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  1. Posted

    If you have the -f models with build in Micro SD Reader, just buy a 64GB Micro SD Card and store to that per camera, clean, easy and no external servers or whatever to go bad or get hacked.

     

    You may have to buy SD cards to swap them out every so often, they do "wear" so it is best to buy a name brand one as well.

     

    And you can use the built in web interface on the camera to review footage and download clips to your computer as well

  2. Posted

    By the time you buy a POE Switch and a NAS. Your best bet is to buy a 4CH NVR (DS-7604NI-SE) and plug the cameras directly into the NVR. The NVR will supply the Video and Power over the Ethernet cable if the camera is plugged directly into the back of the NVR.

     

    Thanks for the response. I ended up buying the DS-7604NI-SE NVR from Amazon after doing a lot more homework. I didn't like the idea of buying an NVR that was a little bit cheaper without POE capabilities and having to run wires to a POE switch as well... Too many wires!

     

    I bought a Western Digital Purple 1TB harddrive to go with the NVR. WD recommends their purple harddrive for CCTV systems. I also ordered 2 Hikvision DS-2CD2032-I cameras to start out.

     

     

    Looks like you are on the right track! Good luck

  4. Posted

    Actually for a low end analog system, that is not bad, I have seen worse, a lot worse and people think their systems are great, until I show them mine and their jaws drop

     

    I agree, go with 3MP or even 1.3MP Hikvision stuff, I have those cameras and they are the best bang for the buck.

  6. Posted

    One HD Camera Port? I guess maybe on the cheap junk DVRs but once you get out of the eBay realm of equipment you don't have that limitation

     

    If you are going to do HD, you should look into IP cameras, only thing is you will need to upgrade all of your cabling to either CAT5e or CAT6 cabling (computer network cable).

     

    I like HIKVision, they have nice cameras for the buck and are well supported on these forums.

     

    As for pricing, depends on what you looking and what kind of cameras

     

    Just simple bullets like the Hikvision DS-2032 would be about a $100 a shot

     

    A HIKVision 8 Port NVR with POE Ports (saves you on buying a switch) HIKVision DS-7608NI-SE/8P is about $400

     

    A 2TB Hard Drive for the NVR about $120

     

    CAT5e cabling 50ft $20 100ft $30 etc

     

    I would say a 4 camera system would be under $1200, eight under 1700 roughly

     

    Also those HikVision 3MP bullets, the DS-2032 will blow the doors off of the 1200TVL junk cams any day of the week. Once you get a couple of those, you will never look at analog again.

  10. Posted

    Did you test the drives in another machine?

     

    Also, if these are used drives, it might not be a bad idea to Zero them out, look for Darik's Boot and Nuke (DBAN) it is bootable CD image

     

    Unplug the drive in the computer that you want to use

     

    and

     

    connect the drives you want to delete and run this utility (the CD will boot into its own OS and give you options, you can change the option to a single pass, it will be quicker and the larger the drive, the longer it takes)

     

    it is a dangerous utility so make sure you are deleting the drives you want, not your system drive (that is why you should unplug it)

  11. Posted

    You might be going about this the wrong way

     

    When dealing with companies like Google, never threaten legal action, that will get you no where, unless you have the bucks to go hire an attorney, if you do, just do that, don't threaten, have the attorney deal with the matter.

     

    This is what I did

     

    Search for you address on google maps

     

    when you bring up the map of your street and your private driveway, does it show your driveway as being mapped? A white line, like it is a road? Mine did, do on the bottom right corner you will see a gear and a question mark, click on the question mark, then click on "report a data problem"

     

    A little wizard will appear in the left corner stating to point to where the problem is on the map, another dialog box will appear and you select the reason and write it what is wrong. Just say this road is my driveway and please un map it. You may need a google account to do this though or an email account.

     

    Just follow through, they will send you a automated message about it being reviewed or whatever. It will take a couple weeks. I saw the changes occurred faster on the website then the mobile version, but they will sync eventually

     

    Google did not have any imaging of the driveway, they did not drive up it, but since the imaging is tied to the mapped data, I would assume that if they delete the mapped "road" that the imaging will go as well. Of course nothing is deleted forever, just ask the NSA

     

    Also you may want to do this for Garmin, Tele Atlas, free maps and other GPS maps, most of the GPS devices pull from these locations anyways. I did those as well at it was just as easy. Tele Atlas fixed the mistake in a day. It is not a bad idea to do these as well since they might be pulling data from each other.

     

    Also, post the driveway, it will help you if you do have people back there who are up to no good. The police will ask them "did you see the signs?" if the trespassers are known to the police, the police will ticket or put handcuffs on them. The signs allow them to do that.

  12. Posted

    The way I would approach it would be to do this slowly, build it as you go so to speak, so you are not buying 5 cameras or so at once. I would buy one Hikvision, impress the Mrs. with the quality of the video and night vision and let her demand that you buy more

     

    That is how I did mine, I bought a couple Hikvision cameras at a time until all my old cameras were replaced.

     

    I would do the driveway one first, since you do not have a camera there. Leave the others and replace as you go, why replace them now if they are still working?

     

    I did my driveway camera similar to yours, I went under the soffit at used Hikvision DS-2CD2332-I, the turret camera with the IR Array. I used a 4mm lens, you could use a 2.8mm in your situation and you would probably get more of your front yard, side yard as well with a wide angle lens

     

    Link to the turret camera

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hikvision-DS-2CD2332-I-3MP-IP66-IR-EXIR-Turret-Outdoor-Network-Dome-Camera-POE-/111360908513?pt=US_Security_Cameras&hash=item19eda09ce1

     

    As for software, I believe that is a personal preference on here, I see people raving about Blue Iris, Milestone, etc. I use iVMS, I have all Hikvision NVRs and cameras now so I don't need 3rd party support. It does what it does, sure it has a slight learning curve when setting everything up, but I am network guy so this stuff is easy to me.

  14. Posted

    I would consider Hikvision, they are worth the 3x extra cost, you will get 10x the value in the long run as well. You can use Hikvision's iVMS to view the cameras and iVMS PCNVR for a PC based recorder if you chose to. iVMS and iVMS PCNVR is also free (but you can only use Hikvision cameras)

     

    I bought cheap junk, it is all gone now, I replaced everything with Hikvision. Sure it cost a few bucks, but in the end it was well worth it. I wish I never wasted the money on the cheap junk, could have bought a couple good Hikvision cameras instead.

     

    You can also look at Dahua as well, they have a good following on these boards as well.

     

    Good luck

  16. Posted

    The first camera linked by dan732 is not an ip camera...just fyi...I agree that you should be looking for ip cameras. Dahua has some nice 2mp ip cameras in the 600 dollar range.

    Dahua SD59212S-HN 12x Zoom

    http://www.dahuasecurity.com/products/sd59212s220s230s-hn-581.html

     

    Also, ask yourself do you really need ptz? are you going to set up sensors to ptz upon movement? Why not get two fixed cameras instead? What are you going to be monitoring?

    Whatever you do, if this is a new system, you should be using an IP camera that is at the very least 1.3mp...not any analog stuff that is generally rated using TVL...

     

    Actually that is an IP Camera

     

    Here is the spec sheet

     

    http://www.hikvision.com/UploadFile/image/2013051620571255270.pdf

     

    It just isn't High Definition, (520TVL 768x494) I did post a link to the High Definition of that camera for price comparison

     

    Not all IP Cameras are Megapixel cameras and not all analog cameras are rated in TVL

  18. Posted

    Are you sure it is a "private" road?

     

    Your driveway might be a road that is on the map with the town that you live in. Look at the Town's maps and your survey map.

     

    If it is a private road, post No Trespassing signs immediately, this is the only way you can keep people out legally (in most jurisdictions)

     

    You can contact google and have them un map your driveway, I had to do this because my very long driveway, about a half mile long was mapped as a road on GPS software and Google, I contacted each of the major GPS companies and reported the error and they removed it in about three weeks. Google did the same as well.

     

    Since then I had less people "exploring" thinking it was a real road. They would ignore my posted and no trespassing signs, even had people try to break through my gate. The morons would say it was on google so it was public. I had to call the police out on a couple of these geniuses. Jersey Pineys with three teeth and two brain cells are not the brightest bulbs in the box.

  19. Posted

    I would not bother with any of those cameras, they are all old analog cameras

     

    None of them are High Definition by any standards, sure they sellers say they are, but they are not.

     

    I would look at a IP PTZ Camera, it would do what you want

     

    Look at this one for example

     

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/368X-Hikvision-Outdoor-IR-Night-Vision-High-Speed-PTZ-IP-Dome-True-D-N-DWDR-/151422891930?pt=US_Security_Cameras&hash=item234181f79a

     

    Has a built in SD card slot so you can save recordings to the camera, if needed, you can also use your iphone to view, how ever this model is not High Def

     

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-3MP-Hikvision-216X-True-WDR-D-N-High-Speed-IP-Network-PTZ-Speed-Dome-/251679277216?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a994100a0

     

    1.3MP 720P version of the above PTZ camera

     

    Good luck

  20. Posted

    Your DVR can use the camera as "motion detection" that is if many pixels start to change so to speak, it works ok at best, but usually picks up a lot of false alarms, like shadows, leaves, bugs, etc especially when used outside.

     

    You can add motion detectors like PIR motion detectors, they would be accurate then the built in detection in the DVR, however range will be limited to what the PIR would cover. But it will be more accurate, won't trip because of branches swaying in the wind, etc

     

    RS-485 is a serial interface, you would not use that with motion detection, mostly to connect PTZ cameras

     

    Inputs would be used for the motion detectors if you want PIR units

     

    Outputs for triggering something in an event, basically it is a relay

  21. Posted

    I would look at IP Cameras

     

    HD-SDI

     

    HD-CVI

     

    Seem like old news

     

    Might be a good choice if the BNC cable is already there and the client does not want to pay to pull it out and install CAT5e/CAT6, but in new installs I would look at IP Cameras from Hikvision or other know manufacturers

  24. Posted

    Honestly, why bother with analog, you are wasting money on old, outdated technology. I would just run the Cat5e or Cat6, install IP camera(s) and be done with it now. I just pulled out all the analog junk in my house, my only regret was buying the analog junk in the first place. I would have saved myself a ton of money and time by buying the good stuff the first time, even though it was more expensive initially.

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