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Awesome!

Thanks jmcu Hmmm... the focus of camera's IR is more like directional rather than spreading out 90degrees. I could be wrong here.

Thanks for sharing jmcu Is it possible that you can also share some pictures that are taken during the night? I am interested to see how powerful the IR lights can let you see in the distant. As always, I prefer Dahua camera, over Hikvision, colour presentation is better than the latter.

Dear Fellow Members I would like to raise your attention in dealing with Nuuo products. When you are building a project with Nuuo products- just be careful with their camera support list. Don't put your 100% faith in the list. They are bound to have have errors, and compatibility issue in the camera hardware. This will sound unbelievable but it is true! When the list stated your particular model camera, it does not mean, it is 100% support. Yes, this is a fact. As a System Integrator or even a End User, knowing the camera is supported by Nuuo, does not mean it will work 100%. In other words, there can be a error listing the cameras which are supported by Nuuo. My advice is to purchase 1 unit of the IP camera and test it out fully first with Nuuo, before rolling out your project to your customer premise. This will save you a lot of hassle, just in case the camera model suffers a compatibility issue with Nuuo. You just cannot trust the Nuuo technical team to test all the cameras listed to be working reliable with Nuuo. If in case, the camera listed on the list say it supported, but later you discovered it is not, then at least you have discovered the fault for 1 unit and not 10s or 20s of them which you might buy in bulk, in order to get discount from camera distributors. Ok, if you notice that camera is not fully working with Nuuo and yet it is listed as supported, then you just have to accept this fact: First, Nuuo will not admit there is a error in their publicly posted camera support list. Nuuo will not entertain camera incompatibility or whatever issue coming from the camera. (You might say how ridiculous! It is supported as shown on the list, but now have problems with it, and Nuuo will not assist in getting it solved) Since the camera is not design and built by Nuuo, they will request you to approach the respective camera manufacturer to resolve the issue which you may have when integrating with Nuuo products. Good luck.

Hey buellwinkle, If your picture shown is expanded, it seems that ACTi E32 appeared to be a cleaner night image (less noise) compares to the mobotix D15. Because there is less tiny flickering white spots on the ACTi E32 snap shot.

I adjusted it so I do, But I have another Hik 3mp bullet specifically for that spot. All the videos and photos are here in this link that you seek! viewtopic.php?f=19&t=38847&start=30 Firefighter, thank you for sharing the link. " title="Applause" /> Now I know what I will be getting for my Christmas present this year! BTW, this HikVision camera model no. is....DS-2CD2032-I 3MP, is it correct?

What happens, if you turn off the spot light at night and see the IR performance on the camera, is it any good? How far can you see at night with the IR turn on? Care you show us? Thank you in advance.

Is this a real outdoor camera? I did not know it has outdoor IP66 housing!!! I guess, I might buy one of this camera for my Christmas present.

What kind PTZ camera that you are using? Dahua brand?

@buellwinkle, If I have the $$$, I will try out some cameras from Vivotek and ACTi, but after seeing the performance of the latest cameras from Dahua and HikVision, I can save $$$ and try on them. In terms of cost effectiveness, IMHO, Dahua and HikVision cameras can beat both Vivotek and ACTi.

@PokerMunkee, what kind of VMS u are running to capture the screen shots on the HikVision cameras. Also, can you specify the model no for the 2 cameras? Thanks

Unfortunately, the Dahua WDR 3101 series cameras are NOT available in US yet at the time of this posted message on the forum. So I guess I will just have to wait and see.

Hi All, Does anyone in the forum try on the new Dahua (or equivalent rebranded Dahua camera) WDR 3101 series camera. Any review? http://www.dahuasecurity.com/products_category/13-megapixel-wdr-137.html It will be great if someone can post some screen shots and give a feedback on the 3101 series camera. According to my supplier the 1MP WDR 3101 series camera cost more than the non-WDR 2MP 3200 series, why do you think? Thank you.

Yes, you are definitely right, ACTi NVR v3 is not an upgrade version of ACTi NVR v2.3 Enterprise. ACTi NVR v3.0 is completely NEW VMS and NEW GUI. Why? You may ask, because in my gut feeling, ACTi has received so much complaints /negative feedbacks about the buggy ACTi NVR v2.3 Enterprise that finally, ACTi decided that they need to come up something new.

I think after reading some of the feedbacks from the forum members, I can conclude Nuuo technical team does not bother to update Nuuo software to be fully compatible with the latest camera firmware. Seeing that Nuuo support a ton of well know IP cameras in the market, I suppose they couldn't afford the time nor the manpower to keep updating its VMS software to work with firmware updated cameras. If they do, they will do it haphazardly and not thoroughly. Alright then, to the Avigilon fans out there, Here is my question: Does Avigilon Control Center (ACC) comes with a yearly upgrade maintenance program? You know, you need to pay a yearly fee, so that your VMS can be updated to use the newest camera in the market? I see that ACC comes with 3 version? What would the cost be of the CORE and STANDARD? Thanks.

Yes, you are right about this, I too was another "lab mouse" during the time when ACTi NVR v2.3 was the only free VMS that ACTi offer, I too reported numerous software bugs and the end, I just had enough, I couldn't keep up with the numerous of patches that I need to apply on my customer's CCTV PC. So, ACTi NVR v3 is no different, same goes with their ACTi cameras, month after month, a new firmware will release to fix software bugs. Hmmm.... not sure, why you have so much trouble in getting ACTi cameras working with Nuuo. I wonder if you have the latest device pack upgrade on Nuuo before you are try to get your ACTi camera to work? Which model of ACTi camera you trying to work last time? Is Nuuo really a CPU hogging VMS software? Really? Currently, I have a Nuuo PC running 1)Axis 207MW 1.3MP 15fps MPEG4 2)Axis 207MW 1.3Mp 15fps MPEG4 3) ACTi ACM5611 1.3MP 8fps MPEG4 4) ACTi ACM3411 1.3MP 8fps MPEG4 5) ACTi ACM3411 1.3MP 8fps MPEG4 6) Vivotek IP738 1.3MP 8fps MJPEG 7) Vivotek IP7131 VGA 25fps MPEG4 Plus Nuuo H/W compression card SCB-7008 = connected to 6 analogue cameras. And the CPU usage is around about 50-60% = Is that consider to be HIGH?

I am not sure whether Nuuo is the greatest product, but somehow they are still in business, may be striving or may be struggling, your guess is good as mine. But I have to say this the GUI is really simple to manage and to configure, if you know the way around it after reading the guide. But from my experience, if you paid for a VMS, then normally, you get better software support than those camera that offers FREE VMS (bundle together). If you think Nuuo is bad, you can try ACTi free VMS- ACTi NVR v2.3 Enterprise, its VMS is so buggy that I think the helpdesk officer was sicked of answering my questions. But I cannot comment on the newest ACTi NVR v3.0 though, because I have not personally try it. So to cut the whole story short, after using it for a year or 2, I suggested my customer to switch to Nuuo instead. My customer has a number of ACTi camera installed from VGA to 1.3MP, so far no problem. Comparing to the ACTi free VMS, Nuuo was able to use up less storage space even though the motion detection area on each camera is configured the same on both VMS software. The biggest surprise, is that Nuuo VMS is not as CPU hogging as ACTi free VMS.

Very true, but customer coming from a developing country may not able to afford of paying a yearly subscription fee (per camera basis) of maintaining the ExacqVision software upgrade. In our currency, we need to pay 3 times more in USD conversion.

Hi vin2install I would like to comment this a bit. Very true, when a new firmware comes out, and you download it, the latest firmware and uploaded to the camera, guess what?... the Nuuo VMS does not know the latest firmware and hence could not support it well. This is an ongoing problem with other WMS software in the market as well. Doesn't it? But let me bring back your attention here...... The TRUTH is even if it is stated that the actual camera firmware which is typed out clearly on the list, DO NOT TAKE IT AS IT IS - OH IT IS GOING TO WORK SINCE CAMERA FIRMWARE IS LISTED- TO BE 100% SURE, YOU NEED TO REALLY TEST IT ON YOUR OWN BEFORE RECOMMENDING YOUR CUSTOMER TO BUY.

Hi All, Just wondering which VMS in the market that fully supports DAHUA range of Megapixel cameras. Especially the newer models that has come out recently? Has anyone try on the Nuuo IP+? Any comments /advice is most welcome. Thank you. Regards, Marcus

Hi MaxIcon, Thanks for sharing, ok, it look like the bottom line is..... Whether your selected VMS supports hyperthreading or not. If it does, then i7 CPU utilization will be lower than having a i5 CPU.

Finally I found a VMS software that supports Dahua camera!!! Just a quick FAQ of NVR+ software: Who is the software designer of NVR+? Linovision Does Linovision make their own IP cameras? No, they rebranded the original Dahua cameras and place they own Linovision cameras. The VEC series models are actually the Dahua equivalents and DS series models are actually the Hikvisoin equivalents. They only design the software to work Dahua cameras, and some 3rd party brands. Including the Hikvision cameras. What kind of IP camera does NVR+ supports? It only support limited branded IP cameras: Hikvision, dahua, axis, vivotek, launch, histream, wapa, Avtech, wision, Jufeng, etc However, note, not all cameras model no. listed above supported by NVR+ You need to try it 1 by 1 to make sure while using trial software. NVR+ also supports Dahua / Netvision DVR cards as well however, you need to buy the Hybrid NVR+ dongle to support both anolgue CCTV cameras and IP cameras. When can you buy the NVR+ software? Here is the link: http://www.aliexpress.com/store/group/NVR/900718_210998619.html Which NVR+ license version should I buy? Highly recommended to buy the Dongle USB key, because it does not tied with the camera nor your PC hardware as oppose with the soft license key. What is the difference between VMS+ and NVR+. In terms of dollar, very expensive to buy VMS+ = 10k -20K USD In terms of the no. of supported camera channels = unlimited. In terms of the scalability = Enterprise level. What kind of support does Linovision NVR+ offer? Just email support. What is my personal experience with NVR+? None so far. Have not fully test the program for software bugs. But honestly speaking, am bit doubtful and skeptical the software is any better than other brand of VMS. But given the benefit of doubt, I can really judge anything yet, unless I fully test it. The only drawback is it does support ACTi cameras yet. Sigh......... Thanks.

Thanks man, really appreciate your help here!!!

Hi Buellwinkle, So I guess you bought the USB key for testing 4 channels with differrent brand of IP camera connected, right? Where can I buy the USB key from? By the way, Milestone Xprotect VMS software sucks, because of its Program Maintenance Agreement (PMA) which is now changed to SUP (Software Upragde Plan). This is yearly fee that you need to pay in order to get updates for your VMS. Thanks.

i use milestone Xpress on this entreprise level instalation hyperthreading is supported by milestone smart client so you take full advantage of the I7 3770 i would not recommand to OC an enterprise server, if you don't have correct voltages issues could appear, it's not like having more fps on a game...then a crash during a party... just imagine that the recording service freeze due to a bad OC... i preefer to put an extra $100 on the more advanced cpu and run it at stock, the frequency is not the key to more performances, be sure to have good memory, strong & fast hard drive correctly cooled and a decent graphic card OK, thanks yet again for your input. But I think I am getting off track here......discussing about hardware requirement for VMS. First of all, I am not here to brag on about Intel CPU, actually I am an AMD Fan......... But......... I think there is reason why i7 CPU is the recommended of CCTV applications. I think, it has something to do with the CPU instruction set that software developers use when testing and designing VMS. I think, there is a reason why the extra $$$ is required to pay for when comparing with Quad Core2 CPU and i7 CPU. And I believe it is worth very penny of it.......if you want something stable and do the job well Here is the reason...... Uploaded with ImageShack.us Overclocking? To me this something that I have not done before, let alone testing on a production machine. So overclocking is not my cup of tea at the moment, unless it is my machine and I interested in playing games at home. Thanks.