Re: Is an all digital solution possible

["Roland Moore" <roland@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I'm looking to set up a network of up to four cameras but I'm unsure if an
> all digital solution is practical...

I think it is practical and worth doing.
If you go to this sites (below) you can find all the information you need on
the availability of an all digital IP based solution.
http://www.boschsecurity.us/ip/
http://www.axis.com/
There are many different vendor preferences you may find posted here.
If you stay within the Bosch brand for a digital IP solution you will have
access to a suite of features the other vendors will simply never have. This
is so for two reasons. Bosch purchased the all the patents and Bosch won't
share them.
I saw Video Insight listed here in another post. They don't manufacture
anything but merely write software. They are not mainstream. They might have
a good product one day, but in my opinion that day has not yet arrived.
If you are price driven only brands like Geovision, Video Insight, Everfocus
are vendors you might want to take a look at. If you are feature driven and
value driven Axis and especially Bosch are better choices, again in my
opinion. In the security market of today there are a few "big" players like
GE, Honeywell, JCI, United Technologies, TYCO and Bosch. The rest don't have
the financial resources these big companies do. Any fight amongst the big
boys could wipe out the little guys almost overnight.

> The site is wired with two separate "CAT 8" (e.g. Cat 7f) networks and a
> wireless LAN so there should be plenty of bandwidth.

There is no reason to use, waste or tax the bandwidth you have available.
With devices like the Bosch VIP X1 or X2 you could manage 4 cameras and you
could "edge encode" as well as "edge record" the video, and still view live
or recorded video whenever you wished and maintain a small footprint on the
network traffic.




"CWatters" <colin.watters@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I'm looking to set up a network of upto four cameras but I'm unsure if an
> all digital solution is practical...
>
> Two of the cameras will be used as security cameras and two for watching
> the
> bird boxes or similar. Ideally I'd like to be able to record the output of
> these cameras as well as view real time data on a PC.
>
> I'd like the system to have pre/post trigger recording capabilities. It
> would be great if these were highly programable/flexible so that I can set
> different time periods for each camera as well as pre/post trigger.
>
> The site is wired with two seperate "CAT 8" (eg Cat 7f) networks and a
> wireless LAN so there should be plenty of bandwidth.
>
> How best to do the recording? Use a PC and recording software or a
> dedicated
> DVR of some sort?
>
> Is it best to use a simple camera and complex S/W or a fancy camera with
> built in recording buffers?
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