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You;re in the USA well that narrows it down to a single sub-continent so thats is a little easier. Narrow it down even further by Stae of even dare I say it CITY, then somone is bound to know the local Hikvision distributor or retail supplier. Hikvision is very nice equipment for the money and worth the little extra.

Make sure you don't get caught buying a SWANN or everyone will laugh their socks off

If the camera is a fixed lens then simply set up remote viewing before pointing the camera and use your mobile phone. It aint perfect but it does work just be aware of delays on the camera view. If you want to spend ya money, send ot to me care of ........ before long something will come onto the market that meets all our needs again, until then just get on with it the best you can and dont drop your phone off the ladder. ............................................................................................... Sometimes there just isn't a definitive product out there, so you just have to make do until that time comes. Combining too many functions into a single piece of equipment although it appears convenient, can be a devastating event if it malfunctions and has to go for repair (especially if it has to go to China) that always assuming you can find someone competent to repair it.

SWANN make an Eagle camera eh? Oh well a bird in the hand.......

Now this is documented someone else may be relieved of the frustration of making the same error (me included) The lesson here is that changing routers will very often change both deafu7lt Gateway and DHCP range so if you have to change router especially to a different brand name, be aware of the IP range and Gateway address. Less so among routers of the same brand though.

device ID 88 is OK also, so long as you remember to set the DVR to static and reserve the IP in the router's DHCP address reservation so that it always gets that IP (and no other device gets it) in the event there is a power out or the device is restarted. This is VERY easy to do in the VM router under advanced settings under the DHCP menu choose IP or Address reservations. Don't forget to Apply Virgin Media Superhub is one of the Easiest routers to set port forwarding but there is often a delay of a day or so before the ports will report as open ( Haven't found out why, but recently thats been the case with every VM SH that I set up) Don't lose sleep over this it will come right eventually.

You're lucky, most ISPs would just deny it was their fault.

Most ISPs would just say NOT MY PROBLEM or something like "we don't support CCTV port forwarding"

That I cannot help you with as I have never had that issue so "I don't know" is the simple answer to that one. I suggest you speak to a TV AV system installer for that. I have looked for a diagram on the net but nothing I have seen is suitable, but stay with it, you are almost done now so well done.

Two types of modulators one transmits to the TV antenna and one has to be patched into the TV antenna line.

I made a pointed comment to put you in the right direction, I didn't offer to come round and do the job for you.

I usually find that 1MBPS upstream will comfortably support 4 cameras, at sub stream speed producing fluid motion with minimal latency I would agree that your estimate is as close as you can get without actually field testing. i.e you see moving pictures without too much jerkyness and not too much delay

Badge Manufacturing is almost a legal requirement in China

Video out port is a legacy port from the older designs. Most of the HD and IP systems being produced now have no real use for a Video out RCA or BNC (composit) port "My DVR doesn't have...." Ah then you need a VGA to video adaptor convertor. A bit unusual these days I have a cabinet full that I bought in error. they should run you about £5- £10 and this will connect to your modulator. As was stated [i"]you could run a HDMI" convertor[/i] but as has already been said they "are more expensive" and I would add thereis no 'quality' benefit.

Probably not!

No you should be using the Video Out port from the back of your DVR using a RG58 lead BNC to BNC and using 2 x BNC to RCA adaptors to connect to the modulator VGA and HDMI won't connect to your modulator.

Oh well looks like this is a problem that isn't going away anytime soon and is totally out of your control.

Try setting up the DDNS hostname in the cable router rather than just in the DVR. Ifr hat is what is happening. Why do y0u mention the routers of the remote sites that will receive the CCTV? They do NOT requie any DDNS settings only the one at the DVRs Network will require a DDNS setting up. When you say the first house goes down, what set up was done? When you set up a remote client software you substitute the network's public IP with your DDNS hostname in the address field that you set up in the DVR's network services menu, you do NOT need to setup the DDNS in the remote site's router and that is what it sounds like you've done because if the DDNS sever id being updated correctly, referencing the hostname instead of the public IP will work, but if the DDNS is being updated at another location then of course it's not going to locate the DVR For Clarity the site that has the DVR we'll call the local site and the sites from which you are viewing we'll call the remote sites. Only the Local site requires DDNS setting up to update the DDNS server. The only r5eference to the DDNS anywhere else id that you substitute the local site's public IP with the hotsname in the settings of the client software. What you are describing it sounds like someone that has no idea has set up an update client for that DDNS account on the remote sites which would be ridiculous.

CNM are no longer in business and despite several of their staff still being prominent on the CCTV scene, there just aren't any firmware downloads available ( been there, done that, got the T-shirt) so unless someone has these archived FORGET THAT. Dump it in the nearest skip and buy a replacement. From this guys perspective, I recommend that even if you don't need it now, download a firmware update just in case this happens to you later. You'd have to be very unlucky for it to happen again but who knows. I placed an order with CNM and within an hour of placing my order it transpires, that the receivers marched in and took over their office and literally threw the guys out onto the street. Undeservedly I am sure.

Try one out and see, read reviews etc.

The camera dip switched are usually related to the Camera's address and the Baud rate. I suggest you email Eneo for the instruction sheet and this will tell you the dip switched. Since each controlled can control a number of cameras, each camera has an address 1, 2, 3....99 etc. this allows the controller to CALL the specific camera to respond. Then each camera can be programmed from the controller. The baud rate that's commonly used in a typical PTZ setup is 4800BPS or 9600BPS. This has to match the controller or the keyboard settings or both. That's almost everything but there may be a couple other settings that need to be configured according to your control device.

In your Router advanced settings reserve the IP address and that DVR will only be allocated the same address. You may find other ports to open if you look under Netservice settings, you may see the Mobile Monitor Port and the RTSP port (always worth opening). Look for the Media Port in the Worth noting, Virgin Media ports sometimes won't report as open until the next day (don't ask me why) this has happened to me a few times. Opening port 9101 seems okay but also open port 80 and you should set up the DDNS either in your router of DVR, despite the public IP address having a long lease time, the chances are it will change when you are away from home. Virgin Media public IPs change typically twice a year but make no mistake they are dynamic

Yeah I heard this too, you simply short out the pair and use the CVI output as analogue!

You don't know what an instruction manual looks like or where to find it?

Some form of Solar charger and li-ion batteries may be the answer to the power issue, although how to get your signal off the island onto a DVR or NVR on the mainland is a slightly more difficult problem. I suppose you could do line of sight radio transmission and again power using solar power and batteries. There are now some very good wi fi link equipment on the market with unbelievable ranges which might be worth investigating. Does seem a rather expensive project just to spy on a few dumb birds. Unless this is a research project that is funded you'll have to be very dedicated and committed to this project to fund it as it's not going to be cheap.