CCTV

["Mark McCall" <mark@xxxxxxx>]

Hi All

I want to get a few cameras up and running but there are so many options I
don't know which way to go.

Anyone on this list got a nice CCTV system up and running?

I know I have had some "undesirables" around the house this week
(those guys
that want to tarmac your drive for a knock-down price).  I can tell from
the
log file of drive movement that HomeVision creates when they entered and
exited the property.  I would like to have had some pictures too.

So.what do I do.  Here are the options/problems as I see them.


1. If I have multiple cameras how do I switch/route them to the recording
device?

2. What's the best way to distribute the pictures round the house? I have
wired for both Coax and CAT5 distribution -Keith where are those CAT5 boxes
:-)

3. What is the best way to record?  An old VCR or a PC with Capture card.
Video capture is pretty intensive stuff.  It's easy to drop frames.  You'd
have to capture at a pretty hi-res to be of any use.  My HA PC (Otto) is an
old P233MMX with 64meg and no capture hardware.

4. When 24/7 Net access is "free" later this year I will have my
home
permanently connected to the Net via my Home Highway.  What's the best way
to have the camera output sent to my desk at work?

5. I can use my drive sensors and external PIRs round the house to tell
when
and where to record from.  Anyone got the logic for this worked out in a
macro HV?

6. If you get a sea gull to eat an alka-sleser is it true they explode?


Thanks

M.

PS - Here's a nice idea!  A CCTV camera that plugs into a standard CAT5
oulet and sends pictures over your LAN/WAN
http://www.uk.axis.com/products/cam_2100/index.html

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