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    $50 BoaVision PTz Cam for portable completely-wireless use with Blue Iris

    Thanks. I've already been playing around a little bit with using solar power, but I decided to put that on the back burner until I get farther along. I'm working right now on Version 2.0. I've moved the electronic control modules into a small separate project box. That frees up enough space in...
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    $50 BoaVision PTz Cam for portable completely-wireless use with Blue Iris

    I've been running BI for several years now. I have 20+ cameras, most of which are Amcrest IP5M-T1179 5mp "eyeball"-style. I also have several PTZ for taking a closer look. All of my cameras are POE or POE+. I don't generally trust WiFi for security applications, although I assume that it is...
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    Attempted Murder of two officer's, by felon.

    Wow! My thanks to the deputies, their families and all the others who serve - especially in these difficult times. As for the innocent? bystanders, they need to do some serious thinking about who they hang out with. Did they not notice that he was carrying a compact AR? They could easily have...
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    Amcrest IP5M-T1179E freezing after 3 days using 2020-12-30 firmware

    Maybe most of the purchasers got the 2019-11-13 firmware version. That's running on 5 of my IP5M-T1179 cameras that I bought on Amazon in late 2020 and early 2021. They've been running without problems since I installed them.
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    Amcrest IP5M-T1179E freezing after 3 days using 2020-12-30 firmware

    Until I get a firmware update that solves the problem, I have set the cameras that are affected to auto-reboot every morning at 3:30 am.
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    Amcrest IP5M-T1179E freezing after 3 days using 2020-12-30 firmware

    UPDATE - Sunday 09/05/2021 8;08 AM EDT The other 2 cameras running the firmware provided by Amcrest Support also froze up yesterday afternoon. So the new firmware did not solve the problem.
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    Amcrest IP5M-T1179E freezing after 3 days using 2020-12-30 firmware

    UPDATE - Saturday 09/04/2021 11:00 AM EDT After I received the new firmware, I installed it on 3 of the 4 cameras that were freezing. I left 1 of the cameras on the 2020-12-30 firmware as a control (in the scientific hypothesis sense) The one control camera with the old software (short name...
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    Is there any way to identify 2.8mm vs 3.1mm Amcrest IP5M-T1179 using software? (e.g. Amcrest Surveillance Pro)

    I'm using Google Docs/Sheets now too. :) Excel got so complicated and cumbersome that I could no longer figure out how to do things. I had been using it since Version 1.0 back in the dark ages. Maybe if I was just starting and knew nothing it would be easier? Most of the info is available in...
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    Amcrest IP5M-T1179E freezing after 3 days using 2020-12-30 firmware

    Now that I'm deep down this rabbit hole, I'm wondering if the mfg encrypts the .bin file to protect their intellectual property from the prying eyes of nosy people like me - and, more importantly, competitors. The CPU in the camera could decode the firmware as it is being installed. That would...
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    Amcrest IP5M-T1179E freezing after 3 days using 2020-12-30 firmware

    Feverishly tossing and turning at 4 am, now I remember: a hex editor. Downloaded HxD and examined the firmware file. I had expected to be able to see any English ASCII text strings embedded within the file; e.g "Amcrest" or "Dahua". No luck. I examined a random PDF file just to make sure that...
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    Amcrest IP5M-T1179E freezing after 3 days using 2020-12-30 firmware

    After thinking some more about it, the utility probably was one for analyzing data on disk sectors.
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    Amcrest IP5M-T1179E freezing after 3 days using 2020-12-30 firmware

    Back when I was doing a lot of C programming (in the pre-C++ era) i remember analyzing binary code using some sort of utility. It would not show you the code, but would often show comments and other internals that would provide clues to the operation and history of the code. I can't remember now...
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    Amcrest IP5M-T1179E freezing after 3 days using 2020-12-30 firmware

    I just did a binary file compare. It's possible, I guess, that both cameras use identical firmware and the firmware detects which type of camera it is running on and behaves accordingly. But it's been 20 years since I last did any programming and I have no expertise on camera firmware, so I...
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    Amcrest IP5M-T1179E freezing after 3 days using 2020-12-30 firmware

    Thank you. Amcrest Support already has sent me a new version of the firmware. I am in the process of testing it now on three cameras but the problem takes about 3 days to show up so I won't know until then whether the new firmware has fixed the problem. See this thread for more details.
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    Is there any way to identify 2.8mm vs 3.1mm Amcrest IP5M-T1179 using software? (e.g. Amcrest Surveillance Pro)

    Yes, 3.6mm. Not sure where I got 3.1mm.
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    Is there any way to identify 2.8mm vs 3.1mm Amcrest IP5M-T1179 using software? (e.g. Amcrest Surveillance Pro)

    Cool idea. I like it. It remains to be seen whether I will invest that much effort... ;)
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    Is there any way to identify 2.8mm vs 3.1mm Amcrest IP5M-T1179 using software? (e.g. Amcrest Surveillance Pro)

    I currently have about 10 of the IP5M-T1179 cameras running. Two of them, that I bought on Amazon back in Jan 2021, are the 3.1mm versions. I wanted those for some zones where detail was more important than a wide FOV. I recently went to order some more of the 3.1mm model, but it looks like...
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    Amcrest IP5M-T1179E freezing after 3 days using 2020-12-30 firmware

    I downloaded the Dahua firmware and did a file compare with the Amcrest firmware. They are identical.
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    Amcrest IP5M-T1179E freezing after 3 days using 2020-12-30 firmware

    I wish that Amcrest Support had sent me a copy of the 2019-11-13 firmware as I had requested. I wanted to see if that would solve the problem. I wonder if anyone on this forum has a copy saved on disk somewhere?
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    Amcrest IP5M-T1179E freezing after 3 days using 2020-12-30 firmware

    Thanks. I was looking into that yesterday based on a tip from TonyR above. Not sure if want to spend the time pursuing it now that I have a fix (I hope), but it might be interesting for other reasons.
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    Amcrest IP5M-T1179E freezing after 3 days using 2020-12-30 firmware

    I received an updated firmware version from Amcrest Support this evening. I'll install it in 3 of the cameras and see if it solves the problem.
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    Amcrest IP5M-T1179E freezing after 3 days using 2020-12-30 firmware

    So, what's the underlying cause? Based on having seen a similar situation back in 1998 involving IBM OS/2 servers, here's what I suspect... Somwhere in the firmware there's a routine that depends on a hardware timer on the camera circuit board. Let's assume that a programmer working on the...
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    Amcrest IP5M-T1179E freezing after 3 days using 2020-12-30 firmware

    PREDICTION CONFIRMED: all 4 cameras froze up "just like clockwork" Tues 8/31/2021 AM Here are the times from the attached screen shots: DRE - 9:26, GEN - 9:27, WYD - 9:27, EYD: 9:19 Well, strictly speaking, I wasn't correct - they froze up in the morning instead of the afternoon. Still, not...
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    Amcrest IP5M-T1179E freezing after 3 days using 2020-12-30 firmware

    Still no response from Support. What I requested is a copy of the earlier 2019-11-13 version of the firmware that is working on the (5) IP5M-T1179 cameras that I installed early in 2021. I want to install that older version in the newer cameras that have the 2020-12-30 version of the firmware...
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    Amcrest IP5M-T1179E freezing after 3 days using 2020-12-30 firmware

    Still haven't heard from Support. If my theory is correct, I predict that 4 of the cameras that had frozen and that I reset around 4PM on Fri. 8/27 will freeze up again sometime tomorrow afternoon.
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    Amcrest IP5M-T1179E freezing after 3 days using 2020-12-30 firmware

    Thank you. I appreciate your quick response.
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    Amcrest IP5M-T1179E freezing after 3 days using 2020-12-30 firmware

    Thank you, that would be a big help. I submitted a Support Form on Friday, Aug 27 at 3:48 PM EDT (#420114). As of today, Monday, Aug 30 at 11:04 AM I have not gotten any response to my request.
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    Amcrest IP5M-T1179E freezing after 3 days using 2020-12-30 firmware

    Thanks for the tip. I had started thinking along those lines, searching the web for the exact file name match. Up until now, I had not had any reason to get down to this level. Everything just worked as it should. Now I've had to dust off some of my ancient IT sleuthing skills.
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    Amcrest IP5M-T1179E freezing after 3 days using 2020-12-30 firmware

    Thanks for the tips. I agree with all of those recommendations and I follow them except that I started using copper-clad AL before I realized its potential for problems. In this case, I have 22 cameras all wired the same way, all carefully waterproofed and sealed and all working for years...
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    Amcrest IP5M-T1179E freezing after 3 days using 2020-12-30 firmware

    Excellent audio on these cams - one of the factors that made me decide to standardize on them. Also very easy to install. I really like the mounting bracket system they use. Not very secure, but nearly all of my cameras are 10 ft up.
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