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welcome to the forum. I am not familiar with that kit, but someone who is may be along to help later.

those sound like the big pan tilts you see on the side of banks etc. They are directly controlled with mains voltage, they dont usually have any inbuilt circuitry for low voltage control with rs232 etc. You can get control units for them, google for building block video (BBV) they do a full range of telelmetry decoders that can control these units. You can sometimes pick them up on ebay cheap once you have found the type you require.

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Welcome to the forum Ilkie, seen you around a bit on the uk boards...

I use a 1480 and video/audio play back together no problem.

only a matter of time, before most of it probably comes affordable.... But for now, just a dream for most cctv systems.

the problem with these type cams is the 3 megapixel or whatever the sensor is, has to cover a massive area, so each 'normal' dewarped view, is not that high resolution. Plus a fair bit of the sensor is completely wasted, if you look at the previous images, at the 'circle shot' you will see all that black space around the circle, thats a lot of sensor going to waste. So a 3mp image is not even a 3mp image, its a part of 3mp contained in the circle, then its dewarped and you get even lower resolution...

Hi dejota. ease of use ......(post, cant remove footage) must play footage back without 3rd party software/ ability to export recorded data to approprite mediums. none of which the secbo sdvr-b-p04 can do. my point about my post is ebay crap is crap. when cctv was about footage on a video tape end users could not go wrong now with digital end users go for price. or how many flashing lights and how it looks. without looking at the important stuff like ease of use , does it burn to pen/cd/dvd along with the player. people buy cctv for home use to protect them from problems. buying cheap crap only gives you another problem. you have some very good budget systems on the market like the Avermedia 1304 sata or the Avertech both for not alot more money. Im not aware of any UK legislation that states "must play footage back without 3rd party software" or anything similar. You should include any playback software required to view footage when you provide the footage, and if possible a guide on how to use the viewer if its not something they are likely to be familiar with. There are no definate guidelines for what is acceptable cctv footage in court, it is up the the court at the end of the day what they will allow, or not. I have never had any problem giving the police evidence that requires playback software to be used (such as geovision exports, visimetrics fastar archives).

Even if there is no financial liability on your part if it does not do the job right, (which seems odd), what about the liability to life, if a bodge job lets through a vehicle with a bomb, and that bomb kills a lot of people? Apart from the morality issue, if a bomb does go of, how will it look on the hotel part, and your part, and your companies part if an investigation shows they hired someone with no experience at all, who trusted total strangers on the internet to give them advice for a device meant to detect bombs?

Her expectations are very unrealistic. Why has she got tills in the shop? Why didnt she just use some carboard boxes to store the money in, a pen and paper for receipts and a calculator for the numbers. It would be cheap, and do the job, sort of.. But she bought the right tool for the job.... Same as she should spend the money on the right tools for this job, its a business, and she wont be thanking you if you cave in and go with her wishes for a 400 (or even 900) dollar system, she may thank you when its installed, but not when she needs the footage from it. I would tell her she is best of getting a cctv company in, and paying decent money now, rather than paying for a cheap system, realising later its not any good, and paying again for a new system (and probably realising again, its still not good enough) before finally buying something that does the job well.

Most pc psu's can push multiple amps out at 12v, I cant see a few cameras causing any problem with the 12v rails on any psu power supply, unless its a really weak psu, and the cameras are monsters with big ir lamps attached....

replied here http://www.cctvforum.com/viewtopic.php?p=115378#115378

For me, its because you have more control, you can specify the exact camera you desire, and the exact illuminator you require. Not only that, but a seperate IR illuminator means you dont suffer from the problem inbuilt IR does, that of attracting insects etc to the lens due to the IR heat. Far better they are attracted to a seperate illuminator than the actual camera... Plus, IR leds dont last forever, and I dont feel like binning the camera just because the IR fails - with a seperate illuminator, its not a problem, just replace the illuminator. You can also position a seperate illuminator better, you have zero choice with inbuilt IR.

It depends on many factors. Some camera's may be required for overview shots, some for recognisation, some for identification, all have different purposes and requirements. Some may be overt, some covert, some indoor, some outdoor. Some fixed, some pan/tilt/zoom. Different risks require different solutions. A site survey from a pro cctv company should identify what is required.

What use would 650 tv lines be on a analogue pal or ntsc system, neither can go that high?

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The method has serious drawbacks for security purposes. Short the power supply on any one of the cameras, and ALL cameras powered by the PSU will go dead, as the PSU will shutdown automatically. You would have to fuse every camera, and hope that the PSU didnt shut down anyway before the fuse you use blew. If you didnt fuse the cameras, and their was a fault, you have to remember that these PSU's can put out some serious amperage, easily enough to set cables/cameras on fire etc if faulty and there is enough of a short to overload the psu. The main problem though, is as said, kill one camera, kill them all....

Is it doing windows updates automatically and rebooting? Set windows updates to manual so it does not do them automatically. Is geovision set to start up on a reboot automatically?

Do you not have the equivalent of redcare in the states, it available in the uk, basically a line that is monitored all the time, if the line is cut, the ARC (alarm receiving center) knows about it due to loss of the line.

any chance you could take a close up pic of the card and post it?

10. Durability (will it rust, is it vandal proof etc) 11. Weight 12. Mounting options 13. Support 14. Warranty 15. Replacement bulb price (if bulb type) 16. Heat output 17 ... bound to be some more...

Personally, I would say install a decent alarm system as well as cameras - you need both really.

Yup, the mickeys (bosch, formerly forward vision) have a great reputation apparently. There is also a new range of thermal cameras from http://www.melsecuresystems.co.uk/ never used them, just seen them mentioned in a issue of a uk security trade magazine.

You cant connect webcams directly to the card... The card is for PAL/NTSC cameras or other compatible sources. Webcams do not output either. I would ask the technician for a screenshot of the problem with the DVR card installed in his computer, with the camera connected to ensure he has even bothered to do anything at all.

Im guessing its interference of some kind, are their any mains cables very close to the DVR octopus cables at the back of the card? What about machinery near the dvr? Its happening to all camera's so my first thought would be to check for interference near to the dvr.