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I used a dome camera and a bullet inside the stockroom The store is getting ready to install new siding on the building...so I didn't purchase or install the outside cameras yet because there was no reason to install the cameras to remove them before the installation of the new siding. Both cameras disucussed in this thread were to be installed inside. The reason why you see the outside of the building is becasue I wanted to give people an idea about the angle of the roof I was having to work with during the install. On the ones I install outside of the building I plan on using the other peoples suggestions of incasing the wire inside of some stype of conduit... but not sure what type. I do plan on installing a camera on this side of the building but haven't determined the location yet due to not having purchased the cameras. It make sit easier to see what the picture looks on the screen and leave a couple of extra feet to play with during the install to get the best placement.

Hello, Yes, I plan on running conduit from the camera along the building and then drill a hole into attic and pull the cable. On the stockroom installs, we were able to keep the cable inside the attic so only the cameras are visible. Yes, I wanted to make it difficult for somebody to be able tocut the video camera wires.

All, Steps to accomplish install with no attic access in stockroom. 1. Went into the attic where we could get into the attic and removed the insulation to look into where the cameras would be installed. 2. We located some lights, and a Solatube for a close proximity to our install location. 3. I drilled a hole slightly larger than the diameter of the cable. 4. We had to use 2 Steel Fish Tapes. One person is in the attic & and the other in the stockroom. I put my steel tape into the hole. The other person in the attic opened the hook slightly on their steel tape to hook mine that I was holding for them to catch. 5. Once the person was able to grab my steel tape. We pulled our cable from inside the open attic into the stock room We figured it would be less cable to have to pull through the hole that was just drilled. 6. Then it's pretty much a standard hookup of the camera to the DVR.

All, If your router has the ability to be remotely accessed, you can allow temp access to see if you can access your router remotely. If you cannot access this portion remotely, there is little chance you are going to successfully access the DVR remotely. To Run your tests, you really don't have to be at another location to test this functionality. All you need to do is type in the IP provided from your provider into the browser / DVR software. For example , If you enable remote router configuration and then from the same location, type in your IP provided by the provider you should be able to access this functionality. This will save you lots of time wating to test this functionaltiy from remote location at night, etc. Obviously, for the FINAL Test, you would want to make sure from your remote location you can access the DVR. All of the tests before though can be run from the same location as the equipment.

I just had similar problem I could connect inside of the network but not from remote location. The problem was with the port forwarding. You need to check to make sure the router IS NOT forwarding a certain range of ports to another Internal IP address. In your port forwarding configuration try to ONLY put the DVR Box IP and remove the other configurations. I had another IP that had ALL of ports being forwarded to it's address hence the request was going to the wrong computer Steps: Check how many ports are being forwarded in your network configuration Check to see what the range is of the ports being forwarded for example, 1-65000 or 200-400. To test, try putting the DVR IP BEFORE the other forwarded ranges Example Configuration What was Wrong - First IP GETS ALL PORTS Web Server Internal IP 192.168.1.10 Port Forward Range 1-65000 DVR Service Internal IP 192.168.1.11 Port Forward Range 5600-5608[/b]

Hello All, I planned on installing a enclosed camera on the loading dock in a couple of weeks...So now I have a couple of ideas about how to accomplish that portion of the install after reading the previous posts. I'm going to run the conduit for the outdoor camera possibly up the side of building and drill a hole in the side of the building to where I can pull the wire from inside the attic. For installing the camera inside the stock room, I'm going to have to do another survey of the property to see if I can find some other pipes to follow to install the camera. I might also just drill a hole thru the stock room and run the cable above the drop ceiling that is in the adjacent room that is not visible from the photos.

Thanks for the suggestion. I will have to check to see if the ceiling outside could be removed. I would prefer to keep inside the building due to the fact there have been robberies in the past. The people who try to break in become very motivated if they want something inside the building. On the inside, you can see that the ceiling is drywall.

Hello, I would like to install a security camera in a stock room area of a store. My problem is that the a portion of the roof is about a 5-10 degree pitch I can access a portion of the attic to get closer to the stock room, but not the whole way over to the stock room. How would I be able to pull the cable thru the enclosed portion of the celing without cutting big hole into the drywall to be able to guide the cable thru the ceiling. I attached a picture from the outside of building and of the inside. The white circle is enclosed area. No Attic Access The yellow circle is the walkable area. This is pharmacy so I was trying to avoid having exposed cable due to previous robbery attempts. Thanks for any suggestions