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Hi all, I have been given the job of putting in a 6 camera covert system. The cameras I chose to use will be Pinhole Sony cameras mounted in and looking down from a suspended ceiling. This is the only I am alowed to ut the cameras due to the nature of the room the cameras are observing ( a lab ) The cameras are going back to this DVR a DVR 9060 9ch 250Gb from RF concepts or something very similar. The customer wants to be able to observe the footage without going near the DVR so I was going to put it on a wireless LAN . Has anybody every used a wireless LAN ( Buffalo 125MBsec) to view a DVR if so what is the quality like? Any ideas welcome.

Done the firmware upgrade and it seems to have done the job. I tried to download the latest Utility software and it installed ok but wouldn't run. It gave a abnormal termination error ?? Anyway I'm using the software that came with it and all seems OK. Many thanks for all your help it was really appreciated. A great forum full of really helpful people. " title="Applause" />

At this stage I will try anything!! I'll give it a go and let you know.

I'm fairly sure it does it, at least it does in the manual, but I cant find the equivalent setting in my version. As far as I know it will store the files locally in c:\remotedata I cant find the settings relevent to this file location.

From what I can tell the solution is to be found in finding the remote storage path. The latest manual I have doesnt seem to be exactly the same as the software version I'm using. The software seems more recent and although the manual shows me how to set it up in the RC1000 software the settings are slightly different in my version. Any ideas?

Thanks all I have just setup 2 EB 1304 Net DVRs and can view them over the LAN and NET. I'm pretty happy with the software that comes with them but I have noticed something that I cant understand. When viewing footage over the LAN you only get to view the last 16 motion recorded events ?? There is no option to search by time/event etc? I have noticed that all this is available when viewing footage locally. Am I missing something? I'm under pressure as this setup has to go live this weekend and remote playback of all footage is needed! Cheers

Hi all !! Just like to introduce myself. I have recently setup a CCTV company after a few years doing it as a sideline and many years in the IT industry. Look forward to talking to you all.

All digital DVR installs. I havnt installed any IP cameras as the need has not arisen yet.

Many thanks....Great response!! I changed the video port to 85 and hey presto it worked!! Many thanks again.

Yeah thanks for the reply. Problem is that I cant find any reference to remote management or anything similar on the router configuration. Head wrecking !!

Got the system setup on the bench here, all looks well so far, quite happy with the quality etc. Someone mentioned using Clay to hold the pinholes in place? Is this modelling clay? Any other ideas on how to mount the pinholes, they do get a bit hot! Thanks again.

As a precaution I have ordered some mini bullet Pinhole cameras with a 9MM Lens just to have with me. Thanks again.

The camera has to be hidden as much as possible in the roof space and has to be a pinhole so I'm pretty much stuck with this type of camera. It has to be mounted on a ceiling tile as we are not allowed to put in PIR cams etc in case the unions spot them and cause a fuss.

We done a survey and found possible locations for the cams. We chose to use the 3.7mm "1/3" EXVIEW HAD DSP Color CCD sensor" 550TVL We have asked for a sample of the ceiling tile as its a bit different to the normal type to get the mounting correct before we go in. I reckon this lens should be enough as it will be 8-9 feet above the target where we are looking to see what he/she is doing when packing the product.

Just got confirmation of the job yesterday. Thanks all fo rthe great tips. So far the plan is to put 2 Avermedia 1304 Net DVR's in the roof space and put 4 Hi res Pinholes in the suspended ceiling and 2 in the some emergency exit signs for a different angle. I'm going to wire the DVR back to a secure office over Cat 5 instead of wireless because of a concern over the loss in video quality and a concern of an over eager IT dept. Hopefully this will be good enough to gather evidence for them. I like the idea of using clay to mount the cameras I'll test that. We intend to have the system fully tested before the install to avoid any hickups !! Any more ideas or thoughts welcome!!

Good idea using the different subnet, to be honest I was worried about the wireless link. There is a patch panel close to where the DVR will be located above the labs but we are not allowed to use it for fear of disrupting the existing network and alerting the in house IT. Thanks again.

I forgot to mention the reason for the wireless lan is because the management dont want to let the IT department of the company know what is going on, so I cant use there network. Also does anyone have any knowledge of the DVR from RF concepts?