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So this morning when my neighbour slipped out of his house at an unholy hour (5:52am--I'm still sound asleep!), my 5442 IDENTIFY camera missed it. I know of it because my OBSERVATION (overview) 5442 caught him. I am thinking that this is because the path my neighbour takes to his car is on the...

Before I go down the wrong path on 24x7 recording, I'd like to ask what people's thoughts are on this topic. I was thinking of doing this but today I was spurred on because my front IDENTIFY camera didn't catch some motion and thus didn't catch my neighbor nor his car leaving, even though my...

Just a noob. I've just been using the default settings for now as I play with my demo-mode BI and a few IP cameras set up in test positions using 2x4s and buckets. After some playing around, I'd like to do the following: 1) if some motion is detected, save the footage from about 3 seconds...

So my house is surrounded by a 4-ft concrete sidewalk. I've been thinking of mounting a camera on the fence, which would be on the other side of the sidewalk. How have people gotten the cable underneath the sidewalk to the fence?

So forgive me as I've not even installed BI yet... But I'm going down the path toward it. I've got a few IP cameras now and have been tinkering with them and the outputs of which will soon be fed into BI. The crazy thought is this: can Bi interrupt my screensaver when an ONVIF alert from a...

Total noob still in the design stage of the infrastructure. My 5442 takes about 4 seconds to switch between Main Stream and Substream or vice versa (there's an animated circular arrow while this is happening). This is annoying because I've been fiddling with the settings and I'd rather not...

I'm slowly inching my way along with my infrastructure. I've got an Andy 5442 hooked up on a temporary 2x4. Working fine. I'm just viewing it via its web interface right now, tinkering with the settings, etc. No Blue Iris interaction just yet. If I'm away from the web page for some period...

Do people keep the firmware for their cameras up to date? I notice that my Andy 5442 has "System Version2.820.15OG004.0.R, Build Date: 2021-07-29" Is this the latest? And if not (or in the future), where can I download new firmware for this camera? I'm new to the arena, but for...

I've read about how some people have set the shutter speed on an older 2MP camera to 1/60 in order to freeze a car and capture its license plate. I tried looking for the place in the menu system of my Andy 5442 varifocal for a place to make such a setting change but couldn't find it. Could...

Still very new to cameras, though I am playing with an Andy 5442 varifocal now. With all settings at default and viewing Substream 1 through a web browser, the video is a bit lurchy. Specifically, it's smooth except that at 1 second intervals, it will lurch momentarily. It's easily seen...

Noob here. I have been tinkering with 5442 variofocal turret. I'm not at home right now but if I remember correctly, the zoom range setting was a slider. I'm wondering how I could determine which of the 2.8 or 3.6 or 6mm lenses would be the most appropriate by using the varifocal camera.

I live in a 30+ year old house. The standard walls back then were 2x6 construction, fiberglass insulation, 1/2-inch drywall for the the inside walls and stucco on the outside wall. Having not yet installed even my 1st camera yet, I'm wondering if there are recommended steps for the layman to...

The PoE cameras I've been looking at have an internal SD card slot. Just curious, if I have an NVR or am running Blue Iris, do I need an SD card in the camera? And if so, what are people using it for? Also, what sort of transfer speeds would the SD card need to be capable of? I have some...

More noob questions! Since I'm going to go through the exercise of setting up a network of cameras and likely a Blue Iris computer, it occurred to me that I could also put cameras inside my home. The thought of capturing what went on during a burglary was going through my mind. Perhaps...

Is there an inexpensive PoE camera out there that people in this forum like where the specs don't have to be particularly high-end? I plan to have a 5442 turret at the top of my front door facing out towards the street for identifying people. I'm also wanting to have a camera to oversee the...

So I pulled the trigger too fast and bought a used i5-8500T tiny PC for Blue Iris. Note the "T" in the processor spec. I believe it's a laptop processor... How will this laptop processor be able to handle Blue Iris? The intention is to have the PC run perhaps 3 or 4 Dahua 5442-style...

Another naive question: do you care about what happens on your street or the alley behind your house? At first blush, I am thinking it would be nice to know who's walking near my house or be able to record the cars that go past. But now that I've read a little here, I believe that having a...

Just a beginner here with a naive question: could I draw unwanted attention simply by having too many cameras visible on my home? I currently have zero cameras. But as mentioned in another thread, there's a good chance I could get caught up in all this and have a variety of them mounted on my...

I a hobbyist in photography and in the camera world, zoom lenses (which I am thinking equate to "vari-focal" lenses) generally have a smaller aperture than prime lenses ("fixed-lens" lenses). Thus prime lenses capture more light and are better in low light. Often prime lenses are cheaper too...

Many years ago I put up some traditional security lights driven by the detection of movement of (I'm guessing) infra-red generating objects. Classic Heath-Zenith 180-degree motion detector lights from a big box store. They actually work surprisingly well. Anyone walking through the alley...

Some cameras have built-in IR LEDs. I'm sure their range isn't good. How well do IR floodlights complement recent model cameras? I'm assuming the video will still be in B&W but will be clearer, right? And will frame rates and shutter speeds go up because of the better illumination? Aside...

It'll be kind of a baby monitor situation. I'd like to know that an aging parent is ok. She's fully fine right now but is beginning to need a cane. I am thinking of sprinkling a few cameras around the house--including inside the house in places like her kitchen, sitting room, etc. For the...

First post! Noob here. Am glad I found this forum. Lots of good info. Looking to add security cameras to a couple of households, first for an aging parent and, later, for my own home. I'll create threads for my questions. I'm just posting to say "Hi!" :thumb: