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    a poe switch rated to supply the required acti voltage will work fine. the issue of "more cold" does not make the acti use MORE..........once it cuts on it will ONLY use the rated power.

     

    is acti rated down to -40???? hum? that's a very cold temp for any camera and I'd worry about that MORE than the power.

     

    I use a simple trendnet with (2) acti's here in Idaho.and yes, it gets cold here.

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    ue the arcea cards and they work great. just had a hd failure and it kept right on truckn' (RAID1mirror) only problem is that darn noisy alarm....I know. it's supposed to bep when a drive fails.

     

    I've also installed larger RAID with no problems. I like to build them myself using drive bay sata cages so I can remove when I want.

     

    The bottomline is is to apply your budget to a tested RAID configuration and go with it. Mirror works fine for personal use and if you go beyond that it's overkill..........

     

    I like to combine a RAID with off-site recordings so that a few camera's are recorded on & off site which provides a second level of "safe". You'll need some band width to go out to the WAN and/or you can do it within your LAN. DVR/NVR software has to support IP addressing/recording.

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    because they don't?

     

    it really is because of the focus Apple has taken since day one......they targeted a "group" of potiential consumers and ran with it. And when you are specialized you seem to restrict yourself to the things you can do well.

     

    Kinda like the auto industry......they became good at "it" but never really kept pace with the overall change in the economic world. The learning curve is expensive and hard if you missed da boat.......

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    I just lost some equipment to lighting........first time in a long time, but, the lighting came in on the Embarq line and took out the moden, router, and PC based DVR. Poweer supply also has some wavy line issues now.but cameras survived.

     

    Bottom line; protect all line inputs to your DVR and MAYBE you'll be ok. Lighting is NOT predictable and even when you take every action to protect it seems to get ya anyway.

     

    I just try and replace when if happens. This is the second time I've seen it in 4 years.

     

    Oh, and you need to have your grounds checked, especially if you get any close strikes. Fact is if you get a close strike your ground is most likely comprimized since lighting turns things to glass after it hits...especially in FL. My client in FL has thier gronds check now everytime and they actually found newly installed grounds that had been "glassed" and were nolonger working grounds. Visibly, it all looked great.

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    why are you trying to reinvent the wheel? SATA HDs are cheap and mcuh better quality. I can understand using old stuff to build old stuff or save money but when your dealing with video security why take a change on old stuff that is dated?

     

    By the time you buy the adapter and test you've spent as much as or more than.....

     

    I have a shelf full of IDE drives just looking at me and they will sit there. I'll use them on legacy systems until they become paper weights.

     

    maybe IDE's will be worth more than I paid for them? Maybe that 1970/80's Apple/Comador computer I have in the closet (still works) will be worth more than 800 dollars? who knows................but I'll still have both 10 years from now!

     

    SSD's? Just faster in my world, not ready to invest in them yet.....

  12. Posted

    Best way

    - split the camera signal with a video splitter, one for you and one for the apartment. there are 12vdc video splitters available which enables you to power off of your camera power supply. Run the apartment cable to the apartment TV wall plate(s). Renter can connect to video input of TV's. That keeps you out of the monitor business

     

    Ok way

    - provide a wirelss link for all your apartments and give each apartment a login & pass for that door and/or cameras you want them to view. Then they can use thier PC's to view. This puts you in the ISP business

     

    Make sure you have a liability clause in your contract......because if it's broke and is not fixed your are liable unless you say otherwise. ie. CCTV is provided "free" and provides additional security when working. landlord is not responsible for rentors personal property and/or physical security.

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    buy a multimeter and check your voltages BEFORE you connect anything. and connecting to a solar power system can be ticky if you don't know what your doing. Take a few pics and post them and/or send them to me.........

     

    reminds me of a time when I was a young "supertech" in the marines. I thougt I was perfect at repairing things.........until I blew up a actuator transformer just because I connected it wrong........I was sure I had it right but the smoke was the truth teller.

     

    But then again I did repair the tracking on a Army 20ft. satellite antenna with a soldering iron and paperclip.............worked great!

     

    too many stories and so little time

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    did you revert to the older software to confirm it was NOT software? It is possible that it could have become a hardware issue...........I've seen IP cameras do strange things to IP/NVR servers.......not uncommon.

     

    I've never heard of a complete loss by Video Insight tech support.......everything I tossed at them, and I have some serrious clients out here that use every bell & whistle, and tech support has always solved the problem.

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    I have 4.1 on several clients servers and it is running fine. I just did a install onto (2) servers back in June and they have been running without any issues since.

     

    Video Insight has one of the best support packages around............and when I run into any issue, and/or my clients, Video Insight support worked things out..........and the support techs are up to speed on most issues..can't say enough about this....

     

    You are right about the 3130..very nice cam BUT more pix's increase everything else and you'll need a "decent" enclosure to keep it cool and safe.

  23. Posted

    take a look at the Avermedia 6480e...........I use them on my low budget installs and they have proven to be very stable, software updates are easy, and updated IP patches support newer cams all the time.

     

    If you want a "standalone" NVR, Aver has some nice NVR's that would also fill you needs.........

     

    http://www.avermedia-usa.com/surveillance/

     

    For a higher end system I use http://www.video-insight.com

  24. Posted

    network should be fine unless you install 4 or more IP cams........

     

    I like the acti acm-7411. Overall price, megapic, day/night, varifocal, weatherproof dome, poe, heater blower......make it well rounded for any application.

     

    I also use Video Insight as my top performer IP software. Used with the 7411's you can use the digital zoom feature and get some nice details. Video Insight has a 30 day free demo at this site along with a decent webinar.........and other things to look at the below site. The Demo mode is selected during install.

     

    Keep in mind that ANY camera used with a digital zoom feature will pixelize. analog cams are terrible and megapixel cams are best.

     

    IMHO, 1.3megapixels cams are about the standard to use. Agree that high megapixel cams provide better pics, but, as the pix's go up the storage requirements, bandwidth requirements, price, and CPU requirements all go up with it.....

    [/url]; http://download.video-insight.com/

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