securitymonster

the problem with those bullet style cameras is that if they are low enough for somebody to reach, then chances are your camera will be ripped off! The camera's infrared led's will attract attention and somebody already snooping around your house will have no problem stealing your camera! You may look into an outside armor dome. If you need infrared you can find them with IR's but if you have enough light outside already, then you won't need IR and the camera will stay a little more hidden.

As far as a source for equipment, you need to find a place that offers a good combination of service and price. Be sure to bid correctly. Some people bid and extra 3% of the total job just to compensate for things they originally might oversee. Where are you located?

Most cameras will have AWB to help compensate for the light, I think this is the least of your worries. Why PTZ cameras? You can often times put up 3-4 fixed cameras for the same price of a PTZ. With a PTZ, unless you have tracking software (very expensive), it will not be looking in all directions and may miss something while the camera is looking in the wrong direction. The cameras aren't recording on motion, its the Digital Video Recorder that is. It will not make a difference on the type of camera you use for this "motion recording" feature. A PTZ should cover a full 360 degrees, but again I think this is the wrong camera for the application. I would put a few fixed cameras outside on the corners rather than a single PTZ. With a fixed camera, you have lens options. Goto http://www.luxriot.com/calclens.html and check out the lens calculator, you can type in some numbers and it will tell you what lens you'll need for that specific location. Let us know if you need further help with this. Again, the cameras should have AWB to help with the lighting changes. If the lighting is really bad and so bad that it washes out the picture all the time, you may need a Wide Dynamic Camera, its sorta like a super super AWB (Auto White Balance) Correct, again I would use fixed cameras for these locations. Maybe even a mini dome style camera that looks discreet and professional. Your going to want a 16 channel digital video recorder. Depending on how much record time he wants will determine how much hard drive you need. There are lots of options for this item. There is alot of talk on the ICRealtime Pro unit right now but if your on any kind of budget, you won't like the price. The 16 channel digital video recorder will be a recorder/multiplexor unit all built into one. Most of them have remote access via internet, thats pretty standard nowadays. However, he will need high speed internet to make it worth while! This sounds like a bigger job than you can handle. Not trying to rock your boat but don't get in over your head. You'll eat your margin, give yourself a bad name, and start hitting things with a hammer when you get frustrated...I would research, research, research before you jump into this. How many installs have you done prior to this? Are you a dealer? Do you have a security business? If so I'm sure we can all mention some contacts, but if your looking to do this on the side, your pretty limited to online wholesale type distributors that don't typically offer great support. Most cameras will have AWB and AGC to help compensate for the light, I think this is the least of your worries. Why PTZ cameras? You can often times put up 3-4 fixed cameras for the same price of a PTZ. With a PTZ, unless you have tracking software (very expensive), it will not be looking in all directions and may miss something while the camera is looking in the wrong direction. The cameras aren't recording on motion, its the Digital Video Recorder that is. It will not make a difference on the type of camera you use for this "motion recording" feature. A PTZ should cover a full 360 degrees, but again I think this is the wrong camera for the application. I would put a few fixed camera outside on the corners rather than a single PTZ. With a fixed camera, you have lens options. Goto http://www.luxriot.com/calclens.html and check out the lens calculator, you can type in some numbers and it will tell you what lens you'll need for that specific location. Let us know if you need further help with this. Again, the cameras should have AWB and AGC to help with the lighting changes. If the lighting is really bad and so bad that it washes out the picture all the time, you may need a Wide Dynamic Camera, its sorta like a super super AWB (Auto White Balance) Correct, again I would use fixed camera for these locations. Maybe even a mini dome style camera that looks discreet and professional. Your going to want a 16 channel digital video recorder. Depending on how much record time he wants will determine how much hard drive you need. There are lots of options for this item. There is alot of talk on the ICRealtime Pro unit right now but if your on any kind of budget, you won't like the price. The 16 channel digital video recorder will be a recorder/multiplexor unit all built into one. Most of them have remote access via internet, thats pretty standard nowadays. However, he will need high speed internet to make it worth while! This sounds like a bigger job than you can handle. Not trying to rock your boat but don't get in over your head. You'll eat your margin, give yourself a bad name, and start hitting things with a hammer when you get frustrated...I would research, research, research before you jump into this. How many installs have you done prior to this? Buy some batteries and upload the pictures for us. This will help us help you make the correct decisions! Probably Not! With 2.4Ghz, there is only about 4 available consumer frequencies. Plus, trying to find an intergrated wireless camera that you'll be happy with is very tough. And if your looking to add a Transmitter/Receiver set to an existing camera, might as well ask him to spend Thou$ands of dollars up front! Remember, even though a camera is wireless, it still needs a power source, whether its batteries or plugged in the wall! I would just run the cable neat and clean. There is always black or white cable too! Then you can also use tracks that cover the cable and often times get painted to match the walls.

The hardest part is running the cable. If you can run the cable and keep it clean, then your good to go. Putting on a BNC to the coaxial cable is pretty easy. Everything else is just a matter of hooking up. Where are you going to be installing this CCTV system? How many cameras?

should just be a relay. How many amps is the lightbar?

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ARM cameras are great! Their box cameras are very affordable and offer a good picture. Their PTZ's are awesome too.... Two Thumbs Up !!!

how much are you looking to spend?

You have to read the specs carefully, sometimes you even have to call in and find out if the 5FPS is per channel or the overall FPS. Most times it is total fps, so you will divide by the number of channels. How real time is your customer wanting? Most people can't tell much difference over 15-20FPS. I think broadcast television is 28FPS. Just play with that demo, set one on 15fps and the other on 30fps.

here is a cool link posted awhile back, you can play 2 different frame rates side by side. http://www.adome.net/catalog/information.php/info_id/21 What are you trying to accomplish? Most big box stores don't record over 5fps. The market is flooded with realtime units nowadays.

you can get a longer run with 24V AC

JMAN saves the day! Nice Diagrams....... Oh, and Happy Birthday !!!

how far were the cable runs with the T-Adapter?

how much is "un Godly" ???

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where can i find me one of them?

Cool demo....how are the prices?

If liability is an issue, you can use a fog machine. These are crazy cool. I saw them at the ISC show last year and it was very impressive. It shoots fog at a rate of something like 28 cubic meters per second. When the room is full, the fog is so dense that you can't see your hand in front of your face!

A wide angle probably won't give you any kind of recognition untill they are within 3-5 feet from the camera. Puting a couple wide angle cameras will let you know if somebody came into your yard and you might be able to identify the "type" of car they are driving but thats about it. You will not be able to identify much. A front door camera is a great idea, find something small that you can tuck up in a corner. This will give you a good shot of who is coming to your front door. Another front door camera option is this: Do you have any preventatives like motion lights, window stickers, yard signs, etc... ??? These are great detterents and will often times keep the theif from snooping around your place. Ideally, you will probably want a camera with some kind of vari-focal lens that you can point right at the driveway or better yet the cars. This will allow you to get a closer look at somebody if they were to come up to the car in the driveway.

Welcome to the forum kash, I hope we can answer all your questions. Can you explain that a little more? Are you looking for something that moves side to side or ??? Yes, you can get outdoor rated coax if needed. However, your standard coax should be fine mounted outside along the building. But if your going to burry the cable, you either need direct burial or some conduit to run the cable in. Depends what your customers needs are. You can get remote access from both a standalone and PC based, that is pretty standard now. You'll save money with a standalone unit vs. a PC based solution. As for the tools and such, you can get mose your coax stripping/cutting tool needs from Radio Shack or better yet, go to a local electrical supply store.

You need to decide what your objective is before you choose the camera. If your just wanting an overall view of your front yard, than just about any camera will do, but if your looking to identify somebody that is trying to rip you off, you need to get a little strategic with camera placement. Take a look at this video: http://www.bahamassecurity.com/tmp/Midnight%20Shopper.wmv This is using a bullet camera to cover your driveway. If you want something above and beyond that, the general bullet camera probably won't work for you. Let us know...

your AMD chipset may result in a problem too.....Most cards are built on the Intel chipset and not alwasy tested on AMD.

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maybe get a line tester and verify first hand on signal quality compared to a new cable. The line test equipment is pretty cheap...

They make very affordable (less than $200 retail) dialers that have pendant transmitters. Once pressed, the dialer that is hooked into the phone line calls whatever number you have programmed into the unit. This is probably more cost effective than trying to integrate something into a DVR.