The sony camera WILL see the IR, you can test it by shooting it with any IR remote, you'll see the light through the camera, but not with your own eyes. That's IR. Covering the pyramid might work, but it might not. Alot of people cover their IR sensors to filter out interference, but some materials work and some don't. I'd darken the room, and check for stray IR with the video camera, if you don't find any, try the remote. Put the receiving pyramid right by the transmitting one and see if it's outputting IR. It should actually output identical IR signals. You could also, with the room still dark and the camera on, look at the receiving pyramid and see if it's emitting IR just....on it's own. CCD cameras have a unique ability of seeing IR light, it's what makes the whole IR security camera concept work. The IR light is visible to the camera, but not the intruder. Test your camera by looking through the viewfinder and pointing a remote at the lens and pressing a button. If it's a working remote and it's outputting an IR signal, the camera will see it. Keep the room dark for all of this testing. Flourescent lights, the sun, plasma monitors, and a few other things are notorious sources of stray IR signals. Unfortunately, they're all impossible to detect with the camera and need an ir detector card. But if the room is dark and none of these sources are present, you can test the system to see if it works, if it does....one of these sources is causing the problem. I'd try one pyramid set at a time, unplugging all others.

This message was edited by ItsColdInMN on 07/26/02 19:54.37.