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    While reviewing the footage, I saw a guy driving to my street with face visible, stepped out of the vehicle and proceed to take photos of the neighborhood houses (mine included) and talked up to the driveway. His behavior is quite odd and its the first time I've seen him or this happening since the camera was installed about 2 months ago. Should I export a copy of the footage and give it to the police?

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    Hello All - over the weekend, I finally had the chance to install the last Avigilon PTZ at the back of the house covering the backyard. The install spot is 30 ft high so it is quite a challenge for a DIYer like me! fortunately everything went well and now the camera is in action.

     

    Unfortunately, it started to snow during the install and I tried my best to keep the crimped RJ45 connector dry before finally connecting it to the camera using the weather sealed RJ45 connector boot. The RJ45 connector is CAT6 rated with 50micro gold plating. I am worried that there are some remnant moisture due to the snow exposure that wasn't properly dried up.

     

    Will this lead to future problems such as corrosion? Right now the camera is working perfectly but I know corrosion take a while to set in. So should I go back up and using dielectric gel on the connector to prevent future issues?

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    Swicher - Switch between cameras at interval. you'll miss out action when it switch to other cameras.

     

    Multiplxer - Allows combining of multiple cameras feed to the VCR.

    Cheap will just do multiple display and record the same display to the VCR. You'll play back the same display, so each camera occupied only part of the screen. more camera, smaller. Live multiplexing was more expensive, so that's why the older one normally have different FPS. Cheap one less fps. Better one live.

    Better one will cycle through the cameras and store each one with whole frame. When you playback, the VCR output will goes through the multiplexer again to combine everything and also allow zooming in to each camera to view full screen, etc. However, due to the recording method, you can never achieve live FPS. It's normally only ard 25fps (or 30fps for NTSC) divided by the number of cameras you have. 16 Channels Multiplexer can only record at ard 1.5fps.

     

    VCR are time lapsed. You can use a 240mins tape to record for 24 hours, or even up to 1 week on some models if i remember correctly. They'll turn the tape slower to record. Quality is sacrificed for the length of recording, like how we set the compression quality on DVR nowadays. You got to change tape regularly and have multiple tapes to cycle through.

     

    Hey Daryl - thanks for sharing your experience from the old days If IP cameras weren't around today, I wouldn't have be able to install my own Avigilon system for the home! The old days sounds like a complete nightmare and I wonder how many court cases were lost of prosecution failures due to unrecognizable subject.

     

    Btw you are from Singapore? I lived in that beautiful country for 5 years and I gotta say, the high humidity there is the ultimate test for CCTV camera. I had so many electronics fail (TVs, Cameras, CD players etc) over the year due to humidity and corrosion. Any substandard cameras will quickly die

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    For those of you that has been doing this for a while, what is life like back in the good ole analog days before the advent of DVRs? I guess multiple VCRs must be deployed to record the footage or are there multi-deck VCRs that can record to multiple VHS tapes at once? Cabling must also be quite painful too I guess?

     

    So for a site with multiple cameras, multiple VCRs must be used and someone has to frequently change the tapes as they wear out quite quickly with 24/7 use and VCR head cleaning? Maybe you guys can share some pictures of ancient setup for us newbies to relish on how far IP Surveillance has progressed

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    I had it for 3y 1/2

     

    About time the HDD kicks the bucket. Depending on the NVR model, the HDD inside is most likely an off the shelf consumer grade HDD that've withstood 3.5 years of 100% 24/7 write which is FAR more than any desktop application.

     

    When you replace the HDD, be sure to use HDDs meant for surveillance such as WD Purple, Seagate Surveilance etc.

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    Honestly that was the system I was debating before I went full blown with patched together Avigilon system for my home. The Arlo requires very expensive CR123 batteries (I believe 4 in each camera) and operating life is reduced in the cold. Plus, there is no option of local storage and everything must be stored in the cloud....

     

    However, the ease of install is unparalleled but thats about it....

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    Hello Again CCTV wizards here - it was remarkably warm for the last day of a leap year February in Canada here with temperature reaching 59F @_@. I took the opportunity and spent the day installing my first Avigilon 2MP PTZ Camera and damn while it looks easy, it was quite an effort to do a neat install job. Hats off to all of you guys who do this for a living Will share some pictures with you guys here after the snow storm passes but for the past few days I've been messing around with the trial version of Avigilon Standard Server before buying the final license from our good ole buddy here Alek.

     

    I also installed the Gateway software and Avigilon mobile client on my android phone. When I am in the local network, I can simply enter the server's IP address in the mobile client gateway and the camera video will be displayed. How can I configure this for remote access over the internet? I am using a DDNS service from no-ip.com since I use remote desktop frequently but I've no clue on how to configure the Avigilon gateway for remote access? The Avigilon server and gateway are running in the same system btw.

     

    Some help and tips would be greatly appreciated!

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    What do you guys think of the following camera install location for a typical residential home? The 5MP Bullet should give a good coverage for anyone walking towards the main door and the wide angle will even cover the entire drive way extending towards the cul du dac.

     

    I am debating the install location of the PTZ camera and really need your help here. Location 1 is high up which means the camera is less likely to be stolen/vandalized but I am worried the garage roof will somewhat block the view. I've also read here that if the camera is too high up, the subject's face might not be visible due to the angle. Location two solves that problem but its only 10 to 12 feet above the ground, making the camera an easier target but provides much better viewing angle.

     

    The following cameras are used for the install - Avigilon 5MP HD Bullet and 2MP PTZ.

     

    What do you guys think?

     

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    Did you try ebay? I did a quick search but most of the sellers are from China. If you sort by sellers from countries, you might find a few North-American sellers.

     

    Hi traderjay,

     

    Thanks for a helpful response. I haven't, for the same reasons that I'm leery of resellers on Amazon. If something is broken or defective, I'd like the ability to return it without much hassle. Honestly, it's been many years since I bought something on ebay. If my perceptions are wrong, please let me know. It feels like there may not be good answer to what I'm looking for...

     

    Thanks again,

     

    -67

     

    its a bit tricker with hikvision i guess because they are made in China and one is not sure if they are grey market or not. I had good luck buying avigilon cameras on Ebay and because they are made in Canada, I am quite confident that there is very few knock-offs or fakes. I just purchase two avigilon 2MP PTZ dome and 5MP HD Bullet on ebay. All came in as expected brand new in box.

  20. Posted

    I am in the process of planning my camera install and I have two Avigilon 2.0 MP PTZ domes. I was surprised by the size of these cameras and although they are big, the design is very elegant and won't look like an eye sore when installed in the front garage. My house faces a cul de sac so a front facing camera will capture a large area making it ideal for PTZ deployment. The front door will be watched by a 5MP Avigilon HD bullet. The second PTZ camera will be installed high up on the back of the house watching over the backyard.

     

    Now my concern is will the PTZ camera attract unwanted attention or act as a good deterrent against would-be crooks?

     

    Lastly, I've talked to my neighbors and they are extremely appreciative that I am getting the cameras installed.

  24. Posted

    Let me know if you have any questions on the install. Thanks for sharing our install pic!!

     

    No problem and you guys have a great web presence! As for that install picture, what Ethernet cabling did you use and were any surge protectors put in place?

     

    Outdoor rated CAT5e cable and no surge protectors were used.

     

    I guess the use of surge protectors is optional if the cameras are not mounted on a pole or metallic surface? Also, looking at your install picture, were the cables hidden under the eavestrough?

     

    I just received my 2.0 MP PTZ and gosh that thing is big! It is beautifully designed and made though, I am sure having this bad boy hanging off the wall will ward of many potentially unwanted intruders haha.

     

    Beautiful install job!!! -

     

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