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These videos help you understand the technology and how they are used in various applications.

 

 
Getting Started

Understanding the Latest Specifications for IP Cameras
Before purchasing your IP Cameras, it’s best to understand the specifications. New specifications have been added to the IP Cameras.  Specifications to consider include the lens, resolution, light sensitivity, and dynamic range.

How to Determine the Right Lens and Resolution Required for Your IP Cameras
The resolution of the camera and the lens define what you will see.  The resolution of the camera defines what detail you will see while the lens will determine how far away the image is from the camera and how wide an area (the Field of View) you can see.

Review and Comparison of IP Cameras
Which Camera is better?

This camera review compares the latest megapixel dome IP Cameras from Axis, IQinvision and Ganz (division of CBC). Cameras range in price from about $659 to over $1100, but remember you get what you pay for.

Viewing Your IP Cameras Remotely using your smart phone
If videophones work, why not surveillance cameras? This article looks at the bandwidth issues involved.  

IP Surveillance Systems compared to CCTV Systems
What's better?

The video surveillance industry has changed over the last few years.  One major change is the increasing popularity of IP or digital surveillance systems.  Why is this happening?

Frequently Asked Questions about IP Cameras.
The answers may surprise you

How people use IP camera systems. Who? What? Why?
No, this is not about the old Abbott and Costello routine, "Who's on First." But if it were, and if the ballpark had one of the video surveillance cameras we sell, you'd be able to see the ball player slide into first, as the umpire declares him safe. Safety. That's one of the reasons our customers purchase surveillance systems, but it's not the only one. Scenarios run the gamut from artistic creativity to zooming in on nature.

How Surge Protectors Work or Lightning's Thief
Surges caused by lightning and other power disruptions can damage cameras as well as network switches and computers. This article describes how these surge protectors work and where to use them.

Selecting the Right Camera System
By answering all the questions in this article, you will have all the information you need to define the exact system for your application.

Selecting the camera, lens, video storage, enclosures and software.
Ask the right questions, and get the best IP system for you application.

The Complete Surveillance System
A complete Surveillance system consists of cameras, software and video storage. I
n this article we put it all together. We create a real life requirement and then assemble a complete surveillance system. Everything is included from the cameras and lenses to the mounting brackets and power supplies.

Using IP Cameras and Door Access Control at a Remote Gate
When there's built in storage it's easy
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Understanding the Technology

Understanding Camera Specifications
What do all the specifications mean in real world application.

High Resolution cameras are not all a like.
How to tell the difference.

The Mystery of Night Vision.
The term “Night Vision” can sometimes be confusing, especially when you compare day/night optical cameras with thermal imaging cameras. Here's how to select the right technology .

Seeing in the Dark. Can you see as well as an Owl? Many of the cameras can.
There are choices of cameras available ranging from low light, IR sensitive and thermal imaging types. This article describes the differences in the technology.

Using an IP Camera with Audio.
IP cameras are getting more and more sophisticated.  Many of the newer cameras include two-way audio, but what do you need to know to make the best use of audio capability?

Let the Recorder Beware
Discusses the legal issues of recording audio .

The Latest H.264 Compression. -- How good is this new compression.
It may be black magic, but it's a great improvement for some applications

What are MPEG and JPEG formats and What's a better compression
The type of compression depends on your application
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What is Bandwidth and how much is Required
Are you having trouble with your cable connection? Are there problems with your telephone system? This article introduces you to the concept and helps you determine what Internet bandwidth is needed for sending video and audio.

Using an IP Camera with Audio.
IP cameras are getting more and more sophisticated.  Many of the newer cameras include two-way

 
Calculations

How to Calculate Video Storage Requirements
And a Free Calculator included

How to Calculate the Bandwidth Required for Your Network Cameras
Is there enough bandwidth?

 
About Wireless IP Cameras
 
About How Wireless IP networks work.
Here's a review of the wireless technology.
 
About IP Access Control Systems
 

About Access Control Systems
A review of the technology and how they can be integrated with IP Cameras. The latest IP Door Access Control systems are described and compared to the older technologies.

How to use an IP Camera to Control Door Access
Everything you wanted to know about how to install and control a door from a remote location.

 
About Camera Enclosures
 

How to Protect Your Cameras in Harsh Environments

Standard environmental enclosures can protect our electronic equipment when temperatures are between -20 F and 120 F, but what happens when temperatures reach over 130 F or drop to -50 F? This article describes how we can protect our computers and IP cameras.

 
About IP Software
 

Review: What to look for when selecting the software for your IP Cameras.
This white paper starts with your application and then tells you what to look for in the software.

How to select the right IP Software
Why do I need software with my IP camera? All I need is a web browser to view IP network cameras on my PC. I can even control a pan, tilt and zoom (PTZ) camera. Well yes, but surveillance usually requires more than just real-time viewing, you also need to store the video, view multiple cameras, be notified about alarms, etc. This article helps you understand the various NVR software products available.

Beyond the DVR
First there was tape, then DVR's and now it's Network Video Recorders (NVR). How to select the right video storage

 

 
About Storage and Memory
 

Review of the Current Optical Jukebox and Library Technology.
Blu-ray wins the standards war and becomes the technology of choice.

About Memories

The difference between CD DVD jukeboxes and CD DVD Servers.

How Blu-ray optical discs work.

How to handle all the Information that needs to be Archived. Meeting the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act

CD/DVD Servers Get Better
History of the CD/DVD Server

How to Calculate Video Storage Requirements And a Free Calculator
Free calculator included

How the CD Server Works

What is Caching and How Does it Work?
Caching makes your computer faster

Beyond the DVR
Selecting the right video storage

 
About Lenses
 

How to Calculate the Right Lens and Resolution Required for Your IP Cameras
The resolution of the camera and the lens define what you will see.  The resolution of the camera defines what detail you will see while the lens will determine how far away the image is from the camera and how wide an area (the Field of View) you can see.

Calculating angles of the lens

How a Lens Works

How the Resolution of the Camera are defined
What you see is what you get

 
Portable PA Systems and PA over IP
 

Paging and PA Over IP
You may have heard about Voice over IP or VoIP, well now it’s paging over IP.  This new Public Address system provides Voice and Intercom over the network. But how does this all work?

Review and Comparison of the Classic Paging System to the New PA over IP Systems
Compares the cost of installing a classic paging system versus the latest network attached PA systems.

Let the Recorder Beware
Discusses the legal issues of recording audio .

Article about Microphones - In Your Face
Discusses the different microphones available with portable PA systems.

How to Select the Right Speaker.
How to get the best sound requires some planning. Understanding all the speaker specifications will help you make the right choice for each area.

How Does that PA System Work?
Or, those good vibrations

How Loud is Loud?
This article discusses how to determine how loud your PA system should be
and how to specify the type of equipment you need.

 

 

 

Videos Describing the Technology

IP cameras are compatible with IP Access Control Readers

IP Door Access Control with IP Cameras

IP cameras for Cities

PA over IP Provides Paging over Your Network

 

 
 

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