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The adaptor is supposed to deliver 12VDC? If it is "regulated" DC it should show 12 volts but many are not well-regulated or require at least a minimum load to regulate properly. Test it with a camera hooked up. Disregard the voltage on battery chargers, they will normally deliver higher voltage than the battery - that is how they charge.

Well, the thing about Bosch is that the ball was in their court and they seem to have lost it. I'm not going to beg them. If they want us to even consider them they will have to respond to my RFI just like any other company. And they weren't the only one who didn't respond - Petards is also missing a possible opportunity although I may give them a second chance. In their case, I'm not certain anyone actually received my email since their website doesn't have an email contact address. I just cold sent one to sales@petards.com. I plan to visit their booth at ISC.

Does that apply to Pelco ?

Sorry, that's not going to happen. It is a violation of our policies and procedures to release video clips or still pictures, except to law enforcement. I'm not going to get fired to prove a point .

Next time you are going to be in SoCal, let me know; I'll show you our system.

And you don't see the fallacy in your statement? I defy you to see any real faults in our pictures. They are nearly as good as live, with very little compression losses. D1 is 720x480. A good analog camera is 768x494. Not very different. So what exactly do you recommend recording with that is better?

You obviously haven't seen any of the enterprise DVR's. We are running hundreds of channels at D1 and getting very high quality video at 4Mb/s. That's at 32 channels per server, and we could do as many as 96. We have also evaluated other brands that are as good or better, including Dallmeier, Geutebrück, Cisco Sypixx and others; some using a much lower bitrate.

Corrected Actually, there are many systems that can record 16 channels at D1 at 30fps. Ours can (Honeywell Enterprise, but that is overkill at $2,000/channel). Pretty much any Enterprise-level system can do it, but they are expensive as well: * Dallmeier * Geutebrück * Cisco/Sypixx * Bosch * Pelco Endura * AD Intellex * IndigoVision etc. Many standalones can do it: * Pelco DVR5100 Series * ICRealtime DVRPRO16 Some PC-based systems can do it: * GeoVision GV2008 IP Systems: Many open architecture software manufacturers, including DVTel, Genetec, Milestone Systems, 3VR, Bosch, etc. using encoders manufactured by: * Bosch * Verint * Vivotek * ACTi * Pelco or many high-quality IP cameras without the encoder. Do a web search for "16 channel DVR 480fps D1"

At AD, who knows? That was 6 or 7 years ago and it was a Tech Support a..hole in New York. At Bosch - I can tell you that when I get back to work on the 7th. I just remember it was someone at corporate sales. I sent an email to them via the email address on their website and weeks later they responded thanking me for my interest and said that they were referring me to their regional something or other. Perhaps I scared them off with my request in the RFI that our existing equipment be utilized as much as possible. Speaking of that, I find it interesting that so many DVR/NVR manufacturers insist we buy their servers even though what we have is far superior. Many of them are trying to sell us what appear to be cheap server clones running with lower grade storage media. Many still use SCSI (yechhh) and are running RAID5. What's really funny is that right now we have what are basically three german systems in our Surveillance room: * Our Honeywell Enterprise - by FAST division of NICE - Israeli/Swiss but built in Germany. * A Dallmeier demo. * A Geutebrück demo sitting on top of the Dallmeier demo's cabinet (the Dallmeier Tech was not amused when he saw it ).

That is based on recordings using MJPEG compression. Results would be much better with a streaming codec like MPEG4 or h.264.

Interestingly, I contacted Bosch corporate sales with the same RFI I sent to you to ask for a demo of their system. They responded that they would refer my request to their local SoCal representative. That is the last I heard from them. A similar thing happened when we were looking at systems in 2002/2003, prior to purchasing our Honeywell system. A Bosch (then Philips) integrator brought us a demo of their Hi-Q system and we liked it enough to include it in our RFP's. We contacted their integrator and requested a bid and that was the last we heard from them. I suspect that was because we balked at replacing our Pelco 9760 matrix switch with a Philips Allegiant as they recommended. It appears to me that Bosch doesn't care if they sell to us so we have developed a similar attitude toward them. As for Tyco, I'm not certain I even want to deal with them based on my experiences with American Dynamics, which is also owned by Tyco. You know how I feel about AD Tech Support. Good tech support is even more critical with DVR's/NVR's than with matrix switches and AD is severely lacking in that area. It makes my wonder if Tyco/Trident will be the same... We'll see how things play out at ISC!

More than likely the sign placement was dictated by a Fire Marshall. We had to move a number of cameras in our parking structure because of the same thing. We got very annoyed about it and tried to get them to move the signs... BIG MISTAKE! Apparently Fire Marshalls are gods and you'd better stay out of their way.

There are a large number of companies that either sell video analytics software or build it into their DVR/NVR software. You should be aware though that many of them will probably go out of business since the next generation of IP cameras will be starting to include many analytic functions inside the camera.

I'll be there with two of my techs. We will be looking at IP and megapixel cameras, updates to our DVR system, open architecture NVR systems, tools, etc.

What I usually do is walk quickly down each aisle on the first day taking notes, gathering catalogs and info and scanning my badge. That evening I go over the materials I gathered and decide which vendors warrant a return trip. The following day(s), I re-visit them for more in-depth discussions. It also helps if you plan to look for specific things before you go and keep a list with you.

Moore's Electronics in Tiburon, California repairs PTZ's.

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Not a KVM. They're only used to switch one keyboard, mouse and monitor between two computers. What you want is called a VGA hub or VGA Distribution Amp. Also, you will probably need a "VGA extender" for the 100 ft. run. A number of companies make them. See links below: http://www.minicom.com/av_vdt.htm http://www.gefen.com/kvm/product.jsp?prod_id=2077 http://www.gefen.com/kvm/product.jsp?prod_id=3256 http://www.gefen.com/kvm/product.jsp?prod_id=4721 http://www.qvs.com/video-vga_ext.asp http://sewelldirect.com/AudioVideo/AVSplitters/-Interface-VGA?&

RG-179 is really only usable to approximately 100 ft.

Are you using cable/antenna splitters for composite video? That won't work correctly. You can only do that after the video has been "modulated" to a TV channel. You have three choices, depending on the configuration of the monitors: 1. If each monitor has "looping" on the video inputs, you can daisy-chain them; going from the looping output of one monitor to the input of the next. If each has a termination switch, leave it in "high" on all monitors except tha last one. 2. You can install an "RF Modulator", take the output from that and split it to all monitors using the antenna splitters. Each monitor would need to have a tuner for this. 3. You can buy a "distribution amplifier" and use it to split the composite video signals to the monitors.

FM Systems also makes them, but they are expensive: Transmitter Video-Plexer (Two Channel Video Di-Plexer) Part Number: TVP-20/RVP-20 Title: Transmitter Video-Plexer (Two Channel Video Di-Plexer) Category: CCTV Industry: CCTV/Security, These devices are used to transmit two CCTV Camera signals over a single Coaxial Cable at the same time, in one direction or opposite directions. This system can be used to Add-On a second camera in an existing Coaxial camera system without the need to run additional cable. Price: $640.00

DC level is for setting an auto-iris lens.

You can also get a viewfinder like the Computar VM300 and take it to each planned location: Or you could get a 12VDC camera with a calibrated zoom lens, an LCD monitor and a battery pack and use them to find the best camera locations and lens selection. This also allows you to show your customer what they will see.

The British Monarchy don't "rule" the country in the traditional sense. They are basically figureheads with no real power. That doesn't mean they can't be a positive (or negative) influence on their country and they do uphold standards and traditions that the British are very proud of. He appears to be one of the best.

The way things are going, if we wait until after the primaries, it might be "Missed it by that much!"