ClayPerisale

There's a way to do this which will stop bots from trying to gain access to your NVR/DVR. You will need to set up a VPN (Virtual Private Network). You will also need an app installed on your device to allow you to connect to your home network via the VPN. You can then close all open ports on your modem/router effectively isolating your local network. Now the only way anything can connect from the outside world is to connect to the VPN itself. If you're unsure how to do this, I'd strongly suggest contacting an IT professional to set it all up for you.

Yeah. You'd ideally want a battery bank mounted in the boot, and possibly a solar panel, or an AC inlet to "top it up". For "ease", you'd prefer that these banks, are "per vehicle" being used, as the bank won't be light, although if you had each vehicle fitted out with plugs, the bank itself could be transferred. Then all you'd need to do is shift the bank to the new vehicle, and plug it in. Leaving a vehicle unattended for extended periods is a whole other issue, and much would depend on the council etc, requirements. As I said earlier, this could all be done, but as to doing it cheaply, I'd have extreme doubts.

Okay, this is gnarly. Camera systems tend to be power hungry, so leaving one unmanned in a vehicle, while doable is going to eat up a lot of battery. Needing to conceal the camera itself is a whole other issue, as ironically, generally the low consumption cameras tend to be bulky and very pricey. If you're expecting to do this set up "on the cheap", forget it already, as it won't happen. Fibre optic lens cameras are the most concealable, but again, extremely pricey units. They can be "cheap" CCD board cameras which start at US$200 ish, to very good high resolution cameras, where you can literally add a 0 to the price. (yes US$2,000 PER camera), and as you'll want to identify the person moving, you'll be looking at the $2,000 rather than the $200 option. If you also want it auto-tracking movement, keep going up. Can you do some sort of set up to do what you want? Certainly. I could design this with some degree of ease. Would it be affordable? Depends the budget you have set aside for it, and what you mean by "affordable".

I'm with Perisale, Australia, and we're the sole distributor of Q-See products over there. You need to log into each camera and disable it's timestamp, although you COULD do it from the NVR itself. it's far easier to have the NVR pick up the time off the internet, than it is to use the internal clock within each camera as like any electronic device, these will vary. Q-See has a massive support page which answers these questions, and if you are still getting stuck, they have live operators which will assist you. There's also the option of posting for a solution within the support page itself. As for getting high end cameras to work on an XP system, as not getting into the questionable stability of trying to run it 24/7 for weeks on end (good luck with that) I have serious doubts the processor will handle the load. Q-See systems, as does pretty much every other NVR/DVR out there, uses Linux OS as it's stable.

Questions like these are hard to answer without a lot more information than what you've supplied. There's several reasons that remote viewing could be lagging. Spots that can contribute to remote viewing lag: 1> The DVR itself is in essence pretty much a computer running a Linux OS dedicated to storing video as their primary function. Anything past that is a bonus. The make and model of the DVR itself would help identify exactly what processor is being used, how much internal memory it has, what type of i/o chipset it's using? Is this chipset capable of supporting 3G? etc etc. Right down to does the CPU used even support multi tasking properly? All of these factors can contribute to slower remote viewing speeds and without a make and a model there's no way to even start looking at this side of it. 2> The remote device being used to view. What OS is it running? What third party program are you using to remote view? etc etc 3> Is the ISP for both the sim card within your remote viewing device AND the sim card within the DVR on good data plans, or cheaper lower end of the scale, so which ISP is being used, and are they any good? Clay Turner Systems Integration Engineer www.perisale.com.au

There's no reason this set up wouldn't work, but there will be a few restrictions on it you'll need to be aware of. 1> The battery life of most dash cams isn't very long away from power(none will do overnight say without power as that's not what they're designed to do), but it could be cheaply extended by either using an external battery which has a USB output, or by use of your phone charger which almost always goes back to a USB port these days if you have a power point close enough 2> These units use an internal SD or micro SD card. The higher the resolution of the dash cam (and yes 1080P hd digital versions do exist), the shorter the recording time it will have, before it starts to record over the top of things from a few hours ago. These cameras will record everything faithfully, but often do not have motion sensing or have any way of compressing the video to save space. 3> Check carefully the the video format the dash cam outputs to your computer, as some of them use questionable, hard to find video formats which often means the ONLY way you'll be able to play back that video is on the unit itself. Often the mini CD, which has it's player, and comes with the unit itself, is corrupted forcing you to try to find a third party player which will work. (This actually applies to many cheap DVRs NVRs etc flooding the market as well.) Ideally you'll want to see a file being played on a computer from the place you're purchasing it. If you're purchasing it online, look for .mp4 or .avi video outputs, unless you're very knowledgeable and know of and have tested some of the more esoteric video codecs about the place. Tips: 1. Try to get the lens as close as possible to the glass itself and try to keep the angle to as little as possible to reduce reflection. Remember that at night when your light is on in your room, your window will act like a mirror if you are going through the glass. 2. Also be aware that these units are not a night camera and on a dash the distances will be far less than from your window to your front door, so unless you give it lighting in that area, it's unlikely you'll see very much at night. Note: Perisale Australia is a CCTV specialist security company and whilst I wouldn't recommend this as a proper security system giving you everything you would expect from a simple DVR or NVR, provided you're aware of your restrictions and you're happy to work within them, there's no actual reason it won't work. Clay Turner Systems Integration Engineer www.perisale.com.au