Re: Geovision users - Question...

["johnandrewsinfo" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Paul

You may be right, the cards changed chipsets and version 6.05 is the
latest that will run with my 600 card. i.e. it will not run with 6.11
software.

http://www.cctv-centre.co.uk/cctv/download.html

allows you to download 6.05 foc

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Paul Gordon" <paul@...> wrote:
>
> 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 If he's right, and my GV650 card is obsolete, I will be pretty p*ssed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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