novicecctv

Looks like the problem may be your motherboard. After viewing their website, looks like the requirements are motherboards with Intel chipsets. And you say you're using AMD? Perhaps the first card is more forgiving of that. Just my guess. John

Thanks Scorpion. Thanks Collin. And a big hello to Evelyn. Like you, I'm new to this and wanting to learn. So far I am. At least I would like to think I am. John

Thanks for the reply Rory. Well, I suppose I keep looking, or give him a list of choices with the pro's and con's of each and let him make the decision of which one. John

Can't! He's got me cornered!!! But seriously, what would be a more realistic price for such a cam? If I can explain to him the why's of what he wants is not feasible for that price, he will most likely see that needs to consider lowering his expectations, or increase his limit on spending. He's for damn sure not a cheapskate. And not unreasonable. This is the one i'm looking at that comes the closest to meeting his wants: PRO-EXTREME SuperVision High-Power 2.4GHz Wireless Night Vision IR Camera with 104 IR Illuminators. Didn't want to post as link as I'm not sure if that would be consider spamming. Only thing I would need to do is change the lens. Has anyone used this one or similar before? Thanks. John

Thanks for the reply VST_Man. System is a P4 3.2 with a Geovision 250-4 card, but has only 2 channels. 15 FPS total. Made a mistake in my original post. Said the driveway is 100 ft long. Meant to say 100 yds long. Saw him today and he said it's closer to 110 yds long if he remembers correctly. Hadn't considered an IP camera because I figured it would be out of his price range for a decent one. Motion lighting is already installed, but light does not extend much past 30 ft., either from the detached garage or the garage attached to the house. Thus the IR. After further checking, I'm leaning towards a good outdoor IR camera linked to a flat outdoor rated TX aimed at a RX mounted on the side of the house. At which point I'll use RG59 to the system. And as far as a him putting a price on it, I am the one that insisted on it. He's a good friend and I'm doing this labor cheap (read free ) Still trying to learn CCTV, thus all the questions. If any of my thinking is wrong or someone has a better idea, please, I want to know. I hate making mistakes with my money, and I hate making mistakes even more with other peoples money. Thanks again for the reply. John

I am trying to find a outdoor wireless IR cam for a one camera system. He has a long driveway(100 ft?) off the main road. House with a single attached garage sets to left of end of driveway, with a seperate double garage slightly past the house. Front of double garage faces end of driveway, which is where I will be mounting the cam, between the 2 garage doors. He wants wireless, so wireless it will be, even thought the distance between the 2 buildings is only 75 ft. Receiver will probably be located inside the house in a mud room being built at this time at the end of the attached garage. So the signal will be effectively going through 2 walls. One exterior and one interior. Now of all the cams i have found so far, none really have all of what I "think" they need or he wants. He's looking to spend no more than $500 on the cam. I would like to keep it south of that as much as I can and still get a cam that does the job. What I am looking for: Wireless, IR out to 60ft or so, 1/3" color CCD, weatherproof, 420 or better TTL. Now the questions: 2.4 or 5.8 frequency? 6mm, 8mm or even 12mm lens? Will I be better off going with a seperate transmitter instead of one built into the cam? Would a outdoor receiver mounted on the exterior wall be better vs. the indoor one? Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks. John

Hello all. John here. Very glad I found this forum. Will be keeping my mouth shut and ears (eyes?) open for a time. Need to learn the ins and outs of CCTV as I have recently been "forced" into the business by a friend, but actually finding out that I do enjoy it and have somewhat of a knack for it. It's been great reading so far, and hoping that the masters on here are willing to share their knowledge. So far it looks like you all are more than willing to do so. I do apologize in advance for any dumb questions I may come up with.