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    Parking lot light pole camera install

    Okay, will definitely need more than 1ft as that bolt is at the base of the pole, so more like a 15 ft piece haha. Now I just need to game plan getting the grounding wire out of the box and into the pole down down there.
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    Parking lot light pole camera install

    Let me pick your brain then for advice as I want to do this right, for sure. I do know, when the maintenance crew ran the wiring, I saw a big 1 inch bolt inside the pole that the existing wiring had their grounds hooked into. The crew attached the grounding wire to that same bolt as well and...
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    Parking lot light pole camera install

    Thanks! I thought I probably should ground those ethernet protectors, but wasn't sure what I should attach it to. Not sure if just putting a screw in one of those holes on the mounting plate would be sufficient. Thoughts? Yes, holes had to be drilled to mount the cameras on the front. Not...
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    Parking lot light pole camera install

    Finally after several months of having this project on my mind, we finally pulled the trigger and got it done. Thanks to a wonderful maintenance crew who were able to help get the power sorted and getting it wired up into the box, made my camera install a lot less complicated. Here's the end...
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    Support Needed – Hikvision CCTV Network Issue

    I'm not an expert, but that sounds quite unusual. You said 'some cameras' lose their network connection when it goes to generator, but work fine when operating normally. So some are staying up working? Are all the cameras ran back to the same network switch or are they routed to different areas...
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    Suggestions for camera pole installation, power to NEMA box?

    I'm beginning to see the end of the road on our camera upgrade project that we've been working on and I've been wanting to install a camera in a remote parking lot on our campus. I thought we might could try to source a 9-10ft 4x4 post that we can anchor into a concrete pad, run power in the...
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    Poor IR contrast in new Tennessee license plates

    I'm not sure about the pulsed white light or how I'd be able to make that work. Not sure I'm quite that savvy. Not be worried about blinding somebody driving down the road? The IR blaster is definately something I could check into and see about getting one to try. Do you think more IR would be...
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    Poor IR contrast in new Tennessee license plates

    Yes, I would say the camera is at almost max zoom. I didn't want to capture plates at too much of an angle, so I tried to straighten it out more down the roadway so it could have a more straight-line shot.
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    Poor IR contrast in new Tennessee license plates

    I attached some pictures in my previous post, but I would say the plates are about 120ft from the camera itself. Not ideal by any means I know, but unfortunately was limited in where we could put them, but I also know that unfortunately can tie hands on trying to get the IR issue effectively...
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    Poor IR contrast in new Tennessee license plates

    Here's some examples of what we've been getting trying to tinker with different settings with varying degrees off success. As far as doing it in color though, success is very spotty and the majority of the time at night our ANPR does not get a read on the plate even though we can almost always...
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    Poor IR contrast in new Tennessee license plates

    We can bump the resolution down to 1080p. Would that make any difference as far as what you're saying or is it still because of the internal lens itself being a 5mp with the 1/2.8" sensor still the issue.
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    Poor IR contrast in new Tennessee license plates

    We purchased an ANPR camera from Digital Watchdog - DWC-XSBA05MiL. But yall make a good point about the lens needing to be able to 'see' it. I saw where Flock had made comments that they some how 'trained' their cameras to be able to identify the new plates from Tennessee. I wonder if this is...
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    Poor IR contrast in new Tennessee license plates

    Thanks. I just got to looking and realized that you don't seem to be able to buy an actual 730nm IR blaster :(. Unfortunately I already have 3 LPR cameras we purchased, about $2k each and didn't realize that they didn't like Tennessee's license plates.
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    Poor IR contrast in new Tennessee license plates

    Thank you! The 730nm IR is what I was looking for. I had seen some discussions about the different IR types but wasn't what had been confirmed. Ill check out the 730nm and see about making an investment for those.
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    Poor IR contrast in new Tennessee license plates

    Sorry for bumping this old thread, but I wanted to inquire here if anybody had found a confirmed solution to addressing the IR issue with some LPR cameras picking up the 3M printed license plates, like Tennessee. I saw comments about different IR wavelengths being a potential reason, but...
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