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I think that is integrated into Genetec for access control.

No you would need camera if you go with there ALPR solution. Another open you can look into that works with Avigilon is Platesmart.

Here you go: http://www.meanwellusa.com/

Don't forget to mention Hikvision is owned by the Chinese government and has he worst track record for security/hacking.

If you want something easy to install and use that is super reliable with great support I recommend Avigilon. Use Avigilon cameras with there VMS for easy to manage solution. If you are looking to integrate access control and alarms and you want some really cool advanced features Genetec has a great solution. Axis and Bosch work really well with Genetec.

I don't have any experience with FST yet but I have heard good things. Might want to reach out to them. Facial recognition is not easy and there has been a lot of people have that have been burned by companies that over promise and under deliver. Make sure you do a pilot at your site to test in your environment. http://fstbm.com/

Interesting feedback. For your future reference Avigilon offers FREE 24/7 phone support to dealers and end users. Most other VMS platforms do not offer this or they charge a lot of money to access support. Avigilon's support is very good and will answer any questions you have. When it comes to professional VMS software Avigilon is very light on CPU resources including the both the client and server side of the software. We have one system with 230 camera streams coming into one server and the CPU is less than 20% utilization. As far as the UI we and our customers find it is very intuitive to the point where most customer don't even need training to start viewing live and recorded video. When you start showing customers some of the advanced tools on how you can search days/weeks/months of recorded video for people and vehicles only and get this results in seconds they are always impressed. If you have any specific questions I will do by best to answer them as time allows.

Thanks, but neither of them will respond. Any other options? I checked my inbox and I don't have any messages from you. I really hate turning business down but we are slammed with installs right now so I would recommend working with another Avigilon partner like AK357 for this project.

Most all professional VMS software runs on Windows. Also most VMS solutions have recurring fees but not all. http://www.networkoptix.com runs on Windows and Linix. You have a license fee and nothing recurring http://www.Avigilon.com runs on Windows only and you have a licenses fee but nothing recurring.

The easy way to do this is to use Pelco's IP camera discovery tool.

That is how the professionals do it.

I am a big fan of Genetec's access control solution as it has a modern GUI that is easy to use and if you want to add CCTV you can't beat the integration. You can look at the SV-16 box which can do up to 16 doors and 16 cameras. If you need more you can go with the SV-32 which can support upto 100 doors and 32 cameras.

Not only can the Chinese government watch our Chinese cameras now they will be able to unlock the doors. No thanks keep your backdoor access control gear in China.

Axis, Mobotix, Avigilon,Samsung, Bosch, will all do what you want.

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We install more IP cameras in one week then you install in a year and have experience with every major VMS and IP video camera on the market not just chinese government owned small 4 camera systems. You really need to understand what you are talking about and understand how IP video works before you "brag" about how reliable IP is over analog/HD analog/TVI/CVI/HD-SDI.

Yes and they rarely if ever fail. Not any more chance than an analog DVR failing. Simply stating that you service the IP system more often is meaningless are that system is obviously not a 4-8ch home run to an NVR..we know nothing about its components or how it was setup. The more you argue this you worse you look.

Dont really care how many you installed. You are wrong. There are lots of duchebag installers implementing 700tvl systems in 2016, and they install many more cameras than I do, doesnt make it right. Shame on them all. You have your own reasons for pushing analog. Point is IP is just as reliable is analog, even more so, with a simple sd card. You mention all the irrelevant network jargon to conflate the issue. This is a 4ch install, homerun to the NVR, none of the nonsense you mention is remotely relevant. Anyone recommending analog over ip because its more reliable is deliberately misleading the end user here. You do realize that those POE embedded NVRs have network switched built into them and they use IP to transport video from the camera to the NVR? One of my largest customers still uses analog/HD analog for live view monitor because it is more reliable. They have figured this out because they have 1100+ IP cameras for recording and 100+ analog cameras for live viewing only. We service the IP system a lot more then the analog/HD analog.

I respect that you have some IP cameras in the field but frankly I have single customers with significantly more cameras than you have installed. IP transport is more complicated than analog/TVI/CVI,HD-SDI you can try to argue differently but you are wrong.

Boogieman you should really do a little research about electronics and to understand how IP video vs analog works before you bash people and call them stupid. You should completely dissemble single camera analog system and a single camera NVR/switch/IP camera system. Count how many chips there between the two and report back. IP is more complex then analog so there ARE more failure points. It is very simple. Now IP video is more flexible and allows you to build in redundancy but that comes as a huge cost. You can setup VM based NVRs, SAN storage, fiber rings with redundant switches but this comes at a huge cost and and adds a significant amount of complexity.

Boogieman your the one giving bad advice here. IP can be very reliable but there is many more moving parts then analog/hd analog to go wrong. With IP cameras you have video processing, encoding and network card. Analog only has video processing as the encoding is done at the DVR. Once you have the video encoded on a IP camera then you have to dump that info on a network so now you have switches, routers, media converts, wireless links, network cards, ex.... Once you get the servers now you have to deal with Windows and everything else that can go wrong with a server. IP camera systems have more moving parts then their analog counter parts so there is absolutely more failure points.

Interlogix/Truvision is Hikvision OEM. Just took over a project with over 100 of them and what a PITA. They have less features then Hikvision and are more money.

Zepcam is also another option. http://www.zepcam.com/

Look at the yellow one on the left, It has a remote camera head.

Hikvision was showing something at ISC but I haven't found info about it yet.