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Exacq is awsome! I recently got hooked on them. Pricing is not bad.

The 4 camera license retails for $600. You can e-mail me at camerahelp@gmail.com and I'll send you a link to the Exacq Demo Server. It even has a Axis 211 hooked to it.

Arecont makes some pretty good cameras but their support sucks, which is inexcusable. They tried to OEM their products to bigger vendors which in turn would provide support, and they rely alot on their distributors to provide support, but the bottom line is they suck. Try doing a RMA with them...... Arecont has the cameras down, the prices down, but I still say in 1 to 2 years they'll be history. Their are companys coming out with products that similar or better for a lower price and their support at least is existent!!

Yea, but how big is the housing? The new Arecont cameras are very small.

Please help us help you. Do you have a Static Ip Address from your Service Provider Is the IP Address provided by the modem static or dynamic What brand / model Modem do you have? What brand / model DVR do you have? If you have a static or dynamic ip address from your service provider and a dynamic from your modem, plug it in, set it to DHCP, and your set. If you have a static or dynamic ip ip address from your service provider and a static ip address from your modem, plug it in, add your ip address, gateway address, subnet mask, and dns information. If you have a dynamic ip address, you have one more step, you need your DDNS provider. If you provide us with the brand / model of the DVR & Modem we can help you with that. Some DVRS have built in DDNS support, some modems have built in DDNS support, but depends on the brands. Best of Luck!

It's just an Arecont 3130 with a Extreme Housing and Iluminator.... they may have changed the firmware though. Edit: Added a picture to back it up.

We use both, we don't look at the manufacture when testing equipment. The only downside to OEM which we have encountered is usually the warranty is lower, but right now one of my vendors gives us these kick ass cameras with 3 year warrantys, that are at least 60% less in cost then the name brand counterpart. I've been installing that camera for the last 3 and a half years without hitch. Bottom line, OEM has it's place, like anything else, it depends who it is, and where you got it from. Also, lets not forget what OEM means: Original Equipment Manufacturer. Now, I've bought DVR's from the OEM from pelco before! Never have blind trust in big name manufacture, never have complete doubt about OEMs, just give them both a balanced approach, and remember, everyone wants to sell you THEIR stuff!

For the cameras it depends what your looking for. If you went with Arecont 3130's on the outside your looking at $1095 MSRP per camera plus lenses. If you went with the IQEye 5MP Day night Outdoor camera, your looking at $2339 MSRP per camera plus lense. Lumanera also has a 3 MP day night version that MSRP's for $1495. Personally, if I had the cash I would go with the IQEye, comes fully enclosed with POE, you can get it in the 5MP version which gives you 5 MP day / 5 MP night compared to Arecont's 3 MP Day, 1.3 MP night. Comes with a bettery warranty and MUCH better support. As for the indoor cameras, Axis makes some decent ones with attached lenses, but remember most of their cameras are CMOS, not very good in low light conditions. If I was doing this and I had a decent size budget this is what I would go with: 1 X IQEye 510 WDR Camera @ MSRP: $519 5 X Arecont 3MP Camera @ MSRP: $635 4 X IQEye 5 MP D/N Camera @ MSRP: $2339 1 X SONY SNC-RZ25N @ $1399 Total for cameras = $14,450 Add Aprox $750 for lenses. You should be able to do these on one system. I would go with a 3.0 GHZ Core 2 Duo, 512 MB Graphics Card, 4 GB Memory, dual gigabit nics and a 4U case. With that case you can put up to 8 hard drives. Without the hard drives, the system should run you no more then $900. For software, I would use Exacq Vision, I don't remember the pricing off the top of my head, but it's pretty competitive, I think it's $125 per camera. For the OS, I would use Ubuntu, no need to buy a windows license if you don't need it. Again, that's just the way I would do it. Everyone does things differently. All together you would probably spend $18,000 to $19,000 but you'll be pleased with the system. If you have any more questions feel free to shoot!

Geovision has a jpeg viewer that works with mac, when you to the web interface select the modem viewer. Or you can go with video-insight. They have a demo client @ demovi.com Should also work fine with a mac. Best of luck!

The system speds depend on the camera, if you want to run a bunch of Arecont cameras, your going to need those dual xeons. The setup for the server depends on what your using for the software / hardware. If your going to run 16 5 MP Arecont Vision cameras I would go with with (2) Servers, Intel Core 2 DUO 3.0 GHZ Processors (or better), 3.5 GB Memory, 512 MB Graphics Card, 8 TB Storage. For the software, I've used Video-Insight, Lux Riot, Mile Stone, and Exacq, but I seem to still favor Exacq. You can check exacq out at exacq.com As for camears, it depends what level of detail your trying to capture, take a look at some of the lines here: www.axis.com www.mobotix.com www.iqinvision.com www.arecontvision.com www.lumanera.com IQeye is more expensive then arecont, but they do give you a 2 year warranty instead of a 1 year. If you want a demo of the Exacq, Video-Insight, Luxriot, or Mile Stone client then just PM me and I can get you links to a few demo sites. Good Luck with your purchase! Edit: Make sure that you seperate your video from your data by using 2 networks. If your going to run megapixel cameras, consider 1 network for data, 2 networks for video.

Video-Insight sells the software and the hardware. It records directly in AVI format and you can edit it directly in Movie Maker.

I like Arecont's product, I don't like their customer service. I think that will be their demise. There will be a lot of competition in the Megapixel arena in the next year or so, and some of the preliminary specs to price performance I've seen are comparable or better then the current Arecont line. It'll be interesting to see how this part of the industry pans out in 2 years.

What type of interface on the printers? Also, do the POS system send out the text in ASCII format? For the gilbarco do you want to integrate off of the receipt printer, or is integrating off the display pole okay? Also, 30 FPS in what resolution?

The pelco unit is very overpriced. Are their any specific features your looking for? If you want a PC-Based system I would take a look at Geovision or Video Insight. Learn more about geovision and see a demo at www.geovision.com.tw Learn more about video insight and see a demo www.video-insight.com The majority of my clients like video insight better because of the ease of use. You can check out their web client here: demovi.com If you want to go for a stand alone unit, you can check out: GE SecuritySamsungPanasonic If you have any questions feel free to ask! Edit: Can you please post the make & model of the motherboard if you can get it.

I believe you misunderstood my post. I never said you could hack directly into the firmware, but I said you could do something to the machine. If the machine has a remote cms software which you can edit they way it records, make schedules, etc., is it not possible with the ip adderss to use brute force and try to get the username/password for it? What I AM saying is that in both accounts it is highly unlikely that anyone will be able to to comprimise his system, wether it be embedded or be pc-based. Now, moving forward, to prove my point, anyone who wants can PM me in the next day or so and I'll give them an IP address, I'll give you 7 days to get in, should be more then enough. No ones going to get in.

I would let my 3 year old neese be the security guard for my house before I used that piece of garbage. I'll give reasoning as well: Garbage encoding Garbage web interface Garbage support Belongs in the...... come on, you know it.... Garbage. and oh yea, Costco and Fry's sell it! BTW if you want one I have 2 8 Channel units for sale from the client I just upgraded complete with their excellent cameras .

Do you want to make a dollar bet I know precisely what you are saying and I know that with little effort, any system could be compromised IF THEY ARE BASED ON WINDOWS OR LINUX OS... When we are dealing with machine language based OS or sometime called "firmware" based OS, no chance there at all... Why you think military mainly using firmware based system in their mission critical applications? Any day of the week . One of my client's has a competitor that has been itching to get his clientel list for his business for the past 2 years, and he's willing to pay top $$$$ (in the tens of thousands), and he hasn't been able to do it. I know because they where hunting around the garbage can for receipts (he thought it was bums looking for recyclables!). Any decently secured PC Based is goign to be very hard to hack into. If it was that easy, you would see websites be hacked all day ever day. Last time I checked pelco.com hasn't forwarded to gesecurity.com yet . And, like Rory said, try getting the IP address first. Also, he's not the military .

Just get a BNC T-adapter and call it a day. A couple years back we used it with 2 LCD's hanging on the wall, and it worked fine with no viewable loss in picture. If your install is tomorrow you'll probably have to pay $5 or more at Radio Shack or your local electronics store, if it can wait, buy 'em off ebay for a $1.25. Hope that helps.

Check your PM.

Yes, the Giants will show up to the game. I don't know if they're going to be there longer then the first quarter though, might want to go back and start practicing for next year :-/.

I am a big fan of embedded, but don't embelish the truth . If someone has the knowledge, the time, and the ability to hack into your windows machine, they'll figure out how to do something to your sanyo remotely. Eitherway, it would be more likely for someone to steal your DVR then try to hack it. At least with a PC Based you can use NAS storage and hide your Hard Drive in the Attic! Again, I perfer embedded, but I just wanted to show you both sides of the coin (if that's how the metaphor goes?!). I beg different please... The Sanyo DVR is not based on Windows embedded OS or Linux code... rather it is a firmware based system riding on a flash card that you or anyone else can not break or change regardless how smart someone may be... the only way to do that is to be on the front of the machine, have tools and firmware machine to allow any sort of change. Even then, try to break into the firmware if you can - very difficult, but not impossible. What I am saying is that unless this guy is trying to guard a bank no ones going to hack into his windows machine, especially at the house. And if they take the time and effort to hack that windows machine, they'll be able to do something to that sanyo, wheter it be disable internet access by getting into the router, running a password generator through the control software until they get the right password, or better yet just break in and steal the whole damn thing and call it a day . Anyways, my recommendation is to go with a embedded, but if your trying to go mission impossible, someones going to find a way into the system

Geovision has the Jpeg viewer.

I am a big fan of embedded, but don't embelish the truth . If someone has the knowledge, the time, and the ability to hack into your windows machine, they'll figure out how to do something to your sanyo remotely. Eitherway, it would be more likely for someone to steal your DVR then try to hack it. At least with a PC Based you can use NAS storage and hide your Hard Drive in the Attic! Again, I perfer embedded, but I just wanted to show you both sides of the coin (if that's how the metaphor goes?!).

I think most software companies that start developing for linux will be using Ubuntu. I don't believe you can run Geovision on any version of linux, even with wine.