Kawboy12R

You are too vague. What do you want the camera to do? Identify faces at 1000'? Overview an acre at 500'? Licence plates at night at 2000'? $300 bud?get? $1500 budget? $10,000?

How is it mounted? Any chance that IR is reflecting back into the lens and tricking the light sensor into thinking it is day?

It WAS theft by definition, but you would be hard pressed to say that he knew that shockwave still valued and wanted the items. Taking unvalued and unwanted items from what he considered the garbage wouldn't have been theft in his mind, even though he should still have asked for permission to take the fencing. Depending on the jurisdiction and the judge, you might either get a conviction or laughed out of court.

I'm with MindTwist. It's not really theft if it was in the garbage but he should have asked anyway. I store things I don't want thrown away in my fenced off garbage/compost/recycling area at times and wouldn't appreciate it if someone took something from there without asking. He was probably thinking and working through the problem "why would someone put good fencing where they keep their garbage?". After the wheels churned a bit he came up with the wrong answer. If it were me, I wouldn't press charges but probably wouldn't want them back either.

Never say never, but you shouldn't have any problems at all. If there IS a problem, it is probably caused from a defect with the wiring, not because they should never ever be run together.

You shouldn't have any problems running cat5e (or any other UTP) next to coax for cctv cameras. Everything is best run by itself if possible, but I wouldn't expect any problems at all.

Click on the "manual" tab in the link I sent you and look for the section on back focus.

From what I've seen and heard about, "here" most places that run analog and IP run DVRs alongside their NVRs rather than try and integrate them into a hybrid setup. I looked into hybrids for my home setup and ended up running a DVR (well, two at one point) in addition to my IP stuff rather than a hybrid.

Avigilon does seem to have a decent method for integrating analog cams into their IP camera software though. You might want to ask the wire guy how or if motion detection works on the analog side with their solution if that is important to you. The software relies on the camera to pass it motion detection info to initiate recording.

Does the lens have any way to focus it?

Does it look like the lens and camera in this link? If so, you can just turn the knobs and set the lens length for the proper field of view and then focus the camera.

On Screen Display for the menu options. Helps when setting up the cam but means you have to have a display present where you can see it while navigating the menus.

Glad I could help.

If you have two power supplies powering 4 cams each, switch 'em and see what happens. That's easier than getting a battery and trying that tip out. Probably just one PS went bad.

Did the problem start all at once? Do those cams happen to share the same power supply splitter? If so, it's probably a bad power supply. What happens if you swap cables at the DVR with the "good" channels? If the problem moves with the cameras then it's the cams or power supply. Run the cams (or individual ones) from a 12v battery to test which. If the problem stays the same when running from battery, then you've got bad cams. Probably the power supply if 4 went at once though. If it stays the same with the DVR connections then it's probably the DVR. Either way, the first and cheapest step is to replace the cam power supply. Then try ground loop isolators. Then replace the DVR. You might've recently added something to the house that's causing interference, but a new quality power supply might even clean that up.

I bet that your ISP changed your IP address changed when the network came back up. Type whatismyip.com into your url bar at your business and use what it tells you for the ip address in EagleEyes.

And here I thought that everybody in Palm Springs was skinny and attractive...

Just a thought, but maybe it's the 2.5mm lens that you keep reusing that isn't sharp enough? The DVR video should be pretty much as good as the camera (at least live). Saved quality, well that's a different kettle of fish... As far as analog lipstick cams go, KT&C made the last pair I bought.

Joseph is correct but had a typographical error. Given that the original poster is British, *MR* Bean plus a camera system should suffice to provide adequate identification.

An IP camera is a camera that works over an Ethernet cable like you computer does.

Cat 5 wire is the wiring used to connect network IP cameras, computers, routers, switches, cable modems, etc together.

A PoE injector is a little gizmo that adds power to run a PoE (Power over Ethernet) camera on a plain (non-PoE) home router.

The software is the program that runs on the computer that reads, displays, and records the video data from the network camera.

If all of these terms are new to you, then you might be better off getting a CCTV DVR with an analog camera, or if you don't want to record the video, just an analog "bullet" cctv camera with cable, BNC to RCA adapter, and a power supply. Simpler for a do-it-yourselfer to hook up and run. The DVR will record the video from the analog CCTV camera and display it on something like your TV or a computer monitor if you want a record of what goes on.

I'm in Canada, so I can't help you with local places to buy this stuff. I've heard reference to a place called Maplins over there that sells cheap CCTV gear. It isn't fantastic stuff, but might do what you want.

Maybe someone from Britain or close by could point you in the right direction?

Seems like any IP camera with a good sensitive sensor for night would work. I still don't know what country you're in, but if it were me I can find a suitable budget cam (I would probably look for a Hikvision or rebranded Hikvision like Swann or Lorex) under $200, plus cat 5 wiring and a PoE injector. $250 easily if you did the installation, plus whatever software you wanted to use.

Mmmm... Not sure if I do. The dvr I was using most of the time had the HD wiped. I've changed software on my laptop a few times so my network cam footage is gone from age or swapping. I saved stills on a desktop that's packed up since I moved. Might take some time to dig up something but I will try and remember. Busy and on my phone at the moment.

If you want to watch the action live from your home then just about any cctv system will do, but for a distance of 60 feet you'll probably prefer a camera with a bit of zoom. A 6mm lens will give you a fairly broad field of view at 60' but still make the subject big enough to recognize, although something with a varifocal lens would let you choose the "zoom" level and field of view. If you've got a computer and are a bit techy then it's hard to beat an IP network camera for a one camera job. Great video quality and no DVR needed. Many come with free software for recording on your computer. We'd need to know your location and budget before recommending something though.

Ask the vendor of the Zmodo what they recommend to use with it or if they have experience using the cams you want to run with it. Just don't assume that everything works with everything.

I have no experience with the Zmodo NVR but not only do you have to make sure that the camera supports audio out like luckyfella said but also that the NVR or software solution supports audio with the camera you want to use. For instance, my Axis P3364VEs support audio and so does Avigilon software, but Avigilon software does not support audio from my Axis cameras.

Alan, why not put 6 to the right of 7 and seven to the left of six with the rear door in between them? Maybe have them a few feet to either side of the door. That way the rear door is covered well and there is little deadspot directly out from the door.

Works fine, or did as of recently. Currently decommissioned. I'm in the middle of moving and work is very busy so not much time for cctv fiddling. Not sure if it'll be used at my new home but if not I'll move it down to a spot at work where the distances can be long in a larger lot. My biggest issue was washout at shorter ranges. I think I'd get a less powerful one next time for around the house.