Recently at work we pulled down the computer that was built circa 2006 for a CCTV system. I work at a night club, and the previous manager had this set up with 10 cameras.
The computer itself is good. Granted I had to redo the Windows installation, and being new to a PC based CCTV setup, I found it a challenge, and through Google-ing for various answers and making some phone calls to get it up and running:
Windows XP Professional SP2
2GB RAM
2x 500GB HDD
P4 HT @ 2.99GHZ
ATI RADEON 9600 @ 256MB
Geovision:
GV-800 with software 8.0.1
The previous manager said everything worked fine before it was all taken down. He sold the cameras, which is why we purchased new cameras. When he had it, there was only 512MB RAM in it, obviously I upped that. However, after getting the computer up and running, upon hooking up the first camera to channel 1, the channel goes black. The video lost beep continue, and in roughly 30 seconds, the channel goes back to "Video Lost". I tried other channels and got the same result. Then with a different camera, again, the same results.
I've looked and looked, and can't find my answer. I don't like being on the phone with tech support, since I prefer to read.
I know the card is legit, I had contacted Geovision and provided the serial number to get on the right track for software.
I am now at a stand-still, what am I doing wrong?
