Selsport69 Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 Has anyone used any of the Pelco range of domes. If so how do you rate them? I saw a demo of them on Monday and they look pretty good. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 Has anyone used any of the Pelco range of domes. If so how do you rate them? I saw a demo of them on Monday and they look pretty good. 17996[/snapback] I have worked with Spectra Pelco domes a few years ago, and I think they are nice cameras. Used with a pelco matrix they were easy to set up. I do recall some interference problems due to dirty mains which would knock out the telemetry now and again so I'd reccomend keeping the power local and on the same supply. The presets and patterns you can set are very handy also. PROS: Spectra domes are nice and fast, with a nice set of fuctions at hand. Head units can be replaced with quick removal of the cover then theres 2 spring arms that you release to remove the unit by hand. CONS: Spectra domes Back 2 years ago werent the easiest to install in awkward situations. The main unit needed a knack to get it back into the main dome housing and getting to the internal connections with big hands wasn't easy. External domes require a good watertight installation As long as they are installed correctly im sure you will have very little problems. I also recall when we had a problem with the pelco equipment, the quality of service was very good. All in all from my own experience I rate them highly. especially for speed domes and would be happy to work with them again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Andyp Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 The majority of the domes that we use are Pelco Spectra (mainly 3SE). We have had a few problems with the odd data interferance but considering our biggest job uses around 80 of them I suppose a few faults isnt bad. Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevevtec Posted July 21, 2004 Share Posted July 21, 2004 Hi The company I work for will use / specify nothing else. All domes have their own quirks but the Pelco, in my humble experience, has the least. It also works well with the DM Sprite in both coaxitron and P protocol with only a coulpe of features lost. There were a few domes that made it to market with a colour / mono fault (wouldn't change back to colour after a preset in mono mode) but a firmware fix sorted that. Regards Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cctvman Posted July 24, 2004 Share Posted July 24, 2004 Kev, The pelco 3 series is a great dome with easy to use setup menu's from remote site (wish they were all like that). Only problems are they are critical when it come to outside lighting :!: With the digital zoom set high in darkness & below 1 lux when pan/tilt is used pic can trail on screen which is no good if moving for low/high light areas or following a suspect. On one site we use pelco-ultrak-jvc for pic res they come out tops Cctvman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevevtec Posted July 24, 2004 Share Posted July 24, 2004 Hi again fellas I forgot to add a snippet of useful info regarding the external pelco domes. The new housings have a wide tape like lanyard to retain the bubble when you take it off (so you don't drop it basically ) Since 2003 I've instucted all our installers to cut this off as it has a habit of creating a problem 1 hour/day/week month from leaving site. It basically catches one of the domes assembly screws whilst rotating. This, in turn, can alter both the presets and patterns that have been preprogrammed and so create a service visit. It is possible to locate the strap so it doesn't catch , but this is very difficult whilst up a ladder with the wind blowing etc etc banghead So we cut it off and write in indelible pen that there is no retaining strap so BEWARE Hope this helps, Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selsport69 Posted July 25, 2004 Author Share Posted July 25, 2004 Thanks for all the info guys. So all in all it looks a good dome. Just wish the housings were a bit smaller. Thats what I liked with the VCL orbiter. Nice and small. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevevtec Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 Selsport69 The VCL range of domes are nice and small and round like a football. My experience with VCL isnt good so I compare them to a football. Catch my drift Steve Ps Apologies to all at VCL (now Honeywell) they are getting better - arn't they Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selsport69 Posted July 28, 2004 Author Share Posted July 28, 2004 stevevtec, to be honest we have fitted hundreds of vcl domes and I think we have only had 1 go down on us. I found them very reliable but we are changing with times and Pelco looks the bees knees. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest stevevtec Posted July 28, 2004 Share Posted July 28, 2004 Hi Selsport I think I may have been a little unfair. The company I worked for had the service contract for the cctv on one of the uk's largest supermarket chains all with an avarage 10 domes or so. so multiplied by 300+ stores we saw a very regular supply of faulty domes (20 a week nationally). So my opinion comes from that really, I didn't think about the other 2980 (very "ish" calculation!!) that were working fine. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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