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  1. Razer

    24hr clinic ip cam monitoring

    I use several of the HDMI extenders and some VGA over cat5 video distribution devices myself and they have all worked great. The newer HDMI ones I've used most recently work better than the slightly older VGA technology ones I have in use. I run CAT6 directly for the extenders and they do...
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    3MP @20fps recommendations

    I have used ACTi a lot (say 200 cameras) and would not recommend them. I have used Vivotek (maybe 50 of them) and they have been okay and I have no major complaints but they are expensive for not a whole lot of features and rare and buggy firmware updates. I have not used Geo-vision. I have...
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    Server/Client Based Software Solutions

    In my case I need a much more professional solution, all of my systems are remote and I pull all footage remotely. That is not easy with a basic NVR. I also want to be able to use a wide variety of cameras and use them all fully as far as features which requires better than an NVR. I need...
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    Server/Client Based Software Solutions

    Exactly, that is why I like the client server setup myself. Those machines I built above were not for video either, they were for AutoCAD and general day to day work computers. I just brought those up as they were right round the $1,000 mark you mentioned and I was saying those were massive...
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    ISC and NAB shows coming up - free passes

    I can't go this time, but I do plan on going to one of the shows here soon so keep posing when you have stuff available as maybe I'll be able to take you up on it someday soon. I need a ton of info in the security space and a show would be a good place to quickly get some ideas on who does what...
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    Server/Client Based Software Solutions

    I just yesterday built a couple Intel 4790k machines for AutoCAD, which are i7 @ 4ghz with 16gb of DDR3 2400mhz ram, Samsung 850 SSD and high end power supplies and good Nvidia graphics cards for $1100. I guess you could cut out the k on the processor and the graphics cards are replace them...
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    Server/Client Based Software Solutions

    I like the software personally a lot, I am using it on over 80 servers and those have a total of over 1,000 cameras. I'm running video walls, using the web client and using a variety of hardware in computers and cameras and it works well. I use it at home. I have no major issues with it other...
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    Server/Client Based Software Solutions

    I use Exacq, and for a basic "Start" system you pay $50 per camera and then $10 per camera per year for updates if you want them. (some sellers sell licenses for less than this but that is retail) It is the lowest resource user of any system I've ever tried. I'll attach a screen shot or two...
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    Can't reload hikvision firmware with tftp

    I had the same issues with never seeing "update completed" recently. I waited and waited and it seemd to eventually start the whole process over again and load the firmware more than once in a loop so I just had to guess as to when it was time to close the software. I guessed correctly two out...
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    Canon Offers to Buy Axis for $2.8 Billion

    Shoot, that's a good buy right there. If Canon can just sell like 94 1.3mp Axis cameras after the purchase they will have made their money back! :laugh:
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    Recommended bigger POE switches? 16-24 ports or so?

    In my environment I have right around 90 routers, and somewhere about 150+ switches so I do use quite a few but so far the basic brands are working fine. We moved to try and Adtran switch stack and that switch was not the best, was very disappointing. Overall we have had great luck with higher...
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    Recommended bigger POE switches? 16-24 ports or so?

    Sure, the reason we switched is that the Cisco switches were horribly unreliable for IP cameras. I was using the Cisco Small Business 300 series switches and the failure rate was through the roof. I was sending 2-3 a month back for replacement. It was so bad that I quit even bothering to send...
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    No longer on cctvforum

    I quit posting over there a long while ago, this forum is much, much better. You'll be better off for moving imo anyway. Much better content here I think anyway and I wish more of the good people from over there would join you in your move.
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    iVMS4200 Auto-Start after Reboot

    Yep, I can help you out there too. One of these will work I'd think, you don't need them all but there are several options here depending on your needs specifically. https://www.raymond.cc/blog/keep-application-running-by-automatically-rerun-when-closed/ Hope this helps!
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    iVMS4200 Auto-Start after Reboot

    Awesome, I'm glad that helped you as I hoped it would. Was the basic delay in task scheduler enough or did you have to use one of the tools?
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    iVMS4200 Auto-Start after Reboot

    In the basic Windows task scheduler you can make a program start at start up, but you also have the option to delay the start. The options are limited, but you can choose to wait one minute or thirty minutes for example and then have it load whatever you want. For more flexibility you could...
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    Recommended bigger POE switches? 16-24 ports or so?

    I have started using some Buffalo switches, a 16 port all gigabit model with 12 POE and 120w budget for around $200. The second switch is right around $300 but all 16 ports are gigabit and POE with a power budget of 180w and it is managed (I've not yet ever even logged in, they have been plug...
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    Do you think I could run BI server on a Microsoft Surface Pro since tablet? -

    The sign is watertight, one side of the sign is hinged so you can open it and access the equipment inside. I have another sign so big it has a full desktop and monitor inside of it lol, two switches, a UPS, remote power device and all. No one would ever thing the equipment is hiding inside the...
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    Do you think I could run BI server on a Microsoft Surface Pro since tablet? -

    Just as a note - I have 4 cameras connected to an i3 laptop and the laptop is inside a sign out on the front of a property and it has been running great for 2.2 years now. The sign has no heat or air of course as it is a sign... But I did have a temperature controlled exhaust fan in there so...
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    Ideas for "fishing" cat5 through a finished ceiling

    You laugh, but I have seen my dad do that. Needed to run a flue for the furnace on our house that he was building. He took a level, put it on a revolver barrel and once it was level he shot through the ceiling and roof. Said it gave him a nice straight shot for the duct once he used a hole...
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    30-35 cameras on PC NVR?

    I am an IT guy as well with a very, very large setup of cameras. I looked at BI but with my number of cameras I wanted less of a PC overhead as I have 80+ separate servers. I looked at a lot of options and ended up with Exacq as my software of choice mainly because I have multiple locations and...
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    Privacy hood / disable camera

    All of my smaller POE switches have a power switch, so just have someone hit the switch on the POE switch and only have the cameras on that switch. You could also connect just the POOE switch to a web enabled power outlet, like the Belkin WeMo or something. I've never used those but I do need...
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    Painting cameras ?

    Someone painted four of my cameras black last night. They did a poor job and it all came back off easily though. Next time that thug better bring primer. Also, many small coats works better than one long 15 second spray can hosing. It ran off so well I could still see him walk away. What an...
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    SSD install with windows 7 going bad!

    For the record the Samsung data migration software is amazing, it will only work to copy to a Samsung drive but it is VERY fast. The most amazing part? It copies everything while you are still in Windows! It copies, you remove the old drive and then reboot and you are good to go. I've never...
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    Hikvision motion detection masking glitch in all firmware?

    Yeah, I know it is hard to get across by description, so I will put in a few screen shots to show. Now, these shots are pulled from me setting motion in Exacq, but the EXACT same results happen if I set the motion in the Hik camera itself. This specific camera is a CIMP3032, but all of my CIMP...
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    Hikvision motion detection masking glitch in all firmware?

    Just wondering if anyone else has noted the weirdness in the never Hikvision camera firmware like I have? I have been testing this a little more over the last few days but cannot figure out exactly what I'm running into with it. On many of my cameras I cannot block out the bottom, say the...
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    ACTi Camera Quality Feedback

    Oh and for specifics on my ACTi thoughts on reliability? Not good, have major issues with focus creep even on fixed focus models. Sensors going bad in cameras, colors look odd when they go and do not get the full color spectrum, kind of like a stuck IR filter but it is not stuck. Leakage of...
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    ACTi Camera Quality Feedback

    I have installed a ton of ACTi cameras, more than a few hundred anyway. Usually bullets, but I have installed at least 10 different models, maybe more, and while they are okay I have now moved to Hikvision cameras and the quality is much better than my ACTi's can do. I have 9 ACTi 3mp bullets...
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    Hikvision turret lens glass cover replacment

    For the record I was only holding the ladder on this specific cameras install, I hear a "look out!" and the smack in the gravel at about the same time lol.
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    UPS recommendation to power nvr, modem and router??

    I use cyber power myself with good results, but for all of my remote installs I get APC Smart UPS 750 units. The reason for this is that all of my remote sites get NMC cards in them so I can remotely power cycle everything over the internet. I also get emails for UPS condition, power outage...
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