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    Best cheap camera for inside garage, next to doorway?

    I have several 5442, but I am looking for something cheaper for this use case. T24IR is not the best camera and not the perfect sensor size ratio, but I was hoping it would be sufficient for this use case. I could even use the new camera to instead cover the stairs/door instead as that only...
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    Convince me Reolink is bad to buy

    Yes I have everything set up using IVS only. I don't get a ton of weather related triggers, but every snowstorm will false trigger my 4 of my 5 unprotected cameras 0-3 times. This doesn't happen on my unprotected T180 with white LEDs. I also don't think this happens in day mode without IR LEDs...
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    Best cheap camera for inside garage, next to doorway?

    Also I have tried using BLC and HLC to compensate for the daytime window brightness seen in the pics, and no matter how it's set, it always makes the rest of the image way too dark.
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    Best cheap camera for inside garage, next to doorway?

    Apologies in advance if my explanation of the location is not clear. I'm looking for a second camera to put inside my garage. As there are better cameras outside covering the access points into the garage, I want to use a cheaper model inside. I already have a 3241T-ZE inside at the "Purple...
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    Convince me Reolink is bad to buy

    My setup is entirely Empiretech (15 cams) and I have had them give me plenty of false triggers, from flying and crawling insects, snowflakes, heavy rain (less than snowflakes) and most commonly, squirrels. The false triggers from snow are much worse on cameras that are not protected from above...
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    How to wire 2 cameras on 1 cat6 without any extra devices?

    I have a system using exclusively empiretech cameras. I want to connect two cameras through one cat6 cable. If each camera, (basic Poe cameras, not PTZ or Poe+) only uses two wire pairs, then I should be able to wire one cat6 cable with two RJ45 on each end (two pairs for each RJ45). That...
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    IPC-T54IR-ZE S3 Wall Mounting - Direct or Bracket?

    I can recommend fastcat cable. Great quality solid copper cable, made in South Korea. For plugs and crimp tool I use Klein. Just make sure you get pass-thru plugs, also available from other brands cheaper.
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    Best place to mount window/door stickers?

    I made some stickers to put on the windows/doors around the house to bring attention to the CCTV system. Think "smile, you're on camera", but slightly less silly. What do you think is the best sticker placement for doors? The stickers are purple, I thought this might make them visible enough...
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    IPC-T2231T-ZS IPC-T2431T-AS 2022 IPC-HX2XXX-Molec_MultiLang_PN_V2.820.0000000.48.R.220614.bin

    Is this also the correct firmware for an IPC-T22IR-ZAS-S3?
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    T22IR-ZAS S3 keeps cutting out for 5 seconds prior to every trigger

    So yesterday night I set the camera to continuous record to the SD card, as well as the original BI settings (continuous + triggers). Lining up the BI recordings (ONVIF IVS events) with the on camera events shows me that the camera IS recording and does not drop the video for the 5 seconds that...
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    IPC-T54IR-AS vs 5442-AS Housing/Mounting Differences

    I've avoided buying any of these models with the new mount for this reason, they look like a far inferior mount. It's a good thing the varifocal still comes with the proper mount for now.
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    T22IR-ZAS S3 keeps cutting out for 5 seconds prior to every trigger

    T22IR-ZAS S3 (old GUI) using Blue Iris This camera is set up to record to HDD continuously. It also is set using IVS to trigger intrusion and tripwire (one of each) There is also an SD card in the camera set to record triggers only. When this camera triggers, it drops the video feed or...
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    Should I format SD cards using the camera? (.DAV vs .MP4)

    Thanks I'll give that a shot!
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    Should I format SD cards using the camera? (.DAV vs .MP4)

    Thank you for your help While that .vbs method does work to open IE, it doesn't allow me to have any video feed with IE, instead I only get the "Please click here to download and install the plug-in" black screen that I was getting before. All camera settings are available but no video feed. I...
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    Should I format SD cards using the camera? (.DAV vs .MP4)

    So ultimately I didn't bother with this much anymore as I found out that VLC can play .dav files. However now I am trying to sort out some trigger issues with a 5442, and wanted to look at the (old) GUI playback to see what IVS rules were triggering. I am not able to do this using Edge as...
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