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    Machete Man

    Thanks for posting these!! I'm trying to explain to our friends that have a small farm that they should really have cameras at least on their driveway and the back access road.
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    Cameras loosing signal and BI SMS text not working

    My emails to my verizon phone stopped a month ago i get this message: The response from the remote server was: 421 4.2.0 209.85.166.48 server temporarily unavailable AUP#CDRBL I'm converting to pushover.
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    Wall Mount Dilemma

    So if quicksync is not such a big win anymore, should people be looking at AMD CPU's for BI? I notice that the Ryzen 5 5600G is $150 right now.
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    reading sd card in IPC-T5442T-ZE camera

    Thanks! I'll play with it some more. Right now it looks like it hasn't recorded anything.
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    reading sd card in IPC-T5442T-ZE camera

    I put an SD card in my 5442, but I can't seem to figure out how to look at the footage. Do I have to remove the card or can it be done via the browser ? thanks.
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    How to 'show hidden cameras' (BI 5.6.0.6)

    click the edit button (next to the setting gear on the right side) and then right click in the setting screen (green area).
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    Continuous + Triggered: Sub stream vs. Mainstream

    I'm just rereading this today and I'm confused as to what the best option is for a camera with substreams enabled. To get the best video when something is detected, should I be using continuous + alerts (or continuous + trigger) instead of continuous? thx.
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    Doorbell

    Right a qr code that activates some app that sends you a message. You could put a note on the door that says, "text me at xxx.xxx.xxxx" and accomplish the same thing without paying $12.
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    Comcast blocking OpenVPN at least with Apple devices

    I had a problem connecting via VPN when my home network and the guest network I was using had the same IP address for the first 3 digits. Both address were of the type 192.168.1.x I have since changed my home address to 192.168.237.x and haven't had a problem since.
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    Cabling: Tools rough draft #1. Opinions/Suggestions desired.

    Another great thread. Here's a couple of tricks. wire coat hangers are great. need to drill an exploratory hole in sheet rock, say going up through the ceiling or through two walls? Cut the straight long portion of the hanger with wire cutters at an angle and use that as your drill bit. small...
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    Camera upgrade.

    Did you have any issues setting up your Core i-12 with P and E cores using Win 10?
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    Light ideas

    This has been a really informative discussion with a ton of information. Thanks!!
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    PLEASE HELP! Power for Hikvision housing.

    have you looked on ebay? something like this may work. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1313&_nkw=Supco+SXT100R+96VA+HVAC+Transformer&_sacat=0
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    is it possible to see what camera is consuming the most storage space?

    an easy way to do this is to logon to you bi machine. bring up the command prompt. at the command prompt use the CD (change directory) to you blue iris folder and do a dir command like this: C:\Users\me>d: D:\>dir blue* Volume in drive D is Blue-Iris Volume Serial Number is 8878-5941...
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    Is it possible to send snapshot via email on a schedule?

    I'm not sure this would work, but you could use a scheduled python app to cause blue iris to trigger at the same time every day. Here's a couple of examples of python scripts that will accomplish triggering a camera. The second one at github has a simple command line interface that could be...
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    Cameras rebooting when nvr is connected to router

    if you only plug in a single camera, does it work without rebooting?
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    camera facing west, issues with sun?

    Thanks. Just wanted to make sure before I start pulling wires.
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    camera facing west, issues with sun?

    I have a door opening to a deck facing due west. If I put a camera there it will get direct sunlight into the lens for a few weeks during sunset, maybe 20 minutes. Is this an issue for the camera? And, if so, what's a good solution?
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    POE CAT6 Tests OK Yet No Camera Connectivity

    Does the camera work when you try it with the new connector? Curious minds what to know.
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    Setting up NetTime Time Sync Tool on Windows 10

    Even allowing nettime service though the firewall does not solve the problem. Only turning off the firewall for public allows it to work.
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    Need advice on camera at gate.

    I just went to HD and got a 10'6" fence post. It's 1-3/8" diameter and certainly strong enough to support the receiver. My next project is to start reading and understanding how to set up LPR and fine tune all the settings.
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    Need advice on camera at gate.

    I got my camera installed and working. Thanks for all your help! Here's a picture. I'm using a pair of Ubiquiti nano station M2 (2.5 ghz) with the transmitter in the attic at the highest point and the receiver 8 foot off the ground next to a tree. Right now it's on a 2x4, but I'm trying to...
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    Setting up NetTime Time Sync Tool on Windows 10

    Interestingly, I don't see NetTime listed. But I think the issue is caused because my second NIC is an "unidentified network" which defaults to public and can't be changed to private.
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    Setting up NetTime Time Sync Tool on Windows 10

    Turning the public firewall off fixes it. Not sure what the work around would be to have a rule so firewall can be on.
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    Setting up NetTime Time Sync Tool on Windows 10

    I turned on debug info and no connection attempts from cameras. Here's some settings info:
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    Setting up NetTime Time Sync Tool on Windows 10

    One of my cameras has a wrong date and time (year 2018!). How can I check to see if it's trying to connect or failing to connnect? The net time log doesn't show any camera activity at all.
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    Setting up NetTime Time Sync Tool on Windows 10

    Thanks!!
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    Setting up NetTime Time Sync Tool on Windows 10

    How do I bring up the nettime settings window? The one that looks like this:
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    About to pull the trigger - a few questions...

    I was hoping there was something in the camera settings that i haven't discovered yet.
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    About to pull the trigger - a few questions...

    Once I have the 5442-ZE camera zoomed the way I like it, is there a way to determine what the focal length is set to?
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