markm88

Hi All, I was wondering if anyone has ever put their own hard drives into the ELP-Series or the A-Series? I am looking into purchasing either an ELP or an A-Series unit for a client and I do not like being gouged on the additional hard drive space. When I can purchase a Western Digital Se 4TB drive for under $250 (or RE or Constellation drives for around $350), I get kind of upset when my Exacq charges me $800 for every 4TB increase. Any feedback would be appreciated - thanks very much!

If you are able to shut down the software, you can install the "Utility Package", found under "12.12.0" on https://divisdvr.com/download/software.html - during installation, you will be prompted for a user/password - this will be the new user/password combo. I don't have a DivisDVR PC next to me, but there is also a file in C:\Windows\System32 called angelcam or something of that nature (make a copy of this file before you do anything). Open it and you may find the login and password, I can't remember off the top of my head if this is where it is located. Best of luck!

We service clients in Calgary and surrounding area - I'm excited to try some outdoor cameras to see if they can last at -40

Hello all, We are bidding a job for a 90-camera installation, 66 cameras at 1.3 Megapixel and 24 at 2.1 Megapixel. For the smaller jobs in the past, I have used Cisco's SF 300-24P and Netgear's FS728TP-100NAS (each install for 24 cameras, two switches per install). Getting into the bigger installations, I would like to know if the switches I have used in the past would be acceptable in a large installation or if I should look into a different grade of switch. The 1.3 Megapixel cameras are under 3W per camera power consumption and the 2.1 Megapixel cameras are around 12W. I love the idea of using some higher-end HP or Cisco switches, but 2 to 3 times the cost seems like a lot to swallow. Has anyone done an installation of this size and can they recommend the switches they used? The other thing that I should mention is that the client has no IT staff on site and any issues with this system, I would be the one going out to repair/troubleshoot them. If there are brands of switches that can offer me (a) good assistance in troubleshooting (from a GUI or web-interface) and (b) fast replacement (in Canada) that would be worth the extra up-front money to save myself time and my client money moving forward. The Cisco switches/service plan on the equipment that I have purchased in the past (I felt) were reasonable. Thanks very much!