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That will be $200 an hour please! Thank you very much!

Does your PIR have a built in connection where you can attach wires? Does your PIR send out a motion activated signal via wireless? You will have to hack your present PIR if it does not. You can hook up a parallel pir to send you a signal. The receiver should have a built in relay to activate what ever you need. The device will have a built in chime, and you can use the relay to activate a strobe, or a phone dialer, or to activate a DVR camera channel ect. DEVICE http://www.optexamerica.com/content/38/RCTD10U.pdf AMERICA http://www.optexamerica.com/ OVERSEAS http://www.optex.co.jp/e/index.html ____________________________________________________________ This is of interests http://www.optexamerica.com/productlist.aspx?l1=2&l2=8 What do you think?

I have never heard of those tool places! smirk!

That should work. Putting them in the ceiling is great as it avoids the sunlight coming through the window, and creating havoc with stray ir. I hope the position in the ceiling is good to prevent ackward positioning of the hand with the remote when making changes. You could eliminate the ZC21, but I would not recommend it. You may want to try a pretrial before you install it to make sure it does what you want it to. I recommend devices that flash an led back at you to let you know that it received the "commands" from the hand held remote control. A great trouble shooting tool, as the batteries can go dead, or the emitter can fall of the DVR, or the DVR could lock up after an "electrical issue" such as lightning ect. Sounds like a fun project.

IP cameras. This way each room has it's own IP address. Perhaps you may want to use a product such as Sonic Wall where parents would have to be given user names, and passwords just to get in to the schools system, and then an other password for each room. http://ipvideomarket.info/ http://sonicwall.com/ http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:*&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=axis+ip+camera&spell=1

Long time no hear from! How is the sign business treating you??

Each room where you are going to have an "eye" to see your IR remote control can be treated as a "zone". You can conbine several "zones" to control one item such as your DVR. Depending on how you "design" the system you may want to use something like this http://xantech.com/InfraRed/InfraRed/LCDCFLProofIRRcv/48085/ Now you will need to combine several "eyes" to control your DVR. http://www.xantech.com/files/manuals/100_79520.pdf

If you are a home owner doing a "one time job", then it is not to bad. I know what you mean! I can blow out one of their tools before I get done drilling 25 doors, and window for wiring.

I have switched from Light Tape to an LED based lighting. I tested a two foot strip prior to an installation, and so far I am much happier with it. It is much brighter than the light tape! The light tape is great for indoors, but it is a terrible pain for outdoor installation. Inserting the tape in to the plastic enclosure that provides the tape with protection from the elements is almost impossible!! For you dirt bikers, and motocrossers then you can relate to changing a tube from a bike. You fight with two screwdrivers, and when you have finally used enough cuss words then it finally slips in! I will keep you posted on how the LED lighting goes!

Don't forget to buy a lens, an enclosure, and a mounting bracket. At that price I would not expect much out of the box camera either.

Harbor Freight is a .com which is a low cost tool center. They started here many years ago selling tools out of a tractor trailer at local hotels, and then they moved in to a strip plaza. The tools are great for home owners as they do not apply a lot of use to the tools. Commercial tool buyers will be quickly disapointed as the tools do not hold up in the professional world. They do have advantages as you can save $300 buying a hand held hammer jack for only $50.00! If you get a year out of it than you are lucky. You will soon be disapointed by the harbor freight cameras. They are great for daytime, but that is it.

AVTech, CPCam, and Nubix

Wait a minute! If I left some information that has some value then it was posted by accident! Hey BurstElement, It is nice to know that you actually read my posts! I am honored!

You are going to get some serious spam now!!

It gets even better for me! My wife is a football fan! It is hysterical to watch her scream and throw the remote just as our team makes a mistake! Now that is priceless! Then what am I supposed to do with a DVR?? It keeps my snacks warm!

You contact the site admin Here are some articles to read BUSINESS / MARKETING http://www.cctvforum.com/cms_articles.php?cid=5 There really isn't much going on in those "locked out" forums. Everything is pretty much out in the open areas. The only time the closed off section is used is if we are talking about wholesale pricing, or we have a vendor question. Do be to disapointed once you finally get access to the locked out areas.

You are reffering to REPLACEMENT PARTS, AND REPAIRS! (this is an after purchase replacement/repair job) http://icrealtime.com/icrealtime/warranty.asp IC Realtime, LLC will repair or replace, without charge, any merchandise proved defective in material or workmanship for a period of one year (three years for Digital Video Recorders and complete systems) after the date of shipment. Exceptions to this warranty are as noted below: IC Realtime, LLC will warrant all replacement parts and repairs for 90 days from the date of IC Realtime, LLC shipment. All goods requiring warranty repair require acquiring an authorized RMA number and be sent freight prepaid to IC Realtime, LLC, 3050 N Andrews Ave EXT,Pompano Beach, FL 33064,. (See separately, RMA Procedure Instructions) Repairs made necessary by reason of misuse, alteration, normal wear, or accident are not covered under this warranty. IC Realtime, LLC assumes no risk and shall be subject to no liability for damages or loss resulting from the specific use or application made of the Products. IC Realtime, LLC’s liability for any claim, whether based on breach of contract, negligence, infringement of any rights of any party or product liability, relating to the Products shall not exceed the price paid by the Dealer to IC Realtime, LLC for such Products. In no event will IC Realtime, LLC be liable for any special, incidental or consequential damages (including loss of use, loss of profit and claims of third parties) however caused, whether by the negligence of IC Realtime, LLC or otherwise. This warranty is void if the product: suffers scratches, cracks, or other cosmetic damage as a result of normal wear and tear and/or accident or abuse; is used with non-IC Realtime, LLC hardware products or software not licensed by ICRealtime (including but not limited to adaptors and power supply sources) or which are otherwise not compatible; is modified or tampered; is damaged by Acts of God, lighting, power surge, misuse, abuse, negligence, accident, wear and tear, mishandling, misapplication, intrusion of or exposure to liquids, or other causes unrelated to defective materials or workmanship; serial number is defaced, altered, or removed; is damaged by programs, data, viruses, or files, is not used in accordance with the accompanying documentation and use instructions; or is opened, disassembled, repaired, modified, or altered by other than IC Realtime, LLC authorized repair centers. The above warranty provides the Dealer with specific legal rights. The Dealer may also have additional rights, which are subject to variation from state to state.

I do not think that a hardware reset, or a firmware upgrade should ruin your warranty. Is this in the documentation from the "dealer/seller"?? These procedures are recommended by the manufacture!!!!! HDD testing could be an either or kind of thing depending on what you are doing. Basic kind of "reading" of the hard drive should not effect the warranty, and I will tell you why. If I take a HDD out of one player, and I go home, and I stick it into my machine to help a store clerk record some video for the police then would this ruin the warranty to the buyer from me??? Should this ruin the warranty from my business to my distributer who sales wholesale to me?? Like I said, It depends on what you were doing. If you are an electronic hacker, or like to take things apart then you already know of the warranty limitations, and "curiosity of the cat" prevails over a warranty. I pay an attorney $50.00 to have a secretary type of a letter that I give them, and they add the "legalese" to it. It is amazing the reaction that I get when "someone" receives a letter from "me" via my attorney. Perhaps you can have an attorney draft a letter, and send it to your seller! I think someone is trying to get out of providing tech support! Then again if you bought on the dirt cheap then you can expect lousey tech support. What do you think?

No I do not have a show room at this time. I dissolved a venture with an individual, and they retain the showroom. I have a couple of storefronts ready to go, but the present economy is not helping. I do site surveys in the south Brevard County areas.

If your budget is only $30.00 for a camera, then what is there to complain about?

How does the video look in the dark?

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You can not change it locally on the machine, and you cannot change it by remote? Can you PM me your DVRs IP address? On monday I can take a look directly at your machine.

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