Equipment Reviews

Well hello everyone, long time no see . like a lot of others, i was dead against wireless systems, First ones i experienced were very large, had awful battery life and lacked reliability to signal. Being a Gardtec fan, about 6 years ago i started using their hybrid conversion panels mainly to fit pir's to detached work shops or shock sensors at reasonable prices, without the hassles and labour of cabling. found Gardtec wireless options to generally be as wired, I bet the above will raise a few hackles amongst traditionalists, not to get inti wired/wireless debates here, this is just my own view, consider the faults that can occur with conventional detection, like dam…

Introduction. The 40H + is a mid range 4, 9 or 16 channel DVR, I have reviewed a 16 Channel Unit here. It has H.264 recording CIF, 2CIF and D1. Also allows remote viewing via web browser (plug in free) for any browser ie chrome, firefox etc., Windows CMS software, Iphone mobile viewer etc. It has 4/9/16 Alarm inputs, RS485 port for PTZ control, RS232 Port for POS and other uses, 4Channels of Audio, 1 Audio Output, VGA Output, LAN (10/100), Main monitor and Spot monitor outputs. These is also a DVI port that is blanked off. The unit is available in various Hard Drive Size. It Can support upto 2 Hard Drives Internally, or 1 Hard drive and a DVD writer. But interestingl…

Introduction From the manufacturer

Introduction From The Manufacturer The Genie Rapport 2 is the update to the popular Rapport Field monitor. The Rapport 1 Suffered from poor battery life and IMO a screen that didnt compare to say the computar CRT based monitor in terms of resolution to aid focus setup. The Rapport 2 includes the following features:- CCTV Field Monitor Video Signal Generator Digital Multimeter PTZ Controller PTZ Protocol Analyser UTP Cable Tester Tools such as these are now essential for the lone engineer setting cameras up etc and the Rapport 2 aims to include all those essential tools in one easy to handle package. Design, construction and packaging The plastic of the Rapp…