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  4. Posted

    Hello Bear, welcome to cctvforum.com. Please look at the DVR and see if you can figure out a make and model.

    Does your shop have active internet? Is there a cable connected from your DVR to your modem/router?

  10. Posted

    You have just discovered the difference between cheap IR cameras & quality IR cameras. You can either live with it , upgrade the cameras or get some lighting in there

     

    That speco camera does not have IR. It's called intensifier and is a low lux day/night camera without IR's. It's

    supposed to be better than that picture. I do not have any out there, but I do know they are not cheap and

    are not supposed to be bad. Does that have any settings on it? If I recall, rather than an OSD, it has dip switches

    on it? Did you change any settings on it?

  13. Posted

    I have had that problem once before that the pics were not saving. I had to disable pop up blocker or something

    like that. In the web service, once you click snapshot, the picture should pop up as a preview and than you

    click save. Either disable pop up blocker for the URL of the dvr or ad the dvr in trusted sites. I can't remember

    which one?

     

    In PSS, you have to ad your dvr as a device. Go in Settings manage than device manage, than click ADD.

    Than enter your URL of the dvr, user name, password, the TCP port, not the http port, type of device you

    should roll down to DVR, than make sure you click SAVE.

  14. Posted

    We all have our opinions and personal preferences. I just think a certain member here is taking what I

    say out of text. I'm not saying that baluns are unreliable and should never ever be used. I'm simply

    saying that they have a more chance of failing over bnc's and if a DIY'er wants to install his own cctv system,

    than he/she should absolutely use coax with bnc's. The DIY'er is not going to be stocking wire on his truck,

    is not going to be upgrading to IP in the near future, and will most likely try to save money and buy cheap

    baluns and will experience problems with them down the line because they did not terminate the wire properly,

    the baluns are garbage, or they were affected by the outside elements.

     

    There will be certain jobs that I will actually run siamese AND cat5e for future upgrades of either an IP system,

    and PTZ camera, or a camera that has remote OSD built into it that can be controlled by the DVR. But my prices

    cover the cost of running extra wire to each location and my customers are fully aware of what I am doing. But,

    bottom line, my preference for longevity, reliability, and peace of mind, is having an analog camera connected

    to a DVR with a Coaxial cable with 2 compression bnc's. I never have to worry if the wire is not in the balun correctly, or in time it doesn't make a good connection, or the COIL in the balun goes bad, or anything at all

    that will make the balun fail as I read over and over in this forum and other cctv forums of issues with baluns.

    I never read of people saying that they have bought a cheap bnc and it's causing lines in the picture! Chances are if they have a bnc and there are lines in the picture, than they did not strip the wire properly.

  16. Posted

    Tom, I'll remove it in a few, thanks. I already deleted all active x in manage add ons and than reinstalled.

    I have tons of dvrs I access in explorer and this is the only one doing this for me. Hopefully when I install

    it tomorrow, I can view it from my home remotely so I can service it. Thanks.

  17. Posted

    I've had just as many problems with bad BNC crimps as I have with twitchy baluns... which amounts to probably 0.01% of connections either way. Any wire can fail, any type of connector can fail, any type of connection can fail.

     

    I'm glad you read my comment about even if you haven't had any problems with baluns, that means squat because if you google, you will see how many people are constantly having problems with them. The fact of the matter is, baluns are circuit boards and have a higher chance of failing compared to a connector.

     

    On the other hand, if I'm using Cat5e only:

    - it means saving money because Cat5e is now cheaper than plain RG59, never mind Siamese, or RG59+separate power;

     

    So how much are you paying for video baluns? If you do a camera job with 16 cameras, you need 32 baluns. How

    much does that cost compared to 32 bnc's? And at my distributor where I go in NY, siamese and cat 5e is not that much different in price.

     

    - it means I save space in the van by not having to carry multiple types of cables (since Cat5e is also good for intercoms and access controls, it also saves me needing to carry around 20/4 and Station-Z);

     

    Maybe your company is not successful enough that you can drive around in a full size work truck that is capable of holding different types of wire. I'm sorry to hear that your not doing well enough.

     

     

     

    - it means I save the customer money by not needing to pull new cabling if they want IP cameras later, or if they want to add a camera anywhere near an existing camera;

     

    It means you make less money because you won't be able to charge to run new wire for an IP system. Maybe

    this is why your not successful enough to buy a full size van that can hold different types of wire. Again, sorry to hear that your business is not doing well.

     

     

     

    - it means I save the customer money by reducing installation time because UTP is FAR, FAR easier to work with than Siamese, especially if pulling multiple runs at once.

     

    If you can't pull siamese easily, get out of the industry and find a new career.

     

     

     

    But, you know, do whatever works for you...

     

    Thanks, I will.

  18. Posted · Edited by Guest

    I clicked on that and refreshed and it told me internet explorer cannot display the page. Than I clicked on

    it again and refreshed and it gave me the old screen back. Any other ideas? I called the distributor on

    Friday and he told me to bring in the DVR to look at it, but I was working and unable to come back home

    before they closed. Can someone try to log into it remotely and see what they get? The URL is

  19. Posted

    And just because you personally have either no issues at all or next to none, that means squat to me. The fact is that the odds of a quality balun installed correctly by a professional malfunctioning is a greater chance compared to an rg59 with a properly installed compression bnc installed by a professional. I do not care what you think or say. That is a fact. And like I said, why would someone install something that has a GREATER chance of something failing, if they DO NOT HAVE TO!!

  20. Posted

    Wrong. Because that is just one more thing that can go bad. Why would you add a device that has any chance of malfunctioning if you don't have to? I don't know about you, but as a tech, I learn from mistakes, not continue doing them and praying that the last problem was just a fluke. Or the same problem that many others ate experiencing over and over again. Just google around and you will easily see how many people experience any sort of issue with baluns and than google to find out how many people are having issues with straight rg59 with a bnc on it.

  22. Posted

    I just picked up a 4 channel dvr at my local distributor today and I'm testing out ethernet over powerline

    with it. The dvr works as normal through PSS on my windows machine, but when I log in using Explorer,

    I get this weird screen.

     

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    All of my other DVR's, same make, always give me the normal web service log in screen like this one

     

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    The DVR works fine in IDMSS and using PSS, but not in explorer. I've downloaded all the active x

    that it asked for and I've put it in my trusted sites. Any ideas before I call my distributor tomorrow?

  23. Posted

    LOL, looks like you pretty much identified everything already but just got lazy and posted here for some help.

    Without googling or anything, it looks like it's a video doorbell intercom. Is there a doorbell at the front door

    with a camera? Are there intercoms on each room? If so, I installed those awhile ago and they are pretty cool

    and extremely easy to program. They self learn each other and have tons of cool ring tones for the door bell.

    That alarm system I know nothing about, but does look like it communicates via ethernet, which is much faster

    than dial up anyway.

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