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    Ideal camera for front door doesn't exist? What is the closest match?

    Kind of with Southern Yankee on this. I did see at an apartment/condo complex once where you could push the page button for a tenant at the door and it would ring their actual phone so you could two-way talk and get "buzzed in". But that was because the door was always locked and there were...
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    Using POE Texas injectors with VLANs

    Yeah sorry about that, got buried in the response. I agree with Valiant I'd be surprised, but I don't have any VLAN easily accessible, and I don't have the exact same POE*Texas injector so couldn't be 100% sure I guess.
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    Using POE Texas injectors with VLANs

    Does your friend have the Unifi APs (UAP-AC-LITE, UAP-AC-LR), because those appear to support both 24V passive POE and 802.3af. Personally, I went with the Ubiquity injector for mine (hoping for warranty), for all I know it's a rebranded Alibaba product as well, but as long as your friends...
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    New budget friendly thermal camera

    I also suspect that these cameras would be better at rejecting lots of things that trigger BI motion detection today (sudden light changes, waving trees, etc), some of the motion detection/line crossing/AI also try to help in this area, but if your primary concern is animals/people/cars those...
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    New budget friendly thermal camera

    I suspect this would be a bigger deal for motion detection, even if there isn't enough light to see the person/animal/car etc. For me, it fits more into "neat" and since they are more expensive I just have too many other options for regular cameras before I get to these. I want to try one at...
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    Multiple Remote Locations, Cameras and BlueIris

    I'd try to find another option, you will pretty quickly fill that upload pipe at each location, even assuming you have no other use for the connection. I have 3 cameras at very low FPS and it maxes out my remote site 3Mbps upload speed. Is there no one actually at these remote sites so the...
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    The Perfect BI setup needs SSD ?

    Nope. Record video streams directly to HDD folders and avoid moving files (i.e. dont record and then move, just record then delete video files after storage limits reached) is the recommended approach. SSD would be used for Blue Iris internal database and OS as part of an optimization (SSD...
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    Infrared Illuminator Microlight IR Vario XXL

    No, but happy to make one. There are 6 allen head bolts securing the front cover to the body that have to be removed to change the lens internal reflector which is molded plastic but very reflective. Visually, the lens look similar but there is a stepped reflector look to the combo one.
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    Infrared Illuminator Microlight IR Vario XXL

    Yeah I have one of their 2 inch spots (they sent me both the spot lens and the combo lens to try), hoping to have a build thread go up pretty soon. But here is my first test video. Mind you I couldn't "see" anything so I was trying to "aim" it by line-of-sight around and hoping the panoramic...
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    Ordered Sony SNC-VB770 Image Sensor Size 35MM :)

    Not a camera guy, but what causes that sharp focus on the car but very soft/blurry focus on the objects just across the street from the car. Is that a depth of field issue?
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    Good router for security?

    If you ever circle back to pfSense, if you don't want it to be a major learning curve/hobby effort, I would recommend buying their name brand hardware that comes pre-installed and you can get software/configuration support built-in for addl $50/year to give you the extra safety net. From a pure...
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    In search of outdoor camera for private club with the following requirements. Please help!

    Just buy one that specifies it has no microphone, Wi-Fi and Battery are both terrible ideas, so I wouldn't recommend a camera with either of those.
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    Starlink satellite internet

    Yeah that's kind of where I am at. At one location I pay $49 for 20/6 fiber, while this could be a faster alternative or a backup tripling the monthly cost for that sole purpose is meh. At the Colorado house we get 1G/1G fiber for $50/mo so paying +$100/mo for "backup" seems pretty silly. Now...
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    Starlink satellite internet

    Right, I read about the current RV limitation, same problem would impact traveling salespeople, business travelers (have you ever used hotel internet?), or especially (someday during retirement) on a parked RV was more like I was thinking long-term.
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    Starlink satellite internet

    I’m glad to see progress in this space. Having lived rural, solid internet is just cost prohibitive and not worth it for most providers. After years of living with Comcast, finally got fiber at both homes. I see this being a game changer for people that travel (if the dish is ever small...
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    TinyPilot KVM over IP (Complete remote control of BI PC)

    I saw TinyPilot o Hackaday news, but someone had commented to check out a similar (little more DIY) project at: Pi-KVM - Open and cheap DIY IP-KVM on Raspberry Pi I have read through both, one is a little more refined other is more DIY.
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    Fire breaks out a EV Charging station

    Wait, did someone get in that truck and start trying to move it back and away?! If so, I can't even imagine how much potentially toxic stuff they were breathing.
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    Off site Blue Iris server question

    I've had something similar running for over 3 years, but I went the site-to-site VPN route. My main router opens an OpenVPN connection to remote site using DDNS. Would recommend you investigate moving to that configuration as it avoids many of the risks associated with opening ports/port...
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    Recording setup? Verify for me!!

    Which means either you have incredible self control, or you just haven't been here very long. Most of us are more in the "where else could I use a new camera." category.
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    New 5442 cam connects via router port, not by switch

    Eliminate possible IP conflict first imho. If you have a large number of DHCP devices, reserve the bottom end of the currency DHCP range for the cameras by changing the DHCP lease range to something like 192.168.1.2 thru 192.168.1.100. (Or even something like 192.168.1.125 to 192.168.1.254)...
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    180 degree camera reccomendations

    Probably some higher end one runs that much but this one was only $640 from Andy. But yeah, I understand your point, like I said it's not a big improvement over something like a IPC-HDBW4231F-E2-M (2.8mm) but I was concerned about the longevity of the domes in that install location. I'm happy...
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    180 degree camera reccomendations

    Cool, the PANO I have draws 16-17 watts typically and peaks around 25w. So as long as you have the power budget for it on your POE+ switch should be good to go.
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    180 degree camera reccomendations

    Just one combined Main stream (the image is stitched together at the camera), although the camera also has substream available. I purchased the IPC-PFW8802-A180 version. Technically, mine is 4 separate 2MP streams. Each 2MP imager appears to be rotated 90 degrees. Stitched image is 4096x1800...
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    180 degree camera reccomendations

    Not cheap, but I have the Dahua IPC-PFW8802-A180 and its a solid overview camera but chunky! I like the clear image, the camera covers 180 degrees by stitching 4x2MP images together automatically for you. Although it looks very good, PPF isn’t any better than the smaller lens cameras. I...
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    Not Enough Wires

    Hopefully it gets you to a solution, be aware that in barns and so forth you have to be prepared for some unexpected issues, are all these cables inside and protected from rain/moisture? What about mice/rats? What about farm animals, I've seen threads on these forums where cows will rub their...
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    Not Enough Wires

    You have two problems to solve, you need a network connection for each camera and you need to power the cameras. You could put a dumb hub/switch (not POE) at the end of a cable to share a network cable between two cameras and power the cameras from wall wart DC power. Something similar to...
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    BI system with i7-7700 CPU + a discrete grahpic card

    Blue Iris v5 substreams has dramatically lowered the hardware requirements when running multiple and high-MP systems. I would recommend against a discrete graphics card until you find yourself running into problems then return here for guidance. Unless you can't get the resolution & refresh...
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    BI system with i7-7700 CPU + a discrete grahpic card

    Depends a lot on how many cameras and how many total MP/s you are planning to have in your system. However, your starting point should just be the Intel CPU and built-in graphics. If you are struggling with CPU (don't know how many cameras you got so..) then you could move to Blue Iris...
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    Professional Taxi Driver my ass.

    Yeah that's a road with a layer of ice on it, with a layer of snow on it. Pretty common in the midwest, where they dump literal truckloads of sand and salt to combat it. All seasons and slightly bald tires will act like that with the slightest bit of slippy stuff. In Colorado they wait 4 hours...
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    Review-Dahua IPC-HDBW4231F-E2-M Dual Starlight Cam

    It is different FOV based on the lens, I would interpret that the (3.6mm optional) in parenthesis and corresponding lower FOV's (in parenthesis) are connected. So the 2.8mm has 110 degree horizontal FOV and 60 degree vertical. the 3.6mm lens has 86 degree horizontal and 45 degree vertical...
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