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I wouldnt do the converter, I have seen this and there was picture loss, you can get long VGA cables, but once again you will see loss, but not on the remote screen, on the DVR. I have only recently seen KVM over I.P. I was very suprised to see that this actually works very well and the loss is minimal (I thought it would be worse) If he is not using the DVR remote very often then you could simply use a terminal connection (bit slower but easy to do).

I second that motion!!!

Free Short Message Service (SMS) on Alarm Conditions GeoVision will send a text message to your mobile if any of the following alarm condition occurs: 1. Video Lost 2. I/O Trigger (when alarm is triggered by an I/O device) 3. Disk Full (when hard disk storage is full) 4. Record Error The service is applicable to users who live in USA. Future service may be developed for users who live outside the USA. This service is available for limited time. It will terminate in a few weeks after promotion period. GeoVision participates in "Real-time Traffic and Security Monitoring with Dual-Mode WLAN Handsets" Plan with Taiwan government GeoVision collaborates with Executive Yuan in the iB3G Dual Network Integration Plan. The project integrates GeoVisions GV-1000 (480 fps model) to a dual-mode WLAN mobile, used by Taipei Traffic Control Center to monitor street traffic. The project iB3G (Integrated Beyond 3G) Office is held at Taipei International Convention Center. GeoVision presents the integration along with few others that are also selected for the city project.

Yeh heard about that

MAN.. you pay the earth there.... you can simply get one to one sneder reciever cans... they are very inexpensive, I would estimate around $450US to send and reieve each ch.

Downfall is aw with these were that having a powersupply that is proprietory menas that a failure in power supply requires a whole new shuttle case and board.. and the ventilation is really not adequate in such a small case, mind you that is more of a concern over here were heat is of such an issue

I dont think you can guarentee no interference when it is such a poorly shielded cable??? Maybe I am wrong but i cant fathom that after all it is just a small wire. Fibre Transmitters are not that expensive at all really.. the only reason fibre hasnt taken off is the cost and training and time involved in making the splices.. you can get good quality muxing transmitters that also do bidirectional data and Audio at fairly cheap prices... I am yet to see long runs on Cat5 even with expensive equipment that have not been subject to small amounts of signal loss or interference...but there may be better out there than i am aware of, but fibre is cheap compared to Copper

Yeh but dont they have a prorietory power suppply and isnt it supposed to be fairly ordinary??

I would not use Cat5, Fibre is a much better solution and no chance of interference... all you need is a 16ch Muliplexing Fibre Transmitter and a 16 Ch fibre reciever, that is if all cameras come to one point, then you only need to run one cable. But if all over the place then us single ch sender and multi channel recievers.. Fibre is good and is actually cheaper to buy than Coax

I start work for them in a few weeks, will let you know soon

Absolutlely without doubt the best company I have ever dealt with... excellent products (havent tried their DVR), prompt delivery, excellent service, proffesional outlook, fantastic representatives and wonderfull people. If you get the chance to deal with them go for it, we have dealt with many manufactorers..many that have stabbed us in the back, but Ganz has ALWAYS been fantastic

http://www.geovision.com.tw/002/Demo/flash/viewlet_menu_content.html

GeoVision SDK (Software Development Kits) We offer a serial software development components and tools to help system developers to develop the applicatios with Geovision survellience system. LiveX Component can receive video/audio streaming data through network, and can offer input/output control, PTZ control, etc. This component use ActiveX technology to develop. Single View DLL can receive video/audio streaming data through network. It is a DLL file which was developed by Visual C++. RPBX Component can remote playback through network and run remot database query. It was developed by ActiveX. DMIPC (Inter Process Communication) is a DLL file and library. It can integrate with GeoVision survellience system perfectly by using this library. This library can receive video data from capture card, input/output control, event list, etc. It was developed by using Visual C++. MultiView SDK helps users to customize the MultiView Application's interface. RemoteEmap SDK helps user to customize the RemoteEmap Application's interface.　

Each Control room app can Monitor up to 800 video channels, that doesnt mean you are limited to that amount that is just the total you could run on one application, you can run many applications and then there would be many stations, it is not limited to countries, so if you can not connect to US then you may dump at Australia etc. come on Rory.. dont get me started on this again... you know full well that Standalones are only MARGINALLY more stable than PC's and they do not have uptime reports that PC's do.. Once again... A WELL BUILT PC IS ALMOST 100% AS STABLE AS A STANDALONE AND IS MADE WITH BETTER PARTS. I am first to admit that on average PC's are not built well but that is not my doing... what will you argue when Geo brings out a standalone? Thats a good point... but you dont have to build them it would be smart to have a distributor that does that for you. Like I said, the strongest past of I.P. is in monitoring stations and I agree with almost all of your points, I think this will be the new future and it beats me why more people are not currently doing this

Tom, I have to agree with you there.. NVR or DVR it is all the same, they can have the same features and abilities etc..the only advantages I can see with a NVR is... 1/ If a control room exists that supports many I.P cam types, that is a massive advantage over having to use one brand of control room. 2/ If you have the bandwidth.....HIGHLY unlikely then you can simply plug them into an existing network infrastructure. 3/ For small jobs like single camera installs it is actually cheaper than using a DVR. 4/ Cameras are more easily upgraded with Firmware...but a webserver can do this as well. The Disadvantages 1/ The HYPE factor has kept the pricing up on these units making them insanely expensive. 2/ The is a large risk of network failure and this results in the loss of recordings. (this is pretty crucial) 3/ Bandwidth does not allow for high quality images from all cameras (in most situations) 4/ I.P cameras are more expensive 5/ There is nothing you cant do with a DVR that you can do with I.P.cams 6/ I.P. cams can not buffer as much as the DVR can. I dont mind I.P's points and to be honest I think we all relaise it will head this way in the future, but in reality they should not sprout off that it si so much better than DVR until they find a way to convince me as to what exactly a NVR does that a DVR cant..as they are both in reality the same beasts.. you just take the transmition to another area, from the cameras instead of the DVR and you run it over ethernet instead of coax... What will happen as these units get better and price comes down is that I guess all I.p. cams will have a HDD inside them, they can then always buffer, web serve and handle remote requests and then if the network fails it will still record... this I see as the future of the security industry, having these cameras with either a HDD or by that time flash memory of a large size and solar power as well as encrypted wireless networking will result in such an amazing beast...the only problem is by the time that arrives..they will sell them in KMART

It is quite complicated indeed, i will give you a brief outline, but like I said I.P should have been arguing this point...Geo is proprietory, so only works with Geo. Each system can be linked to a montioring station or software, there are many out there, and although many companies offer live video feeds Geo is very different, it uses two other programs, 1/ Desptch server.. this is the link before it feeds to a monitoring station, it is like the buffer station, it decides which control room is closest and determones if it is indeed online, therefore if one station is down it can send to another one. 2/ Heartbeat, this is the link between all Geo syetems, it polls each one to make sure it is active and it can decide what data is sent to the control room. Each time a person registers on the Geo control room his details are entered into the system, therfore the controller can see vital information as to the system link as well as things like cameras that fail end reports etc etc. Upon events that are features in the Geovision or upon actual circuit closure like alarms the Geo can send the video to the despatch server and then to the control room.. the advantage of the Geo is it not purely driven by closure of circuit or motion (although it can be) it can be also set to send video on certain features.. for example, you may wish to mark your safe as a non moveable item, so if it moves then video is fed to the control room, the operator of this control room then through direct automation generates an sms message through the SMS serevr to notify the owner that the safe has either been accessed or removed, the operator can speak directly to the site and scare off intrudors or can move any cameras with protcols to get a closer look, the main thing is that any damage done to the dvr will not affect your offsite recording leading up to this event. The major advantage of the Geo is that it is not limited to this singular event, it can be set for the following events.. 1/ Any camera cable that is cut can transmit a failure to the control room 2/ Any failure to arm the system can set an alert and you can then arm the system remotely 3/ It can be latched to any other output so a brake in in another state can set of alarms at your head office. 4/it also has features that allow it to detect certain scenarious of when to send the video, like a suitcase left at a site or a particular transaction that occurs on a premise.. hay everyone knows i love Geo, but I dont think there is anyone in this forum that believes I do not also sing praise of any other good products so althought I sell geo it is indeed the best and most detailed unit on the current market, but as soon as another product comes along that is indeed better I will be the first to sing its praise.. I have been a very successfull manager in my time and a lot of it has come down to my ability to ascertain good products from bad but also from my honesty...luckily I distribute some of the best products on the market, but even if I were selling caropola I would admit it freely, the lucky thing at the moment is that I am not!

At that pricing you may be well right

http://www.posdata.co.kr/poseng/eng_posdata/eng_posdata/service/service06_dvr.jsp

sorry I lost the brochure.. and havent got a refeerence for the site... I will havea look for it I know AV Consulting has it somewhere... sorry

Hardly new anymore, plenty in the field...all working fine

Pos watch pro, is a standalone

Best I have seen on a budget is the Nadatel $500 US

Or the compression for data transfer settings

OOOOOPS just realised you used the same cams... I am betting its cable then!!

I think it just because the quality of the Ganz cameras, they state true facts about their RES and SN Ratio, I got CCTV INstaller to look inot them and smiled when I read his post, they are awesome cams... say wast that the 640x240 remote transmition or the 320x240....obviously though lighting plays a big part so does cabling..... Nice one MR CCTV the pics look good...even if they are at 320x240, you do realise that you can transmit at 640x240??