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  1. MrSurly

    3D Printing Dual Camera Mount for Pairing Z12's

    This X1C has some of those features built in to it (it should for the price, right?) It will detect and shut down on spaghetti or on first layer fail, and push-notify through the app and has a camera and time-lapse and other handy stuff. You can send a job to it remotely, which is cool...
  2. MrSurly

    3D Printing Dual Camera Mount for Pairing Z12's

    I have a an X1C and love it! i was wondering which filament you were using for this, since UV exposure is a thing.
  3. MrSurly

    Blue Iris Screen Flashing

    As would be expected, the PTZ has quit again. So, it looks like it will be intermittent until warmer temps prevail.
  4. MrSurly

    3D Printing Dual Camera Mount for Pairing Z12's

    You clean the plate and print it again! That's the beauty of 3d printing! It's similar to digital photography in that there's relatively little cost to make another or even to make mistakes. Prints that take a day or more seem like a big deal, but they aren't because most of those hours, you're...
  5. MrSurly

    Blue Iris Screen Flashing

    Could be. We've been having high winds for a week or more, now it has calmed as the cold air settles in. Hopefully it will remain working at least until warmer weather.
  6. MrSurly

    Blue Iris Screen Flashing

    I wish I understood the mechanism, but I'm NOT Complaining! The PTZ, after having replaced/tested/everything I could from the ground and getting rid of the temporary connections, the spool, 385' of cable and going straight to the switch.... Still didn't work. I went to bed frustrated and trying...
  7. MrSurly

    How to enable Native Internet Explorer in Windows 11 to access your IP cams.

    I have not done this yet (my IE is still working) but i'm saving it! One question, when it's created in Notepad and then saved, do I need to tell it to where to save?
  8. MrSurly

    Blue Iris Screen Flashing

    Yessir, 568b everywhere. I've made a point to watch the Max POE indicator LED on the switch and it doesn't even blink. Also neither the data stream nor the PoE light on the individual port will illuminate at all. Various ports, all three switches. Switching any other cam to the same port (any...
  9. MrSurly

    Blue Iris Screen Flashing

    The switches are these: I THINK they are suited for this duty but not certain. I've been having some aggravation with the cable termination and this tester. The tester cont tests were showing open or crossed lines (again i'm only testing from one end) so I got the Fluke and ohmed everything...
  10. MrSurly

    Blue Iris Screen Flashing

    All good points. I have now jacked the mast to full height in order to determine cable length. I have cut it at 115' and relieved it of 385' of burden. Yes, it IS all copper solid conductor 24AWG. What I would like to ask someone who has this or a similar PTZ and ALSO has one of these cable...
  11. MrSurly

    Blue Iris Screen Flashing

    I hadn't tried ConFigTool or trying the default address. I actually got a little excited, there, thinking that yeah! THAT'S THE FIX! But alas.... no joy Can't see it anywhere.
  12. MrSurly

    Blue Iris Screen Flashing

    Yes, it's around 24' with the mast collapsed. I jacked the mast another ten feet or so to improve the view. Of course, I believed that I was super-careful with the cable termination and install because I wanted to avoid this situation. The aerial hookup was intended to be permanent. The other...
  13. MrSurly

    Blue Iris Screen Flashing

    Probably unrelated: After a heavy storm event (actually twelve hours later) the new ptz5a4m stopped connecting. Problem is... To install it I had to rent a man-lift... so now to troubleshoot it, I'll have to use a really tall ladder... after the new Winter temps subside. REALLY not looking...
  14. MrSurly

    Blue Iris Screen Flashing

    Yes, to no apparent effect. The flashing exhibited only in BI, Running a browser or running nothing but notepad, there are no flashes or weirdness. Rebooting BI and rebooting the PC made no difference. This PC is dedicated to BI and about the only other thing it sees is an old IE install that...
  15. MrSurly

    Blue Iris Screen Flashing

    I'm hoping someone has the fix for this. A couple of days ago, various elements of the BI screen have started flashing and I can't determine where I went wrong. The time window during review, all camera settings windows (in BI) Status/Connections, even the About window. I've had BI auto-updating...
  16. MrSurly

    New Amcrest AD410 doorbell Cam Review

    One of the reasons I have been considering the ReoLink is precisely because it's PoE and I could go directly to the same switches on the "isolated" cam network which would be straightforward.... but using a wifi unit such as this AD410 is where it becomes necessary to connect it to the wifi and...
  17. MrSurly

    New Amcrest AD410 doorbell Cam Review

    ELI5, Please? I am wanting to add a doorbell cam to my BI network and have been reading all that I can on the subject and considering the Reolink due to its PoE. Someone explain to me how to integrate this (or any) wifi device into my BI network while at the same time keeping the wifi device...
  18. MrSurly

    Surly Guy Checking Back In... New Cams, New Questions

    Thanks! Somehow I didn't realize that it was "recording" my moves of the camera. i'll give that another try. What I need to implement is auto tracking and especially triggering by other cams. I saw a minor event Friday night where auto tracking would have been useful, just to know more about...
  19. MrSurly

    Surly Guy Checking Back In... New Cams, New Questions

    Thanks! Somehow I didn't realize that it was "recording" my moves of the camera. i'll give that another try. What I need to implement is auto tracking and especially triggering by other cams. I saw a minor event Friday night where auto tracking would have been useful, just to know more about...
  20. MrSurly

    Surly Guy Checking Back In... New Cams, New Questions

    Thanks for this; Speed Dome makes sense(!) The compass/ degree thing really has me confused. The cam is mounted using its included bracket and of course the Speed Dome body can't be rotated within the mount... so I assume the side toward the bracket would naturally be the "back", right? Using...
  21. MrSurly

    Surly Guy Checking Back In... New Cams, New Questions

    HEY, Y'ALL! Yes, It has been a while. I am still running the BI system that y'all helped me get running several years ago, mailbox cams, bird feeder cams etc. Proud to say that the system that you guys helped me get setup all those years ago is still running, still dead-reliable save for a...
  22. MrSurly

    New Ring Dash Cam

    I don't care for the big tech overreach that is available in this or may be soon. Does it have a GPS? Does it not just get power from but also LOG DATA from the OBDII? How much will insurance companies pay for that access? Yeah, I don't trust these guys, at all. I also don't have an Echo OR a Ring
  23. MrSurly

    A Brief Look at a MicroBurst... and a Reminder to TEST your UPS

    Recommendations needed. (camera) I intend to mount two or more cams up on the TV antenna mast over the house. (seen in one of the attached clips) for future weather events and also to give me an overview of my area, primarily of the cemetery that is to my West to monitor vehicle movements (no...
  24. MrSurly

    A Brief Look at a MicroBurst... and a Reminder to TEST your UPS

    A lot of good info there, thanks for that. Without delving too deeply into power supply design theory and battery technology, a great first step for anyone is to just kill the power either locally (that one receptacle or that room) or (preferably) globally (the main breaker for the whole...
  25. MrSurly

    A Brief Look at a MicroBurst... and a Reminder to TEST your UPS

    Yah, I know. It actually happened at 15:10 I am not dedicated enough to the maintenance of the system. I TRULY need to spend some real time getting the time server, remote viewing, phone viewing etc all working as they should AND setting motion alerts. I might need to hire someone(!)
  26. MrSurly

    A Brief Look at a MicroBurst... and a Reminder to TEST your UPS

    8/5/22 at 3:05PM a pop-up storm hit my neighborhood lasting only fifteen minutes but within it there was a "microburst" of wind that felled a bunch of hardwood trees, tore off some roofs, caused power outages and general mayhem, all in about two minutes. My property received no damage but many...
  27. MrSurly

    Bird Feeder Hide

    Immediate indication is it’s the cam. I swapped one of my eyeball cams (plugged it in and propped it up in the feeder) and it has already recorded many times longer than the old cam was running. It has been lately running for only 8-10 seconds with twenty minute breaks in between. This swapped...
  28. MrSurly

    Bird Feeder Hide

    IDK if these UG cables are foot-marked I'll try to remember to check. I was just looking at a satellite image of the property and it's quite possible the two location cables ARE the same length. Dashed lines are underground Feeder cam: solid orange is up, then in attic then down into server...
  29. MrSurly

    Bird Feeder Hide

    funny enough: this cam is at the far N/E corner of the property. I have another cam on a utility pole at the far S/W corner of the property, also conduit etc.. and the tester sees that cam at exactly 41.6 meters as well. I feel fairly certain that the SW cam is further but I guess it's possible...
  30. MrSurly

    Bird Feeder Hide

    That's where I'll go next, once I take a moment to mess with it. The tester says it's 41.6 meters and that matches what I know about the measurements of the house and the driveway/property. Adding it in my head I come up with 125' as a minimum distance, so it fits given the slack that I would...
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