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Tower mount overview EmpireTech IPC-Color4M-TL OK for sky viewing?
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Tower mount overview EmpireTech IPC-Color4M-TL OK for sky viewing?
It's a dual-purpose camera. Most of the time it will be looking over the front yard, but sometimes it will be rotated up to look north-northeast. If it works well, I may add two more (one on each of the other two tower legs) for nearly 360 degree coverage (with the 3.6mm) lens. Thanks! -
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Tower mount overview EmpireTech IPC-Color4M-TL OK for sky viewing?
When entering into a field of view calculator (e.g. Lens Field of View Calculator) is it correct to use 8.89mm for a 1/1.8" CMOS image sensor (Source: Digital Camera Sensor Size Chart)? Actually, all the calculators want one of these values - which should I choose - for this camera, please... -
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Tower mount overview EmpireTech IPC-Color4M-TL OK for sky viewing?
Given the distance - and up on the roof - should I choose the 3.6mm rather than the 2.8mm? -
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Tower mount overview EmpireTech IPC-Color4M-TL OK for sky viewing?
I'm looking for an affordable POE cam to mount on a radio tower just a little above the roof. The primary purpose is a general over-view of the front yard. (Existing lights provide lumination.) A secondary purpose would be to look at the sky for a general weather view and maybe the night sky... -
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Looking for new cameras for home security
The Reolink Doorbell camera seems to be an exception. Reolinks are also an affordable option for 'overview' cameras - which purpose is to capture broad patterns of movement rather than identifying details.- kd4e
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Which 180 degree camera to pick + other questions
The Amazon reviews, especially the most recent one (2025), are mostly positive. (Perhaps there was a firmware update that addressed the older complaints?) ONVIF, both cams are 1:1:8, and otherwise seems to have good specs. -
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Plane crash in Toronto
I'm going to guess it rocked to one side, ripping off that wing, that impact may have caused it to roll to the other side, tearing off that wing, then the reaction to the second lost wing caused it to roll completely over ... all of this as it continued forward. Given that the fuel is stored in... -
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Optimal height of camera for animal, pedestrian, driver & plate-vehicle ID
Thanks to your encouragement, I cleaned up the install. Reading and viewing pics elsewhere on this forum has encouraged me to put a couple cameras on a short tower next to the house. They'll provide some big picture context for activities in the front and back yards. Good fun ... -
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Optimal height of camera for animal, pedestrian, driver & plate-vehicle ID
Meanwhile, this is the current view. Someone mentioned mounting a second camera next to it - to enhance tracking people or vehicles. I need to learn about that, and about the red numbered alerts on the display. -
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Optimal height of camera for animal, pedestrian, driver & plate-vehicle ID
That appears to be out of stock everywhere. I found an alternative, thanks! -
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Optimal height of camera for animal, pedestrian, driver & plate-vehicle ID
I did this ... Solved the problem. (I'll pretty it up later.) What y'all do with the extra cables hanging about? -
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Optimal height of camera for animal, pedestrian, driver & plate-vehicle ID
I'm having trouble with mechanical alignment. Is the camera supposed to be able to rotate left or right within the white vertical section - or only up and down - in line with the slotted cutout? @EMPIRETECANDY -
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Optimal height of camera for animal, pedestrian, driver & plate-vehicle ID
Thanks for the links - I'll sure have a look. The white PVC driveway entrance fence is less than 150' from the point at which I took the photo. There's another high resolution camera looking straight out the driveway and into the street. The idea is that these two give me the best chance to... -
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Optimal height of camera for animal, pedestrian, driver & plate-vehicle ID
I'm not sure what you mean. I'm only interested in the open yard area - between the camera and the white PVC-fenced driveway entry. Nothing past that (there will be other cams for the street). -
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Optimal height of camera for animal, pedestrian, driver & plate-vehicle ID
So, should 6 feet be OK or do I want to be even lower? -
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Optimal height of camera for animal, pedestrian, driver & plate-vehicle ID
The attached image is at about 6 feet above grade. I plan to mount an IPC-B5442E-Z4E camera there. Is that an acceptable height? (I get that higher is better, to limit vandal-access, but it seems higher means a more difficult angle of view. WDYT?) NOTE: There's also another camera looking... -
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EmpireTech NVR8CH-8P-2AI - Setup Questions
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- Forum: NVR's, DVR's & Computers
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EmpireTech NVR8CH-8P-2AI - Setup Questions
With the monitor directly connected - it stayed up overnight - no time-outs. Now to sort out control of the number of cameras displayed, how to full-screen just one, how to zoom and pan (where supported by a camera), set up alarms, etc. After that comes remote access (android phone & Linux...- kd4e
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EmpireTech NVR8CH-8P-2AI - Setup Questions
OK then, I'll give that a try. That will be great if it's stable. BTW: I started with DOS and grew accustomed to workarounds. In 1996 I was asked to network some Apple stuff - laptops, desktops, and a central printer - across more than one generation. (I'd never managed anything from Apple...- kd4e
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EmpireTech NVR8CH-8P-2AI - Setup Questions
When I log into the web gui it offers TCP, UDP, and Multicast. I've been choosing TCP - might Multicast help with any of these problems, especially the persistant logging-out problem? (Also, among the gazillions of settings, across the many menus, I think I read where an alarm might be set to...- kd4e
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EmpireTech NVR8CH-8P-2AI - Setup Questions
Yes on the Cobra. On the Empiretech I can only view the Reolink doorbell cam and the Loryta cam. (One of the other Reolink's has occasionally displayed on the Empiretech, but not both, and now neither.)- kd4e
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EmpireTech NVR8CH-8P-2AI - Setup Questions
Why can the cheap Cobra NVR access the Reolink cameras OK but the expensive latest-model Empiretech NVR cannot? The cameras are being accessed via RTSP.- kd4e
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EmpireTech NVR8CH-8P-2AI - Setup Questions
Perhaps I need to connect the 40" monitor directly to the NVR and just use the web gui for brief viewing and adjustments on-the-fly?- kd4e
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EmpireTech NVR8CH-8P-2AI - Setup Questions
The timing-out of the NVR's Web gui seems to be worsening (shorter cycles) no idea why. I did add feeds for two cameras (Reolink, RLC-410W, RLC-510A) that are also linked to the old Cobra NVR - both show green under Status (in Remote Devices) but neither is responding on the web gui for the...- kd4e
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- Forum: NVR's, DVR's & Computers
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Cobra NVR with Reolink Cams - Use a switch?
They can. I don't recall if I did. That may also explain some problems I'm having with displaying them via the Empiretech NVR web gui. EDIT: One was set up static, one wasn't. Just fixed that.- kd4e
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Cobra NVR with Reolink Cams - Use a switch?
Lemme look at that ... they may be DHCP. Thanks.- kd4e
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Cobra NVR with Reolink Cams - Use a switch?
The Cobra is, predictably (Harbor Freight), rather primitive. It's optimized for their own low-grade cameras.- kd4e
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Cobra NVR with Reolink Cams - Use a switch?
I'm discovering that the only way the Cobra (Harbor Freight) NVR will communicate with Reolink cams is if they pass through the router - never direct to the NVR. I'm using several of the Reolinks as backup and less-critical security cams. Any preference to using a POE unmanaged switch, a POE...- kd4e
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User-friendly NVR and remote viewing?
It appears that Tailscale, with github authentication, may be an acceptable and workable solution. Thanks!- kd4e
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- Forum: NVR's, DVR's & Computers