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  1. Moonville

    Will this camera work well enough as a manual LPR?

    The camera is going to be in a bird house mounted low on a tree near a curve in the driveway. That's how I'm able to get almost zero degrees axis. With the vehicle coming at the camera at night, will headlights cause a problem getting a decent image at that distance (~60 feet)?
  2. Moonville

    Will this camera work well enough as a manual LPR?

    I want to use an IPC T3241T-ZAS (2MP varifocal, 1/2.8", 2.7-13.5mm lens) to capture license plate images day and night on my driveway. I'm not looking to collect plates programmatically and I know the nighttime images will be the plate only. I've been through quite a few relevant threads here...
  3. Moonville

    Cannot connect to camera through PoE switch...

    No apology necessary - I greatly appreciate your help. I wasn't sure which NIC to do that with so I did it both ways. With the 2nd NIC there was no change from the 169*. With the native NIC the result was 192.168.1.95
  4. Moonville

    Cannot connect to camera through PoE switch...

    I may be confused by that question - here's what I did: I plugged the Ethernet cable from the PC's 2nd NIC into the OOB port, rebooted the PC and the IP address on the 2nd NIC is still 169.254.149.226. Is that the way you meant?
  5. Moonville

    Cannot connect to camera through PoE switch...

    I pressed the reset button after I found I could not connect to the camera and had tried a lot of other things in an attempt to get the camera back - IOW, a last-ditch effort. I replaced the factory fans with new ones which are MUCH quieter (and move a lot less air). They respond just as the...
  6. Moonville

    Cannot connect to camera through PoE switch...

    I changed the network card, right-clicked on that card in Network Connections, chose Status > Details and I see 169.254.149.226, mask 255.255.0.0. Now what?
  7. Moonville

    Cannot connect to camera through PoE switch...

    I have four questions regarding accessing the console management interface: 1. It appears I need to buy a console cable - is that correct? 2. How will I know if the switch needs to be configured? I had pressed the RESET button, so does that mean it will need to be configured regardless? 3...
  8. Moonville

    Cannot connect to camera through PoE switch...

    No, nothing else.
  9. Moonville

    Cannot connect to camera through PoE switch...

    I want to make sure that getting into CLI stuff is necessary because the switch did work for me at first. Is there anything else to try before I brace myself for CLI work? And thanks for the YT link - that short video appears to be more useful to me than the others I had already found.
  10. Moonville

    Cannot connect to camera through PoE switch...

    I am unable to find the IP address of the switch. I tried to figure that out before I opened this thread but got nowhere.
  11. Moonville

    Cannot connect to camera through PoE switch...

    DHCP is disabled - does this screenshot tell you what else you need to know? I'm already trying with only one camera.
  12. Moonville

    Cannot connect to camera through PoE switch...

    I'm in the process of setting up the BI PC, the PoE switch, and the Dahua cameras. The switch is a Brocade ICX 6430-24P. If I connect the camera directly to the PC I can open a browser and access it at 192.168.1.108. If I connect the camera to the PoE switch it cannot be found using a browser...
  13. Moonville

    TOP-201 mini camera: unable to change IP address...

    [Please pardon the bump but I think one of my questions got lost among all the replies] Does having the cameras on a 2nd NIC mean there is little or no benefit to changing the TOP-201 address for security reasons? I ask this because in this article on IP addresses, it is suggested to use a...
  14. Moonville

    TOP-201 mini camera: unable to change IP address...

    That's why I wanted to use 172.x.x.x but if it doesn't make any difference since the cameras are on a 2nd NIC then I won't bother with trying to change the IP address of the TOP-201 camera.
  15. Moonville

    TOP-201 mini camera: unable to change IP address...

    In this article on IP addresses, it is suggested to use a subnet other than 192.168.x.x for better security. But since the cameras are on a 2nd NIC, is there no benefit (or little benefit) to using a subnet other than 192.168.x.x?
  16. Moonville

    Replacement fans for PoE switch...

    In the case of the Brocade ICX6430-24P, the "grille" are slots stamped directly in the unit's top cover. Did you cut those out?
  17. Moonville

    Embedding camera timestamp into video stream

    Yes - thank you!
  18. Moonville

    Embedding camera timestamp into video stream

    On the Optimizing Blue Iris's CPU Usage page it says to So, I logged into the camera, went to Camera > Video > Overlay > Time Title, chose Enable, then Save. Is that correct?
  19. Moonville

    TOP-201 mini camera: unable to change IP address...

    Yes, my GUI is similar. Did you use the default IP? I was going to use 172.x.x.x but is that unnecessary if my cameras are on a 2nd NIC?
  20. Moonville

    TOP-201 mini camera: unable to change IP address...

    It's in Chinese. Plus, the web GUI doesn't appear to have a settings menu - I clicked on both of the only two buttons that were not part of the camera controls (PTZ, etc) and one appeared to be the About and the other was Log out.
  21. Moonville

    Replacement fans for PoE switch...

    I bought a Brocade ICX6430-24P and I would like quieter fans. Does anyone have suggestions on what to buy? I don't want to buy replacement fans and end up with ones that are not any quieter than the existing fans.
  22. Moonville

    TOP-201 mini camera: unable to change IP address...

    I am attempting to set up a TOP-201 mini camera with my BI PC. I installed the CMS software from the CD that came with it and I am able to see the camera's video. I am unable to change the IP address. I have followed the YouTube video TOP-201 Mini Camera - Basic Setup (and a related video...
  23. Moonville

    Dual NIC setup on your Blue Iris Machine

    This is the part that was not clear to me: (which I interpreted to mean the cameras themselves, not the BI machine), followed by which I also interpreted to mean the cameras. wittaj's reply answered my question so I could understand that the first reference to "cams" meant the BI machine:
  24. Moonville

    Dual NIC setup on your Blue Iris Machine

    From the first post in this thread, I'm confused by the following: It says "enter the IP you want to use for your cams" and gives the example 192.168.55.10 - then it says make the cams [.20 .21 .22 .23]. I understand the individual cams (in this example) will be .20 .21 etc - but what is the...
  25. Moonville

    My finding for a used, high quality PoE switch. 24/48-Port | Gigabit | PoE+ | 390w for around $100

    I also have the Brocade ICX 6430-24P. Which port connects to the BI PC? Is it the console port ( |O|O ) or any of the 24 ports? There's also an "Out-of-band management port (Ethernet symbol)"
  26. Moonville

    Yet another post about router choice...

    Personal (2 people, each with a laptop and iPhone) - no children BI PC possibly a guest That's all I can think of but I may be missing something. What about smart devices like a Honeywell thermostat?
  27. Moonville

    Yet another post about router choice...

    I will need WiFi - unless the WiFi can be done with the gateway. But if a gateway is bridged through to the router then I'm assuming that the gateway cannot be used for WiFi? The home is small (mobile home) and I'm not doing any gaming. So, is an appropriate price for an Asus around $100 like...
  28. Moonville

    Yet another post about router choice...

    So, you're saying that it would be easier for me if I got a separate router? The Asus RT86U is about $160 - is that an appropriate price range for a router with VPN capability for a basic BI PC setup?
  29. Moonville

    Yet another post about router choice...

    Thank you - yes, that's what I'm thinking. And it's kind of why I'm wondering if buying a separate router (in addition to the gateway) might be a small advantage - it separates the two functions into two tangible boxes.
  30. Moonville

    Yet another post about router choice...

    Holbs and SouthernYankee are suggesting a separate router and icpilot is suggesting to use the gateway I have. If I can save money, that's great. Given my difficulty understanding all this, if buying an inexpensive router (to use in addition to the Arris gateway) would make things at least a...
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