slik_rik30

Thanks for the replies, I am now caught up in the Avigilon train and heading that direction. You all have confirmed my fears about the 'free' ACTi NVR and I will stay far away. Thanks!

Thats the feeling I was getting. In addition to being tied to one manuf. ssmith10pn Thanks for tip on the Avigilon encoder. I have reached out to one Avigilon partner to help me price things out. If I go the Avigilon encoder route is that compatible with Exacq or will that move me to Avigilon CCS?

I've been lurking for a while and love the knowledge I am soaking up. Thank you!! At my facility I am integrating an existing 16ch analog system (All Pelco) with 16 additional IP cams. I have tentatively chosen the following: Exacq 1608-48-2000-R2 Hybrid server (to use the existing cams runs and add IP) GVI NHD-2151 2MP outdoor cams ACTi ACM-3701 indoor cams Sony SNC-DH220 indoor cams My main question lies around the Exacq. The boss is having me look into ACTi's software that comes with the cams, build our own NVR (he's a Dell diehard) and use only ACTi cams. But will this be a robust solution for a large IP install? This would obviously assume that we ditch the analog cams and build back an all ACTi system to which I am not inclined to do. Any thoughts on the process would be appreciated.