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https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256802087583973.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.10.49151802sc0p6D&gatewayAdapt=glo2usa This is an industrial sensor, so you'll have to make sure to get the voltages correct and have soldering skills to deal with it. Yes, ESPHome. I had to build a...

I have 3 pairs of those sensors outside. No issues. I put a piece of electrical tape around the seam between the plastic shells so there is no path for water to force it's way in. 1 pair in direct rain for 5 years. 1 pair partially covered but still gets wet in heavy rain Last pair mostly...

I finally got a 3D printer and printed a bracket for the birdhouse. I designed the model in the free Tinkercad web app, and printed about 5 or 6 prototypes before I got it right.

I use cheap beam sensors that only have a single beam, but they are surprisingly reliable. Sometimes a bird will fly through them so I filter that out with ESPHome requiring at least 200ms break, or in combination with a PIR sensor which doesn't pick up birds...

Yes it's just sitting loose in the birdhouse, and the bottom of the camera is rounded so wobbles out of position if I mess with the wiring at all (I also ran 16 gauge landscape power wire for motion sensors, possibly lights, which I am still setting up). I need to 3D print a base because the...

I ran PVC conduit for a tree camera's ethernet cable, but the conduit was an eye sore. Too industrial looking. The conduit looks much better after painting it with tree-color-matched paint and wrapping it in fake ivy. I'm curious what other ideas people have tried for concealing conduit...

I agree the test is problematic. It was just an idea I had right before uninstalling the 2 cameras and replacing them, why not compare how all 4 perform at identification. The Reolink doesn’t belong, but 3-up doesn’t fit nicely in a comparison and I figured this audience would enjoy the Reolink...

I did a night test with a running subject. There was a lot of extra IR light since all cameras' illuminators were on at the same time. I was expecting the Z12 to look the best, but I think I prefer the Z4, because I can see much more of the surrounding area and the subject's full body, with...

Yes, Z4 and Z12 are at max zoom. I will set separate exposure settings for day and night, either manual or shutter priority to ensure there is no blur as there are fast moving joggers and bicycles on the trail. For the comparison I figured it would be fair to leave them on auto.

Here is a side-by-side comparison between the popular Dahua Z12 and Z4 varifocal cameras, Dahua's new SD4A425DB mini PTZ, and a 4k Reolink. I will use the Z12 and the auto-tracking PTZ to watch the public walking trail next to my yard, and move the Z4 and Reolink elsewhere, but while all four...

This site motivated me to get a license plate cam, but I'm worried that lightning could strike the tree in my front yard and follow the LPR cam's ethernet cable inside to fry my entire network. I'm using a Ubiquiti ETH-SP-G2 ethernet surge protector, but I read that nothing can stop a direct...

Thank you, samplenhold! These settings worked great for my new 5442-Z4E.

I had trouble getting license plate reader to work on GPU until I downgraded my version of Cuda Toolkit from 12 to 11.8. Download previous versions here: CUDA Toolkit Archive

Thanks so much for testing that. You’ve confirmed that BI doesn’t rate limit the alerts. It must be something with my settings.