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I've had good luck with converters from http://netsys-direct.com/. They have models up to 100Mbps full duplex, up to 1000 feet, up to 4500 feet at 21 Mbps, and other models rated to 22,000 feet, but at minimal data rates, a single camera at 2Mbps would be usable at 12,000 feet or so. They also have a PoE over single pair solution, seems like it would be pretty nice, but I haven't tested that model yet..

I've been meaning to try the Zotac board with Ion video card, http://www.zotac.com/httpdocs/brochures/mb/master_nm10-b-e-ion_ion-upgrade-kit_%28nm10-dtx%29_v1.1.pdf, looks like it might do pretty well for a Exacq setup running server+client.... Any experience with it?

Take a look at VLC, it has a lot of options available for capturing and transcoding video streams, look at http://wiki.videolan.org/Documentation:Streaming_HowTo/Receive_and_Save_a_Stream to start.

Take a look at the Genetec compatibility list here, at the bottom, for supported keyboards. http://www.genetec.com/Lists/Reference%20Documents/Genetec%20-%20Omnicast%20Supported%20Hardware%20List.pdf Your best chance might be if your keyboard can be set to emulate generic Pelco "P", or Pelco "ASCII" protocol. RJ45 is a connector type, not a communication standard, like RS232. Chances are, though, that the keyboard outputs either RS422 or RS485 data, which could be converted to RS232 fairly easily, with an adaptor. BUT, if the keyboard cannot output data in one of the Genetec supported protocols, it still will not work.

If you can't afford to implement fiber, I've had pretty good luck with DSL-type converters over twisted pair (CAT3, or 5), up to several thousand feet. You can get 100Mbps bidirectional up to 1000+ feet, and reduced rates out several thousand feet more.

Take a look at this Acti document (with links to specific configuration scenarios), this may help you... http://www.acti.com/file/KnowledgeBase_UploadFile/Different_ways_to_get_Video_Stream_from_ACTi_Camera_20100826_002.pdf

Here's the manual, the option is "High Light" for adjusting that setting. http://www.mintron.com/HTM/New_PRODUCTS/ALPHA/download/MTV-63V5HMU.pdf

Usually, when any manufacturer goes to get UL certification, they take a handful of ferrite chokes. If the product doesn't quite meet interference generation specifications, they add the choke. If that works, the choke becomes a "required" part to supply with the product. I haven't used them on any (about ten, so far) 5155 domes I've installed, and nothing (OK, nothing worse than usual, with Arecont) has happened.

Acti has some installation tips here http://www.acti.com/getfile/KnowledgeBase_UploadFile/Tips_for_3-Inch_Dome_Installation_20100823_002.pdf, and I have another hint we found out the hard way. If you install the base with screws that are not very close to flush with the baseplate, the screw head hits a capacitor on the camera board and damages it while turning it to lock it into the base, and the camera will fail, but often not right away, sometimes up to months later. Replacing the capacitor fixes it, but since it took a while to show up, we had a number of them damaged by our installers before we found the problem. Just a slightly larger gap between the base and circuit board would solve the problem.

On the hammer drill, make sure to get one with the SDS style shank, there are a lot more large bits available for those than standard shank type, and the drills themselves tend to be better performing. We've got a Bosch 11222EVSG (I think that's the model), that has worked well for years. Look at the Bosch line under "rotary hammers" rather than "hammer drills" for some examples.

In thinking about it, splitting the glass between the IR and camera section should help a lot. The IR is going to bounce internally in the glass, and exit on anything touching the glass (think of the menu boards at restaurants where the glass is lit by a UV light on the edges, and the wax pencil writing picks up the UV out of the glass, and lights up). Possibly water spotting or other debris on the glass is doing this in the sample images.

Not sure if the laws are similar in the UK, but in the US, that audio recording done without your permission would be illegal, and his providing it to the police would be an admission of guilt that could be prosecuted.

I got one in the US through Northern/TriEd distributing, and it works quite well on an Arecont 5MP D/N box cam.

As long as your NVR supports controlling the particular PTZ you are using, it should work. All the network switch sees is data going through it, there is no difference between control data and video data, as far as the switch (or fiber link, wireless, etc.) is concerned.

You would only need one encoder unit, the computer running the software does the decoding. The Wireless units connect to the power injector, and then out from there to the encoder, using CAT5 twisted pair cable, Ubiquiti specifies shielded CAT5 between the radio and power injector. Not sure who sells Ubiquiti retail, I get mine through distribution.

Range is going to be totally dependent on a lot of variables, the output power of the Ubiquiti is slightly lower, but it's receive sensitivity is higher, so I would expect them to be ROUGHLY equivalent (excluding a lot of other variables). All other Ubiquiti equipment I have worked with can be powered by 12-24 volts, the voltage listed is the power adapter that is supplied with it. Not sure about the voltage range on the Vecima unit, but there are small, inexpensive power converters available to get up to 48 volts out, from a 12 volt input. And yes, you would still use the encoder if you are going to use your existing cameras.

Both of those units have about a 45 degree pattern, they are not omnidirectional, but the Ubiquiti unit has an external antenna connector to add an omnidirectional antenna, if you choose to. Typically, omnidirectional antennas are a bad choice for 900MHz gear, due to the amount of noise that is normally present from SCADA and other wireless equipment, but at the distances you are planning to operate, it should work reasonably well.

For NLOS, something like this could work http://www.vecima.com/products/Wireless/WaveRider/Enterprise%20Backhaul/NCL8000/ncl8000%28wr%29_br_r06.pdf, but it's about $1700 MSRP. The new Ubiquiti product, http://ubnt.com/downloads/datasheets/nanostationm/m900loco_ds.pdf, should offer better performance, at a fraction of the cost. It's in transit from the manufacturing facility, should be at distributors within a few weeks.

He's probably using the motion sensor to tell when you are out, to be able to harass you at that point. That picture looks a little like some microwave-based motion sensors I used in the 80's, does the dome section face your direction?

Sorry, when I said barge, I meant the operator's boat with the viewing equipment. The transmitter side is all capable of 12 volt operation. I think you may be confusing non line of sight with directionality. The equipment I mentioned would be capable of operating in a 360 degree angle from each other, if you could see each antenna placement from the other antenna side. Main items would be http://ubnt.com/bulletm, with an omnidirectional antenna, and http://www.acti.com/product/detail/Video_Encoder/ACD-2200 for the video to IP signal conversion. You could also use other IP cameras, if you choose.

The additional information helps a lot in figuring out a solution. As far as costing, if you want to keep the existing analog cameras, you could feed them into a Acti four channel encoder (ACD-2200, MSRP $954), two Ubiquiti BulletM2hp wireless radios (MSRP $79 Each), two low gain omnidirectional antennas (~45 ea), a PoE injector to run the wireless at the barge end ($17 MSRP), assuming you have AC power at the barge (you mentioned a DVR, so I'm assuming you do) and run Acti's free NVR software on a cheap PC ($500 or so) = $1719... Assuming some other accessories, wire, etc., you could still be under 2K or so. With line of sight, this setup would be capable of over three miles, so there is a fairly high amount of fade margin (ability to lose signal strength due to obstructions, interference, etc). 2.4 GHz is not true non-line of sight, but at high signal levels, it can bounce/diffract around obstacles somewhat. Hopefully, there could be a mast or other high point on each end, raising even one end should help the performance significantly. Ubiquiti is coming out with 900MHz gear very soon that would give you true NLOS at about the same cost.

There should not be any reason that the PTZ control should not work, as long as the network can transmit and receive data transparently from both ends (pretty much any standard network connection should do this, unless specifically configured otherwise). In the analog PTZ world, control data was carried by a separate set of wires from the video; in the network world, it's all simply data being carried back and forth on one cable.

ok, well i will give you a more detailed response when i get home, do you check this board during work hours or all the time? thanks again. Hit and miss, I'll check when I can.

The descriptions that you found are (somewhat) accurate, at least for analog video equipment, but the capabilities of IP/wireless Ethernet based video equipment have far outstripped the limitations of analog video. For example, at one customer site, I have six IP cameras running at distances ranging from a few hundred yards to over a mile on a single 2.4GHz channel, another four, and a PC workstation, running almost two miles away, through trees, on a single 900MHz wireless channel, two complete sites with hardwired IP cameras linked with a 5.8GHz bridge for viewing (and adding computer connectivity, too),in a single view from either side or off-site, and several remote buildings up to a few thousand feet away, linked with DSL converters over twisted pair phone wires that were already in place. Depending on the capability of the wireless gear, dozens of cameras, or more, could be linked easily, with wireless gear that is cheaper and more reliable than anything ever offered up for analog video, because now the development of wireless data transmission gear is driven by almost all aspects of the consumer markets, not just the little niche that is CCTV.

It's not on the list, but IEI Emerge panels will talk with Exacq, and they work pretty well, browser based, no software necessary. (there is a middleware application to make them talk, though). IEI uses S2's software engine.