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You are logged in to the DVR locally in admin mode, which I believe will prevent remote connections. Log out of the DVR locally and log back in using a non admin user. You should now be able to remotley log in Doug

I've been using Geovision and Kodicom machines for most of my installs along with a few Kalatels, I have also installed a couple of Magic Radar based machines, they have been stable for the six or seven months that they have been installed and are very easy for the customer to use, I'm considering dropping Geo's and using Magic Radar, what has been other peoples experience with the Magic Radar? Doug

I have fifteen GV800 capture cards for sale. All are used but in good working order All are older versions some V2 most are V3 sp & s1 chips All are genuine Geovision but will not run software versions later than 6.1 (maybe 6.05-not sure) $750 plus actual shipping costs plus sales tax if shipped to an address in California

I use drivesitter http://www.otwesten.de/drivesitter/ I have it on about 75 PC based DVR's, it takes a little setting up but it works very well for me. I purchased the licenses in bulk which made it very affordable. You can pretty much configure it to suit your needs to send an email and/or pop-up notification. Doug

Locate & make a back up copy of the dvr2.ini file in the windows directory. Open the DVR2.ini file in the windows directory In the section [users] Delete the line that starts with admin or just add a character to the front of the line so admin is no longer spelled correctly Restart the DVR software and you should be able to log in as admin with no password. You can also delete the DVR2,ini file if you prefer, the software will recreate a new file when you restart the application but you will have to run the DVR file installer utility to tell the system which drives to use for recording. Doug

After reading the installation notes, it looks like you may have to install some equipment or cables on the outside of the cab and in the shaft itself which is normaly against code(at least in the US) Doug

VideoComm has a wireless elevator system that they claim has a range of 200 floors. I've never tried it so I have no idea how well it works http://www.videotransmitters.com/ http://www.200floors.com/ Doug

You should set a fixed local ip in the DVR, either before or after the range of dynamic IPs handed out by the router. If you set the DVR to use a dynamic local ip its likely that it will be handed a different ip in the event of a reboot. The problem will likely be worse if there are other computers connected to the router using dynamic local IP's. I use 192.168.1.2 for the ip address in the DVR but you could use 2 to 99 or 150 and above to avoid the default range of dynamic IP's handed out by the linksys. Doug

The modem may be a modem/router set in router mode rather than bridge mode and the linksys is picking up the DNS of 192.168.1.254 from the modem. 192.168.1.254 is the default for many broadband modems and modem/routers, just as you can use 192.168.1.1 as the DNS setting in a computer attached to a linksy router (assuming the linksys setting hasn't been changed), 192.168.1.254 can probably be used as the DNS setting in a computer or other device attached to a modem. You could disconnect the router from the modem but leave the router connected to the computer and then reset the router and you will probably see no DNS, reconnect the router to the modem and it will probably show 192.168.1.254 again.

I had similar issues with the pre 9000 series Eyemax cards which I believe were manufactured by a different vendor than the Magic Radar cards Eyemax now uses. I can't recall if it was the Ajax or the Juno I had issues with, but it was using a browser rather than a remote client to connect. I resolved it by pointing the browser to http://ipaddress/nanoweb.html I don't know if this is relevant or not, but it may be worth a try. Doug

Rigid and EMT are two different type of conduit, I've bent 1.25 EMT with a hand bender and it can be hard work, but rigid? I've not seen a hand bender for 1.25 rigid but if such an animal exists it would be a real struggle to bend 1.25 If you're really using rigid then you should either buy pre bent pieces or rent a bender, you'll also need to thread the pipe. If you're using EMT then you should consider using raintight compression fittings, most compression fittings found in HD or Lowes are listed as "concrete tight " not raintight. Doug

All genuine Geovision cards all have been previously installed 9 x V3 GV800-16 S1 3 x V3 GV800-16 SP 4 x V2 GV800-16 All in perfect working condition Will work with V5xx or 6xx software only Will not work with V7 or 8 software $250 each or $3200 for the lot Plus actual cost of shipping Located in Southern California

The King or Queen of England has no power, in the unlikely event that Harry becomes King it won't be his decision to send anyone anywhere much less send troops into combat. Doug

It leaves two INI files in the windows directory capture.ini which stores most of the settings and dvr2.ini which stores the passwords & the drive locations that the DVR will record to Open up the dvr2.ini file in notepad and delete the line in the section [users] that starts with admin= save the file and restart the software, you should now be able to log in as admin without using a password. Go to the settings and create a new password You can also simply delete the dvr2.ini file if you want but you will then have use the file installer in the MagicRadar folder in the start menu to tell the machine which drives/partitions to record to. Doug

I did a not very scientific test on baluns several months ago. I connected a camera up to 350 feet of cat 5. I used a FM systems cam master to measure the loss on sync & colour burst using various balun sets. I used NVT, Muxlab, Nitec and two no-name baluns. One of the no names performed the best in this basic test, keep in mind that a real world test may be different. I used cat 5 on most of my installations and I've used hundreds of baluns, from various manufacturers including cheap $5 no-namers and I really haven't seen much if any difference between them.

Correction, do you have the recording set to R,M or H ?

Do you have the machine set to record either on R,M or S ? Do you see a red or blue icon in the corner of the video when in the control or status screens? Do you have the correct date set on the DVR, if its incorrect it will cause you to be looking in the wrong place when trying to review recorded video ?

Try using individual 12VDC "wall warts" for the camera instead of powering them all of the same transformer. This has overcome similar problems for me in the past. Doug The transformer is 5amp...Cameras range from 200 to 400mA. I have 6 cameras installed of the 9 I plan to install.

Is this a Asus P4PE2-X board, I have several of those and the "overclocking failed" message is a fairly common occurence after any kind of abnormal reboot. Doug

Something like this? http://www.endpcnoise.com/cgi-bin/e/std/sku=ff-80 http://www.ultimatepc-reviews.co.uk/PDF%20REVIEWS/NexusAccessoriesRoundup-UltimatePCReviews.pdf Doug

14c I'm looking for high quality outdoor camera with a 9mm lens. This is for a residence so a traditional camera/housing isn't going to work. I really need a lipstick/bullet style camera but of a better quality than most of the cheapo's on the market. Price isn't too important as long as it gets the job done. Thanks Doug 83

I don't know where that 756 in the subject heading came from Doug

Yes, I have sent you my company email address as the gmail account isn't checked regularly. To answer your question Yes the cards come with the bnc cables, watchdog reset connector and the software. Please be aware that these cards are not the latest versions and will not run versions 7 or 8 software

I have a customer who wants to provide free wireless internet to their customers and isolate their existing network (DVR & single office computer on a wired Linksys 4port) from the wireless side. A quick google suggests hooking up the wireless router to the modem and connecting the wired router to the DMZ port of the wireless router. The theory of it seems reasonable, are there any pitfalls to this and is there a better method. How about incoming connections to the DVR & office computer, will double NAT come into play or will the DMZ port pass the incoming connection straight through to the wired router. Thanks Doug

Swap the "bad" camera with the "good" camera, if the problem follows the camera, then you know its the camera. If the "good" camera now has the problem then you know its a cable/interference/connection problem Doug