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does it have a port in the middle of the housing? i see the 2 on the back and the mount looks like it could feed wires through thx pg

check out ioimage

that ebay one is crap.. if you are going to get something cheap at least get it from a brand name you have heard of before...the ir illumator will have to be mounted outside as well so your better off just putting up a normal light.. for a ptz with ir that is ip you are well into the $2k range

http://www2.panasonic.com/consumer-electronics/shop/Computers-Networking/Network-Cameras/PetCams/model.BL-C10A_11002_7000000000000005702 checkout this ip home cam from panasonic and then goto milestone and download the free 1 camera license - this is probably the cheapest but good ptz that will do what ur looking to do but the vision at night isnt going to happen cheap unless you just keep a light on outside... when you want to see at night you need ir illuminator to light up the area and then you will need a cam that can take advantage of the ir and that would require you to mount it outside it wont work through a window theres a 200buck solution. go get em

you might want to checkout that solution from videofied - its battery powered and will send the video to you via cell line... but then you gotta guess right on the location of the shot... hmm i like the photo beam idea

go pens! born in the burgh in chicago now for the past 12 years, welcome to the forum

with the sun you need to go with a camera that has wdr - wide dynamic range to compensate for the bright light coming in the window and the indoor light.. go with a 4-8mm varifocal lens and look into panasonic - i think they make the best cams for this application but they arent going to be less than 300bucks..wvcp484 i think is the part on the one i go with ganz/computar also makes a decent wdr camera that is a bit cheaper my2cents pg

that axis 211m does 12fps at 1280x1024 and 30 at 800x600 not sure of the bitrate

anyone use rg59 mini - i think west penn calls it mini max.. its like 8mm rg59u... ive seen it used for patch cables,etc but wanted to see if anyone has run it long distance like 400-750ft thx

i have a potential job coming up where we are installing 50 cameras but none are more than 200ft away from the head end so i was looking at options... so under 500' is fine

i was really impressed with the megapixel cameras from avigilon at the iscwest show - has anyone installed this system? i'd like to hear realworld feedback. thx pg

are u talking about daisy chaining data or video? data yes for ptz control but video if using twisted pair you have to go back to a switch and youd prob use a poe switch so each would have to be run to that switch to get power

whats stopping you from going out on your own and selling and installing product that you and the client are happy with...the 100buck an install is ridiculous and not knowing when you will get paid is even worse, they should be getting 50% on sign and 50% after install/training so that they are covered for hardware costs prior to even starting the job...where are you located?

which equals a more stable and reliable dvr, usually hardware compression can generate better frame rate/camera as well

start looking for a new company to work for, this business is based on referrals and if your current clients arent happy with their systems the word will get out and the business will dry up

you're not happy with the price, stability, and picture of the chance-i hardware board or are you using the software compression board from chance-i? i only use the hardware comp board and am very happy with the results

with iscwest just about a week away i need to start looking at the list of mfg out there and plan my attack - some of the ones just off the top of my head that ill be checking out: pelco - just the cams not the crappy dvrs/ip solutions toshiba panasonic arecont ioimage bosch/extreme 3vr whats everyone else checking out??

its not the camera i use those same cameras for most of my outdoor applications they are good.. why rg6 and not rg59? i would check the powersupply - if you have them all in outdoor housings with the heater and blowering going they will drain a small powersupply.

western digital sata drives - raid rated ones

my setup was more of a multiple kvm switch where you can control and view the dvr from 3 different workstations - might be overkill for this application if he just wants video

ok for vga you will need to go with kvm switch and kvm over cat5 - i have used aten and black box for this. basically a device sits by the dvr that you plug into the dvr and then you run a line of cat5 cable from that device to the remote device and plug in your remote lcd screen.

need more specifics - do you want to replicate the dvrs main monitor on these 2-3 other monitors? if so do you want control as well or just view? and do you want all monitors to be independant of eachother meaning if someone changes the view on the dvr or access the saved video, etc do u want all other monitors to change as well or stay on the live feeds you could be talking kvm switches or video dist amp, etc looks like ur asking about analog cctv - you need to get a video distribution amp, pelco makes a good one that will take 16 cams and send the video out 4x - then you will need a mux on that end to receive those feeds and put them into a multiple feed config on the monitor

you can get a one user milestone license off their website - havent checked recently but you use to

the easy answer is yes you can - you can run your 22/2 data wires direct to the rj45box where your ptz controller is and then run another set of wires that you put on the same screwdown terminals in the rj45box from the rj45box to your dvr. if you already have the data wires going directly to your dvr just make a junction point there where one set of wires goes to your dvr and another goes out to your rj45box for ur controller once you get closer to 5 ptz you need to start looking into data distro units or daisy chaining, etc but for less you'll be fine

if they want to view cameras i bring them to one of my current clients and it pretty much closes the deal - i have one client that has a nice big 42" lcd panel that they use to view all the cameras and they show them the pelco spectra ivs with the joystick moving and zooming and they pretty much are ready to sign a check right there -- nothign better than a good reference client that has a cool setup