Re: Powermax+: PowerLink, where to buy?

[Philip Coombes <philip.coombes@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm glad you asked me that!  Go to http://www.zoneminder.com for
details, but essentially it's a freeware Linux CCTV and video security
solution wot I wrote. I know a few people on here use it as well as
myself and if you're not familiar with Linux and just want to give it a
try you can download a CD to install ZM and Linux on a PC box all in one
go.

If you are really interested in finding out more I did a two hour web
radio chat show thing last night which you can download and/or listen to
at http://www.tllts.org/dl.php?episode=183&submit=Submit
which pretty
much describes it.

Phil

Richard Parker wrote:
> Hi Phil,
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> What's zone minder?
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> I wasn't interested in using the PowerLink's own cameras, rather
wanted to
> connect it to my existing IP CCTV setup (which the docs says it can
> support?).
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> I think I also heard about the PowerLink web communicator module, but
> haven't been able to find much more about it.
>
> Primarily I just want to be able to remotely control the PowerLink,
and
> since I'm hardly ever away from a PC, that seems the easiest way to do
it.
>
> Thanks
>
> Rich
>
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> On 15/03/07, Philip Coombes <philip.coombes@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> I don't know if the module is 'permanently' delayed or whether it
may
>> indeed be available soon. I was also originally thinking it would
be
>> handy. However I did get the GSM module and the SMS integration is
>> pretty good, if a little limited. You can arm/disarm get status
etc via
>> SMS which is less fiddly than dialling in all the time (though
that is
>> easy than in the original PowerMax). The Visonic cameras
themselves look
>> like rebadged D-Links and if that's the case I wouldn't be
expecting too
>> much from those. The web module for PowerMax was never going to
replace
>> my ZoneMinder setup for cameras etc but I would have been
interested in
>> what it was able to do.
>>
>> Phil
>>
>> Richard Parker wrote:
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>>> Hi Phil,
>>>
>>> Thanks for your reply. This presents kind of a problem though,
since I
>>> really want the module to be communicable over the web. Are
there any
>>> alternatives for this?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Rich
>>>
>>>
>>> On 15/03/07, Philip Coombes <philip.coombes@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
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>>>
>>>> The last I heard, which was a few months ago, was that
Visonic UK had
>>>> rejected the PowerLink module for sale to this country for
'quality
>>>> issues' which I take to mean it is very buggy and doesn't
work. That
>>>>
>> may
>>
>>>> have changed now but I would be a little cautious about
being an early
>>>> adopter of this module.
>>>>
>>>> Phil
>>>>
>>>> Richard Parker wrote:
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>>>>
>>>>> Hi all
>>>>>
>>>>> Looking to buy the PowerLink module for the Powermax+
but can't seem
>>>>>
>> to
>>
>>>> find
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> any UK stockist. Can anyone suggest a supplier?
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, I want to attach the XM10U to the Powermax+ as
well for the HA,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> but
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> will I be able to run both the PowerLink and the XM10U
?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>> Rich
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