Recent content by Ben Catoe
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The emails are working now and include a picture. I also get a 2nd email telling me that it is clear. I don't see a way to turn that off but certainly not a big deal. Thank you to everyone and especially @bigredfish for the help !!- Ben Catoe
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I'm not using Gmail. I have my own domain at Ionos though now that I think about it, I should change it to the Gmail that I have setup for the HOA. I will look up that app pword setting. thank you !! I went in to change it, and noticed this...I guess the TEST works even when not enabled...- Ben Catoe
- Post #48
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Still not getting the email alerts thought the test email works.- Ben Catoe
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Bigredfish, ahhh, thank you. Didn't occur to me it needed to be in the camera. I was thinking it would just be an alert rather than an attached clip. I've set that now and will see how that works.- Ben Catoe
- Post #45
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My tripwire IVS is working to record the cars driving in thru the exit. 1 of them even took the opportunity to have their passenger toss their drink cup onto the island...lovely. I've also realized I can set it to record both cameras when this triggers...so I get front and back. I've set it...- Ben Catoe
- Post #43
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I have followed your advice and used IVS to set tripwires. I have not set any scenes as I don't understand them yet. There are indeed a lot of alerts which is expected. These are the 2 entrance/exits for the HOA with 183 homes. I also expect I'll need to make adjustments. Mostly I'll just...- Ben Catoe
- Post #41
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@bigredfish and @wittaj , As always, thank you both for the very helpful info. I'll go into the camera settings and check. I'll try the intrusion zones rather than MD/SMD as per your suggestion. I have a camera system at the house which is working well. This system is the one setup at the...- Ben Catoe
- Post #39
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BTW... Very cool view. Perhaps it is connection related. It seems to be behaving better today. I am using a PTP wireless from my house to the entrance, which is where the NVR is. I was assuming a bad connection would skip frames or such but perhaps that isn't the case. I'm running ver...- Ben Catoe
- Post #37
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I am having an awful time using the browser with this NVR. For example, I go into Search, click in the bar at the bottom and the video will play for 15 sec then just stops. Sometimes if I click stop and can then try clicking in the timeline again, sometimes that won't do anything and I end up...- Ben Catoe
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@bigredfish thank you very much. It ended up being a supply issue when I was ordering and then the 8mp's were on sale so it seemed like a good idea at the time since the feature set was solid. I didn't think about the nighttime performance being negative. Thanks for the info on the zoom, I...- Ben Catoe
- Post #32
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ahh, thanks. Yep, I enabled IE mode and set the NVR page to use that. Plugin loads properly now however both Edge and Chrome. I also set tripwire in 1 direction for the 2 cameras that cover that exit to flag anyone driving in thru it. I wish there was a way to process the tags but I see in...- Ben Catoe
- Post #30
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I finally got the system installed and working. It'll need tuning of course but IT WORKS !! I ended up grabbing the T581R 8mg turret cams. Hopefully that doesn't end up being a mistake. The Mimosa wireless PTP got discontinued so I got 2 pair of the Nanostation AC Loco to handle that. I've...- Ben Catoe
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We would have 4 cameras (2 on each island) but I get your point. It looks like a very good tool but in practice our usage might be minimal. We do have someone that keeps using the exit side of the island to zoom past people coming thru the entrance. It seems like this might help me build a...- Ben Catoe
- Post #26
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You guys are awesome, thank you for the advice. The 741R is out of our price range, especially since we need 4 of them. We do plan to have lights aimed to (hopefully) make the tags visible at night. I'm not finding pricing on the Wizmind bullet cameras. I don't think looking thru the footage...- Ben Catoe
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hmm, now I'm concerned that I don't have the correct setup. Our HOA has 180 homes with 2 entrances so we have a fair amount of traffic. My plan was to place the cameras on the islands with 1 pointed in and another pointed out (the angles are excellent). The inward facing would get the front...- Ben Catoe
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