RichTJ99

The newer Gview 8.3.3 is pretty nice. No where near as nice as the Iphone app though. I agree the BB app is awful.

Hrmm, almost looks like Geovision lost permissions to write to the folder. I would pick a new location on your drive (new folder) and try again.

Win7 reinstalled & all is well. Great to have 64 bit!

Yah, it took me 5 hours last night. I think everyone in the world wants it. It does install on Win7 64 though I am having an issue with the webcam. I keep getting a message on the webcam that says "no priviledge". I am not quite sure what thats about but I will work on it tomorrow. Good luck!

Ill throw in another 'me too' on the Vertex SSD. I have it in an I7 920 system. I would agree that with Windows 7 & a fresh install of popping the DVD into the PC & having it load without searching for drivers, is roughly 15 - 20 minutes. Depending on the age of your hardware, you might not even need it to look for drivers. The problem is all the nice new hardware such as a SSD (which I wont ever build myself a system without one again) works with XP but its much more work to do so. Though with all this said, I am trying 8.3.3 to see how it works with Win7 64 (once my son goes to bed) as 8.3.2 doesnt work so well for me. The point is to please try a SSD, they are amazing.

Tech suport will give you a link for it. Its 1.3 gigs. i did get it last night & give it a try with either Server 2008 or Win 7 (one flavor of 64bit). I will let you know my results but I am guessing if they claim its for 64 bit windows, it should work (maybe). Then again my win 7 32 bit ultimate with GV1480 & 8.3.2 doesnt work well for me.

Hi, I dont want to beat a dead horse in regards to 64bit but... I just ordered a 'real' 1480A card & part of my discussion with the vendor was about 64bit versions of windows. He said that Geovision was planning to release 64bit drivers in the next month. Has anyone else heard of this in regards to beta testing? Thanks, Rich

Since i have now bought 2 & returned 2 fake cards, the basic rule of thumb is to skip ebay when it comes to crazy cheap prices. They are all fake (maybe not all). I would buy from a sponsor on the site. Its amazing that with a Legit 1480a card all my strange issues just went away. No more fussing with the system, it just works.

Hi, I am playing with a 1480 card as an upgrade from a very very old GV900. My main reason for upgrading was the BB, Iphone, & better WM6 support with Gview_v2. I had a 800 card but it was apparently faulty so I bit the bullet & spluged on a new card. Anyway, I was reading about D1 video support. Which Codec setting is this in Geovision? Thanks, Rich

Hi, I am looking to add a PTZ camera to my house. I am about to own a GV1480A card after an issue with a regular older GV1480 card. What do I need to make a PTZ work in terms of equipment? Do I need a Joystick? Do I need to run cat5 or something from the camera to the server? Obviously I need R59 for power & video but what else do I need? Thanks, Rich

I think I am putting the PTZ on hold. I was hoping that the camera could just keep looking around for motion & stopping when it saw motion. I was told the boush cameras can do that but they are close to $2500.

BTW, is it this: GV-NET CARD V3 RS-232 to RS-485 Converter w/ USB Support or GV-IO-USB-BOX Geovision USB Box or this: GV-NET I/O V3 - 4 Alarm Inputs & 4 Relay Outputs plus RS485 to RS232 Converter w/ USB Support Thanks, Rich

Are PTZ's noisey when used inside? Do they make a lot of noise when going from preset to preset?

Hi, I was kind of curious to take a look into the IP cameras for Geovision. what is the cheapest IP camera out there that would work with Geovision 8.2.3? I saw some PTZ IP cameras on ebay (I know uggg) but I would assume none of them work on the Geovision system & I do want everything integrated. Thanks, Rich

Hi, I have been using a GV900 card for many years & upgraded to the 1480 card. It is a great upgrade & I cant get over how clear & smooth the image is. The one thing that always bothered me about the 900 card is that in my sons room (camera 2) which has an audio that goes to audio 2, would end up in a folder called Aud2. I would have to listen separately when going into that folder. Is there a way to get the audio with the video? Thanks, Rich

Hi, I noticed that my daytime cameras look pretty lousy at night. If I edit the video settings within Geovision (brightness, contrast, etc), I can make it look great at night, but it then looks crappy during the day. Is there some way to schedule settings based on time of day? Say camera 1 from 7am to 5pm contrast = 100, brightness = 120, from 5:01pm to 6:59am camera one has contrast of 20, brightness 55 Something like that? Thanks, Rich

Rory, Thanks for looking into this! I will give it a shot when I am home from work. Does this need to be installed on the geovision PC itself? Does this just affect the geomulti.ini or can this potentially affect other geo/system files? I am just wondering if i should ghost the system before starting. Thanks I really appreciate your helping! Rich

Rory, How do you run the activex in a script or exe? Do you have an example of what your saying or how to do that? It sounds like that could be done on the fly which is preferable to shutting down Geo & rebooting. Any shot of you playing around to see how to make it work ? My force command is missing something & the whole program restarts without quiting. (webcam & other apps restart but the Geo software stays on). I think your right in that the force command cant be good for anything. Thanks, Rich

What is IG-view? I did a search & cant figure it out?

Rory, I did find it right where you said in the windows directory. So how would that work? Set your daytime settings to perfection, then copy GeoMulti.ini to "c:\day", then set your night time settings & copy Geomulti.ini to "c:\night". Now day settings are in 'day' folder, night settings are in 'night' folder. Then write a batch script to run killing Geo processes (is there some automated way to 'force' a shutdown for geo)? I see (though I bet there could be more) geokill.bat taskkill /f /im GV1470.exe taskkill /f /im dmhealthsvr.exe taskkill /f /im dmmailserver.exe taskkill /f /im dmwebcam.exe There are probably a few more possible processes. I dont know the effect on the database with a kill command. Then make a day script day.bat (note /h is probably not needed) xcopy c:\day c:\windows /y /h Now make a night script night.bat xcopy c:\night c:\windows /y /h Now, I guess all thats needed is to setup the windows scheduling: 7:00am run killgeo.bat 7:01am run day.bat 7:02am run C:\GV1480\DM500Startup.exe Then at 5:00pm (its dark here now) 5:00pm run killgeo.bat 5:01pm run night.bat 5:02pm run C:\GV1480\DM500Startup.exe The only downside is that it takes 3 minutes for the setup to reboot. THough I think that should work 100% Anyone still reading, I would suggest using wait.exe (http://www.afreego.com/Categories/Utilities/Automation/006450.php) I put wait.exe in /windows (some antivirus dont like it though so you need to exclude it) for some other automated things I do with //netshare (for my shared drives & my backup) I am an exe fan plus it makes it harder to edit. In this case, I would convert, day.bat, night.bat, killgeo.bat into day.exe, night.exe, killgeo.exe and place them into the /windows folder . Then I would make one last bat script called waitdaygeo.bat with the following: @echo off wait 5 Start C:\windows\killgeo.exe wait 5 Start C:\windows\day.exe wait 5 Start C:\GV1480\DM500Startup.exe Again, I would covert it to the waitdaygeo.exe (so it cant be changed easily). Then I would do the following for a night version: @echo off wait 5 Start C:\windows\killgeo.exe wait 5 Start C:\windows\night.exe wait 5 Start C:\GV1480\DM500Startup.exe Again, I would covert it to the waitnightgeo.exe (so it cant be changed easily). Then I would schedule: 7am - run waitdaygeo.exe (this will do the whole job in 15 seconds) 5pm - run waitnightgeo.exe (this will do the whole job in 15 seconds) This second step is probably overkill but it might look a little more polished. NOTE: When working with .bat files, I tend to use this site: http://www.f2ko.de/ob2e/ob2e.htmlto convert it to an .exe so people dont mess with the settings. BTW, here is my camera code. If you see anything wierd setting, please let me know. [Camera 1] Start_VLOST_IO_Mod=0 Start_VLOST_IO_Pin=0 InitOff_Analog=0 Naming=Lexie Sensitivity_highRes=5 ECPBrightness=123 ECPContrast=78 ECPSaturation=220 ECPHue=130 InitOff=0 bGeoObj=0 LogEntry=0 RecMode=0 RecQuality=5 bHalfRec=0 Sensitivity=9 MotionGroup=0 MotionGroup_Ext=0 bLowPass=0 nLowPass=0 bASAP=1 bASAP_NM=1 DN_bWeekend=0 DN_bDay1_Weekend=1 DN_bDay7_Weekend=1 DN_Mode_Weekend=0 FrameRate=10 FrameRate_NM=10 bRecOn=1 bRegister=1 bAlarmOn=0 AlarmEntry=0 AlarmUser= bCenterOn=0 bPagerOn=0 iPagerNotice=1 DelayAlertSec=20 DelayOutputSec=20 bDelayAlert=0 bDelayOutput=0 CenterMode=0 bIOOn=0 iModual=0 iOutput=0 bRecAdv=0 Codec=4

Hmmm, Where are the INI settings? Can the INI file be changed on the fly with the Geovision software running, or does it need to be shutdown, ini changed, geo restarted? I changed camera 1, shut off geo & did a search based on time of last change & I cant seem to find where the camera settings are located. I am using 8.3.2 btw. Thanks, Rich

Rory, Aside from a second camera setup for night, is there any sort of workaround? Thanks, Rich

My issue is that my Sons room during the day is very easy to view, add some lights & I need to turn the contrast down to get a good picture. Once its night time, if I turn the brightness way up, I can see with just the aid of his nightlight. The camera is a Speco PIR camera (he is 2 years old) & its pretty decent. I wouldnt want to shoot IR lighting at his bed all night to see better, the camera does a decent job if I adjust the Geo settings.

Hi, I am using a sprint tour on my 30 day trial. I think its going back but I am playing with the blackberry app. To sum it up, its terrible. I think that going to the regular web interface & refreshing Jpgs is quicker, though maybe not easier. The Windows Mobile software is amazing in comparison. I did get it working though if you have any questions, I would be happy to help. Thanks, Rich

Rory, Does live vue work with version 8.3.x? Thanks, Rich