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  1. 3dogpottery

    What kind of microphone for Dahua Camera?

    Thank you for your advice badmop. You have confirmed my suspicion that these ip cameras need a powered mike. And yes, I did have the microphone enabled through the web interface. The order that I placed for one of these microphones from an online security store is costing me over thirty...
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    What kind of microphone for Dahua Camera?

    Well, I've been doing some Googling on this problem, and I think that these IP cameras need a powered condenser microphone. A PC microphone is a high impedance low output device. I wrote to Nelly's Security technical support, and they had no clue. The gentleman told me that he only had...
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    What kind of microphone for Dahua Camera?

    My third Dahua camera had to have an audio input, so I purchased the IPC-HFW5302C. It has a pigtail with an RCA input. Just to test it, I borrowed the microphone from my desktop computer that has a 1/8 in. jack. I used jumpers to connect the microphone to the camera, but get no audio. If I...
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    Hikvision NVR - Unable to record to HDD

    The second hard drive in my Dahua NVR is for mirror recording. Perhaps yours is the same, and it is looking for HDD No. 1. As alastairstevension suggests, try swapping the SATA ribbon cable.
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    Hikvision NVR - Unable to record to HDD

    This may be a stupid observation on my part, but why does your screen shot show the hard drive as HDD No. 2? Do you have two hard drives installed?
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    My TV has a bug in it!

    Maybe you were writing buggy code.
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    Dahua Firmware...

    Thanks d0t-bat. It did finally occur to me that several of the files were spreadsheets...Duh! So, after some perusing, I managed to find the directory on the ftp site for my camera. However, there were about a dozen binary files. I picked the one with the latest date, but it didn't work. In...
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    How to connect an ip cam to alarm system

    The camera alarm connector looks like it provides a common, an alarm in and an alarm out. So, your camera documentation should show you which is the common and the alarm out. As for the Visonic, I would guess that you would connect to ZONE 29 and GND, or ZONE 30 and GND. But, you better check...
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    New Dahua NVR4208 NVR working great!

    I just wanted to clarify something that I wrote regarding my Dahua NVR and Dahua cameras. I didn't mean to imply that this forum suggested this particular brand of equipment, but that it was suggested that if you buy a particular brand of NVR, things work out much better if you stick with the...
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    New Dahua NVR4208 NVR working great!

    There's a lot of good posts on this forum regarding video of license plates. It seems that if it happens at night, you can forget it since the headlamp glare overwhelms the video. Regarding the hit and run, perhaps you can identify the car, and look for this vehicle in your neighborhood with...
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    New Dahua NVR4208 NVR working great!

    You are welcome, JimandYen. I apologize if my explanation was a bit confusing. You initially referred to your NVR software, and I gave an explanation of the camera software. Incidentally, I am new at this myself. However, I followed the advice I found on this forum and purchased a Dahua NVR...
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    New Dahua NVR4208 NVR working great!

    I did finally get the email alerts with snapshots to work. However, since I was getting so many emails, I turned that function off. If "nuisance events", i.e., not legitimate ones, aren't enough, the NVR sends three emails for every event: Alarm Detect, Alarm Event, and Alarm Off. As for...
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    Dahua Firmware...

    Thank you for the link. Perhaps you can help me out. Which firmware is for the Dahua IPC HFW4300?
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    All the firmware is in Chinese. Ahhh so!

    I just received a Dahua camera from Forward-USA. All the firmware is in Chinese. I was surprised since the other cameras I have purchased were in English. I got these through Amazon, and am in the process of returning them. I will purchased my next camera from Nelly's Security, like I did my...
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    Settilngs for Event on Dahua Camera

    That was supposed to be "Settings", not "Settllings". I hate auto correct.
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    Settilngs for Event on Dahua Camera

    I have been struggling with the Video Detect settings for quite awhile. Specifically, the "Area->Setup" settings. BTW, I have two IPC-HFW4300S-V2 cameras that I have been experimenting with. Anyway, the menu gives you four "Regions" to define with their own sensitivity and threshold settings...
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    New Dahua NVR4208 NVR working great!

    Well, working great except the email. I am getting email alerts from the NVR, but no snapshots. Anybody have experience with these settings?
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    any suggestions on what camera to get

    One solution that I am using myself is HomePlug. Basically, HomePlug is eithernet over your existing electrical wiring. One HomePlug device plugs into your router. You use an additional HomePlug for each camera. I am currently using four HomePlugs: one on the router, two for my two cameras...
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    New Dahua NVR4208 NVR working great!

    I've got the new Dahua NVR4208 NVR up and recording my two Dahua IPC-HFW4300S cameras! The trickiest part for me was adjusting the "Motion Detect" settings for each camera. A nice feature of these Dahua cameras is that you can define four separate areas with their own sensitivity and...
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    Dahua NVR Sensitivity and Threshold settings

    I have to admit that I found these settings quite unsettling. Specifically, the “Sensitivity” and the “Threshold”settings found on the “Motion Detect” tab. After putzing with the camera for awhile, I noticed that the graph under the settings sliders was acting like a storage oscilloscope...
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    Changing the password on a new Dahua NVR

    I received a new Dahua NVR4208 from Nelly's Security. This is my second Dahua NVR since I returned the first one (not from Nelly's) because it wouldn't record. I was able to change all of the passwords, but found that I could only change the password of the account I was logged into. In other...
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    Setting up a NAS for Camera Events

    I had to Google the CuBox-i4 to see what that is. It looks like a Raspberry Pi on steroids! As I mentioned, I am pretty much a beginner with Linux, and setting up the CuBox as an FTP NVR is a little bit beyond my ability at this current moment. With the Raspberry Pi, I am using the Raspbein...
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    Detached garage

    ou don't have to run eithernet, only power if you use a HomePlug Eithernet adapter. This is essentially eithernet over powerline. It works very well on my Dahua cameras. I personally use a Logitech HD Powerline 200a. You can get a starter kit for $35 on Amazon. With the starter kit, you get...
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    Setting up a NAS for Camera Events

    Thanks for that information nayr. I finally gathered that the NAS setup was beyond my ken. I've been studying Lenox with a Raspberry Pie, but still know so little. I realized that an ftp server would work better and have already downloaded the FileZilla Server software. I don't plan on using...
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    What camera will most effectively allow me to capture license plates on cars at night

    Re: What camera will most effectively allow me to capture license plates on cars at n Incidentally, why does it say "Getting the hang of it" under my user name? I didn't hang anything I'm aware of.
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    What camera will most effectively allow me to capture license plates on cars at night

    Re: What camera will most effectively allow me to capture license plates on cars at n I should have added that the camera would be facing towards the home. But of course this would involve having to place the camera far from his house. Anyway, that is the way I would do it if getting a...
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    What camera will most effectively allow me to capture license plates on cars at night

    Re: What camera will most effectively allow me to capture license plates on cars at n Would it be more effective to read a rear license plate?
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    Setting up a NAS for Camera Events

    Ok... I guess I've got some learning to do, as they say in the south.
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    Setting up a NAS for Camera Events

    Thanks for the reply alastairstevenson. No, I didn't set up sharing yet and didn't even think of it. Duh. However, the problem is that the camera will not accept characters such as ":" or "\", which are parts of a path. I don't have any other kind of camera, but I would think that most ip...
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    Setting up a NAS for Camera Events

    Yes, I'm still putzing with my Dahua IPC-HFW4300S-V2. Since I returned the Dahua NVR4208 (I couldn't get it to record events), I am playing around with the NAS feature of the Dahua camera to record events. It seems simple enough in that there are only two fields to fill out. Specifically, the...
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