RE: Geovision users - Question...

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes - it's been a real mess - Geovision constantly trying to play
catchup with the pirate card manufacturers and in the process really
annoying users who would normally upgrade once in a while.

The tradeup program IIRC, was only going to run for a while - I believe it
should have finished by now but when I last checked, was still being
honoured (although some suppliers don't like it as it's too much hassle -
RFConcepts for instance!)

I had a 650 bought around the same time as you - I was running v7 with the
dongle (and a previous chip upgrade) - v8 definitely did not run. I then
upgraded to one of the more powerful cards.

Paul.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Christopher Purves
> Sent: 05 November 2006 12:34
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Geovision users - Question...
>
> Um,
>
> I can perhaps shed a little light on the topic. The dongles were
> introduced I think for some hardware for version 7.0 of the software.
For
> version 8 you do not need a dongle but .... only certain cards will
work
> with version 8. Obviously the new ones do (the 1xxx series of cards).
And
> as I understand it a few of the older cards will also run (e.g some
250's
> some 650's some 800's). For the cards that don't run there is an
upgrade
> program.
>
> This is a great place to get info ...
>
> http://www.ezcctv.com/techforum/index.php<http://www.ezcctv.com/techforum/
> index.php>
>
> and also the company offer the trade in upgrade program too.
>
> this link might help ...
>
> http://www.ezcctv.com/techforum/viewtopic.php?t=899<http://www.ezcctv.com/
> techforum/viewtopic.php?t=899>
>
>
>
> Chris
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Paul Gordon<mailto:paul@xxxxxxx>
>   To: UKHA_D Group<mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>   Sent: 05 November 2006 11:50
>   Subject: [ukha_d] Geovision users - Question...
>
>
>   Hey Chaps,
>
>   I'm getting really confused (and more than a little annoyed too it
must
>   be said) at the FUD around Geovision software upgrade version
>   requirements...
>
>   Let me set the scene...
>
>   I have a GV650 that I bought 3 or 4 years ago, which came with
version
>   5.x software. I've been meaning to upgrade to a newer version for
quite
>   some time, so this weekend I thought I'd give it ago, - coupled with
the
>   fact that I needed to go to Henry's anyway to get a new camera for
the
>   front door.
>
>   Now, I've been aware for some time, thanks to the other GV users on
this
>   group, that there was a hardware modification a couple of years ago
as
>   an anti-piracy measure, which meant that new versions of the
software
>   would only work with new versions of the cards, thanks to some extra
>   anti-piracy hardware checks... However, it was also my understanding
>   that existing users would continue to be supported by making this
>   hardware available in the form of a USB dongle. So all along, I've
been
>   of the belief that all I needed to do was to obtain one of these
>   dongles, and I would be good to go... Whilst I was at Henrys
yesterday,
>   I therefore asked about getting a dongle (I bought my GV card from
>   them), but the guy behind the counter claims that the abovementioned
>   belief is incorrect!! He stated that the absolute latest software
>   version I could run was 6.1, that a dongle would be of no use to me,
>   that a dongle would not allow me to run the latest software, and
that I
>   didn't need one. - He claims that the dongle only works with the new
>   versions of the card...
>
>   This doesn't make sense to me, and I'm not sure I believe he's
right...
>   - so can someone here who runs a Geovision system tell me
*definitively*
>   - what is the purpose of this Geovision dongle that I keep hearing
>   about?
>
>   Google isn't even remotely helpful on this one either, - I've just
>   spent an hour searching, and am none the wiser...
>
>   If he's right, and my GV650 card is obsolete, I will be pretty
p*ssed
>   off with Geovision!
>
>   Cheers all
>
>   Paul G.
>
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