Recent content by saltwater

FWIW, I terminated all my lines with RJ45's and they plug into the patch panels. I have not had any issues with the setup in over 3 years when I first set up my system. The beauty is that I can remove them at will, if they were punched down I couldn't, well, not easily anyway.

For space reasons, you could consider a vertical wall mounted patch panel rack system. Example here.

I'm setting up a system for my daughter's house, so this is my first time working with dual LAN cards. I've got to say, I followed the instructions at the start of this thread and it all just worked. I can throw a brand new camera on the switch, initialise it, change the IP and more or less...

Don't worry, I've got that in hand. :)

I did get Blue Iris alerts something to the effect of duplicate file names, so yes, I just checked, I've got a missing hour.

I've been using Blue Iris coupled with Dahua (Empire Tech) cameras for the last 3 - 4 years, with the Blue Iris computer being the time server for the cameras. I use NetTime program to update the computer every hour, each camera checks in on the Blue Iris computer every 10 minutes. All I...

Thanks all, finally got the camera off. The camera is dead, I couldn't revive it, so I had no other option but to ............you'll see.

I appreciate the links to Home Depot, but as an aside, Home Depot block Australian visitors to their site. Firing up the vpn server gets me there, but regardless, I can figure out the products that you're posting.

It's the right tool, as I used it for another camera, same model. Having said that, the first one I tried the end of the tool came off, lodged in the thread. Had to use a magnet to get it out.

Sorry, I've mixed up the terminology, not the tools. I should have said, the supplied 'thingy bob' (torx if that's what it's called) does not grip the thread.

I need to replace a camera that has died. Does anyone have a hack in how to unscrew a screw when the supplied allan key doesn't grip.

Could it be that your Blue Iris computer is out of whack, time wise?

I ended up doing nothing. I originally was using a HP Prodesk with an 8TB harddrive and getting around 8 days of 24/7 recording for 13 cameras. There was no second 3.5" drive available. I purchased a HP Elitedesk that has space for two 3.5" harddrives, inserted one 18TB drive and the other...

Ok, I've checked my Web Server tab. It's been about three years when I set this up. I have checked "Refresh external IP at Startup and again every 30 mins", but unchecked the "Use an HTTPS port (Stunnel). I use Unifi VPN to gain access and I have to remember to turn it on before accessing...

In my humble opinion, a better approach is to use your Blue Iris computer as the time server. There are many threads related to NTP, and the utility program of choice, and what I use, is NetTime. I'm not sure of the innards of Blue Iris, and I could be wrong, even though the BI time stamp...