Re: CCTV & ATI AIW

[galeforce9@xxxxxxx]

Hi

I had a similar problem. Not sure about your server, but on my
proliant 330 you soon end up with no available PCI slots. To solve
the problem put in a good quality USB card and then use that to
convert to extra serial and parallel ports etc. Belkin has a new USB
capture device called the video bus II which captures video and audio
via the USB bus. (carefull alot of USB devices only capture video and
rely on your sound card for the audio capture). That way you keep as
many slots free as you can. At the moment there is a driver issue
with the sound on the Videobus II but I believe it will be sorted
soon.

Regards

Ian


--- In ukha_d@y..., "Brian G. Reynolds"
<brian.g.reynolds@n...> wrote:
> Hi, I have an ATI AIW 32MB DDR AGP graphics card for connecting my
CCTV
> camera's too, it is fitted into a home built PC, now the problem as
I now
> have a Compaq 2500 Proliant Server and am in the process of
transferring
> everything to this server but it does not have an AGP slot, I don't
think
> any servers do, so would I be better to find someone who wants to
buy one of
> these cards and get them to buy a PCI version and do a swap or will
a
> cheaper version be good enough?
>
> I was advised to purchase this card and it cost me a lot of money
but I do
> not want to buy another just to get a PCI version because the
existing one
> is overkill in my retired server which will be used as a work
station and I
> do not have any use for this unless I buy a DVD drive and use the
output to
> connect to the TV?
>
> Any suggestions gratefully received.
>
> TIA,
>
> B.