mike_va

Hmm, I wonder if that is a typo? It is different online and the webpage.

The data online though is 0.2 for the 3135, which is probably the 3MP. Whereas the other is 0.1, also color. There used to be specs floating around with no IR cut, but they've washed their hands of it and just said "IR sensitive".

Thanks, I was hoping...

Just tried playing back my 2400+ and it is around 5-6 Fps on a scene with alot of information (compression at 50%). Rated for 10Fps (max) 1 channel at 704x480. 241S plays back at 10Fps but that is a VitaminD limitation not the encoder.

You are always going to have a problem with the IR reflecting, unless you disable that and get it outside. Then placing it not at an angle helps. Here are two pics of someone in our yard, one at at angle and you can see the internal reflections.

+1 We've interfaced it also to our Lutron RadioRa lighting. Add a transceiver and you can have remotes all over the house (they sell cheap on ebay new ~5). We press one button to turn out the lights and arm the system at night, worth every penny.

Single encoders like the 241S and 243 are rated at 30. Axis tends to be a little optimistic, also depends what the encoder compression is set at and certain cameras don't compress as well (e.g. CNB Monalisa). Note IP cams per se don't necessarily fix the problem, some Acti like the ACM4200 are <10Fps.

225 is not the same as it is progressive scan and will capture motion much better. Low light will not be that great though.

Got them to send the temp license key, but cannot figure out how to download the software.

Did you use the autofocus in the setup?

Rory provided some nice examples for me here: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=23345 Save the html file as a shortcut and click on it when you want to view. This way you don't have all the extra stuff on the web interface. You can do all this with notepad just save as .html instead on .txt

It depends I think. You need a viewer that works with all those. TV will not work with most unless you have it hooked up to a computer. I know Axis and Panasonic you can write html pretty easy to view. Some cameras are different though in the way they do MJPEG, i.e. in more of a "post" fashion. Maybe just my limited knowledge of how to get it to work though. If you're just trying to see the front door you could just buy an old axis 2400 on ebay for $50 and a good analog cam? Bonus would be that you could also feed the analog to the TV direct, use the server for computer etc access.

Not impressed with Acti ACM4200, occasional artifacts and dropouts. Might be related to software I used. Crappy stock lens. On the other hand it is pretty inexpensive (and feels like it), I'd rather have something I can depend on. No experience with Arecont, but I heard Google uses them a lot FWIW. Just bought one to play with so we'll see. We use an Axis P1344 for the front door works fine, nice picture.

It uses an AC adapter and rectifies that. Which is what you want for reliability. My parent's Honeywell system is still ticking after probably 20 years. Perhaps they have a 240 version, if not let me know and I can tell you how to get it to work. One thing some overlook debating 24VAC vs. 12V regulated for cameras. 24VAC transformers (if using good design practices) do not wear out, like the capacitors in a switcher (especially best-bid switchers they put in some of these supplies). I have some transformers that are 80 years old and still work fine... Good cameras all have switchers in them (but this will not be a single point failure for the entire system), to accommodate both 24VAC and 12VDC and get the voltage to something the camera wants to see, in addition to providing isolation.

Yes, including the overhead garage doors. Peace of mind that you've shut them when you go to bed. We use a Honeywell Vista20P, can do most everything you can think of. Aesecurity is a good vendor, and offers actual support, plus the 20P is covered alot in other forums. Good luck.

Unfortunately the demo ran out, and I have not made a decision. I did verify the resolution, but did not check the playback FPS. Good to know if I decide to go that route. Thanks.

Contacted them and they did not. Trying to figure out the internal DIP and two other switches. Thanks in advance.

Based on my experience with an Acti camera (and occasional pixelation that occurs on none of my Axis cams/encoders), I would avoid them and go with Axis which work well (I use 241 and 243's). Axis has been in the game a while, and has decent support if you need it. Blue Iris demo worked fine with my Axis P1344 at full res. Guy was super responsive to questions. May eventually buy to get the audio recording capability. Other options are Vitamin D which I still love using just because it makes reviewing events so easy, but has limitations. To me it is worth every penny. Milestone also has free 8 ch NVR software but only played with briefly.

On hardware I bought a ZT systems quad core 3GHz for $500 on sale at Costco. If you watch the sales on this brand they have some very good deals. This thing flies, compared to the other computers in the house. The other thing is light, if you can do motion lights you will have much better luck with good pics. Vivotek specs don't look that great, so I've never purchased them. Make sure you understand lux ratings, for IP cams you need to know the shutter speed sometimes this is at 1/6s which is not that useful. I've got some great cams around the house and it takes a lot of playing around to get good night pics, flood lights make your life much easier.

If you really don't want to use Vitamin D you could also check out Blue Iris which is pretty easy to setup and Milestone has a free 8 ch NVR program.

The issue with Vitamin D may be the Dlink, I've got a number of cameras on mine (Axis) and has never missed once.

Looks pretty good, Axis is spec'd at 1/6s. Panasonic is at 1/30s, does not spec the IRE (although min illumination might be 30IRE) nor the amount of AGC. Thanks for sharing your experience.

I'll look forward to that, I keep pondering both of those...

If there's no other way you could set up basic account and do this http://user:password@192.168.1.59/ so I don't have to log in, or maybe leave password blank on basic acct? I use this for viewing my cameras locally but don't know if you'd want to put something like that out there on the net. You probably want a separate stream that can be managed. Good luck not my area of expertise, just ideas that may point you in the right direction.

You could skip hybrid, and use something like an Axis 241Q which can be found around 300 used. If you don't need the frame rate you can even get buy with an old Axis 2400 around 50 used. Then one approach would be to use some NVR software. Milestone has free 8 channel software (server and client), there are other paid approaches out there that others would be better qualified to discuss.