

Hi adam. if its not pos then what image are you trying to capture. can you let us know what it is you are doing. what comes from the vga. till screen or something else.

Hi Chris. you will find that you do not need to load the client software onto your pc. if you remove the client software. and try the way that i have sent in a pm.

Hi Adam. so this is not going to be the standard text overlay i.e total / amount / change given. ??

Hi Adam. i think you might be going the wrong way with this. the vga on most pos systems is to duplicate the original screen. yes this can be converted to bnc then put though an ip convertor but this is not pos overlay. you might be better looking at milestons pos overlay which is an add on.

well done. but your pc spec you have will not run either of them cards. oh and by the way you dont have to say thank you for all the info i sent you. but anyway good luck with your cards You still dident send me any usefull info - so why thank you? I have other systems I can run it on, no problems there. on all my time on here you have been the most ungrateful BOY. you know nothing of fps so i send you live demos/ with so much cctv info and you say its not usefull. YOU LITTLE BOY. IS GOING TO SPEND a lot of time on this forum looking for help with your clone gv cards. $75 each and you think they are real. i give up and i hope everyone else does

well done. but your pc spec you have will not run either of them cards. oh and by the way you dont have to say thank you for all the info i sent you. but anyway good luck with your cards

Thank you very much! I have found the card to $179 What software do you use with it? I also found some cheap 16 channels GeoVision (used) I will look into them also. HI Did you get the demos that i sent for you. ???

the reason why i brought it up is to let you know (as it is a old card) and i am not the one who has been trying to run a window card on linux. also audio you need drivers

Hi serverguy. on the D12 you cant have both cameras pointing at the same target. you will need the m12

Hi athlon. this is a windows card. and then it is limited. to At least, Win98 Second Edition, Windows Me, Win2000 or WinXP. Does NOT work under Win95 or Win98 first edition.

First of all, you shoot down all everything I write. Just because you don't like the idea of my needs, dosen't say that it can be done! I don't need more that 48 hour, period! If there is missing cash, we can see it on our register, and see excact what clerk did it. We can see that for every day - and at the end of the day, I can check the video to see where the money went. I can not use footage older than 48 to anything else than filling up my HD. If there is an alarm in the night, well I will not wait over 48 hours to see that! Listen to MY needs instead of YOUR needs! see i was nice to you. these are not my needs this is what you need. so you say you can see were the money has gone from the till without that frame rate by looking at your till roll. bull. you dont need more than 48 hours. ok many stores that get robbed starts a few days before they will come into your store look at security look for other exits out see how many work there see if you have security staff. then they go away and plan what they are going to do. this is the only time you might get the chance to get a face to catch them so yes you need more than 48hrs. also cctv is very good for stock control put 4 bottles of budlight out your till shows 1 sold but the self is empty who took it and how long ago if it was more than 48hrs ago you wont get that. but you know best thats why you came on here i dont think it matters who gives you advise you will still fit that crap.

nothing wrong with my attitude. its just you are hearing things that you dont want to hear. so we will start again. what i am trying to say is if you are going to build a system or buy i system the first thing you need to do is make shure it is fit for its purpose. no one will be happy with a slow bad res system so the first thing you look for is fps and recording quality. you have said it is for a store. so you are going to need either 10 to 15 fps or higher on each camera or a system were you can set each camera for what you need. lets take you cash area this sould not be less than 15fps. you want to see everything that is happening with the money. if you go below then all you are going to get is staggered images or even miss the money changing hands. entrance you also need 12 to 15 fps so as you can try and catch the faces. (i have sent you fps demos side by side and you can change the fps on each camera) then you have a recording setting. cheap systems are cif only you need 4cif or D1 over your cash points this is to make out what is going into the cashdraw. and also storage (H/D space) for a store 48hrs is no good. you need at least a week. but more would be better.

yes something like this. 1amp on each output. were are you based ???

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