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24awg requires a ferule of 0.25-0.5 mm either will work correctly with 24awg solid core cable. These are available in branches of CEF but they aren't cheap. Tip even a cheap ferrule works well with a good crimp tool.

He's right, leave it alone, I forgot you aren't a technician. If you want really accurate time that much, get a broadband connection and connect to a NTP. Can't imagine why you wouldn't connect to internet.

Port 123 is the common port on MOST time servers. Re your CMOS battery, wouldn't hurt to replace it and then monitor how well it keeps time.

Electronic equipment made on a budget to a particular market is bound to change it's time being affected bu other devices etc. Hence the introduction of time servers. Originally intended for the computer market.

not sure if I follow what you mean about switching cords around yourself and what that has to do with CCTV or with a PTZ? If the CCTV is correctly installed you would not have to do anything with any cables ( I assume that what you mean by cords) you would simply have to operate it as you indicated, from a PC using a mouse. By the way, that camera pans and tilts but for that price don't expect it to be zooming in on anything plus it's an indoor camera. It will be close to useless looking out through a window at night, since the IR will simply be reflected back at the camera from the glass.

TRUE, but I don't relish juggling all those pieces of equipment when I climb a ladder and my name is not Heath Robinson or Rube Goldberg. ANYONE GOT A SPARE ROLL OF DUCT TAPE PLEASE? ............................................Your Borescope setup..............................................................the commercial version .............................................................................................. Your contraption would be not only be disproportionately expensive, but also pretty difficult to manage, whereas the commercial offering is about £ 60.00 (and I already have a smartphone, as I would imagine most people do these days. I know which one I would prefer to use rather than waste my time and effort creating an over expensive contraption that would function but be totally impractical to use. I don't think I would feel too smug hauling that lot up a ladder.

Hello guys Have you ever tried fishing wires trough somewhere and hit obstacles and wished you could see in inaccessible places? It happens to me all the time and yes, I know ther eare borescopes on the market and that they are considerably cheaper than they were. Well I just discovered they make a wifi borescope. It acts like a wireless router without internet access and via an app to yuor iphone, Android or tablet you can view the borescope camera and this one that I am looking at has a phone holder too. I WANT ONE! even if I only ever use it onece in a while I am sure oit's going to save me a lot of time and frustration. ......................................................................

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What you have is not a borescope pal, judging by your comments, it's more of an 'RECTOSCOPE' wouldn't you say? IF YOU TAKE MY MEANING....

Your budget is a no chance! I'm sorry to tell you and even a cheap PTZ camera at that price, would probably disappoint you. For that price you might find a DVR that's worthwhile, but as for cameras too, forget it. Also if you are disabled you will need someone to install it for you. Your budget is I'm sorry to tell you not even enough for a deposit. A thought occurred to me if you don't need recording you could try a low end IP camera with PT (no zoom though )which you view over your PC and one name immediately springs to mind, Foscam. You might get one that works with Vitamin D software which is free for just one camera. You'll probably need someone to install it sti;ll and they are probably not outdoor cameras.

Conversely, if you use a lens 1/3 inch on a 1/2 inch inch. camera you'd get whats known as a porthole effect. .................................................................................

Looks like New egg are determined to make money out of every experience regardless. As a small business myself I swallow the loss when I make a mistake, it teaches me not to repeat mistakes and customers ultimately get a better experience. New Egg are GREEDY plain and simple. The first sign is those premium are telephone numbers on their customer service line. I have never used them and I NEVER will because of the experiences others have had. If Newegg staff have stolen product key from software then it's NewEgg's responsibility not the poor unfortunate customer. they just deny a solution it's called STONEWALLING and it's illegal. IF A DEAL LOOKS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE THEN IT PROBABLY IS....

Firstly the settings in your phone should read address 'yourhostname.xxxdns.etc' and not 192.169.1.60 If that doesn't work try going to yougetsignal.com and read your curent iP address they call it your external address, and put this in place of the your hostname. If that works then you have a problem with your DNS setting in your DVR because it's not updating your DNS account. You should try and use the Hikvison DNS as it won't need updating manually and after all it's there to enhance your CCTV experience. I don't use it myself since I rent time on a DNS server so I have my customers all on that in one place more for convenience than anything else. UPDATE Don't forget to type in your hostname in place of your ip address when you are finished.

Okay I think this may be your problem see if it sorts it out for you. Go into your menu systems and edit account and then make sure the 'Reusable' tick-box is ticked, save and log out again then try your remote software. Do this for all accounts and remember to restrict your passwords to 6 digits only. Also have you tried CMS? Click here to download it Click here for the CMS manual, when it opens select 'file' and 'save a copy' I have set up lots of CnM DVRs using this software although not all models, but the remote DVR control works a treat too and is fully functional. CMS only accepts passwords upto six characters so if passwords ahave more you will need to change them. Let me know how you get on. UPDATE The app MEye is [ublished by Meyetech and is one od many versions, they are mostly free to download. CnM advise using Asee also published by Meyetech. Since then there is Asee Pro so it's a question of trying many until you find one you like.

Thanks English I never knew what RTSP stood for, now I know its kinda helpful. Reading the manual is the way I do things but these days I rarely have the time. Maybe I'll go back to doing that again. There is also a Media port on Hikvision that needs opening.

You might think so, but even wireless cameras need a power source and cutting that is just as effective in breaking the camera output as cutting the other cables coax or cat5. No power NO PICTURE... ALSO wireless cameras are only good over short distances. An installation should be done so as to protect cables within reach and to hide cables as much as possible inside the building. You can buy wireless adapters which have a predictable range and can be effectively used but these are as expensive if not more than the camera itself. You still have to provide the camera with power which can be more local but that again can create it's own difficulties, If cables leave a property at the ground floor, they can be protected until they rise up above 10 ft or higher. I usually take them to level with the upper floor's window cill and then into a junction box.

As an installer that also supplies systems to customers, they always tell me why they feel they need CCTV. Among the strangest was a lady and her husband that wanted to discover who was stealing her underwear off their washing line. They confirmed it was happening as they counted the items on their line when they first became suspicious, so knew for sure they weren't imagining it. Within days of completing the job, I had an email letting me know they had recorded a friend of the husband, sneaking into their garden and stealing her underwear. He can clearly be seen removing pegs and immediately SNIFFING the items before secreting them in his shirt and exiting the garden over the fence. They asked me to put the evidence onto a CD for them and the now ex-friend was arrested and cautioned by police. It would be fun to hear your stories.

Here is the url of the manufacturer's support page for this product click here You can also download the instruction manual there to read before you buy. You record remotely on a computer and you can also set the camera to take snapshots onto the SD card if that model has a slot in the camera. It is not a weatherproof camera so bear this in mind. to record remotely the remote computer needs to have windows and internet explorer (check ie version and compatibility and upgrade if necessary) and the computer needs to be ON while waiting to record. If not it won't record. Also a second computer cannot be connected simultaneously. I suggest you find some other software called VitaminD which is free for the first camera and easy to set up.

Its not an interface I recognize so just as well that someone else does. It's useful info... Well good luck and wishing everyone well over the Holidays. I have to get my red suit on now cos I'm exepected to deliver some presents under a tree. HO HO HO

The problem with doing that is when you need access to the connectors to focus or target the camera you have to move the camera to get at the connections ten AFTER having got it all adjusted, you then have to move the camera again too replace the connectors back inside the junction box. This is why I always place the junction box on the wall adjacent to the camera. There is also the point that drilling holes through an IP box destroys it's benefit as water ALWAYS finds it's way through. I have seen this method used but I don't think it's for me. I believe a camera needs to be mounted on a rock-solid bracket and that onto a rock-solid surface this way the camera doesn't move after having spent time targeting it. Some of the cheaper cameras come with pathetic brackets and it doesn't take a lot to move the camera messing up it's position. I carry a few replacement types in the van and charge extra for them, if the client is too cheap and doesn't want to pay for an extra bracket, they often end up paying a call out charge for re positioning the camera after a string wind or a bird knocked it. These cheapskates nearly always moan but I simply tell them I offered you the option and you refused, it's hardly my fault! Take a look at this ugly contraption, it is a manufacturer's own JB and although it's metal and rock solid, it's so UGLY .................................This is horrid.............................This is weak and flimsy.......................................These work remarkably well

WELL SAID, the whole point of a junction box is to weatherproof the connections and to make them accessible so the camera can be positioned and focused without the need to move it again. A IP Junction box is our service access point. Unfortunately, some cameras just don't look right with a junction box next to them, i.e those little eyeball domes, and they have a deep ring that replaces their base and creates space for the connections, but there are two things wrong with that too. Firstly it's impossible to access the connections to target the camera and the damn things cost £10 each which is in some cases 30% the original cost of the camera. Finally and here's the killer, they aren't water resistant in the least. They seem like an poorly thought-out jerk-reaction to an installer issue. Whichever MORON thought these out, has never had to install a CCTV camera in their life. ( the far right one is mine) To make these work FOR you, you still need to install conduit and a junction box near the camera to make the connections accessible and thats if the lead from the camera is long enough. On some cheap cameras they are often not long enough to go anywhere except in a JB directly next to the camera YUK looks awful.

How did you connect your cameras to the DVR with coax or with Cat5 and baluns? Did you use ready made cables?

Havs your DVR got a mobile monitor port assigned? They wont work through the same ports, well mostly, fact the only one I know that only uses HTTP is the Alien range here in the UK. You will have to find out what the Mobil monitor port is and open it and use that port. It may mean unassigning the DMZfrom your DVR before editing the rule you created for remote viewing CMS. If youopen the Network menu you will see the Media Port and the HTTP port assignments find the menu item named Netservices and you can find the Mobile Monitor port assignment. I always open port 554 or the RTSP port because some tablets need this port open aswell as the mobile monitor. As for apps for iPhone, the widest range of DVRs are covered by this app, it's free so no harm trying them. The publisher has lots of versions try and visit their website http://www.meyetech.com it's a problem getting onto that website today but it does have lots of apps for you to try, in favt a lot of the apps for mobile phone are written for manufacturers by meyetech Good Luck.

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If you search Yahoo Canada for 'w ire end ferrules' you will find a few suppliers. Once you start using these you'll be surprised how many you get through. Get a good ratchet controlled crimp tool. For single conductors you'll need 0.25mm (colours are immaterial)** For two conductors twisted together you'll need 0.5mm** For three conductors twisted together you'll nee 0.75mm **( may need 1mm on threes if they don't twist uniformly) and for four conductors twisted together you'll need 1mm* ( may need 1.5mm on fours if they don't twist uniformly) **I buy 500 at a time *I buy 200 at a time Get a good depth controlled wire stripper like the one I have, close it twist it to score the insulation then gently pull it off. You won't stretch the conductor. TIP: get a small 'pocket sized' peppermint tin and (after finishing the mints) keep some ferrules in the tin as carrying a divided box around or up a ladder is a nuisance