There is no warranty or support. But at that price point I don't care. On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 11:08 AM, Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote:
> Any worries about warranty, support, or firmware updates not buying from > an authorized reseller? I guess for that price difference some risks would > be justified. On the other hand, I wouldn’t want to get old stock with the > hardcoded passwords. > > > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Kurt Fankhauser > *Sent:* Friday, October 28, 2016 8:28 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Tower Cameras > > > > Ken, > > > > I bought that camera for $399 all summer during a special from > DWGDistributing.com Their retail price listed on the website is misleading, > if you setup an account with them you can expect to pay half what the > listed price on the website is. Also there was a guy on ebay selling those > cameras a while back too and I picked up several for under $400. The > bracket comes and is a arm welded to a flat surface than can be bolted > directly to a wall, I just drilled some holes in the flat surface and used > some stainless U-bolts I had left over from old Pac Wireless/Laird antennas > to bolt that to whatever. > > > > On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 8:39 PM, Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: > > Kurt, where are you finding that camera for $400 to $600? > > > > Also, anything special for mounting it to the tower? > > > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Kurt Fankhauser > *Sent:* Thursday, October 27, 2016 8:34 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Tower Cameras > > > > Paul, > > > > I have done this on 5 different towers this summer and it works great. The > camera I am using a PTZ with 30x optical zoom Dahua brand model# > DH-SD50A230IN-HC-S2 Its a Chinese camera but the housing is rugged and > rated for IP67. You can pick them up for anywhere from $400-600 online. > Here is a video I made from a 130' tower with this camera. In the video I > am controlling the camera from 15 miles away sitting at my office. > > > > https://youtu.be/wl9gLF0nZ9o > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 6:49 PM, Jerry Head <li...@blountbroadband.com> > wrote: > > We have hung about 6 of these for the local 911 guys... > http://www.axis.com/ie/en/products/axis-p56-series > They seem to work pretty well. > > > On 10/27/2016 9:54 AM, Paul McCall wrote: > > We want to put a camera(s) at the top of a 400� tower.� Best way to > get 360 degree coverage? > > � > > Paul > > � > > Paul McCall, President > > PDMNet, Inc. / Florida Broadband, Inc. > > 658 Old Dixie Highway > > Vero Beach, FL 32962 > > 772-564-6800� > > pa...@pdmnet.net > > www.pdmnet.com > > www.floridabroadband.com > > � > > � > > > > > > >
