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I just bought 6 GV 800-16CH cards for 100$ per card, and I am wondering: Has any one tried to install two PCI GV800-16ch cards in one pc to work as 32Ch? I heard about installing two PCI 1480, but never about GV800. BTW. I know that GeoVision said that its possible to install 2x PCI-E GV-800, 1xPCI + 1xPCI-E GV-800.

IMHO go for gv800 or spend more on mobotix ip cameras -> great motion detection.

Will geovision card GV800 (PCI 32 bit) work on this server? http://www.networkeleven.com/dedicated/650_specs.pdf 1 x 64-bit/33MHz PCI slot (Available) and 1 x 64-bit/133MHz PCI-X slot (Occupied); both full-height, half-length I need to buy two cheap 1U servers where I can isntall GV800 PCI, SATA would be nice, otherwise I need to stransfer files via LAN.

so what is min spec for GV800 (16 cams)? according to GV website that's P4, 1024 RAM. I just need realy cheap 1U rack server for that.

no this will not work. anyway you can get a chinese clone card for about 200$ to do this. you also need to check what revision is your 1480 card and if it does support dual card mode. you can check this info in the GV 8.3 manual.

Can any 1 tell me what is this software and how to use it? I tried to connect to my server but with no success. you can download this software from http://www.ezcctv.com/attributes/cmplx_sftwr/filename/V831/RemoteViewen8301.zip also what is this: SinglePlayer http://www.ezcctv.com/attributes/cmplx_sftwr/filename/V833/SinglePlayer.zip there is even no exe file after you install it!

send us a photo of the card, does it have hologram on it ? does it have serial number ? try registering your card on geovision website, they will tell you if it is genuine or not.

try changing the PCI slot to another. If that doesn't help, check the card in a nother PC. If the card is ok, reinstal the drivers. What version of software do you use? Is your card genuine? AFAIK this sould not affect the system, you still should be able to record viedo.

btw look here: http://www.diytrade.com/china/4/products-list/0-s-c-1.html?qs=gv-800&qc=prd&ns=1 http://www.diytrade.com/china/4/products/5147388/GV_1480_V8_2.html#normal_img they are 100% fake you can even download the box img:)

so, maybe you got pirated card from your seller. I contacted GV and they said this is a fake card. Can you tell me what was your ebay seller login/id? can you send a photo of your GV box (and I mean the back side). Does your DVD have hologram? Does your hologram looks more like GU than GV ? Is the sign on the hologram moving (GV is shreded) or just skipping? look under the sun on that DVD, is it DVD-R ? strange thing, I have 100% genuine CD from my seller with hologram that is actualy CD-R drive :/ Do you have Geovision label near the IDE port on the card? Can you sen a photo of your card? Is your card V3.52 ? I don't know, maybe they have difrent holograms in USA, i definety got old GV box with picture of 7.x system on back. anyway, since I bought those cards they are runing 24h, and no problem at all. I just wish they were PCI-E....

thnx rory, but still I don't know what causes the system going down btw this is the code for gmail account: Const MAIL_FROM = "yourusername@gmail.com" Const MAIL_TO = "yourusername@gmail.com" Const MAIL_SUBJECT = "GEOVISION DVR RESET" Const MAIL_MESSAGE = "The Geovision DVR has been reset." Const SMTP_SERVER = "smtp.gmail.com" Const SMTP_PORT = 465 Const SMTP_USERNAME = "yourusername@gmail.com" Const SMTP_PASSWORD = "***************" Const SMTP_AUTH = True Const SMTP_SSL = True Const SMTP_TIMEOUT = 60 Const app_exe = "GV1480.exe" Const app_path = "C:\GV-1480\" Const interval = 60 'in minutes Call Send_Mail Sub Send_Mail() Const cdoSendUsingPickup = 1 'Send message using the local SMTP service pickup directory. Const cdoSendUsingPort = 2 'Send the message using the network (SMTP over the network). Const cdoAnonymous = 0 'Do not authenticate Const cdoBasic = 1 'basic (clear-text) authentication Const cdoNTLM = 2 'NTLM Set objMessage = CreateObject("CDO.Message") objMessage.Subject = MAIL_SUBJECT objMessage.From = MAIL_FROM objMessage.To = MAIL_TO objMessage.TextBody = MAIL_MESSAGE '==This section provides the configuration information for the remote SMTP server. objMessage.Configuration.Fields.Item _ ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusing") = 2 'Name or IP of Remote SMTP Server objMessage.Configuration.Fields.Item _ ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserver") = SMTP_SERVER 'Type of authentication, NONE, Basic (Base64 encoded), NTLM objMessage.Configuration.Fields.Item _ ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpauthenticate") = cdoBasic 'Your UserID on the SMTP server objMessage.Configuration.Fields.Item _ ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusername") = SMTP_USERNAME 'Your password on the SMTP server objMessage.Configuration.Fields.Item _ ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendpassword") = SMTP_PASSWORD 'Server port (typically 25) objMessage.Configuration.Fields.Item _ ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserverport") = SMTP_PORT 'Use SSL for the connection (False or True) objMessage.Configuration.Fields.Item _ ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpusessl") = SMTP_SSL 'Connection Timeout in seconds (the maximum time CDO will try to establish a connection to the SMTP server) objMessage.Configuration.Fields.Item _ ("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpconnectiontimeout") = 60 objMessage.Configuration.Fields.Update '==End remote SMTP server configuration section== objMessage.Send End Sub Dim shell On Error Resume Next while err = 0 Call CheckApp WScript.Sleep ((interval*60)*1000) Wend Sub CheckApp() If Not IsRunning Then Set shell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") shell.Run """" & app_path & app_exe & """" Set shell = Nothing Wscript.Sleep 10000 'wait 10 seconds for exe to load 'check if it is running now .. If IsRunning Then Call Send_Mail 'Send Email Reset Message Else 'Send Email Error Message instead End If End If End Sub Function IsRunning() IsRunning = GetObject("winmgmts:").ExecQuery _ ("Select Name from Win32_Process Where Name = '" & app_exe & "'").Count > 0 End Function

Hi, I just found out that on some machines this script fails due to the memory limitation, help would be appreciated My GV 1480 gets down once in a few days, so I had to keep watching it if it's running ok. Sometimes it took me few hours to notice that the app is down (I don't know why rly -> some exceptions). so I made a small vbs script that will keep my GV system running. here it is 'leave localhost if local computer, else you need to make shure you have sufficient rights ro run the process -> see runas strComputer = "localhost" 'the executable application withouth path strCommand = "notepad.exe" 'the path to executable - must end with backslash "\" strPath = "" 'creditentials for the remote user strUsername = "" strPassword = "" 'the time for app to execute in ms, leave 60 or more so you won't have two instances of the app running intIntTime = 60000 'the interval intLoopTime = 1000 'memory limit in MB intMemoryLimit = null 'verbose output boolVerbose = True On Error Resume Next Set objLocator = CreateObject("WbemScripting.SWbemLocator") Set objWMI = objLocator.ConnectServer(strComputer, "root", strUsername, strPassword) Set quota = objWMI.Get("__providerhostquotaconfiguration=@") If intMemoryLimit Then quota.MemoryPerHost = 1024*1024*intMemoryLimit quota.put_() End If Set objWMIService = objLocator.ConnectServer(strComputer, "root\cimv2", strUsername, strPassword) 'Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2") Set objProcess = objWMIService.Get("Win32_Process") Set objStartup = objWMIService.Get("Win32_ProcessStartup") Set objConfig = objStartup.SpawnInstance_ ' Object ref objConfig.ShowWindow = SW_NORMAL objConfig.CreateFlags = CREATE_BREAKAWAY_FROM_JOB objConfig.ErrorMode = No_Alignment_Fault_Except Do While True Set colProcesses = objWMIService.ExecQuery( "Select * from Win32_Process " & "Where Name = '" & strCommand &"'") If colProcesses.count = 0 Then errReturn = objProcess.Create(strPath & strCommand, strPath, objConfig, intProcessID) If errReturn = 0 AND not boolVerbose Then Wscript.Echo strCommand & " was started with a process ID: " & intProcessID ElseIf not boolVerbose Then Wscript.Echo strCommand &" could not be started due to error: " & errReturn End If WScript.Sleep(intIntTime) End If WScript.Sleep(intLoopTime) Loop save this as a *.vbs file and add to your autostart. this is an example with notepad app, you need to change proper settings. also you can youse this script ro run gv from a remote machine when it is down -> strComputer = "." strCommand = "notepad.exe" strPath = "C:\Windows\System32\" Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2") Set objProcess = objWMIService.Get("Win32_Process") errReturn = objProcess.Create(strPath & strCommand, null, null, intProcessID) If errReturn = 0 Then Wscript.Echo "App was started with a process ID: " & intProcessID Else Wscript.Echo "App could not be started due to error: " & errReturn End If you only need to have sufficient right, you can always use runas to obtain them. HTH

Where do I check the event logs? If you mean the event logs in Administrtative Tools, then there is nothing there.

AFAIK it is a clone but i works like a charm. Definetly it was worth the price, I saved 6x1000$

can anyone tell me if this card is genuine ? http://www.galerieallegro.pl/zdjecia/gv800-352/114470/1/

AFAIK you can download GV from : http://www.ezcctv.com/software-download.htm you need to copy the url an change V833 to V834 example: http://www.ezcctv.com/attributes/cmplx_sftwr/filename/V834/Driver.zip http://www.ezcctv.com/attributes/cmplx_sftwr/filename/V834/Local.zip

I was going to withdraw this post because I thought you were having problems with 32 bit but I see you have installed Win 7 64bit which I have gotten 8.3.3 to work with some audio probs but its working none the less. Here's my second (revised) opinion on your situation. You may have a few years old computer and chipset that may or may not support 64bit. For example; When you purchased your PC you purchased it with a 32-bit OS. Therefore the vendor would have saved money by installing 32bit memory to run with the 32 bit OS. Even if the Motherboard supports 64-bit they may have installed 32bit memory. Go into Device Manager and check out the properties of your memory or download or run a memtest application from memtest.org or start64 OR BETTER YET! Use the memory testing tool from Windows. Go into your "search" box and just type "memory" and something called "Memory Diagnostics Tool" should pop up! Save anything you are working on before running the tool because the computer will reboot into the memory testing application. I believe after the Windows memtest tool is finished, it will mention whether the memory is 32bit or 64bit. I imagine you downloaded GV 8.3.3 as I did from Taiwan once they validated your purchase. If you (R. click) -> "explore" or "open"(<-In Win 7) all the folders that were downloaded you'll find one called "local". In that "local" folder I found "setup"'s for 32-bit and 64-bit. Try to find that "local" folder and choose the 32-bit installation .exe and tell me how it goes. If you actually did get a v8.3.3 disk, goto ->my computer -> r.click over the disk drive with the gv sw in it and choose -> "explore" or "open" to search the folders for the local folder. I am affraid that memory is not the issue here. I have got 64 bit memory support see attached screenshot. aparently the same card works with 32 bit windows 7. Ihmo this is geovisions fault. btw this app is only 32 bit, so it sees 4G of ram only.

What card are you talking about? I had this problem with GV-800 16ch V 3.52

Actualy I'm not so shure it is 100% genuine. yes, it has hologram, yes it has blue manual, yes it has nice box, yes it works with 8.33 but: the sign on the hologram looks more like GeoUsion to me. the card has no GeoVision label near to the IDE port, the card itself looks worse than the original 1480 i got. i didn't get audio ports. anyway, it's working and i'm satisfied with that, now i have 120 cameras system:) BTW has any1 tried installing GeoVision on Virtual machine or sth?

hi, i got 6 of them on ebay, and they are genuine and working already fine with my current geovision instalation. I am just wondering, is it possible to connect 2x PCI gv800 cards? if you buy more than 10 you will get them for about 80$ per card.

IMHO yes, they are better, they have aditional TURBO option (recording more FPS but U won't get live view then). Read the GeoVision Manual for more.

why to use raid at all? tb disks are cheap (less then 100$), I personaly have 20x1TB disks with 24 cameras (16 analog +8 IP), each camera has its own disk (some analog are 2 per disk as they don't require much diskpace), if one disk fails (and why would that be?), i loose only 1 camera fotage, that I can easily recover, and I replace broken drive with another. If the footage from that camera is realy important, i can send it to a data recovering company, and they will do it for less than 200$ unless the disk is physically demaged.

Computer Case: Norco RPC-4020 4U Rackmount Server Case, 20x Hot-Swappable SATA/SAS Drive Bays, 1 x Slim CD-ROM Bay Power Supply: Cooler Master 1000W ATX Motherboard: MSI MS-9175 CPU 01:Xeon Quad Core E5335 CPU 02:Xeon Quad Core E5335 Memory: 4GB Kingston 667Mhz ECC FB (4 x 1 GB Sticks) Video Card: PowerColor HD2400 PRO Series PCI Hard Drive: (6) Seagate 1TB SATA II (120GB for OS & CCTV Soft) Optical Drive: Liteon SLIM SATA DVD-RW Cooling: Passive + Chassis cooling Monitor 1: (doesn't use) UPS: APC Smart-UPS 1000 RM 2U,1000VA USB & Serial Cameras: 16 analog cameras + 8 Geovision IP cameras Operating System: Windows XP Pro (32 Bit) Service Pack: SP3 GeoVision Card: GV-1480 PCI-E GeoVision Software Version: ver 8.3 Screen Resolution: 1024x768 Video Size: 720x480 De-Interlace Motion/Continuous: Round The Clock ( + Motion)

We don't have free IP cameras, we just use free 8 Geovision IP cameras licence that comes with 1480 card ;] this way you can use 16 analog + 8 Geovision IP cameras for the price of 1480 card. So as for that 8310, it seems that there should be a new version of 8.3 8.3.1 I had contacted my suplier few days ago, and he said that there is only 8.3.0 version currently aviable. Anyway what is funny, NOW when i get the exception, the program still works, and it even records the video. Strange things... I hope Geovision will release the 8.3.1 version soon. I would appreciate if you send me that PATCH file (maybe in to parts) just to have a look. then I might be able to figure out what is the cause of the problem. As for reinstalling the system, Ive already done that, but no success.

Thanks for fast reply. As for control center, it starts automaticly with windows started, and it starts multicam there, then control center and remote view. As for default services i have disabled Bandwidth controll, but it still appears to be starting with control center.(don't know why, in previous installation i had problem with this exe throwing exceptions) Could you tell some more details on that patch Geovision made for you? I was able to run Geovsion 8.3 without any errors (except that bandwidth error, but i didn't need that anyway) in previous installation. (both clean instalation with windows xp sp3) As for my 1480, i have there 16 analog cameras installed and 8 free Geovision IP cameras. so this is a Hybrid.