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    Any creative ideas for fence mounting a dahua cam?

    Thats really nice. Ill try to find a giant owl or some bird of prey and hide the lens in it's eye :rofl:
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    Any creative ideas for fence mounting a dahua cam?

    Thats the sort of thing Im looking for thanks. In the photo I showed I think I like the camera being obvious, but in the back alley I will want to hide it more I think
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    Any creative ideas for fence mounting a dahua cam?

    See photo. I did this a while ago. I really like the "face height" aspect of things but with nothing covering the camera from above, it takes the rain and snow full on, including "rain on camera lens". Is this style pretty much the best I can do or is there a bracket that would provide more...
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    Review- EmpireTech IPC-T54IR-ZE-S3 4mp Varifocal Turret

    Yup you guys are right. Police report filed. It wasn't that hard and I should probably get into the swing of reporting things to police what with the ongoing collapse of civilization and all...
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    Review- EmpireTech IPC-T54IR-ZE-S3 4mp Varifocal Turret

    I probably should shouldn't I? I forwarded some stills for the wife to share on the community facebook group so at least the neighbors are kept in the loop. Im halfway between thinking this guy is a simple meth-lunatic and then looking at his all-black clothes and thinking maybe he is capable...
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    Review- EmpireTech IPC-T54IR-ZE-S3 4mp Varifocal Turret

    Quick shoutout for this camera and Andy's site which sold it to me. Attached is a snapshot from last nights festivities when some tweaker looking dude came up my alley, and decided to punish me for seeing him with this camera. He tries to burn it (as shown) and later goes at the lens for about...
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    Review- EmpireTech IPC-T54IR-ZE-S3 4mp Varifocal Turret

    Does anyone have advice on "best codec/bitrate for blue iris?" Im using: h.265 General Encoding Strategy 2688x1520 15fps CBR I-Frame 15 Bitrate 8192 Smooth Stream 1 The bitrate on the Blue iris side doesn't seem to be much over 1024 (maybe the camera doesn't really send more than that...
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    Review- EmpireTech IPC-T54IR-ZE-S3 4mp Varifocal Turret

    To answer my own question: I was too far behind on my BI version. Now I have the motion alerts working damned near perfectly. Thanks!
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    Review- EmpireTech IPC-T54IR-ZE-S3 4mp Varifocal Turret

    My Blue Iris (5.6.2) doesnt have this menu containing "New zones/sources..." under "When" I only have the "This camera is triggered" dropdown. Do I need to upgrade to get that?
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    Review- EmpireTech IPC-T54IR-ZE-S3 4mp Varifocal Turret

    So for alerts, I've moved from blue iris plus code project to using IVS. I like it but, a few questions for the experts here: The alerts in BI now say "External" where in the past I would get a Confirmed alert and the alert would say what it saw in blue iris (dog/person/truck) Any way to get...
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    Review- EmpireTech IPC-T54IR-ZE-S3 4mp Varifocal Turret

    Ok, I finally got some amazon gift cards and I'm ready to order at last. I'm replacing a IPC-HDW5231R (https://www.dahuasecurity.com/asset/upload/download/dh-ipc-hdw5231r-ze_datasheet_20170630.pdf) which is currently on a matching circular mount that hangs from the soffit (can't remember part...
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    Worlds First Review - Dahua DH-IPC-PFW5849-A180-E2 - Dual Lens 180 Degree Full Color 4K (8MP Stitched) Camera

    @wittaj Thanks, this is exactly what I hoping to get at. Always easier to add a camera that does something well and then add another that does something else well later on.
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    Worlds First Review - Dahua DH-IPC-PFW5849-A180-E2 - Dual Lens 180 Degree Full Color 4K (8MP Stitched) Camera

    I am thinking of replacing a with an old IPC-HDW5231R-Z in the alley behind my garage. I need to cover a good 40 feet total in the field of view which is covered by a decent floodlight. I'm trying to decide between a IPC-T54IR-ZE-S3 or maybe this thing. The camera in this thread would allow...
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    Review- EmpireTech IPC-T54IR-ZE-S3 4mp Varifocal Turret

    Thanks I will get from Andy 's. Amazon store. I used to order from AliExpress and it usually goes ok but one time it cost me $60 CAD to send one back to China for warranty service. And that's without tracking or insurance which would have been $90 It just appeared back in my mailbox 9...
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    Review- EmpireTech IPC-T54IR-ZE-S3 4mp Varifocal Turret

    Can someone hook me up with the model number of the bullet version of this? Preferably varifocal and V3 also. I want this in both turret and bullet
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