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  1. J

    RE: HikVision Setup

    The fiber would only be a backbone between POE switches to break up your runs. I used to use a company called iFiberOptix out of Irvine, CA. Ask them for a quote on some 6 strand armored SM pre terminated fiber with a pulling eye at whatever length you would measure between switches. I would...
  2. J

    RE: HikVision Setup

    He said it's in industrial space, which probably means running it in ceilings that are 30ft high. That means scissor lifts or forklift platforms. This whole thread was started based on designing something to compensate for excessive run lengths.
  3. J

    RE: HikVision Setup

    Technically true, but I recommend the Cat6 cable because your are pushing POE to the limits. If I was going through the trouble of running 16 drops 100 meters, I would want the headroom given to me by the slightly large conductor, with more consistent characteristic impedances, and lower alien...
  4. J

    Good source to buy IP items at

    Re: Good source to buy Hikvision items at. I'll take a catalog and pricelist please.
  5. J

    RE: HikVision Setup

    6a (Augmented Cat6) is not necessary. You do not need 10gig bandwidth. If you did, it would be more economical to run fiber anyways. 10gig copper SFP's/NIC's will cost you just as much as fiber but come with distance limitations where fiber does not (unless you talk kilometers). A Cat6a that...
  6. J

    RE: HikVision Setup

    How much do you pay for longspans? At the prices I'm seeing on the web, I would just run some preterm fiber and a switches with SFP ports. Maybe just a media convertor at the LAN port. No EMI to worry about from ballasts, machinery, or AC.
  7. J

    RE: HikVision Setup

    I would run a solid Cat6 that is 23awg; preferably a brand like BerkTek, Belden(Mohawk), Superior Essex, General Cable. Don't buy cheap mystery offshore cable, might save a few bucks but it's not worth the problems if it has one. You will probably have to put switches in two or three areas to...
  8. J

    Something to note about Amazon and HIK

    I do, and I paid the premium from a vendor saying it was, but I think I was sent Chinese anyways. So Amazon sellers cannot sell authentic/authorized USA versions?
  9. J

    Something to note about Amazon and HIK

    Can you point me to the threads you found your firmware code information on? I'm in similar situation. Was sold "Full USA version in USA retail boxes" from an Amazon seller. Been paying a premium too.
  10. J

    Raspberry Pi 2

    I have not heard of Z-Wave, but awesome! To Amazon, time to make a wish list!
  11. J

    nvr or computer 5 cams.

    If you use HikVision cams with the free iVMS-4200 server, no problem at all. It uses next to nothing to record. Live view and Playback use up some resources, but you should be fine with 5 cameras.
  12. J

    Raspberry Pi 2

    I got one on Friday from MicroCenter. Great for learning. I've already set it up with an Apache web server, played around with HTML and CSS a little. Figured out how to mount Window shared folders and use SSH to avoid having to hook it up to it's own monitor and peripherals. Learned a little...
  13. J

    Firmware Build / Device Type Question

    So the things that have me concerned on the NC303 questionable camera. "OEM INFO: DZ20140829_55" This line doesn't exist on other "Working Copy Root Path: /data2/data_wangkai3/work/custom_code/SERIOUS_4_OEM_NEU_ipc_release_V5.2.0_build20140721_custom" The author and date are later too, but...
  14. J

    $100 Hikvision 2MP cameras available now!

    The 1MP cube is POE, correct?
  15. J

    Firmware Build / Device Type Question

    Got it set up. Thanks, anything specific I look for when logged into camera via TelNet or SSH?
  16. J

    Firmware Build / Device Type Question

    Thanks for the info. I have no experience with telnet, but now you have me intrigued. I'll have to explore. Is there a program you can point me to for telnet? Thanks for all your info.
  17. J

    Firmware Build / Device Type Question

    Well, I paid the premium to buy them from a vendor that advertised them as US/English Firmware. The one running 140721 came first and no problems. The 141016 came from same vendor a few months later, and seems a little hokey and I'm having problems with reliability - but they both came in...
  18. J

    Effectiveness of footage leading to actual arrests, or any other camera sstories?

    It all began with a shady 19 year old nephew living next door, nothing to do but sit on the porch and keep track of my schedule. I'd notice when I was working in the garage with the door open, he would start riding his cousins little bikes in the street where he could get a good view into the...
  19. J

    Effectiveness of footage leading to actual arrests, or any other camera sstories?

    Dangit, I just wanted to get rid of the thieves. Was wondering where my door to door drug dealer has been.
  20. J

    Firmware Build / Device Type Question

    It only says "upgrade failed". I see lots of references to different 5.2.x firmwares but I can't find any of them. The only firmware I can find is the 5.2.0 build 140721 on HikVision's website.
  21. J

    Firmware Build / Device Type Question

    The build 141016 will not let me upgrade the firmware. I am sending it back to seller.
  22. J

    Effectiveness of footage leading to actual arrests, or any other camera sstories?

    Caught kids checking my truck's door handles less than a week after I got an outdoor camera. I didn't pursue it, but I know which kids to keep an eye on now. I don't have time to go back and check all footage everyday, so not sure what else has happened. If something bad happens it will feel...
  23. J

    hikvision mobile apps - ivms-4500 / ezviz only work on wifi, not mobile network

    Are you getting an "error code 153"? In the app?
  24. J

    Server/Client Based Software Solutions

    ^^^^^^^^this
  25. J

    HikVision PC NVR

    Are you using the PC NVR program or the Server program from iVMS-4200? I'm using the Server program from iVMS-4200. I dedicated a drive to the server and clean formatted it exFat. You could probably give it just a partition, but I'm not sure. I can't figure out how reroute the storage to...
  26. J

    iVMS Client Problems

    Leaving the Video Expired Time as 0 supposedly just waits until the drive is full before it starts recording over the oldest footage.
  27. J

    iVMS Client Problems

    Sorry, I goofed. On the "Record Schedule" tab in the client. Select "Event Template" for the record schedule. Then click advanced and select your pre-record and post-record periods. Didn't have it in front of me.
  28. J

    Firmware Build / Device Type Question

    Guess I should of been more clear, why are the default device type and build versions different on the cameras? They are the same 5.2.0? Is one of these gray market? It shouldn't have been for what I payed.
  29. J

    iVMS Client Problems

    So you can pull recordings when you run the client on your dedicated machine, but not another machine? The other machine sees the Storage Server in "Record Schedule"? Are they on the same LAN? In the "Remote Playback" tab, are you searching under "View", "Camera", or "Event"? It was finicky to...
  30. J

    iVMS Client Problems

    Exactly. Now with everything set up, you should be able to close out of the client and leave the storage server running. I have the storage server set up as a start up program so i don't forget to start it up if I reboot. When I look into the task manager I see the storage server running as a...
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