PokerMunkee

I have an Infinias system that works for the most part. I recently installed a HID Proxpro Prox Reader keypad. The card reader part works fine. But I can't get PINs working. I have a feeling it has to do with the Wiegand Formats. I've selected "ProxPro Keypad 4-bit Key" and "4 bit ProxPro Keypad" in Infinias with no luck. When I push the numbers on the PIN pad, I get this in my Infinias Event log: Full Name: 0-1" Access Denied Invalid Credential Full Name: 0-2" Access Denied Invalid Credentials etc Any ideas what I'm missing??

Made some progress! If a user is setup with a PIN, the reader requires PIN then card to open door. If the user tries only card, it gets access denied Invalid PIN. I need both PIN or card to work. is this a setting in the HID ProxPro? Any ideas?

Anyone have experience with installing/buying/configuring a DVR/NVR system for a casino? I work for a casino with about 700 analog and IP cameras. Currently we are using 3XLOGIC's Vigil system that we installed on Dell PowerEdge 2950s. The servers are coming up on 7-8 years old and a few have failed. We also need more hard drive space. It's time to start replacing them. We've had sales people from Synectics, Guetebruck, and a couple others. By far the cheapest solution is to buy 4U OEM servers from 3XLOGIC and go with their latest version. But if we are going to change systems, now is the time to do it. I don't want a shared storage solution. I view it as one big basket that could fail and cause our casinos to close (must close if we lose 1hr+ of coverage). Our casinos are in the mountains over a hour away from a decent size city. So I like 3XLOGIC's DVRs that have 24TB local storage with 32 channels for recording. Just curious what others are using out there and what they think works the best for them.

Sure, if your system supports it. I use 3xLOGIC's Vigil Server and I have Arecont, Hikvision, Axis, and 10 year old analog cameras all recording on the same servers.

i3 = Dual Core w/ HT i5 = Quad Core i7 = Quad Core w/ HT Servers streaming 20x 3MP cameras at 15FPS use 1-5% CPU. The client streaming them all will max out a i3. Definitely have i5+ on client computers.

I've installed 30 of the Hikvision 3MP bullet cams outdoors, haven't had one fail yet. Survived some cold nights in Colorado and northern Nevada so far (-10F). Great camera for ~$220. I like Netgear's PoE 24 port switch for $350. Has 4 Gigabit ports and 24 PoE ports. It's managed but you don't have to config it. Just plug it in and off you go. Have 24 Areconts on this in at casino and it's ran 24/7 for 5 years with no hiccups.

I spend $30k a year at Newegg for the company I work at. No issues, NET 30 terms. But use Amazon for personal purchases. Cheaper and Prime like already mentioned.

I work in a casino and we use 1.3MP Arecont cameras with varifocal lens to see money and tickets in the cage windows. Cameras are 5' above the 2x2 transaction window. These cameras are over $500 with lens, each. We use 3MP Areconts over poker tables, blackjack, craps, etc to view cards, money, and chips. These run over $700 with lens. Should be good with a 2MP camera with varifocal (adjustable) lens above your registers. Start with PC based NVR and a couple Hikvision 3MP cameras with fixed lens. Cameras are around $220 each. Looking around a $1,000 for 2 cameras and a decent computer with 3TB+. Surveillance is also good to catch employees doing bogus workman comp claims, popular in fast food biz. You need at least 8 cameras in a restaurant to make it worth your while. I'd budget about $2.5k a store, not including labor.

You should hide the switch and NVR somewhere where no one can easily get to it. A locked server cabinet works well. I like putting them up in the ceiling. The 4 port PoE switches are quiet, usual fan less with external PSU.

I like domes when inside, look better especially on a drop ceiling. I use bullets for outside and warehouses. Bullets usually are better at night than domes when using built in IR. I use this switch on small installs: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122077 It has 12 PoE ports. For $100 more, you can get another model that has 24 PoE ports. Been running these Netgears in casinos for 5 years now, never had a failure or downtime. Lifetime warranty.

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I've seen 64k but doesn't matter IMO

If I was installing this, I'd pay about $3K for a 16 channel NVR. Then I'd buy a bunch of 3MP Hikvision bullet cameras at $220 a piece. So if you want 9, that's another $2,000. So with PoE switches, cable, cameras, and NVR, you are looking at around $5,500. Not including labor, which is probably fixed if you are doing yourself. You just need to figure out which NVR system to go with. I personally use 3xLogic's Vigil (3xlogic.com) as I'm very familiar with them. They have a great app for Android/iPhone. You can also use the client remotely or just plain HTTP. I think you are on the right track, sounds like you have an idea what you want. Here is my post with pictures of the Hikvision 3MP bullets, gives you an idea: viewtopic.php?p=229302#p229302

Our 3xLogic servers have a SSD for OS (MS Desktop SQL runs on this) and 8x 3TB drives in RAID10. They provide a nifty disk performance utility where you can setup how many cameras, bitrate, fps, etc and it will tell you if your disk i/o is sufficient or not. Lemme know if you guys want it, I'll host it somewhere.

I like 15fps. Do some testing to see if your fast enough to beat it.

You'll be fine with one NIC. Check your network utilization in task manager. I bet you'll be around 5% or 50Mbps. 30fps seems overkill but if you have storage, go for it. Get a 24 port PoE switch with a couple gig ports. One gig to your TP Link. If you had another NIC on DVR, you'd plug one of the gig ports to your DVR. But you'll be fine with only 10 cams.

Our system (3XLOGIC) has two sets of files in the 1AM folder. There is a file created for each 1 minute of footage. So typically each camera will have 60 files (60 minutes) in each hour's folder. After Fall DST when we jump back, I'll have 120 files for each camera in the 1AM folder. The CPU spikes during this hour as the system renames the files before writing the new ones and updates the SQL database. When I review footage from 1am-159am, it plays each minute twice (first 1:01am plays, then the second 1:01am plays. Hope that makes sense. Can you browse the data drive and view the files? I'd hope all systems could handle this.

PoE switch is the way to go. If you want gig, looking at $150 to start. Not necessary if you only have 4 cameras

Should be doable with a little work. Get cams working on a NVRs at the old man's house. Setup a wireless bridge using powerfully outdoor rated point to point antennas. Should be able to get close to 100Mbps reliability with little cost, under $300. This is standard stuff for businesses with buildings. I've connected offices 10 miles apart. If connection is reliable enough, you could put NVRs at main site and stream cameras over wireless.

LOL. Spit up my coke!

I just hide the DVR somewhere in the ceiling that requires a ladder. If paranoid, put a decoy DVR (labeled) in plain sight with fake cables going into it. In my casinos, we record our IP cameras simultaneously to two NVRs in separate server rooms. Protects us from server, power, and A/C outages.

Old school surveillance guys just don't understand IP cameras. It's like asking your mom and dad to setup a network of 200 devices. Unless they are already technical, reading books and articles is overwhelming. They are learning surveillance all over again. I'm in the process of converting 600 analog cameras to IP and doing it all by myself for the most part. The old school guys are good at running cables, so that's a huge plus. But yeah, you still see analog kits at Costco/Sams and I just shake my head.

Check out 3xlogic.com. I have bought their software and DVRs for a bunch of projects (casinos, retail, homes) You can get a 4U rackmount NVR for $6,500. Includes Core i7, 8GB, Win7 x64, and 8x 3TB drives in either RAID10 or RAID6. It will do 32 IP cameras. If you need hybrid, add $500 for a capture card. They should have a 2U case certified soon for NVR (no capture cards) installs soon. 32 $300 decent 2MP or 3MP cameras = $9,600 in cameras. So, $16K for 32 cameras and NVR. Or just around $500 a camera.

Good advice, completely agree with it. We have UPS backup for 1.5hrs but not currently on generator and room gets above 90F after 1hr+ of no A/C. No point at this point since floor isn't on generator either, very small market. Went digital in October 2004, sucked at first because vendor provided crap servers and they went out of business (Envision). So we bought 40 Dell PowerEdge 2950s and did it ourselves. Just can't beat 24TB in 3U that does 32 cameras for under $6,500. We backup critical cameras (t-connectors) to backup DVRs so we have two exact sets of recording in case of major failures. I could see if you had 2000+ cameras and not enough rack space, then shared storage would be beneficial. I'd have to see how it was configured. The system has worked pretty good for past 8 years but having some issues with skipping, which I think is a mixture of motion detection issues and old hard drives. Don't have enough storage currently to go constant recording, which will happen on our next system. Do you guys use motion for any cameras? Do you guys integrate interfaces into your system? POS? Alarms? I think I'm going to have our MICROS RES 3700 system interface in so agents can see receipts and footage on same screen. Never had need before but my as well use it. 3XLOGIC's Vigil is pretty simple, which works for our simple agents. The new systems have a lot of bells and whistles but it's pricey!

Caught this guy having a 3am snack this morning.