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  1. Jim I.

    VPN Primer for Noobs

    I stumbled on a post on a different forum a few months ago where he stated he was a former member of IPCamtalk. He said he had his reasons but didn't elaborate.
  2. Jim I.

    Electrical Inspection Wall Of Shame

    That should work for a little while! Since these custom brake pads are on the rear brakes they won't get quite as hot as the front brakes do! lol
  3. Jim I.

    Neighbors caught stealing!

    The way the stone was left so close to the street I could see how that landscape crew might have thought the homeowner was discarding them.
  4. Jim I.

    Funny / Satire

    So what's the problem with the new logo? The graphic designer was probably told they want to incorporate a silo and hay bales in the logo and that's what he came up with! lol :p
  5. Jim I.

    started out with 2 cameras with no video, than other 16 cameras froze, than update which I had not done yet could not be installed

    Is this the same PC that you were posting about having virus/malware issues?
  6. Jim I.

    Arjun, where are ya?

    She doesn't look like she needs any help to me!
  7. Jim I.

    Server Build for Blue Iris + AI — Sanity Check

    You are spending a lot of money on this build. Not sure why you would go with such a small hard drive. I have 5 cameras and thought a 4 TB drive would be sufficient, but will be adding a second hard drive soon. With the 4 TB drive I am limited to 12-14 days worth of recordings.
  8. Jim I.

    Cable - CAT 5, CAT 6 CAT 7 or CAT 8 Too many to choose for a noob

    Keep in mind if you plan on running pre-terminated cable you will need to drill larger holes in walls, top plates, etc..in order for the connector to pass through. It's really not hard to crimp your own cable ends after you practice a few times. I bought a Klein cable tester to check my work...
  9. Jim I.

    Cable - CAT 5, CAT 6 CAT 7 or CAT 8 Too many to choose for a noob

    I decided to use CAT 6 cable for the cameras since the rest of the house had been prewired with CAT 6 by the home builder. Three NIC jacks and one coax connection was installed in almost every room of the house, but no provisions for security cameras were wired. Go figure.. Monoprice is where I...
  10. Jim I.

    F250 Hits my poles

    The camera may not be working. They have been on backorder with Ford lately! lol
  11. Jim I.

    Hall of shame

    Where I work all the PC monitors are configured to go to sleep within a few minutes of inactivity. This became very annoying so we got around it by opening up Windows Media Player and creating a playlist using a couple pictures that were already on the PC. Then just click play and Media Player...
  12. Jim I.

    Storm rolling in

    Nice view!
  13. Jim I.

    How a pro runs wire without access

    That's how my dad showed me as well. Luckily we were dealing with interior walls with no fire blocks.
  14. Jim I.

    Arjun, where are ya?

    I hope he's well enough to see the humor in that Seinfeld reference! lol
  15. Jim I.

    Arjun, where are ya?

    I've been wondering the same thing. He hasn't posted in quite a while..
  16. Jim I.

    Looking for advice of Camera and Software

    Yes, that's how I access my Unify network on my iPhone when away. Install the Wifiman app first, then click on the Teleport icon to start the VPN, which is based on Wireguard. There are plenty of tutorials on YouTube which goes into detail.
  17. Jim I.

    False report, waste of resources and searchers time: Charges to be filed?

  18. Jim I.

    Looking for advice of Camera and Software

    I also am using a Unify UDM-SE and a Unify 24 port switch, with Blue Iris running on a separate VLAN. The built-in Teleport VPN works well. It's a great system, but expensive. I already owned the Unify equipment prior to deciding to go with a dedicated Blue Iris server for surveillance. The...
  19. Jim I.

    Choosing new hard drive RPM and cache specs

    The drives with less cache are a little cheaper as well. I didn't think a surveillance drive which is always writing would benefit from a larger cache, so I was surprised to see so many options for cache size when shopping for a WD Purple.
  20. Jim I.

    Choosing new hard drive RPM and cache specs

    I am planning on adding a second Western Digital Purple hard drive to my Blue Iris server soon and was curious if a surveillance hard drive would benefit from having a larger cache. I see the WD Purple is offered with multiple cache sizes, 64, 138, 256, 512, etc. Also if there is any benefit to...
  21. Jim I.

    Cat cable runs

    Yes, temperature can play a factor from what I read, and also the length of the patch cords.
  22. Jim I.

    Hall of shame

    They could use a drone to inspect the roof instead. I saw a news report recently where some insurance companies are dropping coverage for homeowners that want to install solar panels.
  23. Jim I.

    Holy Crap

    Wow. That car was going so fast it looked like the video was sped up. :oops:
  24. Jim I.

    The man behind windows task manager

    Very interesting information from a Microsoft insider.
  25. Jim I.

    install 101 question

    Make sure to use the pass through style RJ 45 connectors. It makes it much easier to ensure you have the conductors in the correct order prior to crimping.
  26. Jim I.

    Speaking Of Driving With The Door Open

    That idea probably helps with their delivery times, but at the expense of some packages falling out on turns!
  27. Jim I.

    blueirissoftware.com website down (2023.07.07)

    He should have signed up for the extra terrestrial plan!
  28. Jim I.

    blueirissoftware.com website down (2023.07.07)

    Good info. I've always kept a simple spreadsheet with all my software license codes, going back as far as when Windows 3.1 and Lotus Wordperfect were around. lol
  29. Jim I.

    blueirissoftware.com website down (2023.07.07)

    Same here. I'm on the latest version, updates turned off, running as a service. I log into the Blue Iris console daily but haven't experienced the problem as of yet.
  30. Jim I.

    blueirissoftware.com website down (2023.07.07)

    I use the BI console daily and as of now have not experienced any issues. I do have auto updates turned off. Strange how some are seeing issues but others are not.
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