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How high is that camera installed? Looks like head height @ around 6'. Just curious.

But you gotta be one mofo of a shot. What's a "mofo"? Heh- it's short for mother f**ker. Or is it mutha f**ker. Pick one I guess.

Are all these cameras powered by one power box? What's powering the system and if it's individual power supplies or combo 4-8 way power supplies, please let us know. I would try the ground loop isolators on the bad runs as well, on the dvr end. Keep your newest cameras in line and try the GLI's in line and see if it clears up.

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If I were doing MP cams I'd give them a spin. All eight of my analog cams from them have been rock solid through it all. I'd certainly give them a shot. Apparently they also include their own 64 channel CMS software as well. They should publish more about it. If it's as good or maybe better than other software such as BI, they should be letting people know about it.

No it does not. It has nothing to do with port forwarding. On their website, I see that you can log into web mail. THAT is what you want to setup, when you call. You want to open a web mail address with them, for starters. Once you have that account, you may be able to see other info you need, in the account settings menu. But once you set up web mail with them, you're getting there. Then all you need to know is their smpt server address. Is it mail.seasidecommunications. com, or something like that? Maybe smpt.seasidecommunications. com. They should provide you that info. Once you have the web mail address and the smpt server name, then you can try the different port choices in the dvr in port settings. That port number has nothing to do with port forwarding, so don't even get into that. Good luck with your progress.

Whoever your internet provider is, you need to create an email account with them as well and use THAT email account to set this up- only your IP's email account. I have optimum in this area. From the start I've had an email account with them as well- myaddress@optonline. net. Then you need to visit their online site in the support section or ask them what address their smpt server is and what port outgoing uses. NOT port 25, but what port outgoing uses. It could very well be 587. If you're having trouble finding their smpt server address, try this site- http://www.e-eeasy.com/SMTPServerList.aspx If your IP isn't in the list, just type it into the search above the list. For instance, I searched and found my IP smpt address is mail.optonline.net. Visiting my IP providers site and searching in support for smpt settings, I found out that outbound is port 587. So with that info, in your settings I would fill in as follows if for example it was my account info- SMPT server- mail.optonline.net Port- 587 SSL- optional, see if having it on or off makes a difference User name- that is everything in your address that comes before the @, so for example in the address myaddress@optonline. net it would be myaddress for my user name Password- the password I created to log into that email account Sender- myaddress@optonline. net Receiver- here it can be any address you wish for as many addresses as they allow you. Understand, it is critical you use only an email account and info for your internet provider that you use for cable and internet in your home. Using gmail or hotmail or the like doesn't usually work. When you get this working, you'll probably turn it off. If your cameras are outdoors, your inbox will begin flooding with motion emails. It's only really useful for indoor cameras where motion may be more limited, or for setting it for video/power loss. That is good email alerts to know about. Motion? It depends on your setup. For motion emails- be careful what you wish for. When you get it working, you just might turn it off very quickly. Good luck.

I've not used that system or cameras but I'm sure it could work for you. I would normally suggest more thought and planning and piecing a system together. But you want a boxed system quickly and easy to set up. This will do fine for starters. If you get into it more, than upgrade along the way. If you catch your intruder, it was worth the price of admission. Just intall the cameras wisely in good locations and try to provide extra light at night time. It won't be superior viewing, but you'll be way better off seeing and recording what's going on out there than being blind to it. Now go forth and protect your family.

Huh. If you're ever up late night, see if they're online for support chat. Mon-Fri they are pretty consistent, especially late night....when the other half of the world is awake.

Q-see would work for you. Make sure the dvr includes a hard drive, and buy at a reputable retailer. Good luck.

Cheap- http://www.amazon.com/Zmodo-PKD-DK4216-500GB-Internet-Accessible-4-Channel/dp/B005FM8UL4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1361217560&sr=8-1&keywords=zmodo Better and room for growth- http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16881192231 Slapping anything up quick will give you a look, but it may not be able to ID anyone- in fact it almost certainly won't. Provide exterior light and it will help get a better picture. For a quick install, aim your cameras at points of entry specifically and provide light right there. A good tighter shot on one point of entry is better than a big wide shot of a whole area. So get tight shots of entry points, and maybe one or two wider shots of larger areas. The wider shots will grab action longer. The tighter shots on entry points will give you a better chance of positve ID. Good luck to you.

Weird that qsee isn't in the list of choices in the dvr. That alone would make me call or chat online with support. And while you're at it, ask if there's a firmware update for your dvr. Confirm with them that this dvr should or should not have qsee.com as a choice in the list. But if all else fails, you can start by choosing dyndns in both the dvr and the router. Dyndns, when I checked last, can be free if you do a trial version of a pro account and then cancel before the free time period runs out. They let you keep your one name you setup and it remains free. From what I can remember doing this, set the dvr to DHCP so it assigns an IP address to it. Then set the dvr to static so it holds that address. Then enable DDNS in the dvr. If you must because qsee isn't in there, choose dyndns. Put all the account info for your dyndns account in the dvr. In your router, make sure the ports are forwarded correctly and that it is indeed using your dyndns account and info. Then in IE, use your dyndns address to hit the dvr. If it's not, try two things- in the dvr set a different port than 80, such as 89. Some IP's won't let you use 80 and will block it. And/or, check your modem and see if it's a combo modem router. If it's a combo, you'll need to bridge that- a process I can't help you with. All of this is very particular to your equipment, so it's hard to just suggest something. If you know anyone who is a gamer or xbox wiz, they can probably help you with port forwarding. Anyone in your life that is good with home networking- have them set it up for you.

Great! Now either edit your first post or change your password to make your system secure after giving all that information out here. Enjoy your setup!

I've been trying to grab some shots of the progress of this storm. I'm wiped now, but I'll post more in this thread. My car is in my driveway under there somewhere.

I wouldn't recommend a ptz in that spot. Get a white ball dome with an appropriate lens- maybe 3.6 or 4mm. And yes, try different placements but make sure you try it at night too so you're sure no exterior light ruins the shot. And if the camera is to include IR, I would highly recommend smart IR. It'll adjust the intensity so as not to wash out the subject. Good luck.

You could hook up a PIR motion sensor and it will reduce false triggers. Or you can mask out more areas and see if it helps. Just don't drop the sensitivity so low as to miss people.

So besides the PW, you were using 18004 as the server and they had you use it as the port? Huh. Sucks it took so long- agreed. But glad you're seeing your cameras!

What settings for auto tracking does it have exactly?

To me the other part is support after the install- not just installing systems. Do you know how to diagnose every problem that could come up with every camera you install? Every dvr or nvr? Are you very proficient with networking, including figuring out every oddball setup a customer could have, including all modems and routers? When the customer tries to port forward a game boy or network storage device and messes up the whole network and the cameras disappear remotely, can you diagnose what went wrong and how to get it all working right again? Are you well versed in every type of connector and cable- not only how they work, but how they can be diagnosed for repair? Willing to put up with customers taking matters into their own hands and installing stuff or tweaking stuff on their own, possibly hosing your work? Are you a qualified carpenter, to assure the customer won't end up with a broken pipe, lost electricity, or a leaky hole in the wall from your cable runs? Do you know how to deal with every type of wall and ceiling construction? CCTV in itself is finicky equipment. Then add weather to the mix, battering it. Then add the customer to the mix, screwing with it. You could be more busy with warranty work on the cuff then making money installing. Just because you did a couple of small potato installs that are working fine does not make you a qualified installer. Add volume to that and after each storm you could be chasing your tail fixing things for free warranty work endlessly. And that includes BUSINESSES as well. They are just as demanding and pissy and dumb with their equipment as residential and they often have a lot more intricate, expensive installs- especially on the network side. And they will hold your feet to the fire when something surely fails in the system. I'm not an installer. I'm just a guy who is looking after my own system at home, thankfully problem free, and one at work where things seem to often be plagued with gremlins- inexplicably. I wouldn't do installs as a business for all the tea in china. The gear and the customer make it too problematic. But if you can say 'yeah no problem' to all the things I mention- start yourself a business and have it at it. Good luck to you.

Are you sure there isn't a third port for mobile to forward? For my q-see it's 100.

I wouldn't trust it that long, especially if the camera has fan/heat/IR. If so, you'd be much better supplying power closer to the camera. Even without that stuff on-board, you could have problems moving the camera for tours and such. I wouldn't do it. I have a ptz with fan/heat/IR and even with a 12v 5A, I kept the power run to 15 meters. Good luck.

Moisture can't help, that's for sure. Put it in the box. If not wrap it with exterior electrical tape- not too tight over the button though. At the very, very least if you don't want to wrap it up or box it, secure it with the button facing down. But protecting it from being in the direct weather elements is probably a good idea.

Try hooking up each camera to it's own separate power adapter.

OK put it another way >>>>>YOU want geo to make a firware to switch OFF the IR when power loss or reboot. so every IR camera sold will then have a problem if power loss or reset. you cant blame a company for something that is not a fault ........should have bought a NONE IR camera Um, what? What is wrong with wanting your custom software settings to hold when there is a power failure and the power comes back on? I do agree though- if you didn't want an IR camera you shouldn't have gotten one with it included. And how often do you lose power that this is a huge problem? Might you power the camera with a UPS if power outages are frequent enough?

I know nothing about these offerings from gadspot, but have a look I guess. Lots of them say they are onif and come with CMS software, but I have no idea if they would play nice with other software such as blue iris. Their analog cameras haven't let me down- maybe there's something to be said for their IP cameras. http://www.gadspot.com/c-4-all-ip-cameras.aspx