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    Dahua IPC-HDW5231R-Z IR settings and Profiles

    Thanks for the info. That wasn't immediately obvious to me. I didn't want to force the IR on during the day only for the sake of setting a dim level for the night. But if the camera is smart enough to shut off IR during the day regardless, then it's all goooood!
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    Dahua IPC-HDW5231R-Z IR settings and Profiles

    Thanks for the reply. My issue isn't (yet) about switching between profiles, it is trying to define the two different profiles with different IR and other values. I can't seem to do that first step. I'll take a look at the sunrise/sunset source code. I see that the configuration for that...
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    Dahua IPC-HDW5231R-Z IR settings and Profiles

    Greeting! After quite a bit of study, I went with the general consensus and deployed several HDW5231R-Z cameras. I am very impressed with their low light capabilities. The cameras shipped with PAL format firmware and although I'm told that it shouldn't matter, I flashed the NTSC versions of...
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    Dahua IPC-HDW5231RP-Z water in housing

    So after the first (really) strong storm, I found that water had leaked into the camera housing. I used the PFB203W mount on a brick wall to get the camera lower than the soffit but it was less protected. I had never opened the housing as I did not install a sdcard. By the same token...
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    struggling to connect to IPC-HDW5231R-Z

    Just a little extra info. It appears as if your leads into the plug are too long and the cable jacket is entirely outside of the plug. If you look at the plug from the top down, there is a bar that when you crimp the plug, will press down into the cable jacket to hold it against the plug. So...
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