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With control center, you start the control center services (the ones you wish to use) on the main GV system. Once those are started, you can connect remotely from another pc with the control center software (and dongle) installed. I use it on my laptop, it is like being at the main geo system (apart from a few odd things that are not supported) with the remote dvr, the remote desktop works great, and you can live view any camera, or view in a matrix.

Does microsoft ever sell a product without planned obsolescence? They all have life spans, microsofts long term strategy is simply to make more money.

What do you want to use it with? I have not used that model, but a look at the specs showed bnc connections which are compatible with most cctv setups. It is only 420 horizontal lines resolution though, which may not be enough if you are going to be using a higher resolution camera setup, a higher res monitor may be better in that instance. If its for medium res cams, or a dvr that has a medium/low res then Im guessing it should be fine.

Could you post a pic/screenshot of what you are seeing on one of the cameras that is giving you trouble?

I have no idea how they can get 38 mega pixel working for cctv, but its there along with 9.9 mega, and 21 mega pixel as options for the camera on the link from earlier in this thread http://www.aventuratechnologies.com/products/product_detail.asp?clProdID=275 Mind you, I could buy a house for the price of it.......

If it is being sold on ebay, its either fake, or not worth buying unless you are not concerned about a lack of support/warranty from geovision (as they do not cover any geo cards sold on a auction site)

Good question. Also are there any plans for ipix support (just picked up a commandview dome ) or any way it can be added?

Just drooled over the thought of their 38 mega pixel camera, then nearly had a heart attack when I saw the price elsewhere.....

The pic looks a bit like one of these, but different? http://www.arecontvision.com/products_8360.html It could also be as mentioned earlier, one like photoscan used to use, they used to do similar ones for boots the chemist, but indoor models, with fake lenses that rotated with the real one. I also saw one on ebay once, that looked similar, it had a real pan tilt inside with extra lenses on the dome, but it was not the one in the pic, similar but quite different if you know what I mean...

Cool, will be interesting to see the pic!

Sounds interesting, they are not something I am familiar with, where abouts did you see them? Usually on the streets (sides of tall buildings) they either have the large type old school pan-tilt-zooms, with a large pan/tilt head holding a big exernal housing for the camera, often with a couple of dennard IR lamps bolted on the sides, or they have either a dennard dome or the newer dome cameras (a bit like the forward vision metal mickey cameras). Cant say I have ever seen a large dome enclosure containing 4 ptz cams (where they dome cams inside the enclosure, or where they pan/tilt heads with camera inside the enclosure) I have seen a large dome enclosure with about 4 lenses in the past a long time ago, but that was in a shop, never seen one outside. Could you describe it a bit more?

Is there a reason the camera has to be discreet, is it for covert monitoring where the subjects do not know a camera is present?

It keeps the video in a buffer, and starts writing (from the beginning of the buffer, ie pre-event motion - when a even occurs.) it can then continue writing the event, and with post event it just keeps writing the video for a specified length of time after the event occurs (ie 1 min, or 2 mins etc after motion or alarm has stopped) The buffer can either be in memory, or on the hard drive depending on the dvr/software and sometimes its settings. If possible try to always go for one with pre event buffer in memory, as otherwise the hard drive is always writing data, even when there is no events occuring. When its in memory, it only has to write to the drive when something happens.

It should be fine, its common to have video and rs485 in the same cat5 where needed.

60 cams in total, 2 covert cams and 2 covert mics per room? Im really curious as to the use of this...

I have a very similar sounding adapter, when I got my samsung dome, I had to get it working... Total lack of instructions with the adapter, so I measured the 5v and grdn lines, and found nothing on them. I wired up a 5v supply to the 5v terminal, the other half (ground) to the grnd terminal. Then the other two terminals I wired to the rs485 on the dome (+ to d+/a and - to d-/b if I remember correctly) It worked a treat. I had tried it without the 5v supply wired up and nothing happened... Your adapter may be different, but thats how I did mine.

Ubuntu is a variant of linux/unix I guess the question is, do the cards work on linux/unix, specifically ubuntu version of it. Im guessing not...

The max recording length (per clip) is 5 mins for geovision, it sounds like the cameras are recording permanantly (in 5 min clips) due to the motion sensitivity being permantly set off. Check the motion sensitivity level for each camera, and also set up masks to mask out unwanted motion where needed.

Maybe they are planning on expanding to cover home security in the long term, they would have a camera in lots of homes, covering the area near the tv that a thief is likely to go for... They just need to charge for a service where footage is recorded whilst you are out, and allow retrieval if their is a incident... They could make a fortune....

If you go the homemade route you could use a joystick and buttons from a arcade system, as long as the microswitches are mains rated and its all done safely etc. The BBV tx1000 keyboards/controllers I can see on ebay at the moment are good bits of kit (no idea if the ones for sale are working or not, thats always the risk with ebay) but I have one like that, and they are rock solid bits of kit. They can control pan/tilt as well as zoom/focus, and some have alarm capabilities (some dont). Very nice bits of kit, that are built to last. You would need a receiver for each of the heads, and they would need to be for 240v heads (some receivers are for 24v's) these also pop up from time to time on ebay at a reasonable price, and manuals are available for the bbv ones on their site. The controller will control BBV/Dennard/Dedicated micros recievers for pan tilts, usually via up the coax, where the control is sent via the same cable as the video. Once setup, they work very well, and are reliable units that should last a long,long time. If you go with a bbv controller, make sure you get a receiver that is compatible, dennard, bbv, dedicated micros stuff should be ok, but other makes such as molynx or baxall (now defunct, but the stuff will be around on ebay for a long time) use incompatible signals that are not going to work unless you get a same make controller... Sometimes you just get a receiver board on its own, and it would then be up to you to source a suitable box, mount and power supply, so if possible try to get one pre-built that is ready to connect straight to your pan tilt, it saves hassle. Telemetry receivers etc are becoming fairly obsolete and harder to get hold of as more people are using domes, so they tend to only come along now and again, but if you set up a search on ebay and get it to email you when any show up, you should be able to find some in time. But they do tend to be reasonably priced second hand.

Welcome to the forum! Sounds like the weather is just as bad in wales as it is up in the north east of england, although its finally stopped raining, and the sun just came out, but its been really bad the last few days..

Hi, Do you have the leads or connector that plugs into the pan tilt head? That is the first thing to worry about, as they seem hard to get hold of, unless you can get one from a supplier, but I rarely see those connectors or leads available. I had to butcher my dennard pan tilt head to wire in the cable inside the unit, not recommended for safety unless you are experienced with mains electricity though. (As it is a moving unit, connections need to be perfect, and not wear or move over time...) The connection details seem to be available on the net (user manuals are available online, at least for the c990, the other one should be available to) If you do have the right lead, or can get it then you can move on to the next stage, the control of the head. You have a couple of choices really, either hardwire a controller, with switches or a joystick, but you need mains rated switches, and 110 percent confidence your not going to set fire to the place/kill yourself or someone else with faulty wiring.... Or buy a premade telemetry controller/transmitter/receiver setup that will allow you to control the pan tilt heads. You can get a controller that can control multiple pan tilt heads, you just select the number of the one you want, and control from the joystick goes to that unit. You need a receiver for each pan tilt head, this receives the telemetry instructions from the controller and controls the mains voltages to pan/tilt the head. A good place to look/ask would be building block video (google for BBV cctv or similar), they do a full range of telemetry systems, controllers and receivers suitable for this type of equipment. These units will be pretty heavy, if they are anything like the dennard head I have, so if your going to mount them you will need to follow the safety instructions in the manual fully, with safety chains etc if applicable in case the mounts fail, to stop the head landing on someones head. Also, you would probably need to get them installed or checked professionally if your in the uk, as they may fall under the part p electrical regs, worth checking out to be on the safe side as most electrical work of this nature (fixed mains work) now needs approval etc. Its either going to be a expensive setup (unless you get a bargain on ebay, but your going to be spending a lot of time learning the ropes on telemetry systems if you go that route) to buy new, or a home made job, if you are capable of wiring them up - but I advise against the DIY route for mains electricity, its pretty deadly and easy to get wrong.

If the dome really is up the coax only then you will end up having to get a controller for it, or a adapter of some sort to work with another controller. BBV (Building Block Video) may have something, if VCL does not produce anything themselves. Or you may be able to get a different board for the dome, that supports rs485 if you are lucky.. Do you have a model number for the dome so people can see what dome it is, maybe someone knows? Phand: Up the coax controll is where the control signals are sent in the same wire as the video signal, they both go up the same coax cable. The telemetry control signals are usually put in the unused area of the video signal, and decoded at the dome / or telemetry receiver, you need a compatible transmitter to put the signals in the coax, and a compatible receiver to seperate them out from the video signal, and interpret them.

This was released fairly recently, http://www.fvcctv.co.uk/products/documents/MIC1_412_thermal_version2.pdf not sure of the cost, but I would assume rather expensive....

Any one have, or know where you can download a driver/manual for the SUC110 IP camera? Looks like this one Its working on the IP address on the camera, showing a image fine, but the CD that came with it is damaged, and totally unreadable... Cant figure out the settings etc very well as the video server is currently in chinese or japenese or some other unreadable to me language....