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Have new in box Honeywell Rapid Dome AD5GCFC18 PTZ and HJZPT joystick controller PM me with offer

analog PTZ 18x color camera and joystick controller...$700

GE TTP11VT twisted pair balun. Have about 20 or so. All new and in original sealed package, asking $5 each plus shipping (analog over twisted pair) GE S714DT-EST1 ethernet to single fiber transmitter. Multimode with ST connector. New, never used, asking $400 plus shipping (for long haul IP solutions) GE S714DR-EST1 single fiber to ethernet receiver. Multimode with ST connector. New, never used, asking $400 plus shipping (for long haul IP solutions) Buy a pair, 1 Tx and 1 Rx for $700 plus shipping

I have an ademco AQC30E color quad processor used in very good condition Asking $30 plus shipping

Video Insight 32 port capture card with 16 channel audio. All complete with their most recent analog software and license. $450 plus shipping or make offer

$100 for each kbd300 $125 for each cm6700 plus actual shipping to where ever you are

Have 2 each, used, no damage, working flawless when pulled from systems. Went IP, no longer needed. Pelco CM6700-MXB2 Pelco KBD300 PM me with offer, will sell pieces

axis M series cameras are competitively priced and have quality images. acti have low budget cameras, but the quality isn't quite as good. UDP encoders perform quite well using an nvr, you can put the server wherever and access your system over your network. the VMS software that you choose to run will take care of recording onto the server. most will give you ptz control through the viewer (web based or client) as part of the GUI. a joystick can be attached to a client station. controlling the dvr really doesn't apply to the IP nvr's. putting the viewer on your tv is the catch, it is a little more complicated with IP unless your tv is a network tv with browser capabilities. you will be able to view and control cameras from any pc or smartphone, with most VMS.

what you could do is use encoders for the analog, making them IP as well and then just run a full IP system. this way, you could continue to add IP or analog to the system as you wish. a lot of IP PTZ cameras can be controlled with a USB joystick (gaming joystick) through whatever VMS software you chose as a side note, there are some pretty price competitive standard res and 1 mp IP cameras on the market that might make you want to consider just going with all IP and saving the cost of encoders or analog dvr.

If you are viewing the analog over the internet it is definitely being encoded and the resolution is probably a lot smaller. Are the IP cameras megapixel? What software are you using? and how are viewing (client or web app)? the web app will use the lowest bandwidth. and depending on cameras and software, you can set record fps high and live stream fps lower. With a lot of cameras you set live stream profiles that allow you to set resolution, stream type and bit rate, but that would be accessing the cameras web page and would require a NAT'ed IP per camera or port forwarding set for each camera

Have new in box Pelco MCS16-20B power supply PM me with offer

depending on the power requirement for your ptz, prob at least 12vdc, i would say not a good idea. you will be using the blue and brown pairs along side of the signal and video pairs of the camera, we all know that power parallelled with data can cause strange things. now if your ptz accepts PoE, then you are in good shape, but it prob doesn't. (difference of the switch supplying voltage and creating a custom consolidation point to interject the plug in transformer) if you are not using heat/fan, then you can power the ptz local to the placement of it, saving some cabling.

you can use a db-9 straight thru cable (female to male) to extend the location where you actually terminate the cable. i feel that some of the vid loss is caused by the strain of the cable bundle pulling on the back of the card. if you extend it, you can properly dress and support the cables away from the PC. you now only have one cable from each card port going to a jb or patch panel. a lot neater and less clustered. ever jiggle the bundle of cable and the vid came back? i found those nagging occasional vid losses went away.

pelco has a circuit breaker model if fuses are too much a hassle. http://www.pelco.com/products/default.aspx?id=216

anybody using the VI IP server? noticed that the frame rates setting make no difference, you only get 5 frames. that is not the real bad part, the live view is also only 5 frames. am i missing a setting somewhere? server is 32 port built on dell poweredge with 2 3.0 dual core(pentium d) and 2 gig ram. with 29 cams, cpu is 75% with view all open and about 60%withit closed. all recorded images are there. cams are axis 2420 (20 of them), axis 211 (5) and axis 213 (4). the 2420's were part of an older install. we upgraded the servers when we put more cams in and decided to go with the VI. i like the VI, but 32 cams x 5 frames is only 160 and live view should be good stream. the network is private and all fiber with gig switches. bandwidth is not the issue. cams have their own vlan. VI tech support says we should get better frames...........anybodies input would be appreciated but hoping Thomas could shed some light.

tech support ended up being great. solved the issue which was in the image resolution and compression settings in software that somehow takes control of the camera's output streams. who knew, apparently it does this with the axis cams only. now we all know this fix. with lower resolution and less copression, image is still the same quality, 29 cams capturing ave 20 frames and cpu is down to about 30% that's 2 - 32 ports each with 29 cams on gig network all fiber backboned on campus environment now working great. liking the VI line thanks for the support

we were able to open a vpn for support to get in and look at system. they have looking into it now and we are hoping for good news. appreciate anything you can come up with,,,or your support team.

anybody using the VI IP server? noticed that the frame rates setting make no difference, you only get 5 frames. that is not the real bad part, the live view is also only 5 frames. am i missing a setting somewhere? server is 32 port built on dell poweredge with 2 3.0 dual core(pentium d) and 2 gig ram. with 29 cams, cpu is 75% with view all open and about 60%withit closed. all recorded images are there. cams are axis 2420 (20 of them), axis 211 (5) and axis 213 (4). the 2420's were part of an older install. we upgraded the servers when we put more cams in and decided to go with the VI. i like the VI, but 32 cams x 5 frames is only 160 and live view should be good stream. the network is private and all fiber with gig switches. bandwidth is not the issue. cams have their own vlan. VI tech support says we should get better frames...........anybodies input would be appreciated but hoping Thomas could shed some light.

server has gig nic card. we even ran network analysis. it is not on the network. record frame rates are fine at 5 but it also limits the live view to 5. i need a stream to live view. cam opened in browser on server streams fine

nothing wrong with the twist-ons. i've tested a piece of cable (3 foot) with compression on one side and twist-on on the other. a co-worker and i played light tug-o-war with the cable and both connectors held up. the biggest reason is that they were both put on properly. compressions are nice but really work no better than any other connector. strip for 85% of compressions is 1/4" center and 1/4" braid after you have put a couple dozen on, you feel the connector seat and you know it is good. started at about 70% but now am 99%. GEM connectors are horrible,,,stay away

no more multi-site,,,,,,,,that was easy!!

if you have the time, take test monitor to cam and watch the video for 15 mins and see if you lose video (leaving power from the source through the balun). if the video is good, it might be voltage drop on the video back to the dvr. in which case you can double up both feeds, the power and the video. ex. blue - video + orange - video - green - power - brown - power + using the white and the color will upsize the wire and allow for longer runs as 575' is pretty long on a 24awg wire

the nitek works great. if you use rj45 connector and get some blurred or distorted video, use the terminals and the prob will be solved

if march networks were so reliable, your "truck stock" would be out of warranty before you used it or you wouldn't need to carry it at all or be watching for the next failure. and,,,the one piece that needs changed 60 - 70% of the time (power supply), march won't let you field swap. now you are sending units back for repair and installing advanced replacements because of a power supply. they also have read/write issues on the hard drives that can cripple a system with constant software restarts. haven't seen the feature that tells you if a cam was bumbed or moved, only the sync loss. with that said, i do like the march system, it just isn't the do all know all dvr of the next century. let's face it, a system with no issues would put us all out of work. all systems have their bugs, find the ones you can handle

not a super slow motion cam but a high speed cam, because it is so fast that the eye cannot see it. tons of hunting vids and clips use high speed to track whatever projectile is fired.