SteveFD

Avetech kit is in my opinion good value for money and offers a range of features. The main problem I have is that they offer very little in the way of technical support and documentation can sometimes be misleading. From their perspective I think they expect the distro / dealer to offer support but they to my knowledge do not have any trade only support channels either. To Avetech's credit my experience is that they just work and I have had no issues with the few installations I have done using Avetech kit.

The above posters are right however I believe H.264 delivers better quality images than MPEG-4. So if image quality is high on your requirements list then H.264 is the way to go otherwise MPEG-4 will be fine.

I don't know why Port 80 should make a difference but might be worth trying changing port on DVR without translation on router just forwarding.

Hi Michel, This is why I started the EagleEyes comapatibility thread, I think that you might have to wait a bit for an Android compatible version. Even though the JME2 version works on my phone I still keep my win CE phone handy with GSM sim because the win CE version has so much more functionality. I did read in Scorpions manual that the DVR port shoud not be set to 80, if you are using this port try a different one like 8085. Regards Steve

Have you tried the GSM/3G and the original JME2 versions, if so do any run/install or still same problems?

My Motorola A1600 is a linux based touchphone (not android) and I can use EagleEyes(J2ME New version) available at http://211.22.74.18/ Go to the site using the browser on the Android Phone click on the EagleEyes(J2ME New version) link and it should download and install. Could you please comment on my thread http://www.cctvforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=16932 and let us know if you were successful? Good luck Steve

Scorpion, Thanks for the link to the EagleEyes manual (I didn't even know one existed!). The reason I am trying to build up a resource of models where we know EagleEyes definately works is because the mobile phone demo is a real WOW factor for potential customers but I cannot say with any certainty wether their current model is supported or not. I'm sure there are a few members in the same situation. My region (Thailand) is GSM/Edge with 3G just coming on stream but I think most manufactures make basically the same phones for the US market with silghty different RF/Radio stacks. Any confirmations you can post about working phones and versions, especially Nokia N range would be gratefully received. All the best Steve

My starters are: HTC Artemis also know as (Dopod P800W) (HTC P3300) Avetech 761 EagleEyes(For WinCE New Version) Runs Notes: Slow but suspect problem is GPRS radio stack in this phone. Sometimes loses connection and has to auto re-login. Occasionally will not reconnect until soft reset. Occasionally cannot connect until DVR is powered on/off, suspect this is the DVR problem. Seems to behave better if use the EagleEyes disconnect button rather than just close the app. Tested with WinMobile 5, 6.1 and 6.5 Will not run any of the other versions even with latest JME2 midlet manager installed. Only this version works on this phone. Motorola Ming A1200 Avetech 761 EagleEyes(J2ME New version) Notes: Very Fast Gives error message when connecting about channel 16 but then presents the screen correctly and is working. Sometimes loses connection and has to auto re-login. Occasionally will not reconnect until soft reset. Occasionally cannot connect until DVR is powered on/off, suspect this is the DVR problem. Limited functionality when compared to the WinCE New version. Only this version works on this phone. More to come.....

I can find very little information about EagleEyes and compatible mobile phones so I thought I'd start this thread as a resource. If you are successfully using EagleEyes on a mobile with Avtech DVRS or OEM'd Avetech's please help by posting what works for you and what doesn't. The EagleEyes versions available are: GPRS/3G Software (No idea what this is for, anybody?) EagleEyes(J2ME) EagleEyes(J2ME New version) EagleEyes(For WinCE) EagleEyes(For WinCE New Version)

Anybody know a player or format converter that can handle the video capture files from EagleEyes? The files have the same file extention .avc as the PC capture files and also create an .idx file but they can only be played on a mobile phone when I copy the folder from the phone to PC I can not play them with videoplayer or any other player and I have all major codecs installed.

Soundy is correct. It looks like you are trying to port forward to a single IP in this case the 2nd (internal) routers WAN IP which is not supported. One way I can think of is to add a switch (unless existing router has this built in) and 2 more routers, one to forward 80 to 80 for switch management and one to forward 8080 to 80 for Pelco. or Can the switch management IP be changed to a different port than 80? Steve

Ackray, Can't help you with Pelco but..... Not sure what your level of experience is with routers so excuse me if I'm stating the obvious. A majority of routers will be able to forward port 80 to any IP on your LAN subnet. There might be a couple of reasons why you can't reasign port 80 FWD. 1. Port 80 is already assigned to port forwarding and you must first delete that forwarding Rule then create a new one rather than just edit the old one. 2. Port 80 forwarding is assigned to the remote administratation interface, usually defined in the Admin section of the router software. So you would have to change the external port for router admin then create the new port forwarding rule. You might have to reboot after changing the admin remote interface IP address before you can create the new rule. Hope this helps. Steve

VPN's are a good solution with encrypted end to end transport but can be difficult to setup and troubleshoot. Some users may not have routers with VPN pass through, additionally VPN's especially IPSEC add a additional bandwith overheads. For me the biggest advantage with port forwarding is my DVR is instantly available from virtually any PC or mobile phone with out having to go through the trouble of installing and setting-up a vpn client for every device I may want to use to access my DVR. On security critical installations and anything which is running in an enterprise enviornment VPN is the way to go but as always it's a trade-off between greater security and convenience. Steve

If you can use a browser and find an H T T P debugging add-on you can get some clues from the H T T P headers. for example setting quality would get something like this: GET /cgi-bin/user/Config.cgi?action=set&Video.10.Mpeg4.Quality=BEST&rnd=0.9853055337376982 H T T P /1.1 Don't ask me what all that means or how exactly you can use it but you can debug and edit these headers which might put you on the right track, you can also see all the miles of java scripting. If you just want to connect to the quicktime feed then the h t t p request for AVC 761 is as follows: rtsp://ipaddress:portnumber/live/mepeg4 Hope this helps. Steve

Since my (New) Avetech 761 is not able to FTP motion event images I was wondering if any members have any experience with the HIK DVR's and would be kind enough to help me with the following questions: I am considering a 4 or 8 ch. unit but here cannot confirm if they have FTP or email abilities. Not metion of this facility in the manual that I downloaded from HIK's site nor in the brochure however the local distro swears it has this facility, can anybody shed some light on this. What are your general impressions of these units in terms of build quality and reliability, firmware, ease of use etc. Additionally can these units be accessed via a mobile phone and gprs. The HIK offerings are more expensive than those from Avertech (H264 vs MPEG4)do you think they are worth the extra money. Thanks Steve UPDATE No Email or FTP facility, techs swore email was available with a firmware revision but when we went to purchase a unit and demanded pretesting suddenly it was a different story 'oh not this model we meant the 2 X times more expensive 7000 model". Looks like I'll have to keep looking.