tomcctv

Hi wizz. you say you are not interested in getting faces. so you will go for cheaper cameras. the best thing on cctv is to get the best footage as pos. and try and get as many faces as pos. if somthing bad happends and you dont have good footage then your system has been a waste of money.

if you can. pay a little more. for better. also if you are not shure. the best thing to do is look for someone on here who is in your area (were are you) and buy a dvr from them. you will then get good back-up and you will get a system that works. or look at avertech or avermedia dvrs where you can get support in america.

have cameras worked on the dvr card before. ????? or is it something you have built

Hi richard. i used it once never again. and the price. you can buy alot better. why are you having problems. ??? frame lockup/ camera drop out/ and stuttering playback. the operating system is about 6 years old

thank for pic. your dvr port is the 8000 change that to 5555 and leave your http 80 port as it is. but you will have to portforward 5555 in your router. and then you should be ok using http://yourip:5555

no this is not possable with that card. but you can run along side (on your windows o/s) most ip cameras will come with viewer software. take a look at axis.

Hi Ian. port 80 will get blocked by some isp for inbound. and you also set a port to 8000. this will be classed as port 80. your best bet is to set up new ports around the 5555 mark i.e 5550. just remember to add this to your ip when you log in i.e http://yourip:5550

RG59 is fine with power. but you will also need data. so also use cat5. alongside your RG59. or you can use composite cable. http://product-image.tradeindia.com/00311787/b/0/CCTV-Cable-.jpg

Nice update to website.Larry. and all the best for the new year to everyone on the forum

Hi i have been asking also for live demos from mobotix. and i have been given this site when you click on it click the english flag then at top click live. then pic the camera model you whant to see. not a good demo if that is what you get. pic quality is poor. www.mobotix.ro

speed bump cameras are very good. remember places still have guys with mirrors on poles. and the speed bump camera will see more. as far as thermal cameras. not under a car or truck. to much heat in its runing gear and bombs are not hot. (well till they go off) the speed bump camera system can be 1 upto 6 cameras looking under the cars. so type of install, 4 camera speed bump then just past the cameras a barrier so as cars and trucks have to drive slow over cameras and then stop at barrier. demo. http://www.icruvss.com/html/demo.html

i have used these a couple of times and are alot cheaper than fiber. also with the kit you get a power unit. it is good for 500m on coax manufatura says more but i would stick to 500m as max range http://biwave89.myweb.hinet.net/product/product01.htm

I’m sorry for confusing the issue here. Tomcctv mentioned the CNB camera and I had just purchased one. I found it to be a very good camera for my situation. His description of the settings were right on. Nevertheless, for a bar situation, I don’t think a day night camera would be the best choice. Depending on the lighting, wouldn’t it be on B/W all the time or in color all the time? The day night may even switch back and forth. Personally, I think B/W would be the best choice. B/W cameras provide better picture quality in lower light levels. I might put color cameras in normal or well lit exits, entrances or hallways to identify clothing color. For sure I’d put a good day night to cover parking lots. As for DSS, I find that it’s totally useless. Slow shutter speed may have its place in regular photography but not in CCTV. The local bar I dealt with uses what I described above and it works very well. Hi metal shaper man. yes you are right. what i forgot to say was. the cnb has the option to keep /b/w or to go true day night or stay colour. so one camera with gives you a wide option in placing the camera. also yes it has dss that can also be turned on and off and it does slow down a little which make it ideal for around tvs/ monitors/fruit machines and fast flashing lights.

do you not have a make or anything to post. or can you switch it on and see if it has a software name.

Hi ilk.

then if the heads are fine after the test then its time to cable. best thing to do is strip and make new ends. on every camera. not just look. have the cameras ever been serviced. ptz need it once a year. i have a vcl ptz just on 14 years old never gone down.

sounds like camera. if it has been working for 3 years. a quick test for the pelco ptz. is to power it down for a few minutes and when you power it back up. watch the camera to see if it does a self test. (watch the head move) if this does not happen. remove service and test it.

Hi try changing your baud to 2400.

Hi sf1964. night clubs and bars with low light and also with so many flashing lights. is very hard to set up. i did a 32 camera system in a club. it was dark with black floors walls. before the install i tried lots of cameras ir/true daynight. and each had there problems. but i did find a camera i had total control over. and the picture quality was very good. [edit by mod-store link removed]

I take it dejota you are a salesman. what you are saying is so long as you have 1 camera on the whole system looking at the doorway and getting a good face image then the rest of the system does not matter. what a good excuse for selling a crap system.

What complete security system costs less than $500? Best, Christopher crap cameras very crap dvr thats what you get for $500.

it sounds like those cops need some more training. Hi rory. its not training they need. its the dvrs. they remove the h/drive and as soon as they connect it to a pc it wants to format. or just lately on some of the cheap stuff not only do the dvrs have passwords but when you remove the drive and install it into a reader and that is also pass worded. yes the team can spend time and get the footage off but they will not bother for say a shop lifter or a domestic dispute its just not worth it.

Hi dejota. ease of use ......(post, cant remove footage) must play footage back without 3rd party software/ ability to export recorded data to approprite mediums. none of which the secbo sdvr-b-p04 can do. my point about my post is ebay crap is crap. when cctv was about footage on a video tape end users could not go wrong now with digital end users go for price. or how many flashing lights and how it looks. without looking at the important stuff like ease of use , does it burn to pen/cd/dvd along with the player. people buy cctv for home use to protect them from problems. buying cheap crap only gives you another problem. you have some very good budget systems on the market like the Avermedia 1304 sata or the Avertech both for not alot more money. Im not aware of any UK legislation that states "must play footage back without 3rd party software" or anything similar. You should include any playback software required to view footage when you provide the footage, and if possible a guide on how to use the viewer if its not something they are likely to be familiar with. There are no definate guidelines for what is acceptable cctv footage in court, it is up the the court at the end of the day what they will allow, or not. I have never had any problem giving the police evidence that requires playback software to be used (such as geovision exports, visimetrics fastar archives). Hi Ken. dvrs like geovision and the like. the police have software to open these folders then THEY put the footage into a format for the courts. now with the system in the original post it has its own (no name) while on my travels around the uk collecting footage i can collect 3-4 a day and only 1 would be able to be used. in birmingham at the police cctv team. they collect 100 a month which only 5% will be used. so we can keep quiet on here about crap from ebay or educate people thinking of installing cctv as a d-i-y.

nice images bantham. nice clear job. was that for a customer or for yourself.

where are you based duckhere ???