kaapso 0 Posted August 20, 2009 I am wanting to purchase the following: Avermedia NV5000 Video Capture Card 9 Port 12V 5A Power Supply Box for CCTV Cameras [edit by mod-store link removed] High Res Outdoor Day/Night Varifocal Dome Camera [edit by mod-store link removed] This camera will monitor a drive way entrance. I want to see who is coming in the drive way. The width of the drive way is 8ft and about 30ft long. The purpose for the multi power supply I want to add more cameras later. One for the front door. i.e. KG-602IR Sony SuperHad Color 0-LUX Camera [edit by mod-store link removed] Then later I will add 2 more to cover the back yard. I am not sure of the quality of the power supply. I have a dell 2.8 Intel processor puter with 2 gig of ram and will get 2 segate 1.5 terabytes 5400 spin in raid setup. The operation system will be on it own hard dirve. I am not sure of the cameras. I wanted the dome for the drive way because the intruder would not know which way it is pointing. The front door camera will monitor who come to the door, UPS, etc. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. My neighbor son grew up and just return from college. He seemed drugged all the time. My car got scratches and egged in the drive way. Garbage left at the front door and beer bottles on the side walk. I just want to discover who is doing it to get the police involve. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
katie1985 0 Posted August 21, 2009 Hello, I am not sure how many cameras do you want to set up, when you make clear this issue, then you can decide how many channels DVR or DVR Card do you want to buy... For the drive way, I suggest you have a vandal-proof and weather-proof camera. Following are the specs: 1/3" Sony Color CCD Image Sensor 420 TV Lines, Horizontal 4-9 mm Lens (Manual) Signal: NTSC Iris: Auto Night Vision Min. Light: 0 Lux (IR On) IR Irradiation Distance: 100' (30m) Operation Temperature: 0F ~ 120F Vandal Weatherproof Mount: Ceiling or Wall Power: 12V DC Video Connector: Male BNC Power Connector: RCA 12V DC Color: Black And as power box, I think this one is OK for you: 12V DC Power Box for CCTV Cameras Input: 110V/220V AC Output: 12V DC, Terminals Max Draw: 5,000mA (5A) Support up to 9 Cameras Protection: 9 Individual PTC Protected Terminals On/Off Switch AC Power Cord Sometimes, a whole system maybe more convenient for you... For your reference: Hope this could be a little help for you... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Soundy 1 Posted August 21, 2009 Just one bit of advice, don't bother RAIDing those two drives - it won't gain you anything in performance for this purpose, and if one drive fails, you'll lose the data on both. Just install them as individual drives and be done with it. (Well, assuming the software can record to multiple drive letters - some can't.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kaapso 0 Posted August 21, 2009 Thank you for the quick replies. katie, should I use the same camera for the front door too? I would want to capture who is coming to the front door. And the street in front of the house. I would say from the front door to the far end of the side walk is about 12ft. I would like capture another 12ft and the whole front. I decided to go with the DVR Card. The one I chose is expandable to 16 cameras. But I will ultimately used eight, recording at 15fps. The card is 120fps capable. I will go with the camera you recommended. It cost less. I like the system you recommended too but I could not shell so much $$ at once. Soundy, I am thinking raid because it will give me more space for recording. A raid setup will make the two drives as one. If something happened I will review and back up what I need on dvd. I will start with one drive. If that suffice I will leave it that way. Thanks again, your replies give me more confidence for this project. I have not done anything like this before. I will order the camera, dvr card and pwr supplies later today. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Soundy 1 Posted August 21, 2009 If the software allows you to configure drive pools - in other words, allows you to specify multiple drives to record to - then you don't gain any space by RAIDing them. I can't count how many times on other boards I've seen people come in asking how to recover their data when one of two drives they've set up with their motherboard's onboard RAID has failed... or worse, when the RAID controller itself has failed, and they lose two drives' worth of data, or have to go through complex recovery procedures... and usually, they don't benefit anything by doing it in the first place. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kaapso 0 Posted August 21, 2009 The software I am going to get does not seem it will group hard drives. These are the recording features: Recording Features: Recording Modes Continuous, Scheduled, Motion Detection, Sensor trigger, Alarm trigger and Smart recording HDD Size Estimation Tool Yes - Will estimate HDD size and expected recording time based on HDD size and recording settings Video Encryption Yes Video Shield Yes Video Mask Yes Recycle Recording Yes Video Loss Detection Yes Event Log Yes Auto Record after Reboot Yes It does not mention anything about grouping hard drives. If it does I would save on the raid card. Good point though. I will look more into the soft ware to see if it does group hard drives. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Soundy 1 Posted August 21, 2009 It would probably be in the section where you set up your record destination(s) - ie. where you tell it what drive/folder you want to record to. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kaapso 0 Posted August 27, 2009 I bought that camera [edit by mod - store link removed] How do I mount it. It did not come with a manual. So far these guys have not reply to my emails. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
suky 0 Posted September 21, 2009 I think you are talking about the ZMD-CS209BK, so any problem with its installation or connection? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thewireguys 3 Posted September 21, 2009 this has to stop Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
