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Hello everyone. My name is Earl, I am an industrial electrician in the middle of nowhere Washington ( I love it! Not one traffic light....yet) I work in an optimized sawmill and have a good friend who works for Mars candy corporation. I bought some hand me down CCTV equipment from him after they upgraded and am definitely going to require assistance when i begin the installation. Anything I learn here will be for home use and installs for friends of mine. Thanks for putting up with me and I am looking forward to the education.

Thanks again everyone. Hey VST, I moved here from Thompson Falls Mt. I do miss the area there, but money seems to be a little better here. Nice meeting you.

Thank you for the welcome, I am glad I found this place. Soundy, it is only about thirty miles from the nearest city. The view here is probably not quite as incredible as yours, but Mt. Rainier is only about 40 miles away. Thanks again. Hope everyone has a great weekend. My week is just beginning.

That was one of the coolest things I have seen in a long time. That was classic. I will definitely make sure I don't have a problem with facial recognition when I get my system going. Specially in my town. Cops here would probably help the perps load their rigs!!! LOL

I am in the process of starting the installation of my CCTV system and want to be able to access it via the internet and have not been able to find much info on Multiplexers for dummies. This is what I have so far, other than video baluns and cat 5 cable. I also would like opinions on DVR's versus E-PCI cards. Any help or input would be thoroughly appreciated. I don't want to spend an outrageous amount of money, but I also want high end components. I almost forgot, the mux I have has a parallel printer port cable connector on one end and serial port connector on the other. Are these still used? Or are they obsolete? Thanks again. CCTV Components 2 ea RAS917LS PTZ’s With RHODUL 2 ea Panasonic WV-BL204 Cameras 1 ea Panasonic WV-BL104 Camera 1 ea Panasonic WV-CP254H Camera 1 ea VO5B11778 Color Bullet Camera ( Unknown Make ) 1 ea ADTTE Enhanced Touch Tracker 1 ea Integral Technologies XMUX II 32 Multiplexer Also purchased a Rapport337 Product Version 3.1 Firmware 3.8

Thanks hardwired for all the help you have given me. This is what I have for a PC . My biggest concern is slowing down my system while I am online. I don't play many games anymore, but still want that option. I am seriously considering a DVR. I have heard a few opinions of e-bay from people on here, but I have had pretty good luck as long as I investigate the products first. The primary function of my system will be to watch my shop. It is not a very big shop, but the tools and equipment I own are worth keeping an eye on. I will not be using IR except to play with after the system is running. My triggers will be from standard motion sensor relays from lighting ( I will be using isolation relays ) and eventually laser and diffuse photo eyes. The two ptz's I have will go up later and are really for my own entertainment. Never much reason to consider how advanced surveilance systems are. Hope I am making sense, it's three thirty in the morning and I tend to babble while I am waking up. Again I appreciate everyones help. If you stay awake through this, let me know what you think. My house is 1600 sq feet, shop is about 400 with two entrances front and back. OS Name Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium Version 6.0.6001 Service Pack 1 Build 6001 Other OS Description Not Available OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation System Name System Manufacturer System manufacturer System Model System Product Name System Type X86-based PC Processor AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5600+, 2813 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s) BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD ASUS M2N-SLI DELUXE ACPI Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 4.00 GB Total Physical Memory 3.25 GB Available Physical Memory 1.67 GB Total Virtual Memory 6.69 GB Available Virtual Memory 5.13 GB Page File Space 3.54 GB

This venture was started by a buddy of mine who had this mux listed on e-bay. He asked me to get the bid started for him and through my ignorance I decided to buy it. He had already sold me the rest of the equipment for an extremely low price. He does some minor repairs on the equipment, but not much set up work. I didn't have a clue as to what a multiplexer was until a few weeks ago. Thanks for your replies so far and Scorpion, I know your pain about the economy. I work at a cedar fence mill and so far we are doing well. Other mills in the area cannot say the same. My father just got here from out east today, but I will be going through the links that were sent to me ASAP. Hardwire, my PC is PCI-E and I think it would be to my advantage to use it in lieu of a DVR, but haven't found enough info yet to know better, I know cards are spendy, but I have an external 500G hard drive that I am only using for photos and back up. Thanks again for all your help. If there is any way I can return the favor to any one, let me know. I have about 8 years in construction and the rest in maintenance. Once I get everything in order I plan on being the first house in town to have everything running through PLC's. Automation fascinates me and I can't wait to earn the title of " Geek " LOL

I am not sure if I posted my original post in the wrong area, or if I am just being shunned because of my profession. I have very limited experience with CCTV and was hoping to get some feedback. If I presented my question or myself in an offensive matter, I do apologize. I was hoping to learn and make a few friends/acquaintances in this forum. Any knowledge I obtain from this site is for personal use and not financial gain.

I know this a relatively old post, but I am a newbie. I have been doing electrical work for over 30 years now. I would recommend using a FAN rated octagon box and besides drilling the set screw hole, I would also epoxy the locknut inside the box cover. Another problem with using hard pipe of any kind is whether vibration is going to be a factor once the plant is up and running.