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    Blue Heron Eats a Bass

    I've seen them swallow bass nearly twice this size, but they lay them down on the dock and use their beak to break up the spine first. Makes a nasty mess for me to clean up. I guess they can manage this size fish without shattering the spine first...
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    Blue Heron Eats a Bass

    This is an example of why I went from recording only on triggers to continuous recording. This didn't trigger an alert, but my thermal camera 100' away did trigger so then I was able to go back through the recordings and find the clip from the camera on the dock. I've caught so much wildlife...
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    Adding hard drive to Optiplex 5060

    Well, there was an open box 4 TB WD Purple at Best Buy for $50, so I figured I'd at least try that for now. It snapped right into the tray, plugged in the two connectors, turned on the PC, disk management saw the new drive and I had it set up in a minute or two. Entire process took 5 minutes, no...
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    Adding hard drive to Optiplex 5060

    Yep, that’s kinda what I’ve figured out from watching a few YouTube videos. Thanks for confirming. Any idea of the capacity limitations for this drive? The manual says 2 TB, but other forums say that’s not necessarily true, but I haven’t found anyone who has said they’ve been successful or...
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    Adding hard drive to Optiplex 5060

    I found a manual for the OptiPlex 5060 (https://dl.dell.com/content/manual25008088-dell-optiplex-5060-small-form-factor-setup-and-specifications-guide.pdf?language=en-us) and in the storage section it lists the SSD, 3.5” and 2.5” options and the 3.5” says “SATA 3.0 up to 6 Gbps” and capacity is...
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    POE Splitter Recommendation

    I'm using https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08JS45B89 to run a PTZ and thermal camera about 200' from the switch. No problems in over 12 months use.
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    Adding hard drive to Optiplex 5060

    My BI pc is a SFF Dell Optiplex 5060. It has a 512GB SSD and nothing else for storage. Currently everything saves to the SSD and then files are transferred to a USB attached external hard drive. I don't record continuously, but I want to start so I need to add a hard drive. Looks to me like I...
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    Dahua Inaccurate Time Related Issues

    Could you explain how you did this? Time discrepancies on my cameras is one of the biggest annoyances I have keeping up with a dozen or so cameras.
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    License plate capture on private driveway

    Yep, pretty much what I was thinking on all of the above. I think he'd really like to avoid having a couple bullet cams mounted on his building due to size/appearance. Is there a turret with similar specs I could use? If IR is the primary reason to go with a bullet, I'd rather add an IR...
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    License plate capture on private driveway

    My neighbor is dealing with thru-traffic issues despite multiple "Private Driveway" and "No Trespassing" signs on his long gravel driveway which connects two public roads. People have also started dumping trash in the open area near his shed. He asked me to install cameras on his property using...
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    US Elections (& Politics) :)

    Y'all remember when Ron Paul was one of the Republican candidates in 2012 and he campaigned on how we had to balance the budget, slash wasteful spending, end foreign aid, and how we could even eliminate the federal income tax and STILL have a balanced budget with the appropriate spending cuts...
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    Point to Point Wireless Bridge Recomendations

    Just to add to the info on this thread, I'm using a couple MikroTik "Wireless Wire" units from my house to boat dock. Units are 354 feet apart and consistently get 950+ Mbps up and down. They're advertised as 1 Gbps full duplex and that's what I've seen for the last year or so I've had them...
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    Camera Recommendation

    Thanks everyone. Looks like the 5442 is the clear winner. Think I'll give it a shot.
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    Camera Recommendation

    Thanks, y'all. I was thinking about the Z12 b/c I figured if it didn't work for my intended use I could always use it for LPR even though I don't have much interest in that. Looking at the specs, each camera has the "correct" sensor size / MP ratio. Comparing DORI numbers, identify distance is...
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    Camera Recommendation

    I want a camera to watch my mailbox. The closest I can mount the camera is about 80' away. I live in the middle of nowhere, so there aren't any lights from neighbors around, but there is a single street light mounted on a utility pole 15' away from the mailbox. Camera will be mounted on a shed...
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    OMG Thermal!

    Well, like everyone else I got this thermal camera to play around with. Just curious, what's up with the PTZ menus? This thing isn't a PTZ, so what's that stuff for?
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    "Almost any camera can do well in the daytime"? The IPC-Color4K-T sure can't....

    Okay, been tinkering with the settings all morning, and I guess I've got it as good as it can get which is to say MUCH better than the YT video I posted yesterday, but still not perfect. I've been able to get the image to be usable for the swim platform and at the water within several feet of...
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    "Almost any camera can do well in the daytime"? The IPC-Color4K-T sure can't....

    No, yours are nowhere near as bad as mine. Yours look great, but I would be interested in seeing what it looks like if someone stood on your dock when the water is a little choppy to see if the image quality around the person is degraded at all. I actually searched for some of your posts before...
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    "Almost any camera can do well in the daytime"? The IPC-Color4K-T sure can't....

    This video was in H264, but I've had very little difference with any of the other encoding options/bitrates/etc. None of the settings give an image that's even close to usable. None of my cameras are set to defaults - every one of them is adjusted for its specific setting. No amount of tinkering...
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    "Almost any camera can do well in the daytime"? The IPC-Color4K-T sure can't....

    So I bought an IPC-Color4K-T to set up as a sky cam and had no issues with it at all. Got bored with the sky cam after a few weeks so I put it to better use on the boat dock. A while back I posted this thread EmpireTech PTZ425DB glitchy background? about the same issue I'm having on the IPC4KT...
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    Wildlife Monitoring Camera Installation

    Could you give more information about the door alarm and temperature monitoring equipment? I just installed a box on my boat dock to run my cameras and extend wifi and while I was at it, I ran a thermocouple into the water so I could see the water temperature. I'd like to be able to see it real...
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    Starlink and Amcrest IP cams....

    I used ZeroTier with Starlink for over a year before fiber was installed here. Easy to set up even for a complete noob like me.
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    Possible DJI Drone Ban?

    I gave up on that battle a long, long time ago. Been flying RC planes and helis for 30+ years. I was strapping cameras onto 500-600 size RC helicopters before anyone could imagine the FPV stuff we have today. And I still haven't ever owned a drone. I'm happy with my RC helicopters for that...
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    Possible DJI Drone Ban?

    LOL, considering that most of us have cameras that see clearly into neighbors' yards and windows and cars etc...y'all seem oddly anti-drone. What's up with that?
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    Possible DJI Drone Ban?

    Figured this forum may have some input on the pending legislation to supposedly ban DJI drones in the US. I say supposedly because that's the language that's being used on the forums and social media, but is it really a ban? Is this similar to what happened with Dahua, Hik, etc? H.R. 2864 is the...
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    Scaring racoons off the boat dock

    Couple racoons were on my boat dock tonight. Turned on the lights remotely to scare them off, but they weren't bothered at all. So then I turned on an electric water pump and that did the trick. One ran for it and the other took a swim.
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    Review-SD4A425DB-HNY 1/2.8" CMOS 4MP 25x Starlight Auto-tracking MiniPTZ

    Awesome, found it and it now goes to -5°. Thank you!
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    Review-SD4A425DB-HNY 1/2.8" CMOS 4MP 25x Starlight Auto-tracking MiniPTZ

    The specs for this camera advertise a tilt range of -5° to +90° but it seems to actually be 0° to 90°. Am I the only one not getting the -5°?
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    EmpireTech PTZ425DB glitchy background?

    Unfortunately, I think you've nailed it. This morning I tried a new ethernet cable and even a different switch and get the exact same issues - no change whatsoever. If the water is smooth, I see minimal issues (especially after changing the iframe interval to 4* frame rate - at least with that...
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    EmpireTech PTZ425DB glitchy background?

    Did a ping -n 1000 and here are the results: Packets: Sent = 1000, Received = 1000, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 2ms, Maximum = 19ms, Average = 5ms It's on a gigabit switch, but I don't know if it shows what speed the ports are working...
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