The Patman

GeoVision 8.12, 8 input GV1240. We've been running a Pelco-D for a year now on a 6 position preset tour, setup in the "PTZ mapping" menu. After 30 seconds of inactivity it starts it's tour. Works as advertised. Last week, after we finally completed the new building addition, I added two more PTZ domes, same manufacturer, same model, same setup, same weight, color, style, same shipping box. Both installations went smooth as silk. Set 5 presets on one, and 12 presets on the other. Both new cams work fine from the PTZ panel, and both slew to any preset I choose ( all the while the first is happily running it's tour on cam 1). The problem is one of the two new cams will follow it's preset tour till the last preset (#5), then stop. After 30 seconds, it will start over, but will not do a continuous tour. The other new cam wont do a preset tour at all. It just sits, unless I tell it to move, then it does so instantly and without issue. All three have mapped addresses, and all three work with manual selection of presets. one does a perfect round the clock tour, one tours then stops for 30 seconds ( the setting for inactivity) and the third wount run it's tour at all. What gives? We have a hightened level of security coming up in a week, and help would be great.

Thanks for taking the time to answer a first time poster. Perhaps I mispoke, the client needs expanded camera capabilities to cover the two new hangars that were commissioned last week. When I built his computer, I gave him a terabyte of SATA drives on a Supermicro board, with dual - dual core processors, 8gb of ram, and 512mb nVidia video card all in a 800 watt rack mount case and running XP Pro. It's dedicated to video. It's expensive and stone reliable on GeoVision 8.11. It's at an airport ... 24/7... and downtime is an issue. Not the cost of the upgrade. So then, I ask again, as I've only replaced DVR boards with like boards from a failure, and not to upgrade... Must I reload the entire software package in order to go from a GV800-4 to a GV1240-16 ? Is there a recommended quick ( not cheap ) way to accomplish this? If I really absolutely need to reload the software, I'll go to 8.2 if you old timers think the bugs are out of it. 8.11, and on other systems, 8.12 are stone stable. Downtime...in minutes and seconds...is the issue, not expense. I'd like to try to make this swap Sunday morning at about 1 am ... so if anyone has advice...

Hey guys, my first post here. Up until now I've been able to find all the answers I need without actually asking a question, but now only experience can help me. So Here goes. I've got a guy using a GV800-4 on Geovision 8.11. A couple of years old to be sure, but we've tweaked the system till it works as good or better than any system I service. Very reliable. Now he needs more cameras than his GV800 can support. Here's the question...in 3 parts... 1) can I turn it off, pop in a GV1240-16 turn it back on and be down the road, with no software issues (I would disable the GV800 through control panel, then I assume windows XP Pro will ask for a driver, which I assume I can get from the original disk...) 2) or MUST I upgrade to version 8.2 and go through the whole "uninstall - reinstall" thing? 3) If I MUST do the uninstall-reinstall thing, any tips? Like I said we have done lots of tweaking to get it just right. I really hate to loose it. If there's a link to this same discussion I didn't see it and would accept any links or help on this before I get into this. Thanks for the help over the past couple of years, and in the future.