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I'm not as familiar with the camera models, but since starting into the CCTV market I'm sure I've become more noticeable to the security at my various haunts.

Could it be the power outlet you are trying to connect to? I had a PC that wouldn't boot up at all until I moved it to a new outlet on a different power circuit. Perhaps you have too much running through that power circuit or there is a wiring issue that's keeping the necessary amount of power from reaching the outlet? Is your 4 camera power supply connected to a battery backup system or uninterruptable power supply?

I've heard of the different color temperatures (the difference in degrees kelvin determines cool white or warm white) but I'm not sure how that affects the cameras settings. Do you have access to both types of bulb? I've been looking at using LED's and solar panels to provide security lighting as well, so I'd be interested to see if this is a common problem.

Anyone else reminded of the DIY flux capacitor? http://www.geek24.com/g/how-to-build-your-own-flux-capacitor I haven't studied any of the NEMA case suppliers and whether they include windows, but I assume it could be done.

Was there some sort of question here?

There are a ton of situations where video analytics can provide valuable market research. You can count the number of people in and out of a doorway, you can detect positioning throughout a sales floor. There are a ton of different applications.

This sentence leads me to believe that the IR diodes are inside the dome. Is that something you did or had the cameras come like that? If they are inside to dome, then you're probably out of luck, as its the same thing as shining a flashlight at glass at night. All you're going to see is the reflection of the flashlight in the glass. Heres an example of what the dome camera should look like

Agreed. Stay Away Demon Puppy!!!

I use mac computers exclusively at home and a lot of stuff is only compatible with PCs. What I do instead is run a virtual machine with a windows installation. You can find software like VirtualBox that lets you do it for free, or you could go with VMWareFusion that costs around $70. You also have to figure in the windows OS licensing too.

50 Wifi IP cameras? Even if you segment your wifi network, space out your channels, and use multiple APs, that's an awful lot of cameras for standard wifi. I'm not sure I'd be doing that. Wifi doesn't always scale particularly well. My understanding of most wireless systems is that you can only have 4 channels within a wireless range. Otherwise they interfere with each other and you don't get any video.

The problem here is he already played with the sensitivity. If he lowers it during the rain, he loses real action when it's not raining, and when he increases sensitivity during fair weather he records everything during a storm. Most DVR's have some sort of I/O alarm input so you could trigger using the motion sensor. I'm from Utah and we have issues with snow causing false alarms as well.

* it to be independent from my PC now. * to be able to use movement detection and preferably designate 2 areas in the frame. * it to record the movement to a memory card or the internet. * connect a small flat monitor to it so I can have it next to my bed! * to access the picture via the internet. In regards to numbers 1 and 5, if you don't have it connected to a PC then it's difficult to view via the internet without an expensive Network Video Recorder. I know theres a wireless camera system called the night hawk that records to an SD card and it can be viewed on a regular tv monitor. It uses motion detection and a 40 foot infrared night vision range at night. It should cover all your requirements except for number 5.

I also got that message today when logging in.

I caught this with my PTZ camera this morning. I wouldn't recommend this video to animal lovers though. http://www.youtube.com/ezwatchpro#p/u/6/HkPV0tIM8KM

Do you already have a DVR, Cameras, etc? How many cameras indoor, how many outdoors, any infrared?

Maybe I'm using a different type of DVR, but the I've got a 4 channel system that records 700 lines just fine. If you don't need anything too specific then lower resolutions are fine, but you can't pick up on certain details unless you have that 700 line camera. I wouldn't go out and spend twice what the 400 camera costs to get a 700 line camera, but I could see the value in spending more to get the higher resolution. If you had a nearly-identifiable image from a 400tvl camera, and you know that you could have identified them if you had a 700tvl camera, would you wish you had gotten the 700 to begin with?

Usually we just have it rewrite when the memory gets too full. For most customers this is enough, and they usually know within a few weeks if they need to find an incident.

That sounds a little too familiar.

I wish we got that too. Unfortunately by the time we turned the PTZ over there the falcon was already dismantling the pigeon. It happened pretty fast.

First of all, I don't think you understand his problem. Second, each image you provided shows identifiable numbers on the license plate, regardless of whether it was the original or negative. The problem that he is discussing is that IR cameras can't read a printed page. If you took a magazine cover with white and red print and held it up to an IR camera in complete darkness, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference between it and a blank page. Some states have license plates that are printed and not stamped, and the print comes in a red color that makes it difficult to pick up using ONLY IR imaging. I think the only way to get around this is a non-IR camera with a light source.

I agree. Wireless isn't always effective, although its improving. You are also going to need a power source down range to hook all of these electronics to. It may just be a better solution to buy a spotting scope instead. Simple, Effective, and proven.

I'm also guilty of owning a smartphone. My opinion is that they provide a wealth of stuff that you need on the go, and a healthy amount of convenient distractions.

Could I borrow him for a while? I always wanted a cable-pulling smurf.

Someone else on this forum suggested using a combination of IR cameras and non-IR in order to get both.

My work pc running a seagate 500gb 5400 rpm drive recently experienced a bad boot sector and after a few attempts at recovery it's still unusable. The drive itself was about 4 years old, previously used by the video processing person at our office, and it hasn't been on a UPS backup ever. We think it may have also been due to electrical issues.