RToy

Thanks for the link. I'd already looked at the crow site, and e-mailed them, but they wont sell it without the motion detector & camera package which we don't want. Do you know where they source their components, or do they build the thing from scratch? Robert

I've seen cameras out there that are built into a motion dector, and they use a memory stick to record still images. The recording is triggered by the motion detector. Sometimes sold under the name "Memo cam". The flash memory stick can then be taken to a PC and downloaded. What I'm looking for is the recorder unit, without the motion detector or even the camera attached to it. Want to use our own camera ( as it will be hidden / disguised ) and have the recording triggered by a switch instead of motion. Does anybody know where I might be able to find this? Thanks, Robert

My company uses the Kodicom system and we have our own private GUI for it. The site program was designed this way specifically to keep users from installing third party software on it or trying to use it for net surfing / game playing , etc. Frankly, the only thing I can see to do is to shut down the program. This has it's own set of problems as the watchdog reset will reboot the system after a minute or two if the program is not running. What I do is jump into MSconfig and disable the site program from running on startup. Then I reboot the machine and the watchdog will not be running. This allows me to do what I want on the machine, re-enable the site program on startup, and then restart the system. Next time I speak with Kodicom I'll ask them if they can add a selection in the setups that will allow access to the desktop. They've been pretty responsive in the past to our suggestions. Robert