Tim M

This worked like a champ for me. http://www.cctvforum.com/about12973.html I put in two 500BG drives. One thing that may make it a bit easier is the hard drives can be formated in your PC format as FAT32. Then you can do the copying. Tim M.

I ordered a Nuvico CB-SD3895N-L and received a CB SD21N-L instead. Should I be concerned? Looking at the specs it looks comparable. Perhaps this is the new replacement. Seems like a nice camera. Thanks, Tim

Can anyone recommend a good outdoor bullet type camera without integrated IR LEDs in the $200-$300 range? I've got my eye on extreme CCTV EX27, but they are a little pricey. Are they worth it? Thanks, Tim

Just wanted to update everyone. Disabling the IR LEDs on the Nuvico CB-SD21N-L was very easy. With the camera cover off, follow the heavier guage 4 wire bundle from the LED board (near photo sensor) to it's connector and unplug it. I am assuming this will disable any kind of day/night switchover. I did not look close but I suspect the sensor is on the yellow/white leads and the LED power is on the red/black. For those a bit more daring you could try snipping the red lead to see if the sensor still allowed the night time B/W mode. I may put a little switch on the LED power line. Tim

Just got my first IR camera the other day. Seems like insects are attracted to the IR LEDs. I've got a Ded Micros DS2A. I've got the sensitivity on very low. I got a ton of activity triggers last night from insects. Is there anything I can do about this? The camera is the Nuvico CB-SD21N-L. I may have enough light to run without the LEDs (perhaps a motion activated security light). In that case can the LEDs be turned off by forcing "color" mode? Thanks, Tim

Yes, I was thinking that mounting a separate IR illuminator 10 or so feet away ought to take care of the bug issue.

Anybody successfully cloned the master drive on an older DMS2? I've got a DS2 v3.1 (DVTU) with a 160 GB Maxtor drive. Based on the tank like construction of this thing I am guessing the drive is the weak link so I'd like to make a backup. I've already added a slave drive. I just formatted it Fat32 in my PC and plugged it into the DMS2. This box can go up to 1Tbyte. Thanks, Tim