Re: WTF?

[Matt Ion <soundy106@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jay wrote:
> Matt Ion wrote:
>
>>Petem wrote:
>>
>>>"Matt Ion" <soundy106@xxxxxxxxx> a écrit dans le message de news:
>>>bfd2h.237277$5R2.206712@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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>>>
>>>>So I stop in a site today because they say the pictures they're getting on
>>>>their DVR are "too fuzzy" for the cops to use... find out that's because
>>>>the cameras they're worried about - the ones on the gas pumps - are
>>>>cheap-ass IR bullet cams that WE DIDN'T INSTALL.  But that ain't the
>>>>screwy part...
>>>>
>>>>I see one input on the DVR showing NO SIGNAL... okay, I'll check that out
>>>>once the software upgrade is done.  Finish the update, fire the server
>>>>back up... ahh, got picture now!  Wait... a minute later... NO SIGNAL
>>>>again.  Da hell?
>>>>
>>>>Look for the camera... oh nice, it's a cheap PIR motion sensor
>>>>(functional!) with built-in pinhole cam, really ugly wiring hanging down
>>>>the wall (obviously also NOT installed by us)... and the camera only comes
>>>>on when motion is detected.  Soon as the "red light" goes out... so does
>>>>the video.
>>>>
>>>>Cheap bastards... apparently all this junk is stuff that was GIVEN TO the
>>>>owner's brother for money that was owed him.  Nice.
>>>>
>>>>Just to rub it in, I showed the owner some pics from the 1.3MP IP cameras
>>>>I installed last week... 40 degree FOV and a license plate is still
>>>>CLEARLY legible from a distance of 40 feet.  Sweet.
>>>
>>>
>>>NP1004 from Panasonic?
>>
>>IQeye501 from IQinvision.
>
>
> Was this a moving vehicle? If so, can you determine what speed.  I've
> got a customer that wants license plate capture, but doesnt want to pay
> the money for a full setup.

No, it was parked.  Gas pump cams don't typically need to catch moving vehicles.