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  1. Shockwave199

    Capacitor verses battery

    Wow, that's great to hear. Yes, it's the power off situation with all dashcam. When batteries fail they can't keep the camera on long enough to finalize the current recording when you turn the car off. And that spells the end of an otherwise fine dashcam. I've heard that capacitors have a much...
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    Capacitor verses battery

    How long has your dashcam been in service with a capacitor? There's no way I'm buying another dashcam with a battery but I'm wondering if a capacitor does that much better in terms of longevity. I think the most I've gotten out of a dashcam with battery is around two years. That's way too short...
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    Troubling experience with Ring Gen 1 alarm

    I have read over at the ring forum that a router doing an auto update could cause an issue while the base station is armed. Have you looked into that possibility? Checked the router logs at all?
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    Troubling experience with Ring Gen 1 alarm

    So what was the fix? Did just unplugging it and plugging it back in work? Did you further have to do that with removing the battery as well? Are you running it now with the battery installed? How long have you had your gen 1 system?
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    Dahua bug - missing 1 hr recording - DST between 1am and 2am

    Where does the meat go? The world may never know. I was just glad the nvr followed DST.
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    Troubling experience with Ring Gen 1 alarm

    Weird. Alarm systems of every type can be finicky beasts. Maybe just a one off? Hope all is well. How long have you had the system in line? I have a gen 2 and really like it but I have not put it to that particular test you describe.
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    Dahua NVR5216-16 IPC Offline all cameras

    You can open the nvr and make sure the connectors are seated well, those which feed the poe board. Do this with the nvr off of course. Sometimes it comes down to the ribbons and connectors not seated well. Worth a shot.
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    Almost a deer vs. vehicle early morning

    What?? Let me tell you something. I slowed my speed. I drove with my eyes darting from curb to curb instead of straight ahead. I beeped in the areas I knew them to be to give them warning. I drove with them in mind to give them and me a shot at staying away from each other. Please don't give...
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    Almost a deer vs. vehicle early morning

    Trust me, they don't think. They only react and nine times out of ten they're wrong.
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    Almost a deer vs. vehicle early morning

    This is when the F'ers ran in front of me. They cost me in damages. I no longer work over night so the threat has dropped substantially. But I no longer think these dumbass animals are cute, let me tell you. They are freaking stupid as stupid comes.
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    Seagate Skyhawk vs WD Purple

    I've had both fail on me. Some drives just go and go, some crap out. You hope you get a good one and there you have it. I still stick with purples.
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    Dahua IPC-HDW5442T-ZE 4MP Varifocal Turret - Night Perfomance testing

    Has the left/right exposure boxes changed with newer cameras? I have a 2431 that I'm trying to do this with on a cloudy rainy day, might be the problem maybe. But when I do this transpose trick and switch the numbers for lowest left highest right the image get way too light. However if I keep...
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    IPC-T2231T-ZS IPC-T2431T-AS 2022 IPC-HX2XXX-Molec_MultiLang_PN_V2.820.0000000.48.R.220614.bin

    Does anyone know what this firmware adds or fixes? I'm inclined not to update because I don't have anything particularly wrong with the cameras. But what does this firmware address?
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    ***PSA for those with a New DAHUA NVR with Built-in PoE switch

    I would plug one camera in at a time into the new nvr to see if they are just recognized. But when setting up the nvr before hand I would give it the same password as the one you're retiring. That will avoid a possible glitch with password mismatch between nvr and cameras. I think you might be...
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    ***PSA for those with a New DAHUA NVR with Built-in PoE switch

    Reformat in the new nvr. It'll recognize each drive you put in there automatically.
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    Outdoor cable life expectancy and impact on IR illumination

    The IR's are rated for x amount of hours. They'll start failing long before the camera ever will. What cameras do you have? Cameras have come a long way in five years. You might want to think about new cameras. But if you're using a five year old nvr too, that will likely need to be replaced for...
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    NVR and Camera Roles with IVS / Motion

    I hear you and glad you understand now. NVR's are capable little machines. Don't feel like this is stressing it regardless. Depending on the cameras you have, they may be IVS smart capable. Initially I set up regular motion detection just to get the events going but quickly took the time to...
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    NVR and Camera Roles with IVS / Motion

    Why do you need to changing settings if it's working!? What are you looking to do at this point?
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    NVR and Camera Roles with IVS / Motion

    Thanks. I've had many targets- cars, neighbors just happening along, animals and of course for the bulk of it- me lol. It takes time to dial it all in for sure. One thing I certainly agree on- IVS is WAY better than motion. Since setting up IVS in every channel, I've turned off motion...
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    NVR and Camera Roles with IVS / Motion

    Make sure on the playback timeline you are checking (enabling) yellow motion detection playback. If playback is at 24hrs sometimes you can miss small yellow motion events on the timeline. Try 2hr or 1hr zoom and when you locate something, go for 30 min for a better event zoom size. Setting...
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    NVR and Camera Roles with IVS / Motion

    The nvr channel is mirroring the camera settings. Yeah I see. Thanks. You know your comment to think of drawing in 3D rather than 2D actually helps a lot too. I started getting that concept earlier when drawing a difficult scene that wasn't triggering. Sometimes it's not just a horizontal plane...
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    NVR and Camera Roles with IVS / Motion

    The zigzag trip wire - that makes for better trip detection in some scenes? Any idea why that helps? Actually I'm finding intrusion areas to work better than trips and when needed, adding trips within.
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    Stumped getting ready to install Ring Retrofit device

    I just installed the ring gen 2 and it's awesome. Ring doorbell pro also. Hope it all keeps working cause I like it a ton. I put a motion sensor in the glove compartment in the car too. Open the glove compartment and get an alert. Sweet. Gonna get the mailbox sensor too but that's new and I want...
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    Got a handful of Dahua 4MP Starlight Turrets with Mics in - $75

    Not only is Sean great- these cameras are great. I have them and I have videos of them in my youtube playlist in my signature. Some people don't like the plastic base but I love it! These cameras were very easy to mount because of that camera snap-mount.
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    Joke Thread

    Guy's having trouble with his wife and he calls his best friend and says you gotta meet me at a bar- I gotta talk to you. So they go to a bar and he starts drinking and he drinks so much he throws up on his shirt. He says now what am I gonna do- I'm gonna go home and she gonna scream at me-...
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    Joke Thread

    Little kid is walking down the hall of his house, hears screaming in his parents bedroom, opens the door and there's his father dressed only in chaps and his mother is dressed in a cheer leading outfit and no underweared and they're really having fun. The kid says what's goin on? The father...
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    Joke Thread

    There's a Black man, a Jewish man, a Mexican man and a bigot sitting on a park bench. The black man sees an old lamp under the bench and rubs it and a genie pops out and she says oh my god thank you, I've been in there for 2,000 years. I'll grant each of you anything you want. The black man...
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    Joke Thread

    Guy comes in and sits down at the bar and says what's the monkey for? Bartender says don't ask. This goes on for about two hours and finally he says alright I'll show ya, Bartender opens the cage, the monkey jumps out and the bartender takes out a baseball bat and hits the monkey over the head...
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    Joke Thread

    Guy goes into a dentist office and says I think I'm a moth. Dentist says what? Guy says I think I'm a moth. Dentist says, you have mental problems, you need to go see a psychiatrist. Guy says I know. Dentist says you're in a dentist office- what are you doing here, why did you come here? Guy...
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    Joke Thread

    Hospital administrator is giving the queen of England a tour of the 1st floor of the hospital. As they walk by a room they see a man jerking off. She says oh my God, what's wrong with him? He says the man has a very serious medical condition. If he doesn't do that at least five times a day he...
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