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hi - im trying to find an easy ip camera to network. the speco inpro ip series claims to be the idiot proof. how much can i believe this? if someone going in with very little ip experience wants to add this to their network is it as easy as they claim? i'm talking about the Speco InPro IP series. http://www.specotech.com/cart/products/default.asp?catid=292&action=viewcat Thanks in advance for you thoughts and opinions!

Hey everyone - Does anyone know of any websites or resources specifically for the security industry?? I remember someone telling me about one at one time years ago but I cant remember ( I can bareley remember what I ate for breakfast this morning Thanks in advance - tomeb

Virginia is a buetiful place - I rememer going there as a kid. Welcome!

How does ARM Electronics measure up with the field?

As hard as a majority of people find it - reading a manual is a very good idea - its amazing how much you will learn by reading it, following along with it, simply AMAZING.

Check this 360 cam out: http://www.omniscape360.com/home.htm

I agree with the previouos post - for a client who has a "mid-range" budget, license plate capture and retreival from a database is going to be above their price range for the custom apps or whatever would be involved. Why not use a well thought out and planned access control system, there are one's out there that incorporate video - Keyscan for instance http://www.keyscan.ca/English/Main_E.htm

Out of curiousity what model # is it? I've been looking into some wizkid models

I agree - go by product rather than specific manufacturer. Pelco does, as stated, have excellent support. GE seems to be lacking a little in the support area - and Samsung GVI - forget about it - try getting a hold of one of their techs from my experience very difficult.

Hello – I have a customer who has 2 Spectra III’s, part # SD5318-PG-E0. He wants to hook them up to a KBD300A and an existing DVR (model # Capture XDR1600). We have the DVR set for Pelco-D, and the DVR has a RS485 output. When he has the two spectra’s connected directly to the DVR, he can control both camera’s. When he has the two spectra’s attached only to the KBD300A using the KBD-KIT, he can control both camera’s. The problem seems to be when he has them both hooked up. When he power cycles after connecting up this way, initially he does have control with the KBD300A. As soon as he tried to control the camera through the DVR, however, all controls lock up on both the DVR and the KBD300A. When he has them both hooked up, he has the RS485 TX+ and TX- on the dvr going out to the KBD-KIT attached to Terminals 1 and 2 (Tx+ and Tx-). Can anyone advise on what we might be doing wrong here? Thanks All -tomeb

On the same note - has anyone seen client dvr software that's made for the MAC?

I agree it can be confusing - I have a catalogue for each - also you can look on their website - techwin http://www.samsungtechwin.com/ GVI is http://www.samsung-security.com/Default.aspx?tabid=30 From what I can tell the Techwin has the better quality (and thus more expensive) then the GVI

Hi All, I have a customer who brought back 4 of the IR Bullet type camera's to us said they stopped working after 4 days on the jobsite. These camera's run on 24VAC and of course he says he was using a 24VAC power supply for them. I opened them up and every one of them has a strong smoke smell and varying degrees of burned components - the burning is right around where the power comes into the actual camera housing - couple of capacitors and things. Any ideas what I can tell my customer?? My opinion is that the damage was done by some sort of power surge and thus wouldnt be covered under the normal warranty. What could cause this to happen, in your all's experiences? Thanks

Anybody have any links or information on the basics of building the network to support IP camera's, bandwidth issues, ect? I have several customers wanting to design help on medium sized systems (16-100 camera's) - I know a little about networking, for instance does the 100meter length max apply ?

Is it just me or does that link lead to an avi file that plays nothing?

Check these out from Extreme CCTV http://www.extremecctv.com/product_detail.php?producttype_id=&page=1&product_id=71 [/url]

check out this book- goes into everything you would need to more, and more http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0750678003/sr=8-1/qid=1146593249/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-3331282-0149437?%5Fencoding=UTF8

Anyone recommend a good port scanner program?

Hello all, I have a customer who has a PC based DVR / 16 camera's / a 9 channel multiplexer. he uses the multiplexer so that he can see all 9 channels up at the front counter so his employees can keep watch on the store. The DVR does not offer the option of a multiplexed output. The problem is he is not satisifed with the "choppiness" when on the 9 camera view. All the mux's I've been looking at seem to be 60fps or less. At nine camera's that's only 6.5 or so fps. Anyone give me a heads of on a real time unit?? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I've ran across some posts regarding the ACTi equipment. We are thinking about offering this line to our customers, can I get some constructive feeback from the experts?? Thanks

Can you post a link to information on this product?? Thanks

Chicago and some surrounding areas are actually talking about putting in city wide free wireless (supported by advertising of course)

Thanks for the info!

I have seen s/a's that you have mouse control on. Can a standalone be hooked up to backup to a network drive as I believe most PC based ones can?

Hello - I have a situation where I'm hooking up a PC based DVR to a Fastrax PTZ camera. I need RS485 - someone suggested I get the Pelco PV140 and plug it into the serial RS232 port on the back of the Pc based DVR. There is also a 12vdc power supply with the PV140 that the instructions say I should plug in. I've been told even though the pv140 says it's a rs232 to rs422 converter, it will work with RS485. Is this true? do I need to plug in the 12vdc transformer?? Any suggestions or alternative converters would be greatly appreciated. Thanks,