ludshed

This shouldn't be to hard and I'm sure a lot of you have experience/knowledge with this. I want to be able to fully integrate the security with the tv's throughout a structure. Specifically when a predefined motion area is tripped to be able to send a signal of some form to all the tv's, even if it as simple as an led that lights up and/or an audible alarm. Case in point when someone is lying in bed at night and someone comes into yard/driveway they can just hit the pic-in-pic to see what's happening. Any help or ideas/experience will be greatly appreciated. Thanks

Hi Soundy, thanks for the reply. I have 2 different structures I'm working on with a possible third coming soon, both now, hopefully all will have integration with video. I've set them up so far so each tv (3 in each house) have the ability to stream content off the net as well as off the lan. To each tv I've got 2 cat 5's, 1 coax and 1 18/4 going to a coms closet/rooms. As far as being able to have dvr/nvr automatically turn on/change inputs I wasn't trying to take it that far (I'm not, and these customers are not going to come to terms with the cost of control4), just to be able to have audible and visual alarm. I know most dvr's have an alarm output that shouldn't be to hard to split and run on the extra pairs, I just wanted to see if any one has experience with it; pros/cons. As far as the video goes I was just planning on using one pair of the 18 to balun/rca adapter to use in the pic/in/pic. About the NVR option all of the above might be challenging.

Thought I'd attach pic for you. Your MB is listed with the raid problem as well. Tape pins 5 and 6 off like this and I bet you'll be able to boot.

I do currently use stand alones. But they are obsolete. And besides they dont have the complete functionality and ability for customization (mixing of analog and IP's, importing remote locations, real time off-site backup, advanced software for biometrics, marketing trends).

I've searched countless weeks and cant find any good answers. I've found that most pc based cctv solutions don't last. Mainly because if the customer wants remote access (which is always) you have to open a handful of ports for complete functionality which in turn the pc gets hacked and runs slower and slower until it crashes. So I want to start playing with linux solutions. Have any of you used any or even know anything about any cards worth a darn that are linux based? I dont care which flavour of linux. But would be nice if it ran in the linux enviorment and could be accessed by linux and windows. Any Ideas. Thanks

Chipset incompatibility. Certain boards wont work with certain pci-e components. Its an smbus issue. I've had this problem with raid cards on certain boards. If you dont want to try a different board you have to block a certain com channel on your card. It's kind of jerry rigged but works, I've got two servers in desktop form factor with it now. You can use a piece of tape or tape off adjacent pins and use nail polish to cover pin #5 on pci-e interface.