junglejim42

These routers are sometimes slow at refreshing themselves. If the MAC address is the same then the router has renewed the IP address for your PC (hense the need to reserve the IP address).

log in to your router and 1. goto services click add service give it a title type = tcp/udp start port =80 finish port 8080 click apply 2. goto LAN IP Setup you will need to reserve an IP address for your PC, so that everytime you start your PC, your router will allocate the same IP address. to get your mac address goto attached devices you should see your PC there so make a note of the mac address. 3. goto firewall rules under inbound select add service= in drop down list find the name of the service you created action = allow always send to lan server = e.g. 192.168.1.10 (this is your DVR server IP address or PC IP address) 4. Generally DVR servers listen on port 80, check your documation to make sure. if different and outside the 80 - 8080 range, amend step 1 to reflect it.

My SKY provided router only accepts dyndns.com. WAYNERP go into your router setup and under dynamic DNS there is a drop down box for service provider, have a look, you may have more options because my model is a DG834GT

I have many different quality cameras and here are the basic specs of 4 a. 1/3 ccd noname b. 1/3 ccd sharp c. 1/3 cmos d. 1/3 ccd sony exview had I would value your opinion on which pictures you think are the best quality i.e. 3, 2, 1, 4 see also if you can tie the picture with the right camera i.e. 4a, 3b etc

Sony CXD3150AR

I am with sky also and you do not get a static IP address, therefore step 1 goto www.dyndns.com and set up a free account. in your account section you should be able to set up a host name, (click auto detected IP address to fill in IP address box see picture below as example, click create host when finished. you will need your host name, login name and password for the next step. where i entered pos you can put what you like, but keep it short as it replaces www step 2 log in to your router and select dynamic dns and fill in your details as per pic 2 once saved the sky router will update your dns account with your current IP address. step 3 as in my example I just type in http://pos.*******.com and voila (Dont use www). if you change your port number on your dvr or it is already different than 80 remember to add :8080 (port number at the end of your address

Test using an Sony HAD 1/3 NSTC IR camera and reflective number/licence plate Picture 1 before, picture 2 finger just placed over the edge of the lense, unfortunately unable to stand there all night

well I am pretty impressed with the Honeywell HCGWD48X Hi Res Wide Dynamic cameras picture 1 Honeywell picture 2 Sony Exview

Well which is the best would Im sure create quite a debate. I have tried CMOS, Sharp 1/3 CCD, Sony 1/3 CCD and Sony Exview. I try and buy Lens boards on Ebay (B&W start at £7 Honeywell £45, do a search in the security equip section for: "board" or "true") watch out for HK or china suppliers as more that one camera will make you liable for import duty. I then make my own style cases to suit my needs keeping the cameras covert (pic 1). I have also brought dummy cameras on Ebay for a few pounds and fitted the lens board with a wireless transmitter inside to make a perfectly good working camera. Overall I have found the B&W cameras give better results at night (Im sure most of the pro installers would agree). I have tried 2 types: 1.Pecan B280v which gave overall good results both day and night but couldnt read number plates at night with the AGC on, with the AGC off the picture is generally too dark until a bright light comes along. Also came with a vari focal 4-8mm lense. 2. Pecan B686, this has a DC Mechanical Iris which was either good in the day or good at night but not both. the gain control is variable and too course for fine control. I am currently looking at some Honeywell True day/night, wide dynamic boards and hope to test them in the next few days. pic1 pic 2

Well done you are good. To set a fair comparision, the camera boards were mounted next to each other fitted with a vari focal 4-8mm lens set at about 7mm utilising the same power supply (split) and the same length of cable going to the DVR so a image could be taken on all at the same time (or within 25 FPS). Picture number 4 seemed to be odd because of the lightness. As mentioned by Kifertech, this would normally be caused by reflected IR, but in this case impossble as only the boards were used and during the day. When removing the vari focal lens I noticed the Inner lens was covered with little white specks which would only come off with methalated spirit, must have occured during the manufacturing process.

I'm not after a bite. 3C correct

many thanks

Q. Has anyone used one of these and is the picture output quality better thaqn the Composite output

I use Fedora core 8 and although I havent managed to use the video E server software. I can however access via the web interface

on my 760, 0000 is the guest access and 2222 is for admin access when using the controls on the DVR.

I too noticed on boot, the system checks for hard disks and reports about 2 master and 2 slave drives. inside the box though, i could only find one IDE connection, the 2nd IDE connection shown in photos for other models is not there.. Also where to mount a second drive. there isnt a lot of space inside the box. Do let me know how you get on if you put in a second drive

My supplier said no to a fan, as they were designed to be used in air conditioned areas. As I use one in a shed, it got "ouch thats HOT" so on the advice of my supplier I got a fan off ebay from the computer section, it needs to be 40mm x 40mm x 10mm, go for the lowest ampege model you can find, mine were 0.12A the connection is a standard 3 pin fan connector and is easy to find inside the box.

they cannot be mounted any different without them being in easy reach for the scroats to rip them down

Not any more. IR made things worse. Just street lighting

Im afraid that is one of the security features of a DVR. to prevent access and alteration of the record files. I have a USB hard disk reader and have scoured the www for software to copy the files directly but unable to find anything as yet. even if the hard disk was accessible my recorded files still require the supplied software to view them.

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before I ask for serious help, how often should my avtech 760's ( I have 2) update my ddns account IP address or check it, nothing has changed in the last 24 hours.

Instead of setting a static IP address on the DVR, I reserved an IP address on the router associted with the DVRs mac address and set the DVR to DHCP enabled, that way no wireless device can pinch the DVRs IP address. Also due to having a web server on my network which listens on port 80 I found I couldnt access the 2 DVR's, so the ports had to be changed on both to allow network access. also port forwarding was allowed on the router for the DVRs

DDns account set up. using the video server software supplied, under System settings-network-DDNS there is the option to enable DDNS and enter your login details etc for the DDNS account. I presume this allows my DVR to update my DDNS account with my current external IP address.

and the same to you