rory

basically if its a low res camera, dont bother setting it to anything above 320x240. Higher Res on outdoor cameras if they are high res or mid res cameras. If indoor cameras have plenty of lighting and arent a high risk area, low res on those. Eg. Smoke Detector camera right over a register, most are low res cameras, so only need to record at 320x240 as higher res makes no diff, plus they have a lot of light. If all you have is high res cameras, and have alot of HDD space, then go high res recording. If not too much space, and alot of motion, then go 640x480 or even half that or adjust according to which are more important. It really differs from camera to camera and location to location, and client to client. Motion detection at the locations also make a big diff. Using a stand alone like GE i always leave them on HIGH recording quality. PCs are where you need to make adjustments. Rory

yeah that would help against the stray bullets

would be moe fun with a flack jacket and an m16 or at least some paint ballz ..

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/stormcenter/2005-07-26-african-dust_x.htm and this is the kind of hillarious crap the prosecution here feeds the local papers ... http://www.thenassauguardian.com/national_local/304128300817121.php occasionally after a weekend we get more of the real deal but thats when they are feeling generous

check out : http://www.louroe.com/ http://www.louroe.com/mics.asp audio for cctv

most mics, at least the ones ive used such as louroe, require positive, negative, and audio, thats 3 wires, or 1 1/2 pairs, and can be 24AWG telco wire, or twisted pair. You could also use standard audio type wire.

said he can install it, doesnt mean you are buying it ... thats a strange labour charge though .. i wouldnt charge less than $150 myself ... isnt XP something free on kazaa??

this thread is smam ..

dude whats a laser tag place ? like the thing used in clothing stores, or the p.o.s. handheld tingy??

Well the rest looks okay as far as specs, OEM so cant say how good it really is, ill just say been there done that. No name, what kind of warranty ..? Anyway, as for the Infrared, 140ma current draw with 24LEDs wont do 100' in pitch dark, maybe 20-30' if lucky. I have seen it before, was on this same thread Seriously though, will keep our eyes out, if you get one let us know also .. thanks Rory

Not sure on those DVRs, buy yah cant beat the GE (kalatel) DVR, still one of the best stand alone embedded on the market, but it cost $$$.

are you using a router? most routers use port 8080, if you can change the port to 80 to load it direct in IE, or 81 just have to put :81 after the IP/Name. Also would have to port forward that. Either way, if you have a router you have to port forward to access it from outside.

first image looks like its out of focus, second one ... someone throw water on it??

That sounds like High Voltage wire? If so, no cant use it. As for the Siamese, same here, even worst it costs us over $500 time as we land it here, but its worth it. If you have 2 pair (4 wires) of stranded wire, like telco stranded wire, normally its not stranded but some are, then you could use 1 pair for positive and 1 pair for negative, as normally by itself it is just 24 or 22AWG. Audio will need its own pair, normally you can use the ground from the cameras 12VDC wire, so the other 2 wires would be positive and audio. If it is something like a Louroe mic you can just run 1 telco wire, or use 2 pairs off a UTP bundle or cat5 cable. Infrared will draw more, so will need to look at what cameras you plan to use (eg. OEM Bullets with IR, or Extreme CCTV IR cameras) and go from there. Also check the distances, you may be able to do all of this on twisted pair. Is the RG6 copper braided or standard Cable TV coax? Once again, twisted pair gives you more options for upgrades and add ons. UTP Multi pair will have to have enough pairs for add ons. If you are really just concerned with video right now, then run a siamese cable for each camera location, even if you dont add the camera now, and also run a UTP multi pair to each one. If you have copper braided RG6 then use that for video, and something like speaker wire or lamp cord wire for power, like us in the 3rd world we sometimes have to improvise, and our local electrical store has alot of "precut" wire, but RG59 copper braided can be hard to find locally, so unless we order siamese, sometimes (not me) others will just use Cable TV RG6 and Lamp cord wire for power. If you can get RG59 Copper braided would be much better. As for UTP, for example: PTZ Data = 1 pair, Video = 1 Pair, Video Power(not PTZ, low draw cameras) = 2 pair (depends on power used also as to what distance you can get out of it), PTZ Video = 1 Pair (or if it is an OEM PTZ it will more than likely need Coax, if it is a higher end PTZ like a GE, etc, then you can order them with UTP module), You can also use it for other uses such as alarm system devices, eg Motion Detector will use 2 pairs (1 pair signal, 1 pair power, or you can power a couple with 1 pair), Expanders which allow 8 alarm devices would say use 1 pair for polling loop signal and 2 pairs for power depending on how long the run is, Keypads will use 2 pairs, etc. Rory

Levon ive never used them, just know they have been around from way back when .. Say Security sells them (kodicom), and another member on here Kaysedeya has also used one ... there are quite a few of them out there, just type in "webdvr" in a google search for kodicom and i3 DVRs Also, there is an i3 rep on this forum somewhere ... http://www.cctvforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=1676&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=i3dvr&start=0 http://www.cctvforum.com/viewtopic.php?t=1319&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=i3dvr&start=0

Is it a PC Card, if so you need to set an IP for the PC, if sharing the internet connection, and also would need a Router. You would also set up a port forward in the router to forward to that IP so you can connect remotely. Not sure on the DVR card set up but you may have to start the web server or http (browser) server manually, or at least set up user access for it. Let us know more .. if you havent already got it figured out. There are a couple members on here that support Kodicom or have used it, they may jump in. Rory

Simple method is to use the Multicam Remote View Software, much faster and no connection time out issues like the browser based.

Depends on the camera and the voltage draw. What type of wire is the thermastat wire? If it is stranded then you can always double it up, if its only 1 pair only, make sure its at least 20AWG. Though shorter runs and lower draw cameras (eg. 12VDC BW Bullet cameras, even color bullets) then you could even get away with doubling up regular telco wire, at short distances. Best to first get an idea of the type of camera you will use. If they are going to be Infrared cameras for example (not the cheap bullet type), then you would want at least 20AWG and safer to go with 18AWG. You can actually power low draw cameras over cat5 or twisted pair, certain lenghts for different voltages, only certain distances, and dalways doubling up. So really depends .. Rory

Never heard of it, but there are a few companies called Meridian on google that are just CCTV installers/Integrators, maybe they are just referring to whatever DVR the company called Meridian uses ... like my "BahamasSecurity.com DVR"

http://www.rapidos.com.tw/htm/products.htm just heard about them ... now

Levon if you are going brand, like your other line of products, then you would want the Kodicom. Otherwise I3 writes their own custom version of software for it. http://new.kodicom.com/Products/Eng/prod.asp

nah some other messed up name, a femal supposedly also, who knows though, this is the iNet, could be bin laden ...

not sure, but Kodicom is a manufacturer out of Korea, they have been making stand alone DVRs from the Kalatel days, another very good stand alone actually.

i believe they are Kodicom ...

some scumbag on a bahamian forum is actually supporting the terrorists, and to make it worse, they live in london right now, claim to be a lawyer, and just came back from the middle east!