RE: CCTV

["Brown, Andy [Infrastructure]" <andyb@xxxxxxx>]

Mark,

With respect to item 4, regardless of the connection costs (free or
otherwise), most ISPs will drop your connection after 2hrs (idle or not).
May be this is a subject for a different thread, but I'd be interested to
know any one who doesn't get kicked off after 2hrs constant connection
time.

I would have thought that most ISPs will adopt this stance even more
aggressively in the future with free connection costs.

Cheers

Andy

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Mark McCall [SMTP:mark@xxxxxxx]
> Sent:	Wednesday, April 12, 2000 1:16 PM
> To:	ukha_D@xxxxxxx
> Subject:	[ukha_d] CCTV
>
> 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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