alanjh1965

Now that Christmas is upon us with a vengence what Christmas Gadgets would you like for Christmas ? I am going to make a Necklace out of those Twist on BNC's for the Wife becuase that is about all they are good for Any other idea's for Christmas / Thanksgiving ?

Now a Test Monitor with built in MP3 & Blackberry sounds really cool What I'd really like is a pair of telescopic/hydulic shoes for those hard to reach camera housings

I guess everyone is going to have their favorites. I like the American Dynamics Speed Dome. As with most domes you can wire external PIR's straight into the Dome Head and program a Preset to go to that area on alarm - This is better than leaving a Dome on a 'tour' as you reduce the life of a very expensive bit of kit But as CCTV_Suppliers mentioned you need to give us an idea of what DVR you are using then we can recomend a Dome to suit !

I always have 4 cameras MAX,, per supply but I guess it depends on location and distance and current draw of cameras, some high power bullets can draw an amp. On a typical Residential property I home run all the power but on larger Commercial and cetainly when installing PTZ's or SpeedDomes I like to install the PSU local the camera ! If the budget and space allows 1 camera = 1 PSU if the power supply fails it doesn't knock out the other cameras Hope this helps AL

I have just started on my own after 20 years with ADT ! I had all these big ideas to use the best camera best dvr etc etc but when it comes down to it most customers look at the bottom line ! All you can do is steer them in the right direction but in the end more often than not I end using budget cameras and DVR's. To be fair some of the cheaper cameras are good (520TVL) for £60 / $120 but I find the DVR takes a big chunk of the cost. I was trying to specify DM (don't shoot me down in flames) I find them very user friendly and simple to use but I now use the Apollo range from DigitalVideos which are a standard box out of Korea but rebadged these cost £399 instead of £1000 from DM. It is very difficult to educate customers when they can by cheap cheap cheap wireless cameras from Home Depot Good Hunting

Hey, like the Choker idea for the Wife !!! Perhaps I will give her a pair of 4-9mm lenses as earings How about useful Gadgets for us guys ?

Sounds like a Power problem to me...... As soon as you connect power the Dome goes into a start up run... that is the Dome moves back and forward and rotates. You get a picture as soon as power is applied to the Dome. On the DOME I/O Base board there are two LED's.... The Green LED glows steadily to show there is 24v AC power. The Red LED shows data being received/transmitted If the Dome is in an AD External Housing then you WILL need a 4amp supply as the Heater/Fan draws a lot of power on startup. Good Luck ! AL