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What Great Ideas Did You Give A Manufacturer That They Used?

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Undisclosed Integrator #1
Oct 30, 2015

I remember giving Silent Knight all the data they needed to justify building a 4 channel 6.0AH NAC Circuit extender instead of just an 8.0AH single circuit they were planning. It was a hit and no thanks given. Oh well.

I remember telling a product manager we should come up with a NVR that had PoE built in and auto-discovery of our cameras. That was rejected about 10 years ago. It appears that has caught on now.

I'm sure I have offered a few stinkers as well.

So....what did you suggest?

JH
John Honovich
Oct 30, 2015
IPVM

Here's What Avigilon Should Do Now....

I don't keep track, in general.

I will say, from the IPVM side, our members are responsible for numerous really good ideas and new features for IPVM. As such, I find it a strategic advantage to get so much input, criticism and debate on what we do and how we expand. For example, quite a lot of the Calculator is the direct input of member's requests.

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U
Undisclosed #4
Nov 02, 2015
IPVMU Certified

I don't keep track, in general...

You mean you've lost track...;)

Counting non-technical ideas, I'll go with the SeeTec/ONSSI deal.

UM
Undisclosed Manufacturer #2
Oct 30, 2015

Way back when, I told my boss that these new-fangled IP cameras were going to be a big hit, we need to support them in our software. Seems I was right. Then again, I also recommended to an employer that iPhones were for tweens, Android was unreliable, and BlackBerry was the key to the future. You can't win them all.....

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UD
Undisclosed Distributor #3
Oct 30, 2015

Years ago, when Arecont’s multi-imagers were new, I told an Axis employee that they should take advantage of their strong position in PTZ and merry a multi-imager to a PTZ camera. This is how, Axis Q6000-E was born…. Or maybe my message didn’t get through :)

Q6000-E is a very niche product anyway… back then though I thought that such a camera would be a best seller

JH
John Honovich
Oct 30, 2015
IPVM

I told many manufacturers to do a 180 multi-imager for years. I guess that's why they waited so long :)

U
Undisclosed #4
Oct 30, 2015
IPVMU Certified

Not bragging, but Panoramic-Tilt-Zoom?

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Mark Jones
Oct 31, 2015

It really dates me, but I had an idea to put on-screen text on the VCR video picture to make it easier to go to court. We already had time and date, we added Site ID - 16 characters.

UE
Undisclosed End User #5
Oct 31, 2015

Would it date me just a little to admit that it was my idea to add the 14th star when Vermont joined the Union?

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Undisclosed #4
Nov 02, 2015
IPVMU Certified

Any points for this: Can You Take Out A Vandal Dome With One Swing? followed by this a month or two later: Axis Releases A Video Game

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