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It's fine. Most of it is only carrying 12-16V power so there's not an issue there at all. And yes, it looks neat. Presentation is a good thing. TOo many times I've opened a panel to discover a birds nest.

Is laying fibre an option? Unlikely but the question has to be asked.

The card says 4ch 120FPS? (edit: oh, 30FPS per camera duh!) It looks like a generic card to me... which could be what Allnet are.

From top to bottom you're wrong in all departments. So let's get on with the corrections shall we and help this poor bloke out. Make sure the firmware for the card is 3.20 or above (this might be what the guy above is referring to) so that you're able to integrate 8.4.0 with your GV600. Lower versions will not work with 8.4. Additionally, Geovision 8.5 doesn't even exist GV600's run perfectly well with Windows 7. Official spec sheet from website Lay off the ganja homie. Providing incorrect and misleading advice is unhelpful at best. demonoid being demonoid It could be that it's a self extracting zip so if you extract the first it will pull the rest with it. I've usually only seen that done with .rars but I know it's possible to do it with zips as well. Try extracting the initial file and see what happens. Also try local.zip. Failing that... try here

You have a lot of people visiting your property... I'd be amazed if I've had that many people over the past 2 years.

It is obvious the original poster is talking about the number of apartment units the property has. 330am posting :*( Not so obvious then!

The guy who grabs the full mannequin at the end does it for me! But seriously... what bike shop doesnt have armored windows and/or methods to stop bikes being rolled out the front window?

You should take this advice to heart. What are YOU bringing to the deal? Who are YOU? He's bringing an 80-100 camera job to the table. I'd guess that you'd get into that sort of detail if you prove that you can suit his job requirements. He's hiring you, not the other way around. He doesn't need to tell you anything just yet... just sayin'

With under 25 posts... no

It's true. There's something to be said for satisfaction when you catch offenders.

Basler have some pretty good low lux cams.

Possibly... but no different than someone ordering a steak at a restaurant from a vegetarian waiter/tress. As I was saying... if someone has called up and said "I would like 4 Arecont 5155DNs or 10 Vivotek IP7361's etc... then all he has to do is order it. It's obviously a new camera for him hence why he's asking now, after the orders have been placed. I agree with that they should know about the licenses on the VMS though.

A mac address is a unique identifier for a piece of hardware on a network. Think of your IP as being your phone number and your MAC address as being your postal address. You can change your phone number to your house, but you cant change your street address.

So you sold some of these and you have never used one before? Could have been an order of... I would like x amount of camera y. No need to sell someone on something else if they're already set on what theyre buying.

Clearly the only one who knows what they're talking about here is Angus

Survtech... you mentioned earlier that you believe a decent PTZ can take the place of many megapixel IPs. With the current DPTZ capabilities of both analytics software and the resolution of the cameras themselves.... on what basis do you make this statement? Not having a go, just curious as to why you believe that a PTZ (which can surely only focus on 1 thing at a time, can do a better job of a high res camera which you can pick and choose what you want to zoom in on without losing the overall picture)

Starting off with the most basic of basic. The option to start those services on boot are selected aren't they? Could it be that the server is restarting for some reason and those options aren't checked?

My company started off way back when as computer engineering firm. ALong the way somewhere we were asked at some point to install some security cameras and we sort of moved on from that. We started using video servers like Etrovisions about 15 years ago and dedicated IP cameras about 8-10 years ago (I just pulled out some ACTi 5120's from one of our early sites a month ago) Thankfully we have a strong background in networking to be able to support all models of IP which is why we deal almost exclusively in IP based products here in Aus because we know how to reconfigure networks and yada yada. To answer the OP. The security industry is much like the PC industry in the 90's when you blinked and the technology had advanced 10 fold overnight. Most of the guys who install security stuff at the moment are those who plug in cables and everything worked. Now a days, you can't just do that with IP based products. You need to ensure that the network infrastructure is in place as well and it's this part that is WELL beyond most installers currently. However, customers still need to procure the products. They still need someone with expertise in where to install the products and they still need someone to install the products. IT guys are suits, they don't want to get their hands dirty. They also have their own stuff to look after as well rather than maintaining a physical security system. If you are able to do both, then in my opinion you shouldn't need to worry. And there will still be a market for low end products but that market will increasingly shrink. (I think AXIS released a white paper recently showing that IP installations are now about 15% cheaper than non-IP) Show someone the difference between an megapixel and a SD analog, and you can wax lyrical all day long about the SD analog but at the end of the day the customer will still be staring at the megapixel image going... WOW that's amazing! Additionally, most new buildings are already CAT6 wired for data so the overall infrastructure cost of a new IP based security system is going to be significantly smaller and 1 megapixel camera can take the place of 2 or 3 SD analogs. All this makes it much more attractive to go megapixel IP than coax stuff. Of course my market here in Aus is in education campuses and retail, so I don't have the same problems that some of you guys do with small margins on small jobs. Throw access control into that as well and its a nice little niche market that hasn't been flooded out yet (it will, but not yet). PS Soundy, is your website down? ***EDIT*** Nvm, looks like I just checked it inbetween you pulling it down and putting the new temp one up.

As an Aussie installer, integrator, etc etc. I felt I should let you know that most state laws prevents the use of cameras for surveillance outside your own personal property unless accompanied by signage. I'm based out of Sydney, and I get a few requests for it.

I have a job at a school where someone is illegally dumping rubbish on the playground at night. In order to do this they need a key so the principal thinks its a staff member. Unfortunately, the dump site is about 100m (300 odd ft) from the nearest building to mount the camera and as its at night, I need an IP camera with an IR range of 100m. Suggestions?

Any reason why its analog? Not that I know the layout at all, but in general, IP solutions are about 15% cheaper than analog. It might not be feasible but its certainly worth a look.

Many cameras also come with their own basic recording software too so that is also an option.

Geo usually waves a big fat THIS IS COUNTERFEIT alert in your face for counterfeit rather than messing with your feeds. Ground loops are usually the cause of the horizontal lines. Tracking them down is usually a long and tedious task.

You say its for online viewing. What's your upload speed and do you have data limits?

Can't say that I've ever been through biometrics to get into a pub... and I go to a lot of them here. LIcense scanning is par for the course though and every country does that.