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PCI Video Capture System
PCI Video Capture System
Remotely view up to four camera locations with this convenient surveillance solution.
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  • Monitor the pool, baby's room and home perimeter directly on your PC monitor
  • Uses equipment you already have, so you won't have to buy specialized equipment
  • Keep an eye on the babysitter, even if you're at work
  • Find out if someone enters your home and keep a record of what they did
  • Find out when movement is detected in the camera view via your pager or cell phone

Purchasing Information

Who says protecting your home or business with a local or Web-viewable surveillance system requires buying a bunch of dedicated, specialized equipment? With the PCI Video Capture System, you can create a security observation system, complete with digital recording and remote monitoring, using the desktop PC computer you already own! Just add up to four standard, off-the-shelf color or black & white security cameras, and you'll be able to see what's happening in four distinct areas of your home or business, whether you're across the hall, or across the country!

The system displays up to four camera locations directly on your computer screen, in REAL TIME, without the slight delay found with other products on the market. You can add date, time and a specific camera name to the picture (i.e. "baby's room," "front door," etc.). You'll even be able to see the quad-screen display on any remote computer equipped with the included software and access to the Internet - perfect for checking up on the baby and babysitter from your office, so you don't have to wait to get home to see that everything is okay. This feature requires an always-on broadband Internet connection, like DSL or cable modem service. System is compatible with hubs, routers and hardware and software firewalls.

Unlike our similar 7789 four-camera video capture system, you can even set the system to alert you when movement is detected within the camera's field of view. Notification can be in the form of a pre-recorded message sent to any phone, including your cell phone if your computer modem supports TAPI, or a text message to your pager. For example, if the camera in your backyard detects an intruder, the system can call your cell phone and play a message that says, "Motion has been detected in the backyard," or any other message you choose. You can even adjust the system to only send alerts when motion is detected on a specific portion of the screen. For example, if you have a camera facing the front yard, you can be alerted when a car comes up on your driveway, but not every time one drives by on the street. Adjustable sensitivity allows you to maximize security or reduce false alarms due to wind or shadows.

You can also set the system to record at specific days and/or times, in case you want to make sure the gardeners aren't peering into windows or to make sure the cleaning lady isn't raiding the liquor cabinet. You can adjust how much it records (your computer hard drive size is the only limitation), as well as the frames per second and the amount of compression or quality level.

System includes the Four-Port PCI Video Capture Card, application software and a multi-lingual owner's manual (English/Spanish/French). The PCI card must be installed in a Pentium II or better PC, with a 350MHz or faster processor, 64MB of RAM, Windows� 98/ME, a 14 bit or higher VGA card, an 800 x 600 high color display, a 33,600 bps or faster voice modem, an 8-bit or higher PCI sound card and a CD-ROM drive.



Specifications

Computer Interface PCI 2.1
Inputs 4 composite video input connectors
Video Compression JPEG + Proprietary Algorithm
Size of Video Each Camera Screen: 320 x 240
Colors High Color 16-bit
Hard Drive Space Unlimited
Frame rate on local computer Each camera: 5 Frames per Second
Local hard drive recording Frame Rate 4 Frames per Second
Frame Rate of transmitted video images 1 fps for modem dial up
4 fps over a network
Remote viewing TCP/IP protocol (Internet/Intranet)
Adjustments Brightness, contrast, Hue, Saturation,
quality, alarm, motion detection area
Video Chip Bt878
Formats supported NTSC-M (North America), NTSC-Japan
PAL, SECAM
Notification method Telephone call to pager or voice line

System Requirements

CPU Intel Pentium 350MHz or above
RAM Memory 64MB
Operating System Windows 98/ME
Network Ethernet  or TCP/IP Network
(for remotely accessing the system)
Hard disk space at least 100MB free
Audio Sound Card
Modem 36,000bps or faster voice enabled
(if notification feature is used)
Video Card 16-Bit VGA card
other CD-ROM drive (for software)



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