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"Sounds like your NVR is just recording on a schedule" Thinks: "ah I wonder...." Eureeka!!! The Acti NVR comes by default with the Schedule set "ON" all the time, and Events "OFF". (I suppose it's better that way otherwise it's some newb (like me) would install it and say "it's not working" and move on, or create a load of Support/Forum emails.) I looked for it, found it and reversed the settings (Scheduled set to "OFF" all the time, and Events to "ON") and hey presto, behaving exactly as I expected it too. MANY Thanks atari37, brilliant! " title="Applause" /> Now I won't need 20,000Tb of disk storage. I can't get the smallest Motion Detection working but I think I'm pushing it too hard; I'm looking to detect a persons head looking over a gate in a full screen garden shot. It is asking a lot I suppose. Best regards Andy.

Hmm, I obviously don't understand the difference between "If nothing is moving, then the camera wont record anything. However the live video feed will still be there to look at." I was expecting the camera to turn off the live video feed in response to the lack of Motion Detection, or at least the NVR/server to stop recording said video. So if I understand correctly, you are saying that no matter what, the camera will send it's video feed regardless, all the time? So it's spewing video data over the network and wasting bandwidth needlessly? And all the NVR is doing is storing that data all the time, together with a set of Motion Detection Events? This is actually what I'm experiencing, but my mother-in-laws old analogue system works the way I expect??? Confused, Andy.

Hi All, I bought the Acti D72 camera after Buellwinkle gave it such praise on his website, and although I'm a complete newcomer to the CCTV scene, I have to say it's a fine piece of work! It's very well made and works like a dream. As I say I'm a complete CCTV newb, (but I've had 30+ years as a Comms Engineer so I know my IP a bit), but I had it working out of the box in as much time as it took to connect it all up and install the software. Which is great because I'm a fond believer in intuitive software (you don't have to R.T.F.M. to get it working), but I'm stuck in two items relating to Motion Detection. 1) This could (and probably is) a case of misunderstanding the terminology but I thought that once Motion Detection had been configured, it would affect the pictures recorded by the Acti server software, but the camera sends a continuous video no matter what the state of the Motion Detection, triggered or otherwise. It does produce an alarm on the NMS however. I was expecting only recorded video once Motion had been detected? 2) The Motion Detection parameters don't seem to work within the areas defined by the Motion monitored Regions but seem to apply to the whole screen no matter what the size/location of the Monitored Regions. I still need to do some more testing to prove this to my satisfaction, but that was apparently what was happening. Anyone correct my understanding please? Thanks Andy.

Hi All, I'm guessing that all the commercial CCTV installers have one of these, I'd like to know what they use. I'm looking for a camera that I can use for Testing / Siting proving / general investigation work. I want a camera that must be wireless, be able to Pan, Tilt and Zoom, and be generally self contained. I want something that I can easily mount, via a long pole and clamp if necessary, to prove the location for view/shelter/obstruction, before I go to all the trouble of running cables, drilling holes in roofs and soffits, etc of a CCTV camera, only to find it's not correctly sited to do the job. At the moment I'm looking at this http://www.ipcam-shop.co.uk/en/dericam-m601w.html and strapping on a battery pack to last 24 hours or thereabouts, along with a spring-loaded clamp. Then I'll be able to place it in locations under roof eaves, soffits, trees, etc, to prove the view/location beforehand, without ever having to climb a ladder or drill a hole/run a cable in those hard-to-get-to-places. I'll be able to sit back with my laptop and review the whole operation in comfort. Obviously once the site has been proven I'll need to run the cables etc, but as a proving tool it would be invaluable. It would also be handy for those "what's in my shed doing all the damage and how's it getting in", or "someone is damaging my car/house/property" situations where a temporary camera is all that's needed. All recommendations heartily welcomed, please. Thanks Andy.

Many thanks for helping me out with this gents, much appreciated. I guess I can close the post now. Best regards Andy

Thanks for clearing that up guys. much appreciated. Is there a list of applications, their abilities, costs, etc on this website please, or should I start one? Cheers, Andy.

...so I can actually have all the cameras dump to a NAS and use their player to play the videos. I'm still missing the point here I feel. What's the advantage of using a camera to view it's recorded videos compared the an application please?

OK I've been doing so more research AND a pre-baked/easy-to-use solution is always preferred. I just (naively) thought that getting a camera to dump all it's data to a NAS and then using a separate PC/server application to manage it would have been the common-sense way to go. So some solutions require you to login to the camera to use it to view its recorded images, and the data is stored on a NAS. How do you view the images if someone's stolen the camera? I have to admit this arrangement seems quite crude to me. A "conventional" VMS/NVR is looking more attractive, even if it will be working quite hard. And saving the data to a NAS is just doubling the complexity and systems in use. It seems to me that some serious thought needs to be done for a solution here? Or have I misunderstood the solutions available again?

Ah, so ignoring 1. 3. & 4. "Mobotix is leader in this space, been doing it for many years, all the record and playback is done by the camera"; Playback is done by the camera? Not a PC application? I'll need to investigate that further as I'm confused by that statement. "Hikvision cameras now can do this but only to NFS." How do you view their recorded data? Ditto. "Axis is a little different in it's implementation....you need their Windows PC app to view the cameras and playback recordings." OK so I misunderstood the technology completely on this then, I'll do some more investigation of the above, starting with your website reviews. I came across it whilst investigating earlier, just didn't look hard enough obviously. Nice website by the way, well laid out and easy on the eye. Thank you. The solution I was aiming/hoping for was to just have all the cameras dump the raw footage onto a NAS and use a PC Application when I wanted to review the footage/perform management. Thus saving the power/wear from having to run a PC and a NAS. Thanks for clarifying the issue and saving me some time, it means a lot to me. Best regards Andy.

Hi All. I've spent a few hours searching this forum and although I'm a complete CCTV newb, I'm fairly technically competant (30+ years Network/Comms Consultant), I don't think this has been asked so far. I know what a DVR is; a specific device for managing Analogue CCTV, and I know what an NVR is; the DVR equivalent for Network/IP-based devices. The NVR is a device for storing and managing the IP-based CCTV, but is there a specific terminology/description for a device that displays/manages the IP data that has been written directly to a NAS by the CCTV cameras please? Something like NASVR for example? OR: Is there a table/list of NVR's that will work from a NAS data source? (and I don't mean NVRs mirroring or iSCSIing to a NAS). I'm sure there are but I've missed them on this forum if so. Mind you my eyes are going after so much reading Thanks in advance for any help, and apologies to if I've missed the posting explaining this elsewhere. Regards Andy.