Recent content by Gdfein

Thanks. I should have clarified that moving where the camera is mounted or lowering it from a pole are nonstarters. This sits flush mounted (turret cam) on the masonary ceiling of the patio so relocating would leave an unsightly hole I’m not easily able to patch so the camera angle and less...

I have one of my exterior cameras position on back patio so that it can see both doors and the large windows. My patio has two ceiling fans that run 24/7 as it discourages nesting bugs and critters. However the fan motion appears to constantly trigger motion as this camera throws constant...

Made the first few changes tonight. Already had Direct to Disc on but was using full 30fps and adjusted to 20fps for each camera for both main and substreams. I also had to select Intel+VPP as that was on “No”. I suspect that was the biggest resource drain. Seeing immediate CPU % decrease and...

Thanks guys. I will give it a go. 6 cameras are off of my primary Unifi L2 switch in my central network closet. 2 other cameras located in a detached structure are one step “downstream” on secondary Unifi 8port switch. The BI server PC is in my home office on another downstream line on the...

Dear IPCT, Please be gentle as I’m a total noob. I have a new BI system and I’m running 8 x 4MP IPC cams from Empire. My BI server is a new bargain PC I got thru Costco on a recent deal. 16GB Ram i7 10700 with a 400GB SSD and a 1TB WD HDD. Within 5min of a fresh reboot my iPhone App shows the...