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You can get video cards with VGA and composite outputs. We've used them in PC based Geo systems where the customer wanted an extra monitor in another office. Works fine but as Soundy said quality diminishes with distance even with an amp.

You're welcome. That's what this forum is for and why so many of us signed up. Mutual support.

As Rocko said, why go over the internet? Your LAN will give you full 100Mbps connection not the slower DSL/cable speeds. The other consideration is that if you go over the web you have to make sure all the appropriate ports are open on your router for both computers. Not necessary for the LAN connection. Finally, depending on how your local network is set up, firewalls and such, two computers may not be able to access each other thru the web. Only thru their local IP addresses.

We've installed about 25 monitors at various sites in the 32 inch range at 1920x1080. The best response we've received is from the Samsung LN32B550/650 series (18) or the Sony KDL 32XBR9 (7). Tried Vizio, LG and some other "value" brands and ended up replacing them. Just as important though is the video card. Tend to use Nvidia GeForce for the best display. I'd recommend having your customer go to some stores and actually view some of the different model before buying one online. Viewing is to subjective. They should find one that looks good to them since they'll be looking at it.

Is the Axis 213 the only IP camera on your system? If so, you'll need to purchase a Geovision hybrid USB dongle to get it to be recognized by the Geovision system. The standard system will only allow you to configure Geovision IP's without it. You can purchase them for any number of non-Geovision IP's. They can also be upgraded if you add more IP cameras in the future. Ask your distributor about it.

Can't remember if Ver 7 supported 3G but on the main Geovision screen, go to the far right button on the lower right called Networks. Click on it and uncheck Web Server. Click on the Network button again and check Web Server. A popup box should appear with several tabs. One of the tabs should be for 3G ports. Select it and make sure they are active. The ports listed also need to be forwarded thru your router for 3G operation. If the 3G tab is not there, you may have to upgrade to at least Ver 8.01

If you're running Geo softare, ensure your DNS client (part of the software) is running and updated successfully. This will keep track of any changes to your dynamic ip address.

What type of outputs are available with this Silverware POS system? I've worked with Micros POS systems in the past and they were notorious for saying the could not provide outputs to GeoVision systems or any surveillance equipment because they used proprietary interfaces with their printers and registers. When push came to shove (from us and several customers) they said they could also install and setup either a serial or parallel interface in their system to output the printer data for us. May be worth having your customer and you talk directly to them.

This disclaimer on the IEEE site might explain the differences: "Your attention is called to the fact that the firms and numbers listed may not always be obvious in product implementations, as some manufacturers subcontract component manufacture and others include registered firm OUIs in their products."

With the GeoVision card, the license cost depends on how many non-GeoVision IP cameras you'll be using. You'll receive a USB dongle labeled for either 1, 2, 4, etc, cameras to plug in. With Ver. 8.3X you can mix analog and IP if that's your choice. As for a straight IP camera lash-up, you should look into Mobotix. You can probably get a way with fewer cameras and have better coverage. They also have internal storage (minimal) but you can connect a hard drive to your network for recording. Their management software is free. The only drawback is that they are a bit pricey.

Different cameras have specific setup requirements for streaming depending on codecs. Some are dedicated to H264, others also add MPEG or JPEG each requiring modifications or special parameters to the HTML coding. As for your "Black Box", does it have a model number or manufacturer? There may be software for the specific model.

Sorry about the delay. After reviewing my code, I realized it was for a Mobotix Camera which wouldn't do you much good but I did dredge up this website which will give you examples of what you need. It may even have your specific camera. http://www.networkwebcams.com/ip-camera-learning-center/2009/01/19/howto-embed-the-live-image-from-your-ip-camera-in-a-web-page-part-1-y-cam/ Hope it helps.

What it's trying to download is the Active X controls that Internet Explorer uses to display your unit's stream. Other browsers don't support Axtive X hence you can't view properly using Firefox, etc... I have a copy somewhere of some HTML code that will accept video streams into a website. As soon as I find it, I'll post it.

Been using LinkSys for a few years but never liked the limitations of the Port Forward section. You may want to check out Net Gear units. Their product has improved quite a bit and I've been using them in multi-server Gigabit applications.

Our Geovision Distributor on the East coast offers training. Have you checked with yours?

No problem if all your monitoring is a door somewhere. Try recording multiple cameras in a mall environment with solid activity for 12 hours straight.

Another concern with megapixel cameras is storage. More specific, due to speed limitations of hard drives and other factors, you shouldn't have more than 4 megapixel cameras writing to the same drive if there's a lot of activity. Otherwise expect to replace drives on a regular basis.

With quality cable and active baluns on both ends, I've run CAT5 out to almost 3000 feet with no problems. As for running one end with a balun and trying to get a digital signal into a patch panel, forget it. Impedence mismatch and signal differences.

Forgot to add that if you want to use existing analog cameras, you could purchase a video server which will allow you to assign IP addresses to each camera. Only drawback is that you can only run 2 cameras per video server, at least Geovision's version.

If you're using Geovision and running at least version 8.2, you can change your analog only to a hybrid by purchasing the appropriate USB dongle from Geovision and connect IP cameras to the system. You can get the license for either 1, 2, 4 etc. cameras per system. One note though, if you use IP's make sure you have sufficient storage available on your DVR

Try the following for multiple DVR's/cams in MultiView: To put all cameras from different sites on one screen, Go to "site1.dipmap.com" On bottom right , there is a button "save camera to multiple host" > click. On the small page , remove "New Host" and replace it with "site1" And fill in your password, click ok. You will see on the top right ,under "site1" (in green) , another "site1" (in yellow) Now you can close out of "site1" completely. Restart Multiview using "site2.dipmap.com" Repeat the process above , except fill in "site2" instead and you should see "site2" on the list as well (top right). Now click on the button "Edit Host" (bottom - third in from right). At bottom of page, click on "new", select host and then on top right of screen, click on "Multiple Host" At "Host Name" remove "New Host" and replace it with "all cams" (or whatever you like) Fill in password and save at the bottom Now click on "all cams" (top left), then click the "+" in front of "site1" (top right) You see all your cam’s from "site1". Click on one of the cameras and drag the icon over to the left and release it on the first “Editâ€

Off the wall question. Have you changed your internet browser settings lately on your home computer or maybe started using another browser like Firefox or Chrome? Some DVR's use Active X controls for remote viewing which are not available on other browsers except Internet Explorer.

Agreed. A Mobotix Q24 would be the ideal solution for this. It's discrete (looks more like a smoke detector), has excellent image quality (live or playback), you can zoom in or out on live or playback, can store recordings right on the camera, for later review and as thewireguy said you can sit in your office and review old videos or live views from your office over the internet using your browser or download a free copy of MxEasy software for more control. One addition I would make would be to add a 500GB or 1TB external USB drive to the camera to increase your storage. The max internal storage SD card of 32GB would only maybe give you a couple of days of recordings given a warehouse environment. The additional storage would give you 30 to almost 60 days of recordings to review, if neeeded and it's inexpensive.

There are a number of wireless IP cameras that you can tie into your LAN and view/record to your own computer. Just Google wireless IP camera if you want to attempt this project on your own. There are a few questions that need to be answered initially, before purchasing, though. How big of an area do you need to cover? How many cameras do you need to cover this area properly? What's the distance from the camera locations to the wireless access point? Are you comfortable with reconfiguring your LAN to add the cameras? Just some thoughts to consider and the expense will be recouped by the elimination of you losses

I've just finished installing 3 Geovision NVR's (16 Mobotix/Geo IP cameras each) tied in to a GeoVision Control Center Server with 5 (1-48 inch, 2-36 inch and 2-19 inch) remote monitors All of these monitors are in the same building, within 100 feet of the Control Center server, using VGA input and working just fine. The customer now wants to add a 6th 36 inch remote monitor in another building which is about 300 feet away. My inital thought was to add a NIC card and new multi-output video card to his computer and tie it into our network using MultiView which would give them more control over their views. The customer wasn't that concerned about being able to control views. Then I thought about trying to run VGA to Cat5 to the remote monitor (I ran 4 extra Cat5's to this building for the cameras) but I don't have any experience with this aspect and was wondering if anyone in this forum could recommend VGA to Cat5 converters they've tried or maybe an alternate solution. Thanks