Patrol Dwell Time Questions

[PajamaGuy]

I've read most of the Help, and I've watched the videos (Thank-YOU!) Dasstrum), but there are some answers that still elude me. Although I have 15 cameras in two locations, I've had to cut the .REG files down into small groups of cameras until more RAM gets installed. So the current .REG has 2 cameras and uses <75% CPU. The main camera is a Foscam FI9928P (named: Front-PTZ), the other is a static Amcrest.

Front-PTZ has 3 presets, Home, Street, and Shawn. Home and Street have detection zones, Shawn does not. The configuration I'd like eventually is the have Front-PTZ run a Patrol every 15 minutes and take a snapshot upon arrival at each preset, then return to Home to wait (detection enabled) for the next Patrol.

I'm working on establishing the Patrol and I'm stumped. When Patrol starts (from Home), it sits for the DWELL of 60 sec, then goes to Street for 15 sec (Street's DWELL), then on to Shawn. Once it gets to Shawn, it sits there for almost 4 minutes (although its DWELL is also 15 sec.). Then it reverses to Street for 15 sec, and then Home for 60 sec. Then repeats.

When at presets 1 and 2 the camera frame border is off until panning, but when at preset 3, the border goes on and off about every 5 seconds.

I don't know where to look? Help?

PJ

 

[fenderman]

More ram won't help you....your CPU is way underpowered... also ensure you have enabled direct to disc...

 

[PajamaGuy]

The RAM's because with more cameras I get Out of Memory and there's only 4GB. The CPU's ok, and yes I did NOT have Direct to Disk selected. Thanks!

PJ

 

[fenderman]

The RAM's because with more cameras I get Out of Memory and there's only 4GB. The CPU's ok, and yes I did NOT have Direct to Disk selected. Thanks!

PJ

What CPU are you running?

 

[PajamaGuy]

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9300 @ 2.50GHz, 2494 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)

 

[PajamaGuy]

OT - anybody know why I can't "WATCH" this thread?

 

[fenderman]

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q9300 @ 2.50GHz, 2494 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)

Bad choice... don't waste money on memory for it..it's a 10 yeah old power hog...for 100 you can buy a used hp 8300 or Dell optiplex i5-3570 system...

 

[PajamaGuy]

Its only job is BI. That said, where do I get the used HP or Dell?

 

[fenderman]

Its only job is BI. That said, where do I get the used HP or Dell?

It will cost you more to run than replace.... eBay...

 

[fenderman]

What he said. I have a HP Elite 8300 and it works fine for 16 cameras. eBay is your friend for used equipment.

the number of cameras is irrelevant...its the total MP and frame rates....

 

[looney2ns]

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[PajamaGuy]

Ok, I bought an 8300. Now help me with the dwell time - or should I delete all presets and start over? And then point me to where I can find how to set up a periodic patrol (every 15 or 30 min), and take a snapshot at every stop on the patrol.

Thanks! (The direct-to-disk cut cpu to 35%)