Re: IP-based surveillance (indoor)

[Chris Phillipo <cphillipo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In article <429e3113$0$16431$db0fefd9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "James Harris"
<no.email.please> says...
> Could you suggest a suitable camera system for indoor monitoring and
> recording over the LAN?
>
> Best I've seen so far is the Axis 210
> (http://www.axis.com/products/cam_210/index.htm) bundle of four cameras
> and management software
> (http://www.axis.com/products/cam_station_software/). (Management
> software comparison,
> http://www.axis.com/products/video/software/productguide.htm).
>
> Requirements are
>
> IP-based cameras
> Central recording - preferably of motion only
> Browse or client access to the central recorder
>
> The Axis210 and AXIS Camera Station sofware fits the bill very well but
> is there a competitive product that we should consider as well - or any
> horror stories about Axis!!?
>
> --
> TIA
> James
>
>
>

I have 4 D-Link DCS-900 cameras.  They work reasonably well but the
client sucks.  It pegs the CPU at 99% all of the time if you have motion
detection enabled.  The camera servers do sometimes crash so you will
have to hard reset them occasionally.  Still way more reliable than X10
PC interface crap.  that Axis camera looks suspiciously like the DCS-
1000 from D-Link, I would love to get my hands on their software to see
if it's compatible with D-Link cameras.
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