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  1. trapper

    Hoping for some advice on some adjustments I can make to my LPR camera

    when you get a good plate picture make sure to write down your settings and try to change one setting at a time so you will see exactly what that change did. If you change more than one at a time you run the risk of not knowing which change made the difference. As suggested by several try...
  2. trapper

    Hoping for some advice on some adjustments I can make to my LPR camera

    this is approx 175 ft away, you are just a few small adjustments away from getting it. I struggled for weeks due to limited night traffic. I changed camera location several times thinking it was bad angles when along it was just tweeking the gain and sharpness sprinkled with a little less...
  3. trapper

    Hoping for some advice on some adjustments I can make to my LPR camera

    I could be wrong but try bumping up the gain to 60 it will add more light and allow for other adjustments
  4. trapper

    Hoping for some advice on some adjustments I can make to my LPR camera

    I have the same camera and was having difficulty just like you. I was at full zoom 1200 and could never dial it in . I tried color, black and white, shutter speed, focus, gain ect ect. Several times i went to far down the settings rabbit hole that I had to default back to factory and start...
  5. trapper

    Smart Pss question

    thanks digesting now
  6. trapper

    Smart Pss question

    I am running Smart Pss gDMSS lite app on android to view cameras. I can view app when connected to home wifi but get a failed when not connected to home wifi. This is probably just a settings issue. Any ideas where I should look first. Thanks again.
  7. trapper

    Blue Iris zone issue

    I just went through the same process and with the help of this form I have great day and night captures. the most important thing I learned from reading a few post is when setting the LPR is to first set your zoom than focus than if the plate is blurry dial down your Gain in increments of 5 if...
  8. trapper

    dreaded day light savings time

    I have the time set automatically , I just did a manual test to see if I could pinpoint the issue
  9. trapper

    dreaded day light savings time

    ok well just got back from church and everything works properly. Amazing I guess I just needed a little patience
  10. trapper

    dreaded day light savings time

    yes exactly like that
  11. trapper

    dreaded day light savings time

    hello all quick tech question. I use smart pss to monitor cameras on Mac. when I try to review todays footage from 1200am to present 1120am it says maximum quarry time span is 24 hrs and will not show any previous recordings. I have nov 6 from 0000am to nov 6 2359pm selected. when I manually...
  12. trapper

    just wondering

    thank you flintstone I think I have been over thinking this. quest for the better best picture. agreed the plates are readable and thats all that matters at this point. I am not using any third party plate reader or subscriptions I am happy. thanks again for all the support expecially wittaj
  13. trapper

    just wondering

    there are some very smart people on this forum. Is it possible to develop a program that monitors your cameras field of view and would walk the user through the fine tuning. More this, less that and so on. Am I just dreaming or is it realistic. I would only have limited application probably...
  14. trapper

    just wondering

    all the above settings active
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    just wondering

    all defaults currently
  16. trapper

    just wondering

    1/4000
  17. trapper

    just wondering

    trying 1/4000
  18. trapper

    just wondering

    1/2000 0-35 GAIN
  19. trapper

    just wondering

    excellent thanks
  20. trapper

    just wondering

    I have been fine tuning my day and night settings on my LPR. I am getting closer and closer every day to a great capture. During the day I played around with the exposure in auto mode and it gets very good quality video. To expedite the fine tuning will the auto setting show me exactly what...
  21. trapper

    Yearly reminder to clean your LPR cams

    ok I noticed at 1/2000 it got darker so I lowered it to 1/500 and that is the magic number. thanks to everyone for your guidance. I am truly lost without this support
  22. trapper

    Yearly reminder to clean your LPR cams

    what is the best way to add light to the plate
  23. trapper

    Yearly reminder to clean your LPR cams

    I think I am close I used the shutter to 1/2000 and now I just need 1 car to drive by for the focus
  24. trapper

    Yearly reminder to clean your LPR cams

    my shutter is only at 1/1000 should I up it
  25. trapper

    Yearly reminder to clean your LPR cams

    made the above changes and this is the lates pic
  26. trapper

    Yearly reminder to clean your LPR cams

    wittaj change done
  27. trapper

    Yearly reminder to clean your LPR cams

    yes I have it on a schedule and my day time is perfect and my setting for day are very different from my night., I just am having difficulty dialing in the nighttime. I had to change location a couple times and start from scratch. Neighbors bought a new beautiful motorhome and I had to move my...
  28. trapper

    Yearly reminder to clean your LPR cams

    thanks IRLP, working on the changes
  29. trapper

    Yearly reminder to clean your LPR cams

    manual setting on the focus and ir is max. vehicles come into frame at approx 120 feet from camera
  30. trapper

    Yearly reminder to clean your LPR cams

    I just changed the zoom to max 1200 which puts my focus at 300. I tried to sent a screen shot of my video settings but it did not go through.. resolution 1920, frame rate 15, bit rate type cbr , bit rate 8192 frame rate int 15