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    Dahua's Main Competitor Is... Dahua!

    If you PM me your email address I'll send the Excel file to populate [emoji6]
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    Dahua's Main Competitor Is... Dahua!

    Catchy title fishing for some chitchat comparing some of the latest low-light offerings against old favourites. Some of these cams seem really close to one another in specs, and I wonder how much is being missed in such a simplistic comparison of numbers and feature check-boxes. So how about...
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    Are camera's useful anymore for theft?

    I've been considering a perimeter monitor, and from your report these sound suitable. How do they go as far as false alerts? Do they really require a heat-source to trigger? Cheers, Steve
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    Dahua Audio cutting in/out IPC-HDW4631C-A

    Definitely should have made up another reason [emoji23]
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    VPN Primer for Noobs

    Yes, I use the Asus' OpenVPN with No-IP (free) and "OpenVPN for Android"... the latter being the Arne Schwabe build, not the official app. It works seamlessly, and has numerous other uses once you can dial-in to your home network. In understanding the security side, firstly it's important to...
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    VPN Primer for Noobs

    No VLAN. Was planning to, set up without, tested, thought about it, but really don't think it necessary. Some others will surely disagree. I've run some scanners and network monitors, and can't see any connections that slightly interest me. Yes, I get email notifications, however they're from...
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    VPN Primer for Noobs

    Perhaps look at setting up a VLAN on the Asus for the cams... it's a similar arrangement to having the second router, which you sound quite set on. I just use the one network and ensure that all security settings are maximised. My cams have no outbound internet access. Apologies I missed you...
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    Hard Drive Failure Notification

    I don't think it would be best practice to recover any damaged RAID array which was still in use. Doubling the writes is only an issue if the controller can't handle it and we have not been advised of the subject system scale. With disks so cheap a simple mirror might have satisfied the OPs...
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    Confused Noob - Basic PC NVR Setup

    You might choose to put a micro SD card in the camera, given you only have the one. Otherwise you will have to have a PC/Mac or NVR running all the time. Cheers, Steve
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    VPN Primer for Noobs

    The Asus option makes it nice and easy to implement the VPN, and you're possibly going to gain improvements in WiFi performance as a bonus. That said flashing your existing router with an open source firmware will probably do the job just fine. I used Gargoyle on a Netgear and it was possibly...
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    Dahua NVR Issues

    You're using P2P for off-site access? If so, is your internet provider perhaps restricting the connection? Using a VPN connection is a far better solution. Cheers, Steve
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    Dahua NVR4216-16P-4KS2 - no hdd alarm?

    My 4116 had an audible alarm enabled by default, but definitely not by email.
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    Dahuas lose custom bitrate upon reboot. Any work around?

    It wasn't being suggested that the NVR was responsible for the reboots [emoji849]
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    Dahuas lose custom bitrate upon reboot. Any work around?

    Is it possible that a connected NVR is responsible, or is this a happening to the cameras in a standalone environment? Cheers, Steve
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    Dahua NVR4208 Motion Detect

    Ah, that's a fairly important aspect to know. Search topics regarding firmware downgrade, which probably entails connecting to the NVR via a terminal type protocol.
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    Dahua NVR4208 Motion Detect

    Next step is to log into the camera directly and make the settings changes there.
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    Help with set up (thanks in advance :))

    First guess is that your new network is on a different internal IP address.
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    SmartPSS - anyone have 7 cameras and phone alerts working

    Anecdotally, I ran PCNVR for well over a month while my Dahua NVR was in RMA with Andy. It was processing seven cams, and I had absolutely no problems with it. I'm not saying it's great, but it should work. Cheers, Steve
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    VGA or DVI Input

    Search "HDMI H264 encoder"... or DVI. [emoji6]