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Power outage during firmware update - Hdw5231rp-z
As my luck would have it, this morning I was in the middle of updating firmware on an older 2MP starlight turret and the power went out a few seconds into the process. The progress bar showed little to no progress when this happened. Now I'm unable to communicate with it; it always times out... -
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Dahua IPC-HDW5442T-ZE 4MP Varifocal Turret - Night Perfomance testing
Curious, what is the difference if any between the HDW5442T-ZE and the T5442T-ZE? I can't seem to find the HDW part# on Andy's site. -
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VPN Primer for Noobs
Yes 98% of the time isp tech don't know anything beyond the bare essentials to get internet working through their router, nothing more, nothing less. 1% they don't even know that and are reading from a computer prompt, the other 1% actually do know some intermediate networking stuff. That latter...- truglo
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- Forum: IP Cameras
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PoE Switch Suggestion List
Dang, that's a really nice switch! Is there a particular reason you need all those features? AFAIK, there's no such thing as a POE switch that is "not recommended for Blue Iris"... poe is just a way to power what's on the other end of the cable and BI could care less about that. Some folks like...- truglo
- Post #177
- Forum: Accessories
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VPN Primer for Noobs
If the ISP requires using their router (ie no to swapping routers), and you are not responsible/allowed to access it for administration, then it seems the responsibility for configuring the vpn falls on their lap. I'm guessing you'll get told you can use your own router if you like... and they...- truglo
- Post #1,321
- Forum: IP Cameras
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Indoor vs Outdoor Motion Sensors
For those who are up for a little DIY, I've been playing around with the RCWL-0516 microwave sensors and they work great... super cheap too. If you aren't averse to an arduino type project, then these sensors are an excellent option for sensing motion in a 'challenging environment' (tree...- truglo
- Post #7
- Forum: Alarm & Security Systems
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PoE Switch Suggestion List
Just wanted to pop in and give info on the switch I've been using. This one is probably overkill for most homes, but a solid option for those with lots of cameras: HP JE007A - 24port 365W poe+ GBe managed switch w/ some L2 features I bought mine used from ebay for $150 last year, and there are...- truglo
- Post #166
- Forum: Accessories
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VPN Primer for Noobs
The answer to that depends on many different settings, from ovpn auth methods, to cipher settings, windows firewall, and also your router settings. That is a big scope to answer in one shot, but the general answer is if you aren't sure then it is best not to port forward.- truglo
- Post #1,238
- Forum: IP Cameras
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Actual human detection vs Camera "Intrusion Detection" features
Very interesting! Thanks for sharing this info. I for one sure hope this can/will trickle down to firmware for the dahua's I have now. *fingers crossed* -
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Wired or Wireless Alarm System for Home
You know, wires are always best. That said, zwave wireless sensors are decent and they won't have or cause issues with wifi since they run 900mhz. If you go this route, look in to implementing your own system+hub with hassio, openhab, or similar on an rpi. I use hassio+nodered on an rpi with a...- truglo
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- Forum: Alarm & Security Systems
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Review-Dahua Starlight IPC-HDW5231R-ZE 800 meter capable ePOE
That last part in parenthesis is the elephant in the room bro... it technically only takes a moment of vulnerability to be hacked. How long was it inadvertantly exposed? Did this start happening before you fixed the router settings? The vpn... you said it has issues... are you sure it is secured... -
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Actual human detection vs Camera "Intrusion Detection" features
I am setting up some security equipment this week (hass w/ zwave & zigbee stuff), and implementing outdoor human detection is tricky. I have a dog that is also very reliable (zero false alarms btw... only when someone is on my property and I don't see them first), and was thinking of somehow... -
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Any decent doorbell cameras yet?
A year later and still nothing stands out? Seems a pro-level doorbell cam would be within reach by now, but maybe it's more rocket science than we think. Faced with the choice between an $800 axis doorbell cam, and hanging a $100 starlight mini ir dome above the doorway... I'm sticking with my... -
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Ring network data
Would be nice to be able to take a ring offline and integrate with BI though, which might be possible if the video is not encrypted? -
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china camera update to china firmware and consequences
Yes good call getting slightly more expensive quality cameras that you know can be manually adjusted to suit each location. The 5231 is popular on these forums because it is a proven workhorse for a broad range of lighting/locations: Aliexpress.com : Buy IPC HDW5231R ZE 2MP WDR IR Eyeball... -
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Network fails if SD card gets corrupted
Yeah it might just be a coincidence. I have also unceremoniously unplugged my cameras with SD inserted many times without problem. I'm not 100% sure if they were actually triggered/recording every time, but pretty certain they were at least a few times while I was experimenting with cam... -
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Network fails if SD card gets corrupted
I'm posting this to follow up on a problem I experienced after a power outage last night. My cameras have all behaved well during and after many power outages over the past year, until last night. Apparently as a result of the outage, one of the cameras ended up with a corrupted SD card. This... -
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Connection to camera fails (after a power outage)
Update: WOOHOO... It was just a corrupted SD card causing all this mess! I would have thought the camera would be able to handle that more gracefully, but as soon as I removed the SD card and replugged the camera, everything worked again. I loaded the SD card on my PC and sure enough a bunch of... -
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Connection to camera fails (after a power outage)
My IP cam setup with 3x cameras and Blue Iris has been working swell for the better part of a year. It has been through power outages before with no problems, however this last one seems to have caused a problem with one of the cameras. The camera webpage and the video stream is not working or... -
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IPC-HDW4231EM-AS dropping connection randomly
Yeah I have one of those. They're great for verifying conductivity and termination on installed wiring. However they don't test bandwidth performance, which is very important when it comes to ip cams. For that you need a digital test signal and a high speed daq. You might see the telecom tech... -
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Zyxel Switch
Hope nobody gets pissed about me waking a sleeping thread, but while I was on the forums I figured I should add that the switch was very noisy. It contained (get ready) 6x 40mm Delta screamers... no wonder it sounded like an aircraft carrier! I originally thought it only had 3x 40mm fans (that I...- truglo
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Firmware for newer dahua cams as well as detailed specs available here
In Blue Iris/camera preferences/PTZ/custom html commands, try setting the zoom-in button for the camera to something like: /cgi-bin/devVideoInput.cgi?action=adjustFocus&focus=0.071429&zoom=0.5 That should get your camera to zoom half way when you hit the zoom-in button. You may have to play... -
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Firmware for newer dahua cams as well as detailed specs available here
Yeah a modern dvr (or vms) setup doesn't care about ntsc or pal. Those only come in to play if you use analog signals (older cctv style setups with coax etc...). -
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Review-Dahua Starlight IPC-HDW5231R-ZE 800 meter capable ePOE
Good idea... it would be convenient for users to have a short list of api commands with equivalent values for the popular fixed lenses they can refer to in a first post. Seems worthy of beimg a sticky thread. -
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Review-Dahua Starlight IPC-HDW5231R-ZE 800 meter capable ePOE
hmm, the webui slider implementation may be using 2560, but the Dahua API takes a float in the range 0.0-1.0. You can interpolate the 0-2560 range to 0-1 and use the camera's web interface (I like this math approach, hehe... please share the working equation if you do that), or you can use the... -
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IPC-HDBW5231E-Z / IPC-HFW5231E-Z12 Night time power consumption
My smartswitch says my Z pulled a peak 5.5W, and my Z5 (similar consumption to Z12 I believe) pulled a peak of 10.8W. Both I suppose could pull more while zooming in/out; my switch allocated 30W for each camera so I'm not too worried LOL. I would go off of the camera specs though, then you... -
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Troubles trying to set up new Dahua HDW5231R-Z
hoomag, sounds to me like you haven't seen the webui yet? The config tool is neat, but it's also a blackbox when it comes to troubleshooting. So let's ditch it for now (you found the IP, which is the only thing the camera 'can't do itself'). If you're certain both the PC and the camera are on... -
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Review-Dahua Starlight IPC-HDW5231R-ZE 800 meter capable ePOE
It could be tested by sending those input values then measuring the resulting viewing angles. Even better if it can be compared to actual viewing angles of a fixed lens camera. I have a 2.8 fixed and a variofolcal, but given my install it would take me some time to move them around for... -
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Review-Dahua Starlight IPC-HDW5231R-ZE 800 meter capable ePOE
Good question... I'm not 100% sure what the answer is, but I will take a stab. The Dahua api takes a range of 0.0-1.0, with 1 being max zoom, and we will assume the software and hardware are linear. Let Fmin and Fmax be the max and min focal lengths, F be the actual focal length of the lens... -
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Review-Dahua Starlight IPC-HDW5231R-ZE 800 meter capable ePOE
How about zooming in? From the specs on Andy's site: Z: 2.7mm ~12mm motorized lens, 97°~34° ZE: 2.7mm ~13.5mm motorized lens, 101°~31° According to the FOV angles the ZE should get both wider and narrower than the Z. From the pics on the first page it's hard to tell (the zoomed in photos look...