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The Vigil units look promising. I'll have to browse the manual to see how well it will meet my alarm input and SNMP needs. I'm going to presume it supports recognizing the camera's on-board input contact(s).

Pricing is based on the need to deploy them at so many locations. Once we can somewhat standardize a setup it will be copied as many times as needed. The cheaper, the more that can be deployed. The $2,000 budget is strictly for the NVR unit. It does not include anything else like cams, PoE switches, etc. I figure with only a few minor requirements the cost per should not need to be somewhere like $5,000. It's not like I need some very sophisticated analytics. The main thing is the ability to continuously record and then provide some type of remote alerting on motion that does not rely on mail or text (due to the private lan). If the NVR can close an output I can easily timestamp that. I no longer need to have the NVR software timestamp within.

I'm an end-user looking to deploy a cookie-cutter NVR solution that could eventually be deployed to roughly 100 locations. The cameras will be outdoors and used to monitor for copper theft, diesel theft and access logging. The locations are unmanned and remote. The NVR will be stand-alone and locally record video continuously (30+ days) with the option to timestamp motion detection. Access to the NVR will be over a private fiber or microwave radio ethernet network. Each NVR will be "head-less" and preferably rack-mount. They will typically support two or four cameras. The cameras will be PoE 1-3MP. The NVR (or through a cam) will need to take a relay input for IR motion detection or door entry (via mag switch). Since the NVR will be on a private network it will have no internet access and will need to alert via SNMP or a relay output. Due to the large amount of cameras that would be purchased I'm looking at more economical makers such as Acti or Arecont. I want to minimize the motion detection false alerts so the easiest solution seems to be to use IR motion detectors rather than software based detection. I have the experience to spec and build the NVR computer, then install the NVR software (like Geovision or ?). In that situation I would require software that does not have any re-occurring registration fees. Can anyone think of any manufacturers that make NVRs that could fit my requests? Cost-wise, I'd like to keep the NVR price below $2,000. I have not had the best of luck with any local security professional dealers but am open to any internet dealers provided they permit our corporate payment methods. Thanks for any assistance!