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    Generator Installation

    I hope you bought the tank and not rent it. Once you "rent" a tank from a vendor, you have to buy your LP from that vendor, and not from anyone else. That also means that the leasing vendor can charge what ever they want for the LP, which is always a lot more than going rate. They have you by...
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    Shielded cable help

    Shielded cable should Only be terminated on one end, typically the source. Once you terminate the shield at both ends, you will develop a voltage potential, thus current flow through the shield. That will defeat the purpose of the shield. You never want current to flow in a shield, except...
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    Where is the Balloon?

    There's where it is....
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    Hurricane Ian

    No one ever talks about another advantage of IP Cams. When you are all shuttered up in your home, it is great to have IP Cams surrounding your house. The IP cams are the Window outside while enjoying the "Cave Life". This is where having UI3 streaming to your 40" TV monitors throughout the...
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    POE Switch but for wider operating temperatures? (mount in the uninsulated attic)

    As everyone already stated, heat will reduce the life of electronics. Will it work in the attic, probably, but the life of the unit will be reduced. “The rule of thumb is that every 10°C increase in temperature reduces component life by half”. I would look for a solution in a cooler...
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    An LPR success story

    They probably made bail because there is typically a bond reduction hearing about a week after they are incarcerated. If no one shows up to contest their bond reduction, they have a good chance of a reduction. Your neighbor should have been given notice of this hearing, and show up. Lesson...
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    5.5.7.3 / Gmail Oauth in general

    My Gmail "less secure login" stopped working on May 8th. I was using it to send backup SMS text and pic of alert. I have not tried the Oauth yet. I did set up my bogus Gmail account with 2FA and set an App password for BI. I now reliably receive all sms alerts with pics from BI. Unlike a...
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    2022 New M20 Thermal Protable Camera

    Teledyne Technologies (US company) owns FLIR.
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    Poor IR contrast in new Tennessee license plates

    Manufactures (3M) design their reflective material for max reflection from a light when something is in its light of sight, or behind it, because that where it matters. The old reflective street signs use to use glass beads for this purpose. Look at the refraction properties of a glass bead...
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    Poor IR contrast in new Tennessee license plates

    I do not know how far off center the 730nm light is from your camera location, but I think you will find that you will get maximum reflection when the external light is right in line with the camera, ie right next to it, or in the same line of sight to the target.
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    Poor IR contrast in new Tennessee license plates

    The IR filter is used to filter IR band in the Color mode. In the night mode, or B/W mode, the IR filter is switched out, so this is an incorrect statement.
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    Poor IR contrast in new Tennessee license plates

    The Sony sensors in the Dahua cams have a higher sensitivity at 740nm wavelength, so the scene will look brighter. Does anyone have experience with 740nm IR illumination with Dahua cameras?
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    Does anyone have experience with 740nm IR illumination with Dahua cameras?

    You just need to look at a typical Quantum Efficiency (QE) curve for various Sony sensors that are used in a lot of Dahua cameras. The higher the QE for the particular wavelength, the more sensitive the sensor is at that wavelength. ie brighter. So at 740nm, you would have a brighter...
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    IPC-T5442T-ZE IPC-T5442TM-AS IPC-T5842T-ZE SMD 3.0 Smart IR Latest New Firmware From EmpireTech

    Well, thanks for the history. In the past and on different versions of FW, and the latest, I started with min size 0,0. Due to various false triggers, I had to increase the min size to filter them out. I can see why you do not have any false alerts from the cold environment you live in...
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    IPC-T5442T-ZE IPC-T5442TM-AS IPC-T5842T-ZE SMD 3.0 Smart IR Latest New Firmware From EmpireTech

    No, I do not use SD cards in my cameras. I even went back and checked, there is not any MD enabled in the camera or BI. I can see from the original video that the triggers happened when they crossed the intrusion box. Not to start any animosity, but I have searched the internet about IVS in...
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