We fitted some cameras in a shop ages ago and now he's having a bit of bother with staff he wants to update the recording play back part..

What he's after is a DVR which will record about 6 cameras, med/high res a week at a time say, and he wants to be able to go through the entire recording at home on his PC not at the shop.

I try to avoid CCTV but I cant get out of this job, so any pointers are gatefully received.

What he's after is a DVR which will record about 6 cameras, med/high res a week at a time say, and he wants to be able to go through the entire recording at home on his PC not at the shop.

RICHL

Couple of ways of doing this depending what you mean. Simplest is a removable hard disk. Take it home and watch it or same again, only burn to CD or other recording medium.

I think he wants remote viewing software and this requires extra kit.

The easiest way is if the customer has Broad band at work and at home. Then you will network the pictures across. Again there are a number of ways of doing this. We use virtual private network VPN but I would recommend that you use a remote viewing package such as dedicated micros. This works by giving the DVR an IP address & gateway. If there is no existing network this is a doodle if you have to go through an existing network you will probably have to pass through a firewall. This is done by opening a port. Now all this is like anything else, is easy when you know how.

Jef

And he has CCTV.... how expensive are the fish?

you could try netvu

http://www.ad-networkvideo.com/

it can be viwed via an IP address

see also

http://www.northbt.com/driver/Vdesktop.htm

thw follwing is coipied from the last links site

The VDesktop interface links the AD Network Video NetVu Video Desktop system to North's Extensble Object Model. The NetVu Video Desktop is a cctv software package that communicates with the range of NetVu network video servers via a TCP/IP network.

The VDesktop interface links to the Video Desktop software via the IP network and provides control for the cctv system, including:

camera selection, positioning, presets, live/playback operation, etc.

The Video Desktop software is used to display the video signal.

Supported Range

The interface communicates with the NetVu Video Desktop software, which is compatible with the following NetVu network video servers:

NetVu Vanguard

Just had a quick look on the net. the ones I've worked with, DM Sprite, ADPRO, etc seem a bit pricy (£2,000 and upwards).

I did find this, though.

9 Camera Multiplexer DVR (Model: XVIS9DVR)

here:http://www.y3kcctv.com/

Can't seem to find much wrong with the specs compared with similar. specially for the price...£400...not bad at all.

Only thing is, optional network adapter required for remote viewing at £150

also there's no mention of the viewing software. i assume it comes with the adapter?

Edited August 21, 200421 yr by Brian c

oh!

lol

just adds weught to 'you get what you pay for, eh?'

Having said that, I seem to be returning a few sprite's lately.

We thought Y3k were the nuts .........until we had to return everything and go back to DS2's.

Id rather cut of  both my arms than use Y3K ever again, at all costs do not even consider them.

I spent 5k with them last year and the machines crash every time you sneeze.

Their returns dept is a joke and they will mess you around for weeks.

The stuff looks really good and when its not crashing or the hard drives arnt failing when you have something really important recorded, it works quite well the fps are shared though so 100fps between 8 cams is actually 12.5 fps

Swerve em

Pete

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Pete,

I am/was considering purchasing a DVR from Y3K.

May I ask - which DVR did you find so unreliable, was it the EDVR, the XDVR or the DVRPRO that you were using?

Mike