DIY CCTV for your Lotus

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Re: DIY CCTV for your Lotus

Post by scottishselise » Mon Jan 12, 2009 3:32 pm

I think people noticed them and I think I read they tried to rip them off. Good luck, what a bloody nightmare people messing with your p+j its almost as bad as someone messing with the mrs.(id imagine)

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Re: DIY CCTV for your Lotus

Post by philthy » Mon Jan 12, 2009 3:41 pm

What about a plexiglass box around the cameras sanj?
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Re: DIY CCTV for your Lotus

Post by Sanjøy » Mon Jan 12, 2009 4:42 pm

philthy wrote:What about a plexiglass box around the cameras sanj?
Working on a solution.

I think I would need some help from Robin to implement this http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=M0fLadjRP8c as the software does do tracking...
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Re: DIY CCTV for your Lotus

Post by Sanjøy » Mon Jan 19, 2009 1:14 pm

NOOPS 160 wrote:[
I would like to ask the same kinda question, I'm having to install something to protect my dogs , however your footage is ab-it (sorry ) pants......and clarity of faces etc is not the best..... I would need something a tad better unfortunately:roll:
Looks like it was good enough for Lothian & Borders finest, they have recognised the chap and following up. Always worrying when you get emails from a copper. Restores faith though when you see them getting the time to do some actual police work and chase after scum and go for the result.
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Re: DIY CCTV for your Lotus

Post by MonTheFish » Fri Feb 20, 2009 11:01 pm

Just wanted to send SP a big :cheers for answering all my silly questions and giving me enough great info to allow me to set up the same type of solution for a good mate of mine.

I've set up a couple of CCD outdoor cams running outside his house and its all working great as you can see below:

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Thanks again SP.
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Post by r055 » Fri Feb 20, 2009 11:15 pm

MonTheFish wrote:Just wanted to send SP a big :cheers for answering all my silly questions and giving me enough great info to allow me to set up the same type of solution for a good mate of mine.

I've set up a couple of CCD outdoor cams running outside his house and its all working great as you can see below:

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Thanks again SP.
hope you managed to catch that guy with the grey hair spraying white paint on your TT! :wink: :lol: :blackeye
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Re: DIY CCTV for your Lotus

Post by MonTheFish » Mon Dec 19, 2011 1:13 am

sorry for the thread bump but I thought you would all enjoy what my camera caught....the wife didn't!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Xuv1jvKx4U
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Post by j2 lot » Mon Dec 19, 2011 1:26 am

:thumbsup
Brave man posting that up :blackeye
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Post by r055 » Mon Dec 19, 2011 9:48 am

j2 lot wrote::thumbsup
Brave man posting that up :blackeye
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Re: DIY CCTV for your Lotus

Post by Corranga » Mon Dec 19, 2011 11:14 am

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Post by KevD » Tue Dec 20, 2011 9:05 pm

Mega! I'm not gloating though, got an astra SRI as a work car and its got one of those stupid electronic handbrakes, keep forgetting.

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Re: DIY CCTV for your Lotus

Post by delands » Wed Dec 21, 2011 12:46 pm

Err..got out the left hand side of the car?!

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Re: DIY CCTV for your Lotus

Post by MonTheFish » Wed Dec 21, 2011 12:51 pm

That was my oldest. He couldn't get the house door unlocked and you can just make out the wife getting out about 17 secs in to the video.
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Post by Sanjøy » Wed Jul 11, 2012 10:35 pm

Thought I would follow up on my 2008 post after Andy got his race pod nicked. If anyone wants some help setting up a system give me a shout.

Have moved house and only took my 2 years to get the CCTV back up and running. With some minor modifications ....

PC is now a Dell 5100 P4 HT with 1 or 2 gb ram
Installed a Picollo 4 channel video capture card
2 * 600 TV line 48ir LED camera (£17 eBay)
1 * 480 TV line 24ir LED camera (£10 eBay)
Some £1 baluns to run the cameras over cat5, I send power down the same cat5.

System is much better than before mainly due to cheap Chinese kit being available. The picolo card was a bit of a steal and might try out the cheap Chinese cards off flea bay and split the cameras across the to increase frame rate.

Same URL as the first post.

Anyone fancy spotting me online when I am using the chainsaw ? :)

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Re: DIY CCTV for your Lotus

Post by Tom » Wed Jul 11, 2012 10:44 pm

Sanjoy wrote:
Anyone fancy spotting me online when I am using the chainsaw ? :)

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