methcat

do avigilon cameras require the avigilon s/w? or are they fairly plug and play with other software based nvr systems? couldn't find much regarding this on their website... particularly the jpeg2000 streaming

thanks, great info. mine are 1/3 format, so i'll look into that. no idea how you match "resolution" on a lens though. not exactly a 1:1 for a pixel resolution/comparison. guess you just have to take the mfg word for it...

maybe a dumb question, i know they are for dslr type cameras, but if i have a bunch of cs mount 13vdir pelco lenses from some old analog 1390's can i use them on newer cs mount ip cameras? thanks

2 left, now $300 each or $500 for both...

i have 3 actually, all new. will give even more of a "volume discount" if you take them all, $750 for 3... if anyone is interested, i can post a buy it now on a popular auction site for anyone looking for a more "official" sale.

i've got a pelco 30x lens i need to get rid of. this is the deluxe version with presets, auto iris, motorized zoom and focus. looking for about $350, about 1/3 of the cheapest online price. still new in the box, never installed. specs it's the 13ZD5.5X30P, pm if interested...

this may sound stupid, but does the usb drive have to be inserted at a specific time to be read? my drive i had lying around didn't work, so i bought a 1gb micro cruzer, which is on the supported list. i didn't specifically format it, but when i check props on it, my laptop says it's formatted FAT... my 781 is giving me format errors and not showing any capacity... edit*** so i guess the compatibility list should read "sandisck micro cruzer with reformat... went from fat to fat32 and all is well.

from scorpions site... The AVTech AVC 760, CPCam 560, and the Nubix 4BC is a model 3. This is the only one that cannot be backed up with a USB, it has to be backed up by the remote software. Model 3 does not have the USB feature. Models 1,2, 4, and 5 do. http://211.75.84.102/web/manu/760.pdf AVC 761, and the CPD 561 is a model 4 MJPEG at frame, MPEG4 at CIF, 1 audio in, with IR. http://211.75.84.102/web/manu/761.pdf AVC 781, and CPD 501 is a model 2 MPEG4 at frame, MPEG4 at CIF, 2 audio in, no IR. http://211.75.84.102/web/manu/781.pdf AVC 782A, and CPD 502 is a model 1 MPEG4 at frame. Model 1 is the only one with the CD back up, and it has 2 audio inputs. Model 5 does not have the power/data bus, but it has 2 audio inputs, CD back up, and it has IR. http://211.75.84.102/web/manu/782.pdf

well, the motion is fine. not too much blur or jaggies. the live feed is good at night, so i think the cameras are ok. i've been noticing that on darker nights (no moon) the compression noise on the dvr gets worse, so i'm kinda guessing that's it. i think the gain is probably messing with it too. i should probably turn it off and see if i can still see...

does anyone know if they only "officially" support up to 1GB or has anyone used 2GB or more on any of the cpcam hardware?

hopefully it's not for something like this...

kinda what i figured, just wondering if anyone had a particular easy trick to make it better. granted i'm only running one of the cpcam 501's and i know what to expect for my money. i probably woudn't even have questioned it except for that the daytime recorded/compressed picture, and the live picture for both the night and day scenes look acceptable to me. btw, i'm running what "cpcam" calls D1 fram, at best, and it does mpeg4. i have the pelco, ir corrected F1.1 lenses and good cabling. i really think it's all in the poor(er) compression, but i also realize there are things you can still do to help smooth it out... thanks for the input, it's much appreciated,

i have one of the pleco 1390 day/nights. the night image looks fine and free of noise when i watch it live, i'm just thinking that the noise is comming in during the dvr compression. i guess what i'm asking is, is there prefered conditions that will give the dvr less headache. ie, do brighter or sharper or any other type of scenes help stop some of the artifacts of the software/hardware compression.

while both of my live images (day and night) seem pretty clear (focused), i notice that i get more compression noise (mpeg4) during the night shots. are there any generalities for helping the compression algorithm not get go confused, ie, add more light, raise/lower gain, etc? or, does anyone have any good resources to point ot on the subject matter?

ftp://www.pelco.com/ProductSpecs/Pelco_CCC1390H_Series_Color_Camera_spec.pdf this is the smallest true day night i've come across that has decent #'s... pretty small body...