Recent content by schneideris

I thought of that as well but using the cameras, it it is possible, appeals to me from the perspective of it being closer to the source of what they are seeing. Some cameras are in the shade, some in the sun, some with street lighting, etc...

I have to say that you really have me thinking about this now. I am wondering if there is an ability to get notifications on change of light from the camera. Then writing a tool to monitor for changes, like an eclipse or sunset and sunrise, to send instructions with the appropriate shutter...

Completely agree

If you are needing to read plates on all cars and it is the primary goal I agree. If someone is simply trying to configure a balance between function and form I think you have to work with basic understanding and practices. For me, I opted to change the layout of my cameras to try and find a...

Very interesting. To keep it simple, why not have a function that changes the shutter speed and simply have the program monitor for when to make the changes. You could send a command at sunrise and another at sunset.

Sorry for the late reply. Plate recognition, especially at night (or any other low light situation) is difficult. As @wittaj pointed out you need a high speed shutter to get it because of the movement. This was a learning for me on the difference between an ultra high res camera and a good...

My experience is that the Hikvision firmware really didn't provide any additional benefit. Glad that this helped, I know how frustrating it can be when the documentation is not clear or totally absent.

Based on the images I took it would appear that the firmware in the camera does not then support the function anymore. I cannot confirm the functionality though as I do not use the camera's software to do human and vehicle detection. I use the NVR type software such as Blue Iris or in my case...

There should be no issues. If anything, you can use the Hikvision site to get the new updates. I have not found a reason to do updates that often so I just schedule a regular review of the cameras and any updates needed.

I have been trying to figure out how to select the right exposure time so that there would be enough detail in one of my cameras to make out a license plate. If I set the Exposure Time in the Image configuration to 1/2000 there are no problems making it out, but at night that setting makes the...

I bit the bullet and installed the Hikvision firmware for a couple of my C800's (will likely do the rest this week coming). Has there been any improvement in the camera performance, that is still in assessment. There were a few things that I did note as changing, and lot of things that did not...

I think the above answers my question, but I am going to ask anyways and ask for forgiveness of anyone this irritates. I have the C800 (I91BM) which works reasonably well except for one glaringly obvious implementation/software flaw. It only supports a "fixed" exposure time (set in the Image ->...

I have a Annke C800 (Model: I91BM) that I am trying to configure with Security Spy (Mac based system and looking for a replacement to SightHound). Alternatively I am looking at other options such as Blue Iris but that would require a Windows machine investment. The issue is that most of these...