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  1. Left Coast Geek

    blueirissoftware.com website down (2023.07.07)

    My 45 years in the computer industry as a software and hardware engineer plus doing IT stuff too says 'never say never'. Murphy is our god.
  2. Left Coast Geek

    blueirissoftware.com website down (2023.07.07)

    appears to be hosted at a hosting company, InterServer - Affordable Unlimited Web Hosting, Cloud VPS and Dedicated Servers
  3. Left Coast Geek

    blueirissoftware.com website down (2023.07.07)

    mine just came up in eval mode, and yeah, I found the bi site down. says I'm running 5.7.7.8 and my license expired 4/22/2022 ?!?
  4. Left Coast Geek

    PoE Switch Suggestion List

    note thats just for the data side, both switches will need power still, eg, you can't daisy chain the PoE off the first switch, as one port on it won't have nearly enough power to run N ports on the 2nd switch.
  5. Left Coast Geek

    PoE Switch Suggestion List

    My UB 24 port POE full managed switch is under300 mm front to rear... Its a USW-Pro-24-PoE
  6. Left Coast Geek

    PoE Switch Suggestion List

    i did just fine for years cascading 4 and 8 port dumb POE switches on existing ethernet lines. many PoE cameras are only 100baseT anyways.
  7. Left Coast Geek

    Is there a Blue Iris equivalent for Linux?

    but you can't assume the person you're replying to has the same setup.
  8. Left Coast Geek

    Is there a Blue Iris equivalent for Linux?

    well, if the wireguard server isn't running ON the firewall router, you need to setup a port forward for wireguard (unless you are running uPnP, which allows any software on any system on your network to punch its own firewall holes without bothering to tell you).
  9. Left Coast Geek

    PoE Switch Suggestion List

    hmmm, RF modulator/demodulators like a pair of these should give you 1Gbps over a run of RG8... this particular one is 75 ohm, I believe RG8 is 50 ohm and usually used with PL259 connectors. https://www.amazon.com/Actiontec-MoCA-Network-Adapter-Ethernet/dp/B088KVYZGK you MIGHT get away with...
  10. Left Coast Geek

    PoE Switch Suggestion List

    one good solution is to get an AP that has external antenna connectors, and get a 'sector' panel antenna with compatible pigtail. don't even think about 5Ghz, stick with 2.4Ghz. mount this sector anntenna facing the wood shed on a window, or run it outside and mount it on an outside wall...
  11. Left Coast Geek

    PoE Switch Suggestion List

    My general experiences are that outside walls in your house can greatly attenuate the wifi signal. Get the Android app "Wifi Analyzer", from VREM Software in the Android Play store, its a pretty handy thing that shows all the channels and what APs are using them at what strength. I have one...
  12. Left Coast Geek

    PoE Switch Suggestion List

    Well, I already have Ubiquiti wifi, so it integrates nicely... It was $600 which is half or less than that Cisco new...
  13. Left Coast Geek

    PoE Switch Suggestion List

    SO I dunno if anyone has mentione dthis switch here, and I'm not about to read this whole 18 page thread to find out, but I just got a Ubiquiti USW-Pro-24-POE, 24 port switch, 12 ports are POE+, and 12 more are POE++, and its all fully managable by the Ubiquiti 'network controller' software...
  14. Left Coast Geek

    PoE Switch Suggestion List

    only difference between a 568a and b cable is the colors of the pairs, as long as both ends of a given cable are the same a or b, then its all good. 8+2 switches that I've seen have 8 POE ports and 2 more non-POE ports which can be used as a passthrough (one for uplink, and one for downlink to...
  15. Left Coast Geek

    SHORT focal range camera?

    found same cam on alibaba, got more specs, but nothing about focus distances, https://www.aliexpress.us/item/2255799830343168.html I can't find a manufacturer website anywhere.
  16. Left Coast Geek

    What dash cam are you using?

    awhile back, I picked up a VIOFO A119 V3 to stick in my truck. I haven't hard wired it yet, its still on a cigar power cord. Seems to work well enough.
  17. Left Coast Geek

    IPC-T5442T-ZE IPC-T5442TM-AS latest new firmware General_IPC-HX5XXX-Volt_MultiLang_NP_Stream3_V2.800.15OG004.0.R.201203

    I do agree with trying to keep the same version on all identical devices, to make device specific configuration management sane.
  18. Left Coast Geek

    IPC-T5442T-ZE IPC-T5442TM-AS latest new firmware General_IPC-HX5XXX-Volt_MultiLang_NP_Stream3_V2.800.15OG004.0.R.201203

    the firmware in this thread is for the EmpireTech OEM version of the '5442. IIf you have Dahua branded, or some other branded camera, there are specific firmwares for those.
  19. Left Coast Geek

    setting up continuous recording plus triggers ?

    yeah, guess I need to learn how to view all that in BI. I'l enable that on my favorite camera and see what I get.
  20. Left Coast Geek

    setting up continuous recording plus triggers ?

    can someone point me at some basic stuff about how to configure BlueIris to both full time record a camera, and process triggers? I've got it running now on 7 cameras just saving videos that start 10s before a trigger and are a minimum 30s long. I've played with DeepState AI triggers, but...
  21. Left Coast Geek

    PoE Switch Suggestion List

    Fwiw the newer Ubiquiti U6 stuff does work with 48V PoE...
  22. Left Coast Geek

    PoE Switch Suggestion List

    those are not standard compliant, and probably won't work with any cameras, UNLESS the camera specifically says it will work with a 'passive' 24V injector. Standard PoE injectors are 48V and meet a IEEE 802.3af or 802.3at standard, the first is 12 watts for PoE, and the 3at is 25 watts for...
  23. Left Coast Geek

    PoE Switch Suggestion List

    a managed switch allows you to 'partition' the switch into multiple networks known as VLANs. most IPcam networks just use one network for a whole big batch of cameras, and the camera addresses are all in the same subnet, and are statically assigned per camera when you set the cam up. if you...
  24. Left Coast Geek

    Is there a bullet camera with 25x-30x zoom?

    even focal length is meaningless without also knowing the imager size. extreme example, but on my 2-1/4 x 2-3/4" film camera (55x70mm), 120mm is just slightly longer than 'normal', while on a 35mm full frame camera (24x36mm), 120mm is a medium long portrait or short telephoto lens, and on an...
  25. Left Coast Geek

    SHORT focal range camera?

    this guy isn't nearly nerdy enough to deal with a raspberry pi.
  26. Left Coast Geek

    SHORT focal range camera?

    I think my friend is going to give this one a try. https://green-backyard.com/collections/bird-box-camera/products/long-range-wireless-outdoor-ip-bird-box-camera/ While the owl box is on a little used workshop a few 100 feet from his house, its right next to a source of 120V power, so running...
  27. Left Coast Geek

    SHORT focal range camera?

    a friend has an application for a camera that can take extreme closeups, like 6 inches to 2 feet, with a wide angle lens, and good night vision with minimal IR. I thought a IPC-T5442T-AS 2.8 would work, but they say minimum focus is 4.3 feet, which is just too far, and I suspect the 1-2 foot...
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