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I have a linux based DVRUSA box. It was running on Fedora 9. The other day the cameras stopped appearing and showed black boxes instead. I tested the cameras with a TV and they show fine so they are getting power. I called DVRUSA support and was told to reinstall Fedora 9. No problem as they have a download on their website for it. So I go to download it and it doesnt work at all (the download) because their host is unreachable. So after that I was told to download it from anywhere. I grab a F9 torrent and install it just to find that F9 has no drivers for the video card they installed. Their support line has no idea what to do besides send me a disc of F9 and wait a week for it to arrive or pay 60 dollars to have it overnighted. What I would like to know is if there is a way to get this box running as soon as possible, possibly with another software. Its just a computer with a capture card, and I have heard that DVRUSA software is really Hawkeye rebranded. Could I just run hawkeye software?

I have an existing system with 10 cameras. It was installed by my alarm guy. He ended up putting in a tempest system which i hate and the quality on the cameras is overall crap. I have attached some pictures, one of them is the overall "diagram" of the system and the other is some sample shots to see what i am looking at now. Also, I would appreciate it if someone could recommend some good cameras to watch over my cars and a good DVR that I can add hard drives to for additional storage. The DVR would need to stream across a network and the internet.

can anyone shed some light on this? i have a quad core with three gigs of ram now that i dont use, i am looking to make a dvr out of it. however, it only has one pci slot, one pci 1x slot, and one pci xpress x16 slot which is in use. its running vista. what needs to be done and purchased to make a dvr? i am looking at 10 cameras, based on what i have seen i need a 16 camera setup. the only 16 channel cards i see have a large connector on it, what goes on the other end of that so i can hook up my bnc connectors to it?

very cool, anything else i should know before i place an order?

forgive me for asking a noob question but can the cameras be monitored remotely accross a lan/wan with a program or through internet explorer/ff?

does this have to be purchased seperately? do you have a picture of it? edit: i am pretty much set on the GeoVision GV1480 combo card. I found it for $1100 on a good reputable site. I just have a few questions before I make a purchase, I only have one PCI slot, what should I go with, the DVI or the Dtype? Also, can the codec be adjusted in the settings? Is h264 the "best" codec?

need a dome cam, preferably under 200 bucks. needs to be bnc connector and i need to be able to make out a face from less than 5 feet away. its for a front door. TIA

Do you want a wide angle and what about the lighting? ADS7700 I have and it's a nice camera. Image Sensor SONY 1/3“ Super HAD CCD Resolution 560 TV lines Minimum Illumination 0.3 LUX @ F2. Lens Furnished 2.9mm Power Supply DC 12V Power Consumption 140 mA Total Pixels NTSC:410,000 / PAL: 470,000 S/N Ratio More than 50 dB Auto Gain Control YES Backlight Compensation Automatic Video Output 1 Vp-p / 75 Ohms. Dimensions 3.11" × 2.09" One of the better ones I know of, unless you have further specs or things you need other than "BNC and Face@5ft". Thanks, John thanks, ill take a look at that one. here is a pic of where its going. the camera i am looking to replace is at c7. http://way2evil.com/cctv/DSC_0458.JPG

here is a pic, ignore the numbers http://way2evil.com/cctv/DSC_0458.JPG and no, that isnt phone cable

can anyone help? i am clueless at this stuff

can anyone reccomend a dome camera for the front door? looking to spend 200 or less. want to be able to make out a face in the day. it will be well lit at night but still want IR

you completely lost me after the third word

as promised http://way2evil.com/cctv/cctv.jpg.JPG http://way2evil.com/cctv/cctv1.jpg.JPG http://way2evil.com/cctv/cctv2.jpg.JPG http://way2evil.com/cctv/cctv3.jpg.JPG

sorry its taken so long but i will get pics of the power supply tommorrow. can anyone recommend some cameras for me especially for the driveway? i was thinking PTZ for the high camera over the driveway

thanks, i have no idea how its run. its a trane system that was installed but if i had to guess i would say its gravity fed.

it did terminatre in the gutter but they were removed when we redid the front of the house. it will be fixed when everything is done. if you look, the pvc pipe on the left looks cracked, which is for the old air handler. the one on the right is for the new one edit: damn, your good. that was the model number.

these are the cameras www.nuvico.com/product_detail.asp?strCa ... 040&Page=1 i removed the shield, but the barrel itself does not come off. there are no screws, and it does not twist off

lol, he cant even get that right

the pvc is for the air conditioner's condenser. water runs through it when the overflow tray is full

Most good cameras come with little switches that you set with all different settings. thanks for the info and my house the DVR is a tempest 8000 series. it is a 16 channel dvr with a 250g HDD. I will get some specs on the cameras for you later. They are all the same except the one on the front door.

Wow, just saw all the replies. Here are more pics for you guys. Each one is a picture of a camera (where it is located) and some have pics of the cameras "view". I also included a picture of a day time shot of all the cameras. Some of the cameras you can not see because they are not there. We are doing work on the house and some of them have been removed. On the screen shot of all the cameras, disregard the "channel labels." A few of them are misaligned as well. Thanks again for everyones advice. You can see the pics here http://way2evil.com/cctv/

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