It is what I am looking for. Thank you very much.

Hi.

I just wanted to know if anyone can help. I have a Vesco stand alone 8 channel Dvr system, i connected the dvr to my modem and setup the dhcp ip then back to static on the dvr, i can access the camera on my browser in the store however if i go out off the store network i cannot access dvr ip?

will i be able to use hamachi to solve this problem if so, please advise on how

Hello,

Please see below setup instructions on how to setup Port Forwarding on a ZyXEL Router.

1.) Open a web browser and type in http://192.168.1.1

2.) It will prompt you for the username and password. By default Username: admin Password: 1234

3.) Now Click on the NAT link.

4.)There should be a dot in the SUA Only setting. If this isn't the case, you can not setup port forwarding without making a major change to your network. I wouldn't advise changing this unless you know what you are doing. Alright, if there is a dot in the SUA Only setting, go ahead and click Edit Details.

5.) Now fill in the following info:

Start Port: The port # of your Camera/DVR
End Port: Same as start port
IP Address: The LAN [internal IP address] IP address for your Camera/DVR

6.) When you're finished, click Save near the bottom of the screen to save your changes

7.) Now make sure the port is open with the following open port forwarding checker tool: http://videos.cctvcamerapros.com/check-open-port-forwarding-tool

NOTE: If the port is open you will use the Remote IP Address you get from the open port tool that you used above. However you will need to type it in as follows via web browser http://ipaddress:port number, eg. if your ip address is 74.96.36.98 than it should look like this when you type it into your web browser http://74.96.36.98:8000.

Hi, I have a smilar problem with setting up my DVR, its a Netfocus DVR. It is working very well on its own, but I need to set it up to view over the net & on my ipad. Is there anyone out there that can assist?
Thanks
Gino

RoddyJoff,

I am sorry but CCTV Camera Pros does not carry AVtech DVRs. If it ends up not working out for you, you may want to check out our iDVR which is one of the best DVRs on the market for remote Internet viewing, including iPhone, Android, and iPad:

http://www.cctvcamerapros.com/H264-Stand-Alone-DVRs-s/358.htm

As another alternative choice, you can use this 4 channel network video server as an add-on to any DVR to enable remote camera viewing from PC and mobile cell phones:

http://www.cctvcamerapros.com/Geovision-Network-Video-Server-p/gv-vs04h.htm

Please let us know if we can help further.

Hello.

I wonder if anyone is able to help me. I have an Avtech AVC796 DVR which works perfectly as a standalone unit. However, when I connect to it over my local network I am unable to login.

At the welcome screen I use username ADMIN (uppercase) plus my password that has been set on the box and which I successfully use locally. Then, having entered the verification code (again, using uppercase when displayed) the login fails with the message:

ERROR: Authentication error.

I hope it is a relatively easy fix - next up will be remote access over the internet followed by EagleEyes, but one step at a time!

Kind regards,

Dave.

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Hello,
Thanks for the suggetion It is really helpful to all .

Thanks

Below are step by step instructions to setup your DVR or IP Camera for remote viewing.

1.) First Make sure your DVR or IP Camera support remote viewing

2.) Second you need to obtian the ip address and the port of your DVR or IP camera. Typically you can find this under network within the system menu of your DVR or IP camera.

3.) Once you have the ip address and port info for your camera log into your router. Now click this link and find the port forwarding instructions that correspond with your routerhttp://www.cctvcamerapros.com/Internet-Surveillance-Setup-s/156.htm

4.) Now that you have the port forwarding setup, go to this web page http://videos.cctvcamerapros.com/check-open-port-forwarding-tool. Check and make sure port 80 is open.

5.) Take the ip address you get from the open port tool and type that into your web browser or Client software.

BT,

There is no iPhone app that I know of that lets you record video from an IP camera to your iPhone. The closest thing to that is the uStream broadcaster and uStream viewer, but you do not use IP cameras with it. You can use CCTV cameras though.

Just wondering if it is possible to use an i-phone as a recording device to record video files from an IP camera/s.
This would overcome the need to have my PC running constantly to capture movement activated videos.
Am open to any suggestions as the only kit I have at present are 2 i-phones (3G & 3GS).

Regards
bt

We recommend LinkSys routers. They are the easiest for us to support and perform very well also. We have port forwarding instructions for LinkSys routers here:

http://www.cctvcamerapros.com/LinkSys-Port-Forwarding-s/122.htm

Please let us know if we can help further.

A customer recently contacted CCTV Camera Pros looking for a megapixel IP camera with the following requirements:

I'm wondering if you could advise of a camera product that would satisfy all or most of these features:

- Megapixel (preferably)
- outdoor use
- IP (built-in server)
- PTZ (remote through ip client)
- full time NTSC video out (for supplying an "in-house" channel) - still works even if IP client is accessing
- on-board storage (memory card - for several hours of history / high resolution stills stored forever during alarm events)
- 2-way audio
- day and night (low light) imaging

Here is CCTV Camera Pros reply:

Thank You for contacting CCTV Camera Pros. I am not aware of any megapixel PTZ camera on the market. The idea behind megapixel is to actually phase out PTZ.

Check out this megapixel model (non-ptz):
http://www.cctvcamerapros.com/Outdoor-Megapixel-Camera-p/vivotek-ip7361.htm

Please let us know if we can help further.

The customer followed up with:

Thanks for the suggestion - that is a fairly good grouping of the options I was looking for. Would I be able to get a simultaneous "video out"?

CCTV Camera Pros reply:

Although that megapixel camera does not have an analog video output, that camera is compatible with this IP camera to analog decoder which basically can give you an analog/CCTV output with BNC anywhere on the network that the IP camera is on:

http://www.cctvcamerapros.com/Video-Decoder-p/vivotek-rx7101.htm

Please let me know if you have any questions about how to use this product.

Im looking at purchasing the Zavio F731E Outdoor IP Camera, Infrared, Weatherproof camera. I want to make sure i have the necessary modem and router to support the camera and have a painless setup. Right now i'm using the ATT 2wire modem/router. After doing a little research and talking with ATT support, i was told that this unit didnt support UPNP which i needed for an IP camera. Is there a modem and router you recommend i buy before i purchase the camera i spec'd above. Thanks for any information you can give me......Jeff

A customer contacted CCTV Camera Pros yesterday that wanted to use the Zavio F312A to watch the a computer monitor. The customer was interested in seeing the resolution and video quality that the camera was capable of for this type of applications.

CCTV Camera Pros created the following video sample using a Zavio F312A and a NUUO surveillance system. We then exported the video as an ASF file from NUUO. ASF files can be played in Windows Media Player.

Click on the below link to play the sample F312A surveillance video:

Zavio F312A Video

There is a theory if you need to recognize somebody you know you should have at least 40 pixels/foot (vertical) and you need 60 pixels per foot in case if you want to identify somebody you don't know.

So if you have 1.3 Megapixel camera with 1/2" sensor format and 8 mm lens you are going to have 42 pixels/foot at 40 foot from camera and width of the field of view 31 ft.

If you need more (like 60 pixels/ft) you can put lens with higher lens focal length (12 mm, with 19.9ft) or put 3 Megapixel camera.

In case if you would have a 3Megapixel camera

Response:

If you want something that definitely works and is very high end, please take a look at our megapixel cameras:

http://www.cctvcamerapros.com/Megapixel-IP-Cameras-s/343.htm

These work with these stand alone NVRs:
http://www.cctvcamerapros.com/Network-Video-Recorder-s/299.htm

or with this PC software:
http://www.cctvcamerapros.com/NUUO-IP-Camera-Software-s/297.htm

You can watch some videos online about the NUUO software here:
http://www.cctvcamerapros.com/NUUO-Surveillance-Systems-s/296.htm#videos

I’m considering a security camera system for my home and hope you will help. I want cameras with enough “resolution?” so that I can recognize / identify someone at 30-40 ft. Most of the small system I’ve seen for home use are “useless” in that the resolution is so poor at a distance you can’t see faces just blurry figures. I doubt anyone with bad intentions will walk up and look in the camera at 3-4 ft. What type of outdoor cameras should I be considering.

Thank You,
Joe & Barbie R.

mcsworks,

Yes, Geovision does support megapixel resolution using Arecont megapixel IP cameras. Can you please describe in detail the view that you are in on your Geovision system and how you are getting there?

Thank You.
-Mike

Hi,

I own a PC with Geovision 8.3 software ; I have 6 analogic camera and 2 IP camera (Arecont 3 Megapixel). I bought Geovision 2 Channel NVR Software License (3rd Party IP) to integrate my 2 IP camera in geovision software. I can not have more than 600*480 resolution, in geovision 8.3 software.
It is impossible to have megapixel resolution in geovision software ? On the box of my geovision nvr dongle, I see compatibility with megapixel camera from arecont.
Can you help me ?

CCTV Camera Pros wrote an article on this subject a while back that can be read here: day care surveillance system article.

One of the best surveillance systems for a day care center that wants to allow remote login and viewing for parents is this 4 camera IP surveillance system which uses NUUO surveillance software.

If you want to expand beyond 4 cameras, you can also upgrade to the 8 channel version of the NVR (network video recorder). You can learn more about this system by watching this network video recorder video.

We also have some additional videos that you can watch to learn more about the NUUO surveillance software.

If you have any further questions, please post a reply to this forum topic, email us directly, or call us on Monday and we will be happy to plan this system with you and provide you with a formal quote.

A potential customer contacted CCTV Camera Pros with the following inquiry:

We are looking to set up a day care but we want parents to access the camera system remotely with password protection. What would we need to accomplish that we are looking at a 4 or 5 camera setup.

Yes this is possible. You need to install a 2nd network into the PC. Then connect all of your cameras to a network switch. Connect the PC to the switch using one of the NIC cards. This will isolate all of the network traffic from the IP cameras on a separate network

The other NIC will connect to your router that has internet access (the one the rest of your network is on).

No cross over cable will be used. You will need to setup IP addresses on all of the IP cameras using the software they came with because a switch is not going to supply any IP addresses via DHCP.

A customer of CCTV Camera Pros contacted us with the following question:

Our IP cameras are using to much network bandwidth and I would like to setup a standalone configuration using a PC with two network cards and a standalone router with no wan connection.

1. Is this possible?
2. Is the second nic connected by a cross over cable or straight thru to the router?

A potential customer recently contacted CCTV Camera Pros with some questions related to Geovision and then NUUO. Here is the transcript:

Customer:
I am interesting by your PCPRO-GV8 Geovision DVR Computer but I need some information on it. I plan to put 4 analog camera and 4 megapixel IP camera (with H264) on it Every camera would be run on Geovision DVR surveillance software. Is it possible? How much IP camera can I connect to Geovision DVR software ?

Support:
You would need to purchase the Geovision IP license found here in addition to the PC that you mentioned:

http://www.cctvcamerapros.com/Geovision-NVR-Software-p/gv-nvr.htm.

And then you would be able to do everything that you mentioned.

Customer:
If I bought GV-NVR Geovision IP Security Camera Software, NVR License, 3rd Party Cameras with 4 camera licenses, do I need to run two software separately to run my camera : one for ip camera ( Ip security camera software) and one for analog (geovision) or can I integrate both camera (ip and analog) in geovision version 8.2 with the IP licenses.

Support:
Yes, you can integrate the Geovision DVR cards, Geovision 1st party IP camera licenses, as well as Geovision 3rd Party IP camera licenses on the same Geovision PC.

Customer:
Do you know if geovision NVR software 3rd party IP camera version is compatible with:

• AV5155DN 5.0 megapixel MegaDome Armor Dome H.264 IP Camera from Arecont Vision SKU#: AV5155DN
• ACTi ACM1232 Megapixel uotdoor IP IR bullet camera.

Support:
I am sorry but those cameras are not yet supported yet according to the latest Geovision IP camera compatibility list.

Customer:
If I use the Nuuo NVR mini network video recorder 4 channel, $899.99 and connect it to the same network of my geovision computer, do you think it is possible to do that? Do you know if my 2 ip camera megapixel are supported by Nuuo NVR?

• AV5155DN 5.0 megapixel MegaDome Armor Dome H.264 IP Camera from Arecont Vision SKU#: AV5155DN
• ACTi ACM1232 Megapixel uotdoor IP IR bullet camera.

Both models are not listed on your list of compatible IP camera.

Support:
Here is a link to the list of supported cameras by the NUUO NVRmini:
http://support.nuuo.com/mediawiki/index.php/NVRmini_supported_cameras

Connecting a NUUO NVR it to the same network as a Geovision system is not a problem.

Please let me know if you have any other questions.