Anything But Arecont, Avigilon, Axis: A New Feature

Published May 15, 2015 04:00 AM

Many of you want to find the right cameras but have a short list of manufacturers you simply refuse to consider, either because of poor quality, restricted dealer availability, unable to make money on them, etc.

Now, the IPVM Camera Finder not only lets you find the exact match across over 40 advanced search criteria and 2400 cameras, you can exclude any manufacturer you desire.

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Scot MacTaggart
May 15, 2015

That's a very clever feature. Nicely done, guys.

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Undisclosed End User #1
May 15, 2015

New tools are good. If experience has made you Leary of a manufacturer it is good to be able to leave them out of the discussiion. Say you already know that an in-use VMS doesn't work and play well with a particular manufacturer.

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Ross Vander Klok
May 15, 2015
IPVMU Certified

Nice! This will help out quite a bit!

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Undisclosed #2
May 15, 2015
IPVMU Certified

Nice!

Couple of suggestions that would allow one to use without fear of negative consequences:

In addition to the "x cameras match your search" count, a "x cameras EXCLUDED" counter would let you know what you might be missing. Clicking on the EXCLUDED word might toggle the pariahs in and out of the results.

In cases where no cameras exists EXCEPT excluded ones, you might show them anyway, but with a Sole Source alert of "Warning: Possible Rigged RFP".

Think '2MP dome with MxJPEG, but Mobotix excluded.'

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Undisclosed End User #1
May 17, 2015

New tools are good. If experience has made you Leary of a manufacturer it is good to be able to leave them out of the discussiion. Say you already know that an in-use VMS doesn't work and play well with a particular manufacturer.