RE: CCTV

["Des Gibbons" <des@xxxxxxx>]

BT internet on isdn don't semm to kick you after 2 hours, my longest so far
is 55 hours straight, weekend before last.

Des Gibbons

> -----Original Message-----
> From: andyb@xxxxxxx [mailto:andyb@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 12 April 2000 14:13
> To: des@xxxxxxx; 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] CCTV
>
>
> 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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