mikeloew1

Thank you gentlemen.

Guys I have a vacation rental home that I rent out on a weekly basis. I have a hidden camera that overlooks my dock and my boat. Do I have to make public to my renters that I have this camera in place? From what I have read is you must make everyone aware if the camera is in a spot that is deemed a reasonable right to privacy. I do not consider an outdoor camera affording a reasonable right to privacy, as any of the close neighbors can see the same thing I am looking at. At the same time I can not help but see some of the tenants using the area the cam covers. What are your thoughts?

Yes it is a dropcam, I know they are shunned here but I don't have to have a dvr either. I only have one cam here and it is $99 a year for cloud recording. With the cost of the wiring and the dvr I don't mind that cost. It also has a good picture, I take care of 5 Pelcos at work and I honestly like these cams better. Even my wife can use them with ease.

I have a camera in my shed that faces my dock. I had to install it this way. I drilled a 2" hole through the wood siding, I then screwed a piece of Lexan on the inside with the camera tight against the lexan. It is protected from the elements this way but when you walk by the shed you can see that ugly 2" hole and the camera. I was thinking of putting a 3"x3" piece of smoked lexan or smoked glass over the outside hole to hide it, but I would probably lose any night vision doing this. Is there a better solution? Thanks Mike.

was at Home Depot and they had these, they have good reviews, what say the experts here. I have a home in the keys that I am having a new seawall installed in a few months. I have been thinking about 2 or three of these facing the work so I can monitor it. They would be indoors looking through the glass. I do have high speed internet there. and it looks like I could pay $9.99 per month to store the video to the cloud while construction is going on. Or of coarse watch it live. Edit: I just read the post from other member about these cameras. How come no one makes a stand alone DVR that could receive all the signals from stand alone cameras wirelessly over your home network eliminating the video cable, so all the cameras would only need a power supply. Then you could record and control the DVR remotely over the net. http://www.homedepot.com/p/Dropcam-Wireless-720p-HD-Wi-Fi-Indoor-Surveillance-Video-Monitoring-Camera-with-Remote-Viewing-DCAM-001-000/204365856#customer_reviews

Update, I had a security company come out to check it out, they tested the board that controls the TX + and - and it was not good. So he is going to see if he can find a replacement board. Thanks Guys.

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Hi. mikeloew1 sounds like COM port problem. this can happen if fitted a new mouse / keyboard or external USB drive. IF you go into your DS Control Point software and look under setting you will see which com port is used. then go into DVR setting then manage devices and in list COM. see if number matches that of your control point Tom my Integral DS RealVue model DS-R16-2000 is a Pelco stand alone DVR How do I check the com port settings, that you advised?

Hi. mikeloew1 sounds like COM port problem. this can happen if fitted a new mouse / keyboard or external USB drive. IF you go into your DS Control Point software and look under setting you will see which com port is used. then go into DVR setting then manage devices and in list COM. see if number matches that of your control point Thanks guys, they are wired in star. I am trying to check the com-ports, I can not seem to find that info in DS Control Point?

Hi guys I have 4 pelco spectra 4 cameras hooked to a Integral DS RealVue model DS-R16-2000. Everything has worked great for the last year, all of a sudden the PTZ function's have quit working on all 4 cameras. I have tried resetting the power on all the cameras. I am using DS Control Point software. I used to be able to go to I believe preset 95 to get to the camera menu, but I cant even do that now. I also tried disconnecting each TX + and - wires from each camera separately, no luck. I am starting to think I might have a bad video board on the DVR. Any thing I am missing? Thanks Mike

Just a heads up for anyone trying this. It worked perfectly. My run is about 150' I have a Pelco power supply, I used the 28v tap Red and black are power, yellow and brown I used for the video to the video baluns and Blue and orange for the PTZ control. The only thing I am concerned about is when its cold enough for the heater element to start, I will find out soon, and if so I could move the power supply closer to the camera if I have to. Thanks for the help guys. Mike

Guys I have 5 Pelco Spectra PTZ cams, I have really never used the tour capabilities, I just set one up to try it, I set 5 presets and the cameras will go to each preset for 10 seconds. I kind of like this as I am covering more area now. How hard is this on the cameras? I would assume I will be rebuilding them much more frequently with them moving now.

Thanks for all the input guys. Here was the example I saw on youtube. I would agree that this camera would not last long if it was in constant motion.

Thanks Brian, that is exactly what I am going to do. I unrolled the spool of wire Fri, and got the 2 ends stripped. I will test it Tue. Thanks, Mike

thats a great point.