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While LPR (License Plate Recognition) is a formula based issue; for analog cameras your plate target area must be 25% of the screen. With standard cctv cameras, when a car with headlights comes into the viewing target the camera aperture closes and you get no describable picture. If cost is the issue, try Pixim cameras, they work very well in this environment and yes some are around 150clams. I use DeView Pixim domes on ATM buildings and get good license plate shots. But these go for 225smakeroos. Stay away from the chinese cameras, its junk.

We put Mobotix Q24 cameras in busses and semi's for 360 degree coverage. The bus companies want something that can see every seat and the semi owners want to make sure their drivers aren't drinking or playing with themselves in the cab (a huge un-told issue). Cabbies also use other cameras, so yes its possible, you can use a 12volt dc camera and simple NAS.

hello all, I do high end surveillance for financial institutions. One of my customers is a recent widow and she's looking for a god residential system. Now i could sell her a Ganz 4 channel dvr and some outdoor Pelco IR cameras, but i like the lady and seeing that I've never installed a residential system am looking for advice from those who have. Any suggestions?

In some municipalities residential video requires signage, so first check with your town for an ordinance. And yes, I believe you should deter the perps, of course you will just be sending them down the street to your neighbors, but it's their fault for not guarding against our lowest common denominator. I fear someone who would prefer to remain covert is just looking for someone to use his home arsenal on. So i vote yes to signage for video!

I'd bet it was a power issue, but you need to realize that most IR cameras illuminators have a very limited range and don't work very well. Also these cameras have a huge problem with overheating in summer months. I'd suggest a stand alone IR illuminator and a low light day / night camera.

Mobotix offers a solar powered camera set up which can either store video on an on-board thumb drive or can broadcast via a mesh wireless network. Go to Mobotix.com and check out their solar system; these cameras often don't look like cameras and therefore may be a wise choice, also you can put them anywhere without the need of an environmental housing or contact me and i'll get you with a local Mobo rep

We've been impressed with the quality and overall image we get from Pixim analog cameras and their warranty is hard to match. Samsung is trying to offer the integrator a near IP quality camera over existing coaxial cable, but you'll see that it falls a bit short. If your stuck with that DVR look to incorporate some Pixim cameras, great for lowlight and outdoor use.

Analog: DeView Pixim Dome IP: Avigilon 5Mega Dome

Start with a quality product, don't undersell your labor and don't promise the customer the moon! Fisheye lenses, 2.6mm lenses, 2.8mm lenses do the job, but if your target image is over 10 feet from the camera, go with a varifocal lens so you can correct for distance.

If its outside you need an environmental enclosure that not only provides heat but ventilation in the summer. I'm sure you've seen the outdoor IR cameras offered by Pelco and Hunt that advertize they don't need any enclosures; these cameras work well in the cold but have problems with overheating in the summer. The only camera on the market that doesn't need environmental enclosures is the Mobotix; these things work in the Mohave desert and the Arctic circle without any protection at all. The reason Mobotix works so well in harsh climates is they are a Cmos camera; no internal moving parts. CCTV cameras have servo-motors for lens correction and need environmental protection.

I,m looking for a small IP camera for use inside new and smaller ATMs and pneumatic drive-ups. As of yet, the only option is analog or Pixim and my customer believes only in IP. He has been using an Acti301 mini dome and has had his integrator fasten it to the front of an ATM or drive-up, but this is Wisconsin and Chicago and it's not working so well, these cameras don't hold up to the weather, There is a camera port inside both ATMs and drive-ups for a board camera and I need something to fit. I tried the Brickcom but the picture sucked, I tried the Mobotix that offers remote lenses but these cameras do not work with his exacqvision NVR. Any suggestions?

Hello, I'm an integrator for financial institutions and work with Mobotix, Avigilon, Exacqvision, Viostore, Qnap, DeView and Pixim. We work in both analog and IP and welcome any new ideas out there.

This is a question that often comes up, but not all criminals in my world use masks, many are forging checks to deposit into fraudulent accounts and then trying to redeem the cash at ATMs, others have ball caps and dark glasses on. The justification is that if your going to use a video system as your first line of defese against robbery, you want the best pictures possible, even a perp in a mask, black body suit and gloves leaves clues to his/her race, height, weight, eye color etc and no analog camera is going to help you there, so the need to go IP is obvious. One look at BanditTracker.com and you can see what kind of picture analog gives you, If your serious about curbing robberies, you need IP!

I have been a Mobotix partner for several years and have spoken at thier partner conferences in Fort lauderdale. I know the lure of Mobotix is to utilize the camera's intelligence and store directly to a NAS, but MXCC software is difficult for my end users. I've used Viostore with a Qnap NAS, but Qnap is a funny company, they get irate if you look for their product from a less expensive source, and there are several buyers groups that offer their product cheaper than you can but it from the factory. The Qnap also has had many issues of hard-drive failure or seeing hard-drives in empty bays, I would steer clear of Qnap. Exacqvision doesn't support Mobotix camera and their compression rate is untenable, for a standard installation in my world, my customers want 90days storage, to use vexacqvision and get 90 days i need 2 tera-bytes per camera. If your going to store to a NAS and don't need much in the way of storage I'd suggest two options: 1) buy an Overland NAS and don't scrimp on the hard drive or 2) contact the guys at accucom in Oshkosh Wisconsin, these guys have been Mobotix dealers for years, they offer cloud storage and can package a compatable NAS for you.