Re: camera motion detection ...... optical -vs- infrared

[John Moore <JMoore@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:57:29 -0400, ABLE1 wrote:

>
> Most will have the ability to do what you are looking for.  It is not
> just the software.  You need to find a video board that will meet your
> needs and there should be an associated trigger board that will
> interface with it for the input.  They may also have associated
> programmable output as well.  Then the board will have available
> software that will interface with the video board and I/O board to give
> the ability to see the input of a motion detector and start recording on
> one or more cameras.  Then the PC processor needs to be fast as well as
> good quality video card, and a good monitor, with a large HDD, expect to
> use WinXP Pro 32 bit or Win7 32 bit.  You are going to be building a
> system or find someone that will build it for you to meet your
> specifications.
>
> For what it worth it would be a lot easier with a embedded free standing
> DVR since it is all in one box.
>
> Les




I have already built a fairly strong pc.  It's the basis for my current
system.  I would prefer to use it because of the investment.

Most of the dvr imput boards I have looked at don't have trigger or alarm
inputs that would be necessary for this PIR.  Do you know of a good input
card?