CollinR

Geovision not having a corperate rep here is also an issue. It's not really fair to put Thomas on the spot just because he's a manufacturer's rep. I don't have any Video Insight experience, yet...

Really it could be quite a few things at this point but it sounds like you have covered all your bases.

You can also just try a regular old TV, I never buy real CCTV monitors anymore.

I'm surpised watermarking still has any creditibilty, it doesn't take too much thought to bypass it (which should not be outlined publically).

Well I guess that sums that up. So do your dealers have to pay for full licensing on their repair parts? Or explain how your product works might be better, is the memory physically on the board? If you want you can email me, Collin(a)CollinRector.com. EDIT: Ooops I noticed which forum we are in. Either way you could set the world on fire by making your systems compatable with off the shelf parts as much as possible. Otherwise if you ever go under or change product development every customer gets screwed, I can't pass that on to my customers.

It depends on what you want on the monitors, 1 cam, sequence rotation, quad... What DVR do you plan on using? Many have this dealt with for you. I wouldn't suggest tring it with VGA.

If you have a problem install an amp at the DVR end, those DSP outputs are normally not powerhouses. It will probably work no problem though.

I guess I'm the only one who has a problem with them using a bullet mount and a box cam?

March Networks DVRs are embedded and can be repaired on spot. Just like a pc. But can you buy a new Embedded Board replacement at the local store ..? You probably can, it should be embedded on a solid state disk like CF used in digital cameras just bigger then normal. It's like having a BIOS failure, it just doesn't happen since there are no moving parts. CF are write limited, if they do that you have to put the swap file in a RAM drive. CF is only good for a certain number of writes which doesn't really effect digital cameras but an OS would exceed it in not too long at all.

Okay when you installed the SATA drivers did you stop the XP install process by pressing F6 to do it? If not you may be in for another fresh install. This goes with your RAID questions, you MUST install that stuff before the OS. Kinda like the old W95/98 days, it sucks I know. I don't think there is a workaround. With SATA 90% of the time it doesn't cause a problem, BUT you will not be able to achieve full throughput on that bus. This might result it lots of replies. Another thing, if you don't have much Abit/Asus experience (you should get some. ) , those boards are madefor tweaking. You should verify that whomever setup the BIOS did it properly. You should have no overclocking of any of the buses until these type issues are gone.

I'm in the market for a meter too. Never used a "good" on though.

Are those J100 or J110?

Delorme 3D Topo Quads, but unless you are really active outdoors it isn't worth the $. Someone else may have a less expensive solution but that works well. (I'm a hiking, backpacking, camping, climbing, canoeing, Jeeper myself so it was worth it to me.) EDIT: Topo USA 6 is cheaper and may suit you better. https://shop.delorme.com/OA_HTML/DELibeCCtpItmDspRte.jsp?section=10050&item=23968

I have never seen the extension to bullet camera mount before. It's not hard to use 2 flanges and a junction box with mini/armored dome.

Naw no need, either way I think it's cool that the camera realtime feed can be called from other applications.

In RAID 1 when a disk fails it ~should~ seamlessly fall back to the remaining drive. ****SHOULD**** many don't they blue screen and successfully reboot on the remaining drive. If you were to hotswap that drive the controller would try to instantly mirror the good one to it. * see above * If you have 20 GB of data it's not such a big deal but in a larger array it'll take time to read from one and then write to the other. The result is a major system impact during that time, you probably won't have enough bandwidth left to operate. Look into embedding the OS on a solid state drive, then you won't need RAID and you can concentrate on the data storage array and ensuring their evidence survives. Does Geovision offer an embedded OS chip? You could do the on board RAID of 2 40GB drives to RAID 1. Might be cost effective since those drives are dirt cheap now. I can't believe microshaft hasn't found a way to get you for 2 licenses for that.

Dunno where the quad processor came from. Must be seeing things. RAID on a DVR's OS drive is about pointless, just ghost the drive once you have it all setup. It shouldn't contain any real info other then the OS and DVR software. Better bet is embedding the OS on a solid state drive. I'm pretty sure RAID 10 is entry into hotswap configurations, could be wrong though. SATA is 1 port 1 harddrive so no matter what you do you'll need a port for every disk. The controller should specify if it can handle multiple arrays on their card (your example)

I look at Abit and Asus as almost the same... Top quality, uncompromised performance with good reliablity. I wouldn't do the quad CPU thing just yet especially not with a DVR, keep the HT issues in mind x2. Often the bleeding edge means getting cut. I would consider one of their on board solutions however a dedicated hardware controller (Adaptec as mention is my fav too) is probably better.

Well I wouldn't say any version there are a few that can handle even multiple simulatinous drive failures and keep chugging along. This is how you get hot swap going. RAID 10 can do this but only IIRC 2 out of 4 drives 1 from each mirror max. With a good controller the machine can stay up while you swap them.

RAID 5's parity storage is what makes it less then desirable for large compressed files.

Thats usually printed on the board as well, often the northbridge will have some kinda heatsink on it so you may not be able to directly read it. Look for the motherboard info near the AGP/PCI slots.

If look look at PTZ pendant mount accessories you'll find what you are looking for. It's basically what Les just discribed but with holes in the pipe for wire entry/exit.

The cables should outlast the customer if they are installed properly, if installed improperly yeah annual budget kinda thing. I personally find it easier to do it right then do it twice. I'm thinking the cable is being pulled tight or broken over a tight bend, over time it will fail from the stress.

RAID 1 is IMO better for a DVRs video drive then RAID 5. RAID 5 is better suited to database style duties rather then almost continous write. Better hardware controllers open more options, duplexing RAID 1 even mirrors the HD controllers. Some allow nesting arrays like 1+0 which is about HD fail proof but is really only feasable with many disks. Good read. http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/perf/raid/index.htm Thats a sweet case $ though. I would use this motherboard http://www.abit-usa.com/products/mb/products.php?categories=1&model=326 I'm not ready to pay for the quad thing just yet, and Abit doesn't seem to have a board that supports it. I pretty much just buy Intel for work and Abit for play anymore.

Intel processors and motherboards, crucial operating memory, western digital harddrives and Antec cases have been a good combo for me for many uses. Make sure you read the requirements from Geovision and follow them.