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This post is about my success with Snavt Client and CCTV_1.0.dmg on my MacBookPro and thanking Scorpion for having a web site with links to these two programs. Both are good programs. The jar from CCTV_1.0.dmg worked as is on my MacBookPro. I did recompile the source using Xcode because I wanted to make a few very minor changes. CCTV does use a high percent utilization of CPU processing. CCTV does work on my Acer AspireOne netbook but response to commands are slow and video frames are dropped. Snavt Client can be compiled using Xcode. A lot of minor changes are required to use the Xcode IDE. I have an Objective-C main file that calls all the Snavt Client C code. Snavt Client is a super efficient and fast program. No GUI for Snavt Client and I would not have a GUI for Snavt Client. The keyboard commands are logical and better than a GUI. My DVR has 4 Channels. The function key for 4-cut (F10) did not work so I reprogrammed key 0 as the command for 4-cut. Thanks to the developers of Snavt Client (Janne Snabb) and CCTV (Steve Evans) and thanks to Scorpion for his web site.

Using the grey flashes during motion detection setup is a good technique for masking areas were you have motion that is not of interest. This week, one of my cameras at night continuously detected motion. The problem was created by my neighbor hanging party balloons on a street lamp post. At night when the street light was on, the balloons dim shadows from the street light were in my camera view. Any wind made the balloons move. If I did not have the grey flashes available, I would have never known what created the problem. I still do not understand how TS relates to motion detection. I now have TS for all cameras set to 4 and use the other settings to tune for motion detection and not light variation detection.

I have a similar problem with setting the motion detection. I do not have any understanding of TS (Time of sensitivity). I understand the units for SS and RE. I have a good feel for LS. Does TS have meaning if it is greater than RE (for example, TS=15 and RE=10)? Does fps setting alter TS? Does RE alter TS? Are the TS values linear (for example, TS=1 means any movement longer than 1 msec triggers motion alarm and TS=15 means any movement longer than 15 msec triggers motion alarm)? What does TS use as a reference?

I have just installed this Java app on my Mac. Wow! This app is great. My DVR version is 732. I am planning to install this app on my Acer AspireOne netbook. Thanks for the link. I wish I had an app to store video clips from my DVR to my Mac and view the video clips with a standard video player. Steve Evans has been instrumental in putting something together for the MAC, SOLARIS, AND LINUX users. The JAVA APP can be downloaded here.. Thanks to everyone involved.