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Try creating another administrative level account and password, then logging out, then logging back in with the new account information, and then try editing or deleting the "admin" account.

Also, all the cameras and encoder/decoder pairs would be able to run over one wireless link, if you added a small network switch at each end between the encoder/decoder units and the wireless unit.

Yes, what I am suggesting would be: Analog camera-IP Encoder-Wireless transmitter******Wireless receiver-IP decoder-analog input to DVR.

Those shouldn't be used for cameras, they are designed for powering wireless gear (Ubiquiti, etc.) that uses a non-standard low voltage passive PoE injection design that is not compatible with standard 802.3af PoE equipment (almost everything else PoE powered uses the 802.3af standard) It's also not a switch, just a device that adds the nonstandard power onto existing lines from a switch or other device.

What I'm suggesting would not be over their LAN, the only network connections would be between the wireless units at each end and their respective encoders and decoders (which you could even put in the same box, if you wanted). The only connections to the DVR would be the analog video, and PTZ control.

You may want to keep in mind a few things- one is that using WDS repeating (what you are doing with the Engenius AP) cuts your network bandwidth in half, as the unit has to listen for an incoming packet, store it, and then forward it to the next device. Probably not a problem for a single camera application, but something to keep in mind as you scale up. A bigger issue is that WDS bridging/repeating is not standardized between different manufacturers, and you may get quirky problems with it, or no operation at all.

Bandwidth is really going to be an issue there, what is the connectivity from the users to the NVR? If the connection to the Exacq is just cable/DSL or similar, and the users are going to connect the same way, you might need to stream to a CDN (Content Delivery Network), and have the users connect to that. (Not cheap, though). There is a Exacq document on how to upgrade the LightTPD web server to Apache for more user connections here https://www.exacq.com/kb/kbdl.php?fid=2f3e922d-74ef-c1bb-c5ff-4be85188cb88.

We have had some fun on here, at times. Scorpion's always been a good guy, and we have enjoyed a few light-hearted pecks at each other from time to time (years and years, maybe?). I think a little more light humor could be good for the forum at times, it's gotten a little heavy around here recently, everybody's taking themselves a little too seriously

Sorry, meant ONVIF 2.2 motion detection from 3rd party cameras. (Are there even any 2.2 compliant camerrout there?) .

The transition lenses should be awesome, the perfect auto iris system. just make sure to mount them securely in the cardboard toilet paper tube! It'll work great, just make sure to use the correct porcelain knob and tube insulators. You are overthinking this, just feed each of your cameras into some old TV's lined up in a circle, and record them with your cousin's camcorder mounted on a scanner assembly. Gorilla tape holds up really well. Metal coat hangers are awesome for mounts, and if you hook them to the high voltage anode on the camera tube, they will provide theft resistance, as well. Just make sure to use short drywall screws on the camera, long ones will puncture the magic smoke canister prematurely. My Atari 2600'll SMOKE your Odyssey! You've never made a Cantenna before? Get with the program, man! What makes you think you will get a professional opinion here!? No, Thank you!... (and we've missed you!).

Is there any way that you could use analog to IP encoders at the far end, and IP to analog decoders at the DVR end? the IP link in that case would be totally isolated from any other network connections. If it's security your customer is worried about, that should eliminate any network security concerns, and a WPA2 encrypted data link between the points would be far more secure than analog transmitters.

Have you tried the newest version with server side motion detection on third party cams to see if that would work now? I haven't had a chance to try that yet.

I see a big gel cell on the side of one of the pictures, you could have tried the Altronix with the battery on it to see if cut the ripple much (pretty low ESR on those, like a big filter cap).

For a camera count that high, the Milestone software versions you would need would be Enterprise, at $1999 USD base license cost+ $269 per camera, or Corporate at about $3200 base+ $329 per channel, MSRP. If you want the Smart Wall option in Corporate, that's another $20,000 MSRP. Plus about 18% system cost per year for software maintenance, if you want to keep up with updates. At 300 cameras, you are looking at several servers, probably at least 4, depending on camera resolution and frame rate. Avigilon would be worth a serious look for a project that size (no recurring yearly costs for updates is a big plus). Plan on getting whatever software manufacturer you go with involved in the system design.

Well, there's a variety of analog transmitter/receiver sets available, but none of them have been terribly reliable in the long run, in my experience. I would consider either a set of analog to IP encoders (I've used Acti ACD-3100 decoders, and either an Acti ACD-2100 encoder, or an Acti camera that's compatible with the encoder). Then, if the existing link already has connectivity between the guard shack and building where your DVR is, you could use it, otherwise you could use some decent, lower cost IP links (I use Ubiquiti gear frequently). You might want to check whether your DVR could be upgraded to a hybrid analog/IP type unit, this would allow you to use IP cameras with no converters.

DD-WRT is quite useful, I've been using it for years for DDNS, VPN tunnel, usage graphing, etc.

I checked the PSNA reseller site, and they don't have anything either. Tech support or Wireshark, I suppose....

Time lapse supply has the connector by itself, but I'd recommend the complete backbox board (which they also have), here- http://www.tlselectronics.com/pelcospectraiii.html

You could drive the input of a solid state relay for the light control directly with the 5 volt output (pin 13) and the Out 1 line (pin 1). Depending on the load current, you might need a heat sink on it. Take a look at these for an example. http://www.crydom.com/en/products/catalog/s_1.pdf

I haven't used Netgear in a while, so I can't comment on those models specifically, but I have been successfully using quite a few of the the Cisco small business models SF302-08P / SF302-08MP (MP is higher wattage), and the pricing is close to the Netgear's.

I'll look at this in more detail later, but a few things come to mind. Use shields on the sector antennas http://www.rfarmor.com/cart/ , and keep in mind that Ubiquiti rates their sector beamwidth edges at -6dB, not 3dB like others, so their 90 degree sector is more like 60, and the 120 is closer to 90 degree. Nanostation M5's for the closer cam locations should be fine, Nanobridge M5's for the further shots. Shoot for a -50 to -60 signal on everything. If you take the information from the Ubiquiti stuff (gain, transmit power, receive sensitivity) and go on over to Ligowave's site http://www.ligowave.com/linkcalc/ and sign up for a free account there, they've got a great PTP and PTMP calculator. **********Edit******** The newer Ubiquiti M series stuff has a pretty useful spectrum analyzer built in.

....And that's how I found out about those problems! I ate the relicensing costs on 22 cameras for a good customer to save face, for providing him one new camera that wasn't supported on his older version of Exacq. Lost money on that one!

Even the 29 MP Avigilon cam is still 100Mb connection, max throughput is 32.9Mbps. Which certainly is a lot, and you'd better have a beefy infrastructure to support very many of those!

FYI it will reject the license and you will have to download a older version of VMS that matches your license. I have tried the same thing, it doesn't work, and if you have a drive failure and have to reinstall the software, getting the older versions of software is a PITA.

Try turning down the setting for digital noise reduction (DNR), I had similar problems with odd image artifacts on the 502's at night until I adjusted this down.