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I was not talking about a custom version of version of windows, I was just mentioning that there are a lot of tweaks that you can do and a lot of parts of windows that are not necessary to load up. Especially windows XP, some simple things as well can be removed, for instance, screensavers affect the DVr, Ram speed latency, Bus speeds, Pop Ups. windows Update etc, Slowing down the GUI etc etcA lot of companies buy a PC then slot in a card and unless you use the right rated equpment and make driver adjustments then you can have issues with your system.. All In all though Linux is much more stable, but is so woefull in features that it is a trade off!
you are very right. I have windows Xp and ME, both tweaked.
XP is soo slow in its default setting, even on a 2+GHz with 1000mb DDR with a good video card. I take out all the flashy graphics #1 which slows it down, color settings to 16 mill instead of 32. 800x600 instead of 1024+, disable system restore, disable auot updates, and much much more...Some people dont know how fast it can be.
Dont forget all the added software loaded on start up with brand name pcs.
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Lastly, you do not need to buy branded cameras to get good performance, half of them are re-badged anyhow! PS bet you like the Ganz gear.. Oh yeh and never use a bullet to view a door unless from an angle as most bullets do not have auto iris and not many are wide dynamic so your customers face might look black and shadowed if bright light is behind them.branded cameras makea big difference, if you buy the right one. with digital video the qualit of the picture is only as good as the camera itself. that said, though just because you buy a sony or ultrack doesnt mean its going to be a better picture or last longer than a cheaper provideo bullet camera . it just depends what you need and what you are happy selling/using. testing many brands of cameras will help as someare better than others for different situations. I havent seen one company that makes one full line of great products, mostly just they make a couple good ones, and same with the others.
Id stay far away from the noname brands like some cheaper companies sell as theirs, when they actually are just bought from asia and had stamped their logo on it. I had many problems with some cameras like this in the past, and some with the major brand names also! For instance Sanyo cameras are inexpensive (compared to others like sony, Kalatel, etc), and give one of the best pictures i have seen yet, with 520TVL in color. Though i wouldnt use them for every situation.
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I had no idea,, my apologies to everyone,,, however... does that not mean that to view the encoding of site the police or owner would have to have an encoder player at home? that doubles the expense and that I imagine would be a haslle for police as they would take your whole system would they not. Mux is slow, encoded, does not usually encorporate , masking, searching, paging, TCP/IP or Audio... I was simply stating that for 200$ US you can get the same thing with all those options and it can record uncoded! it would surely cost more to have 2x components tha 1x component!Yes they would need the same brand of coded multiplexer. But how would you give evidence to the police with the all in one, burn it on CD right? Same with a single channel DVR connected to a multiplexer. With tape however you are stuck with the police having the same equipment or taking it to a person that does that for a living and has all the different decoders, people have been doing it that way for years with tapes. Tapes = Pain in the but!
The all in one is still a multiplexer, just that you dont have that cable to the recorder which looses video and speed. You have to spilt up the signal either way.
Both single and all in one you can connect to a PC and burn evidence to CD for the police, to play on any computer anywhere without having to install any software, at least with the kalatel DVRs. I have done this many times for a local nightclub here with the single ch.
Cost wise its cheaper in the US for 2 seperate units, at least when requiring large hard disk space like 320GB+. I guess because they arent as good as the all in one
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I dont think I am wrong (however not really used much in the way of mux)... But I did not say that a mux does not record full frame images, I only stated that once it comes out of the mux on one cable to a 1 input DVR then you can no longer utilise the encoded images? Maybe you can but I have nevr seen that, Mux's are very slow and as they are still anologue, they lack a lot of features that you mentioned, howeverI have seen Digital Muxs.... but why bother when DVR is as affordable or standalone embedded DVR @ $200US .Can you clarify for me how you can get 4ch into a sigle ch input without switching or making images smaller as I was not aware this is possible?From a book i have: (LTC Training Center)
I know some of it is outdated like multiplexers are digital now, and you can choose fields or frames, maybe AVCONSULT can double check this info too, i didnt write it. I think the book is kindof old maybe 2 years though i only bought it a year ago, But the concepts are the same. Basically multiplexing is high speed switching of full size images.
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"There are two specific forms of multiplexing available. The first, "TimeShare", is used with all types of video transmission, ie; coaxial, microwave, fiber optics, infrared, etc. The second, "True Multiplexing", is available through Fiber Optics only .."
"Video cameras do not produce continuous flow pictures as they appear on the monitor. In actuality the camera produces sixty individual fields of video. Each field is half of the frame or final picture. In other words, if a camera produces 600 lines of horizontal sweep or resolution, only half of the lines are painted onto the monitor at a time. First all the odd numbered lines, then the even lines. Each picture is called a field and and the two half pictures pictures combined are called frames. This combining of fields is called 2:1 interlacing and is a very common practice and feature of most quality video cameras. The final word is that a total of 60 fields or 30 frames of video pictures are produced by the camera each second. The timeshare multiplexer takes advantage of this individual picture theory of the camera by combining specific, individual fields or frames of video from a multiple of cameras into a single continuous run. As an example let's look at two cameras being multiplexed together. Each camera is producing 60 fields of information. The multiplexer will take the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th etc, field from Camera A. It will take the 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th, etc, field from camera B. These individual fields will then be coded and sent to the recorder or de-multiplexer as a single video signal."
"If we were to view this combined signal as it is produced on a monitor, it would switch so fast between camera A and B that the picture would appear to be double exposure. The de-multiplexer is a unit that is attached to the output of the video recorder and/or in front of our monitor in the same manner as a switcher. It will read the encoded video signal and allow only those fields or frames of video information pertaining to the cameras to be viewed."
"One very important point here is that some video multiplexers work with fields of information and some work with frames of video information from each camera. This is important when it comes to recording the information. A unit that works with fields of information will only reproduce a video picture of half resolution compared to what the camera actually made in the first place. That is equivalent to normal play back on a video recorder. In other words if you are working with a 600 line resolution camera, the de-multiplexed picture will only be 300 lines. A frame multiplexer will carry the complete video picture, so no loss of resolution will occur but more time will be lost between cameras."
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and a note on fiber optic multiplexing:
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"With fiber optic transmission, we take the electronic video signal and transform it into pulsed infrared (IR) light. This IR light is then injected into a piece of glass and allowd to travel to a receiver. The fiber optic receiver takes the pusled IR light and transforms it back into the electronic video signal. You must also understand that light travels in waves and that the length of the light wave determines the colot of the wave."
"We measure light in nanometers which represent billionths of a meter. Since different length light waves have different characteristics of travel when injected into a fiber, it is possible to inject multiple wave lengths simultaneously and seperate them at the other end. This gives us the ability to multiplex up to 25 seperate, real time, video signals into a single fiber and break tjem apart at the other end. The major advantage of this type of system is that there is no time loss of the individual video signals. "
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What type of dome was it? Indoor or PTZ?It is an indoor. Here is the link:
http://www.cctvproducts.com/sonelssminfi.html
I get about a year out of them then the picture starts to turn yellow then about a month after that it goes black.
Ok, ive seen them on sonys web site. i was considering using them at one time, ill stay clear for right now. Sounds like could have been a lens problem, or maybe power issue. Were you using the supplied power supply? Though that should have given out earlier than a year.
Ive had a couple cameras go on me also, but they went quick, didnt last more than a month. maybe the domes you had were just lemons ..?
I went to replace an ademco alarm control once, and the new one i replaced it for was bad, and the 2nd one i replaced it was didnt work either , both new out of the box. 3rd one worked
As for cameras, Kalatel's GBC ceiling wedge mount cameras, i had to send 2 back that had bad power boards from day one. Unfortunately it takes about 2 months here in the Bahamas to get any product back from being fixed by a manufacturer, so far with a few different brands. The distributor never simply replaces them unfortunately, and shipping and customs make it longer. Now i take the bad camera apart and try to fix it myself first, last 2 times wires were just loose inside, maybe from being hit or something. ..
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Are you saying stay away from Western Digital, IBM, Seagate and Maxtor - or just the first two in the group. Because if all four, who else is there. I will order the extentions when I order the cooling fans.
I think he means go with seagate or maxtor, as their hard drives are normally stronger or last longer. Maxtor has some larger hard drives too I believe, and Seagate has faster ones. (not sure been out of the PC hardware game for a while).
If you were in the Bahamas as well as a UPS, id suggest a Line Conditioner, as a UPS will not protect you from damage to hard disks and other hardware due to low voltage dips, etc. Ive seen computers literally fried even with UPS installed. We have some of the worst Power Equipment in the world here. Ive had a line conditioner for 5 years now, and never lost anything, everyone i knows that do not use a LN have gone through harddrive after hard drive or mother board after motherboard, or power supply after ..you get the point. As i also worked in the alarm service business for 5 years for a major monitoring company here, ive seen i with every type of electronic equipment; Hard Drives are just very fragile.
The computer stores here have burned equipment on display for clients to see what not having one can leave you with, BUT, that is here, FIRST world countries have better Power equipment.
Our power goes off at least 3-5 times a week, sometimes 2 hours, or as long as 2 days. Its soo normal here that we are 'kindof' used to it. Basically its government spending money in the wrong places.
On another note, you may want to look at a standalone machine, still with UPS and LN, as its soo easy to setup and almost totally maintenance free.
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I'm just curious about why there is such a shortage of Linux based solutions? As a consultant and a Systems Administrator I work with Windows systems day in and day out. Windows systems have issues that seem to be very un-desirous in a security environment.I recognize that many systems based on Windows are very accessible and user friendly, but those same features create a headache for those of us in the back office.
I found a few Linux based cards from various companies that seem to do it all, but they do not record audio, the one feature that I require. So I would agree with you that the Linux platform lacks the full feature set that is easily found in a Windows solution, but why is that?
Somebody could make a small company work well with such a product because many of us IT guys are so anti Microsoft that we look and look for something that is not Windows based. I’m not so far out there that I “hate” Microsoft, but I really enjoy the stability and ease of use of those systems that are not from M$!
I dont know why the cards dont support audio, but maybe it hass something to with the fact that linux does not support alof of technlogy or hardware that windows does. Though it would be nice. So there are no Linux DVRs that support audio?
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I dont think you undertood me.. to record a multiplexed image you record one frame of small squares and if you have one input into a 1 ch dvr then you are recording a multiplexed image... meaning that each camera is recorded in one large picture... very small when 16 cameras are done!Digital MUX and standalone are the same thing!!!! and to be honest those prices are way out... you can buy 100fps 4 Input imported for $200US and if your stamps add up to more than $1400 US to ship a $200 item there is something wrong. Plus recording from the mux will probably be slower than the 100fps dived by four 25FPS per channel that you get with a standalone unit with no operating system and alarm inputs... so why would you get a mux at all when the standalone is a mux!!
The prices I have seen in here are insane and I can only assume that you all are trying to disguise actual costs... the kalatel single channel recorder is nothing more than a connexant based chip on a proprietry board with a MUX chip and looping output balanced 75 OHM signal... why should it cost so much??
dude those are the prices in thr US, dealer prices to us, the dealers get them cheaper and sell them to us integrators at those prices which are straight out of the manufacturers price sheet, and us integrators sell them for list price (or less). i wish they were cheaper, phillips is about $500 more in the 4 channel market, Ultrak/Honeywell even more, some others even more. Things are just way more expensive in the US i guess than australia? Then its double the price in the Bahamas from the US! PC based (windows) systems are cheaper but i wont touch them, people here cant take care of their computers.
Can you send me some info on what product you sell/install which is the price you are mentioning, i could be very well interested. Seriously. I dont know what it would cost to ship, but as a high price example I could always just check with UPS or Fedex. If listed as a computer from the seller, we get it duty free (as it contains somewhat of a computer and hardd rives it isnt a lie
thanks
Rory
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How can a Mux and a 1 ch standalone be less expensive than a 4 or 16 ch standalone? I mean the most you would pay would be around $1750 for realtime 16ch standalone with multiple drives1 ch DVR - $385
4 channel Mux - $550 - total - $935
4 channel DVR/Mux all-in-one - $1495
Personally id rather just pay the extra $500 and go for the all in one. This is ok for small systems.
But for large systems: both Triplex Muxes
1 ch DVR (320GB) - $2245 First Cost
16 Channel Mux - $1560 - TOtal - $3805
16 channel 320GB DVR/Mux - $4445
Double the price for sale in the Bahamas due to import tax etc.
But you can adjust the frame rate of the standalone anyway! and compression! and file size!! and bandwidth!!and you can do that with a single channel DVR also
See the Kalatel DSR-2000e.
to record more than 1ch onto a 1ch machine like you were proposing would mean either switching (loss) or MUX and the images may be so small they can not be indentified easilly, four small squares to vs the size of one full picture is a big differenceHuh??? There is no difference in image size in the Kalatel Units, between an all in one and the single channel. You get more images on the all-in-one as its not going through a cable, even S-VHS cable, and it is less jumpy, but image size is simular enough not to notice any difference.
I agree that Digital is much better I never sell anything else I meant why use analogue components like a MUX and switcher before you reach the digital recorderKalatel's multiplexers (and i imagine most others) are digital now.
http://www.geindustrial.com/ge-interlogix/kalatel/prd_multiplexer.html
dude i agree with you, the all-in-one is a better choice, just with the US prices some people cant afford it when the mux and DVR (VDR) is a cheaper route to go, for now.
Then again i only quote all-in-ones right now anyway, but that may be why business is slow
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[b]US Suggested List Price. There are cheaper ones but you get what you pay for. Kalatel Products listed are actually cheaper than most other high end brands. [/b]Cmon thats still pricey, I was trying to be conservative I mean I sell a 4ch 100fps Standalone that records at full PAL resolution and has inputs and outputs plus twin VCR output.... @ $670 Australian $480US and that is fitted with a 80GB HDD and I am expensive!!!
I dont disagree that its pricey, thats the pricing on this side of the globe. What brand do you sell so I can check it out .. do they sell them in the US? Im still searching around for a cheaper one, just havent found any as cheap as you mention, in 4 channel. Plus im looking for a brand that allows me to write my own custom software for, which Kalatel does.
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I cant beleive yopu guys pay that much for your gear!!That is crazy!!!!
I could drop ship it to you at that price,,, wow talk about expensive!!
Thats cheap, after that I have to pay 35% import duty, plus international shipping!
Hey, different economies, different dollars
PS. My brother is moving from the bahamas to australia in a few months (family live somewhere I cant remember where)
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All those instances had good lighting, there are many cameras on the market offering a switch mode to either second sensor or black and white imaging on low light levels, however I prefer the wide dynamic digital cameras as they will allow you to take light from areas of light in the picture and enhace it to other areas without light.... For example a glass table top bar with fluro lights built into it in a bar that has ambient (low lighting) will result ina wash out of light in the area of the bar and no real identification, to fix this with a wide dynamic range camer you mask out the light of the bar and transfer it to the darker areas, works great to get faces as people walk in dorrs with sun at their backs,, not cheap though around $600 Australian Retail which I think is about $400 US, you must make sure you have a suitable F Stop lens thoughGood lighting? The Infrared images were taken in pitch dark. The nightclub is very dim, no color cameras would produce a clear enough picture, even the lowest light color camera with all the tweaks. It would produce a more pixelised image which is the norm with those cameras.
All the low light cameras i have used take light from other areas of the image and spread it out to the darker areas, thats how low light color cameras work, and why they can generally be pixelised when it is very dark.
Sanyo Cameras have the multi zone light measuring system for backlighting. I learned the hard way with the f-sop lens level, i was using a too bright lens, f1.0.95 (i think) lens, and with the 2 large UF500 LEDs, the camera kept switching from BW to Color, so i raised the level and then it worked fine.
Sanyo's day night camera, has a switch to change BW mode. Also has multiple back lighting. Its a good camera for the price.Im using it along with 2 ExtremeCCTV UF500 IR LEDs.
(http://www.sanyosecurity.com/pdf/cctv/cat/ccd(ntsc)/vcc4594.pdf)
The EX82 though, is currently deployed by the US armed forces in afganistan, Iraq, and along with other exreme cctv IR cameras and LEDs, used all over London, and at UN offices worldwide. (www.extremecctv.com)
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Had you tried the Wide Dynamic camera range from Ganz?Do you mean the Thermal?
There is a huge difference. The images are the same day and night with Thermal. This means no Color image during th day. Also, you will never be able to make out the persons face, as it only picks up heat.
It is a great technology though, but pretty expensive also. It would be great for night time surveillance or long range surveillance such as police helicopters, large industrial plants, etc.
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Thats a bit pricey,US Suggested List Price. There are cheaper ones but you get what you pay for. Kalatel Products listed are actually cheaper than most other high end brands.
1 ch recorders are pretty poor because you must feed it through another device either anolouge switcher or MUX or quad unitYes, they must go they must go through a mux (suggested). Yes it is not as good as an all in one, but it is cheaper and easy to upgrade existing eqiepment.
If you use a single channel recorder then you will see eiother a switched image (and miss bits) a quad image (small images that cant be seen well) or slow images througha MUXIt will be slower either way if it uses a mux. But yes slower. Though i have a couple in operation on the internet, and they play back great, locally also. Difference is the all in one DVR mux can allow you to record at lower recording speeds, and get say the equivalent of almost double that of a seperate DVR/Mux.
having an input for each camera is a must for good qulity recording.This is untrue. I get great digital recorded images from the single channel DVR, BUTT, this is using S-VHS Cables, and setting the DVR to control the recording speed and not the mux. Without S-VHS then it will not be as good
If its not fully digital and you runt hrough analogue why change?
No Tapes, no hassles. Longer Recordings, MUCH Higher quality video, much simpler search and retreival of video, remote video, AND maintenance free
There are a ton of reasons to switch to digital recording, and none to stay with VCRs.
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Thanks RoryAs I said before, I could have used a site like this to put my system together. Maybe somebody could have warned me about those Sony domes I got ( I just mailed another one back for service today ).
The trick is getting people here though. I am playing around with getting the site indexed on the search engines now. Hopefully I will have luck with that.
i put a link on my site bahamassecurity.com so that should help some. Should help to get your link on more and more web sites also, other forums, etc.
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has anyone else here seen or written any custom software for Kalatel DVRs, or another Brand of DVR? Looking for fellow programmers.
Also, i have a Cable Modem and a hub. 1 PC only and the StoreSAfe DVR connected. Using an IP the IP in the StoreSafe and the PC need to have the same IP range eg. 24.244.134.*. However the StoreSafe supports DHCP, and the machine has a name in it which cant be changed.
Anyway, i enable it, so I dont have to use the IP feature. When i try to connect it doesnt. On the PC is there anything i need to do to get it to work? Im not familiar with DHCP. The Storesafe will come up with pop up errors saying DHCP could not be renewed, so I switched back to IP.
Any ideas?? thanks
Rory
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which one, give some reasons why and which do you prefer, and why you prefer one over the other.
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lets see what your clients want..
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Okay, one more here
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System:
1 Kalatel 16 Channel Triplex Multiplexer
1 Kalatel DSR-2000e 320GB DVR
1 20" Samsung CCTV Color Monitor
1 12VDC 10 Channel Fused Power Supply
3 24VAC Power Transformers
1 DSL Modem
1 DSL Router & Hub
1 UPS Back up
1 Diesel Generator Backup
Cameras
10 Provideo BW IR Bullet Cameras, 420TVL, 0.1 Lux
1 @ Office Door, 2 @ Inside Bar (1 per cash register), 4 @ 2 outside Bars (2each, 1 per cash register), 1 @ Front Entrance, 1 @ staff parking, 1 @ Dance Floor
2 Kalatel 240CE Low Light Color Cameras 480TVL, 0.3 lUX,
2 @ Car Park in Weatherproof Housings
1 HuntCCTV VandleResistant Color Dome, 4-8mm (set to 8mm), 470TVL (Front Entrance Hallway - line up)
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We tried to get away from BW and use color, but no matter what low light color camera you used in the dim nightclub lighting, color would not produce crisp enough images to be used in evidence, so we stuck with these Bullet cameras. There is light in the car park and the owner wanted to see the color of cars, shirts, etc, same goes for the Lineup area at the front door. The actual Front area where the florescent light, cashier/ticket office, etc is, too dim for color, so back to BW.
Dance Floor shows up good while the actual lumination is very low, except when the lighting show is on. Bars produce crisp images of cash registers and outside the bar area for client safety.
While starting off cash registers was the main concern, due to instance such as fights, more cameras were added, or redirected, thankfully as after that such instances such as fights, car theft, arson, etc, took place. These have been used as evidence for the police several times, and several staff have also been fired for stealing.
The owner can view the club from home, or while visiting the US. They can view play back up to 9 days. It is recording 13 cameras at 20pps, on the 320GB, quality is more important for this client than length of recording.
We are planning to release a web site before xmas, with membership login, 4 cameras on a seperate DVR, with custom web page Remote video. This is to be designed for spring break primarily, as thats their busy time.
This system has really been worth it to the owner. Hopefully more night clubs here will invest in proper video surveillance also, will have to wait and see.
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Alarm Monitoring Company:
Cameras:
existing mixed brands, Color & BW, 10 Total
System:
1 Kalatel Triplex 10 channel Multiplexer
1 Kalatel DSR-2000e 40GB
1 Kalatel RSM-1600 Phone Transmitter
1 CCTV Color Monitor (existing)
All computers on network can view video playback, or they playback on the cctv monitor. 10 cameras on the 40GB at 5pps gets them 3-4 days with motion detection in highest video quality.
At the other end (home), the owners can view sound and video via the phone line, on their Big Screen TV, a CCTV monitor, or any TV that is connected to the matching RSM-1600 in their home. Slower than Internet Video, but cheaper, simple to use, and nice that they can view it on thier TVs throughout the house. Audio is also transmitted, with a sligt delay though. Video quality is not as clear as with Internet Video, but good enough, and can be near real time by lowering the resolution (remember the video phone on CNN/MSNBC during the Iraw war).
How its hooked up:
RSM-1600 has only 3 channels on base product (it can be expanded with the addition of an expander). 1st channel is 10 channel multiplexed output using the monitor out. 2nd channel is a camera with audio (cheap walmart type camera), 3rd is a color 520TVL Sanyo Camera for the Central Station. These are looped from the multiplexer to the RSM-1600 using BNC-RCA jacks.
RSM-1600
http://www.geindustrial.com/ge-interlogix/kalatel/prd_remote_video.html
RSM-1600 - approx price $980 Retail per unit.
The RSM-1600 master transceiver lets you access your video surveillance system from anywhere there's a phone line. Use 2 for video to TV/Video, or 1 for video to PC (free software).
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Anyone know of a completely wireless camera for outdoor use? I'm looking for something battery operated, and charged by a photo voltaic panel.Pretty expensive, but some real good wireless day/night products.
http://www.extremecctv.com/mecc.cfm
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Another nice system Rory.I think people thinking of putting systems together will find this information valuable in their decision making process. In my opinion, readings trials and errors from people who install video systems is much more valuable than reading product brochures.
I agree also. I trialed and errored with a few low light color cameras also from alot of different manufacturers, will post that info on here as soon as I get my home computer back up (mboard fried).
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Welcome to the forum Rory.I have 370 gigs and I am only getting 12 days so I think I may play around with the frame rates to get more time. Are the cameras in this setup triggered by motion detection or do they record continiously?. Also do the cameras get video noise from the cooler lights. I think that is why we are only getting 12 days because the picture "waves" at times from the lights and the software picks it up a movement.
The picture quality looks excellent what resolution is that?
That's a very nice system. I am sure your clients are happy with it.
Hi, yes it uses motion detection recording, and it is using the highest resolution for the Kalatel DVRs, cant remember off hand, will have to check (im not on my computer right now, someone elses).
No signal problems with the lights, except they give out alot of glare on the products which can make the picture not be as good as it could. The wires are run far from the lights in the drop ceiling, would have prefered in conduit but the customer preferred it run loose
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Finally someone has come through with this great idea!
I have looked everywhere and there really is no general CCTV forum's out there, until now. Google's newsgroups are limited.
Maybe there should be a NEW RELEASE thread here also, for info found on new CCTV equipment released. Could be useful to us system designers, and newbies also. There are some web sites that display new items but you need to scroll though lines and lines of other security equipment to see relavant to CCTV.
Ill put a link to this forum on my site, ASAP.
Rory
Remote Video Software
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hi, thanks.
Yes i am using a hub only. I have several online using a hub only with no problems. Just the cable company wants extra cash for extra IPs. They used to allow one static and one dynamic for no extra charge but they got greedy.
Im getting a router as i was told you can assign one port to point to a certain device using the static IP. Then all will be able to get online.
But if i can do this home system with jus the hub it would be better, just dont think i will be able to. The DVR is not going online, just the computer, and they dont need a static IP for the PC. Thing is the StoreSafe has this DHCP built in as an option to a standard IP address. What I need to know, is how do you set up the PC, which is already connection to the internet through the hub, to connect to the DVR using the DHCP option. I dont know anything about DHCP. I imagine igts just connecting to a name instead of an IP, but i tried that and no luck. Do i need an extra network card for this to work?? Or do I need to add another connection using the same IP? OR, i guess i probably cant connect to the local DVR as the computer is already online as cable is always on.
Thanks
Rory