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    CodeProject.AI Version 2.0

    File names in Windows are case-insensitive, so if you're running CodeProject AI on Windows, it doesn't matter. Are you using a Coral TPU, a GPU, or the CPU?
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    Not safe to by Hikvision equipment since banned in US?

    Yeah, that will work fine. I'm using Blue Iris for my NVR, and have automations configured in both Home Assistant and Node-RED. Blue Iris can send MQTT events on alerts (i.e. when motion is detected), then Home Assistant and Node-RED can listen for that. I think there's a Home Assistant custom...
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    Not safe to by Hikvision equipment since banned in US?

    Check if your motherboard has two Ethernet ports - some of the higher-end ones do. If not, buy another NIC. A Gigabit NIC is around $15 (e.g. https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/900387-REG/TP_Link_tg_3468_32_Bit_Gigabit_PCIE_Network.html) but these days you may as well buy a 2.5Gbps NIC since...
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    Not safe to by Hikvision equipment since banned in US?

    Z-Wave and Zigbee are essentially automatically secure, as there's no way the devices can directly reach the internet. Z-Wave and Zigbee are totally separate networks. Proprietary controllers / gateways can access the internet, but the best practice for Zigbee is to use a PoE Zigbee coordinator...
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    Not safe to by Hikvision equipment since banned in US?

    This is a good diagram. You'll also want to enable Windows' NTP server, update the firewall on the BI PC to allow the cams to connect to UDP port 123 (NTP), and configure the cameras to use it as their NTP server, so they can keep their time in sync, otherwise they'll drift over time. By...
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    Not safe to by Hikvision equipment since banned in US?

    This is a good idea, but using a separate VLAN is still useful even if you have two network cards. For example, if you want to use the same network switch for other devices too. Configure the switch ports used by the cameras, and the switch port used by the second network card, to use the camera...
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    Not safe to by Hikvision equipment since banned in US?

    Setting an invalid gateway really doesn't do anything useful. It's just a false sense of security. If you're trying to protect against the camera running malicious software, an invalid gateway would be trivially bypassed by the malware by just scanning the network for routers. Also, setting an...
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    EmpireTech latest New firmware, Device Guide video, Manual WEB5.0

    I saw that but I was confused about the dates. It says "2022-08-18 / 2023-12-21" which I assume means 2022-08-18 for smart IR and 2023-12-21 for non smart IR. Is there a reason the smart IR firmware is so much older?
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    EmpireTech latest New firmware, Device Guide video, Manual WEB5.0

    @EMPIRETECANDY What's the latest firmware for IPC-T5442T-ZE? I have a camera with version "V2.840.0000000.25.R, Build Date: 2023-04-25" that does not have "Smart IR", and another one with "V2.840.15OG00D.0.R, Build Date: 2022-08-18" that does have "Smart IR". Is there a newer build that has...
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    Dahua restarting / losing network link every 5-10 seconds

    I've got four other cameras - the two Dahuas and two indoor Amcrest ones with PoE splitters. Pulling <20W total and the switch supports 250W so I'm nowhere near the limit. I tried using a separate PoE switch with nothing else attached except my computer and the camera, and could still repro...
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    Dahua restarting / losing network link every 5-10 seconds

    I purchased three IPC-T5442T-ZE cameras from Andy in October 2022. I installed two of them in 2023 and they're working very well - no problems at all. I was trying to install the third one today, but I'm encountering issues while bench testing it. I haven't used that one before - it's brand new...
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    5.7.5 - April 20, 2023 - Onvif updates

    I disabled ONVIF authentication (in Network -> Access Platform for my cameras) so I could access the camera via ONVIF Device Manager and set the time there. Now I can't work out what's going on. As I write this, it's 11:54 AM here. Enabling the "Automatically adjust for daylight saving time...
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    5.7.5 - April 20, 2023 - Onvif updates

    It looks like the cameras are using UTC even though they have the correct time zone set. The authentication issue happens in ONVIF Device Manager too.
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    5.7.5 - April 20, 2023 - Onvif updates

    I started seeing this too. I checked that the time on all cameras is correct - The cameras sync their time using the NTP server on my Windows Server 2022 VM that runs Blue Iris, so they've always got exactly the same time. I also checked that the DST settings on the cameras are set correctly for...
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    5.7.5 - April 20, 2023 - Onvif updates

    I get very few false alerts with smart motion, and I use CodeProjectAI with a Google Coral to avoid them.
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