alarmitall

Came across one of the worst and most unsafe installs in my 25 years recently. A private mail sorting facility had an inhouse IT guy install 2 pc based 16 channel dvrs. Ran siamese to all 32 camera. But when it came to powering the cameras, the IT guy when to his local hardware store and bought 32 pairs of extension cord ends. Ran 110v AC over the siamese cable then plugged a transformer into the extension cord end and tie wrapped the transformer to the bullet camera mount. The IT guy eventually ended up getting fired for doing something else really stupid and when he left, he was the only one who knew the codes for the pc's!!! Thanks pal, you helped me sell 2 new dvrs, and about 10 hrs labor to fix your crap...

If you can find a camera that has a negative image option you can have better luck recording license plates. I used to use Samsung 4300 series box style cameras with built in zoom lens. They were around 350. You can find some lower price cameras with OSM that have the option in the menu. The reason for the negative image is with a reflective plate at night, any light from another vehicle will wash out the plate on a standard camera with autoiris lens.

I recently acquired an older(2003) Kalatel dvr, with SCSI when I installed a Dedicated Micros dvr for my credit union. The dvr hd, 80gb, was bad, so i swapped hds from the scsi, installing 2 80gb into the dvr. The dvr is now working fine. My problem is network viewing the dvr. I see from the forum that i will probably need Wave Browser software to view it. I found the software on the bahamascctv site thru the forum, but it is in .rar format. I downloaded winrar, but now seem to be a bit lost. Maybe theres a link to the software that will make life a little easier. Id like to use the dvr as a loaner for service, but not if i have to deal with rar and loading it on a customers pc....thanks