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    Review- EmpireTech IPC-T54IR-ZE-S3 4mp Varifocal Turret

    I must say, the animal detection update has been working wonderfully. It's detecting more animals and/or is more sensitive to them than my old 5231. (Just last night; the 5231 did show a green box on a cat but did not trigger). But I must dial in the video settings (shutter etc.). I followed...
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    EmpireTech 9th Anniversary (Summer)Sales

    Minus 5. :rolleyes: :p When's the lottery day? Your PDF says June 24, but that would be something of questionable ethics or a looong while away ;)
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    S3 animal detection

    What's your IVS sensitivity? Default is 6 and on mine that seemed to little. I have it on 10 now and it triggers fine (as far as I know). At one location I have a S3 along with an older 5231 for the single reason the 5231 triggered on animals while the S3 didn't. So far on cats and birds. We...
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    Review- EmpireTech IPC-T54IR-ZE-S3 4mp Varifocal Turret

    If you can't get it in black, you can probably plasti dip it. That seems (to me) a bit les difficult/permanent than painting it. Thank you. What is the improvement/difference between the first firmware (consisting of 2 .bin files) and this one? I can't find "Smart Codec" either, but I never...
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    Review- EmpireTech IPC-T54IR-ZE-S3 4mp Varifocal Turret

    Turned sensitivity to 10 instead of 6 and now it seems a lot better. No marters yet since, but it seems to be able to pick up cats better than 5231. I use my camera's with a NVR4116HS-4KS2 and it triggers just like any other IVS.
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    Review- EmpireTech IPC-T54IR-ZE-S3 4mp Varifocal Turret

    We had several marters last night. Neither 5442 picked them up, the 5231 did.
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    Review- EmpireTech IPC-T54IR-ZE-S3 4mp Varifocal Turret

    Just installed the firmware on 2 camera's. I can verify it against animal detection on one since it right above a 5231. The other is at the back. Night here has begun so that's when I most see animals so now we'll wait... EDIT: when the camera's came back online after reboot, they were in color...
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    Review- EmpireTech IPC-T54IR-ZE-S3 4mp Varifocal Turret

    YES!!! If that would work with all sort of animals (like cats, dogs, marters etc.) that would be great. We have stone martens here and I like knowing when they're around. We have several camera's around the house (2 5442 ZE S3, 1 2431T-AS S2 and my first ever Dahua 5231 ZE) and the only camera...
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    Is there a trick to doing tripwire with the new GUI?

    Same thing here. I just try over and over again until I've managed to create something that still works...
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    EmpireTech 2024 Spring Sales

    Ah well, on to the next one!
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    EmpireTech 2024 Spring Sales

    :rolleyes:
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    EmpireTech 2024 Spring Sales

    The lottery is great fun. Especially if you win something! :p Highly recommended! Which I did several times so I'm hesistating. In case I win something; I really don't need any more camera's and selling it feels wrong.
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    EmpireTech 2023 Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday Sales Nov.20-24th

    Managed to install the camera on Friday, just in time for Christmas. I went from 1 5231 in October 2017 to now 4 camera's around the house. Might have to get a bigger HDD for the NVR too, 4 camera's (including 3 4MP ones) takes a lot more storage than 1 2MP one. Took the opportunity to reroute...
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    EmpireTech 2023 Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday Sales Nov.20-24th

    Emphasis on the concrete, brick part ;)...
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    EmpireTech 2023 Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday Sales Nov.20-24th

    I received my IPC-T54IR-ZE-S3 last Monday. Now I'm trying to install it, running network cable to it. This house (1979, concrete, bricks etc.) was not built for 2023-like ethernet everywhere:rolleyes:...
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    Smart camera, smart NVR, or both?

    My winning streak with Andy is pushing me into these "problems" as well. :p I just won an IPC-T54IR-ZE and last time also an IPC-T54IR-ZE. Before that a 4MP Lite camera and my own 'old' 5231ZE. My NVR4116HS-4KS2 has a decoding capability of 8 channels @ 1080p (30fps) That probably/maybe equals...
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    EmpireTech 2023 Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday Sales Nov.20-24th

    And congratulations to all the winners!
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    Recommendation for Animal detection

    See my attached screenshot above. There was no 'animal detection' or anything like it before. All camera's would trigger just because something moved. Newer camera's should still work like that if that checkbox in that screenshot is unchecked, but checking/unchecking that checkbox does nothing...
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    Recommendation for Animal detection

    If only this checkbox actually worked...
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    EmpireTech 2023 Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday Sales Nov.20-24th

    Your previous lottery seems like yesterday. Bought some tickets again!
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    Any NVR with vehicle/human detection under $300?

    I'm not smart enough to know enough about this, but why haven't Dahua/Hikvision used AI-hardware in their NVR's? I mean; I don't use Blue Iris but I believe you can use the Coral TPU with that to significantly reduce CPU load. The same with Frigate and also Camect. (and probably more...
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    Latest new IPC-HDW5231R-ZE IPC-HX5X3X-Rhea_MultiLang_PN_Stream3_V2.800.0000018.0.R.210707

    I (try to) use the camera for both. ;)
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    Latest new IPC-HDW5231R-ZE IPC-HX5X3X-Rhea_MultiLang_PN_Stream3_V2.800.0000018.0.R.210707

    One 5442ZE is running V2.840.15OG00D.0.R, Build Date: 2022-08-18. Yesterday I installed a new 5442ZE S3 version with V3.100.0000000.5.R, Build Date: 2023-05-09. They are both installed next to the 5231R-ZE. But we haven't had animals last night so I can't comment on that. Ah, here we have a...
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    Latest new IPC-HDW5231R-ZE IPC-HX5X3X-Rhea_MultiLang_PN_Stream3_V2.800.0000018.0.R.210707

    Just triggers for the camera to record on the build-in SD-card. I also record 24/7 on a NVR and so also triggers on the 24/7 timeline. I rarely use camera notifications on my phone.
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    Latest new IPC-HDW5231R-ZE IPC-HX5X3X-Rhea_MultiLang_PN_Stream3_V2.800.0000018.0.R.210707

    My IPC-HDW5231R-ZE is running V2.800.0000013.0.R, Build Date: 2019-12-02. Newest firmware is V2.800.0000018.0.R.210707, will the camera's IVS still trigger on non humans/vehicles like it does now, or does the newer firmware screw that up? I have this camera installed right next to a...
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    Mini-Review - 5442-Z4E-S3 AKA B54IR-Z4E S3 - Replacement to the 5442-Z4E

    I received the IPC-HDW5442T-ZE S3 (from Andy's lottery) and I have it temporarily next to the 'old' one. With the exact video settings the image is indeed a touch brighter. But I haven't dialed in exactly, so... The new UI finally looks like something from the 21st century but of course you...
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    EmpireTech 2023 Autumn Sales Sep.20th-30th

    Monday afternoon shipped from Shenzen, delivered this morning (Thursday) in The Netherlands. Again, fast shipping man! (by the way; tracking is cool; I could literally track which aircraft took it from Guangzhou to Cologne. (Fedex flight 5030 with Boeing 777F N893FD) :p And it's the S3 model...
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    EmpireTech 2023 Autumn Sales Sep.20th-30th

    Meanwhile when you're there, could you tell them to fix the problem with the (newer) camera's IVS still not triggering on non-humans/vehicles when those checkboxes are unchecked? ;)
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    EmpireTech 2023 Autumn Sales Sep.20th-30th

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    EmpireTech 2023 Autumn Sales Sep.20th-30th

    Awesome. Bought 2 tickets again. Just a few days ago I installed the camera I won with the previous lottery. :p
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