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Sorry, I was using the log incorrectly. There are log messages but none showing anything wrong with email. The System subset only shows two events when I installed it. I'm still having trouble with email. I have two email accounts that are the same (server, port, password, domain) with the only...

I'm trying to set up email in the camera but it won't work. I'm using my smtp server, port 25 and no login or auth. (Yes I know, only specific IP addresses can send from that server). It fails immediately no matter how I have it set. I've tried using both the domain for the smtp server and it's...

No I never got it to update the firmware using the config tool but I'm not sure what he means by 'old config tool' - a version number would be useful. Nor which port - TCP, UDP, HTTP or RSP... I have never gotten this camera to show in a web browser. I use Blue Iris to view the cameras and...

I tried both of these downloaded from Index of /download/dahua. Neither seemed to want to install. The browser update halts after a few seconds. After waiting 5+ minutes, I refreshed and got a log in screen. After logging in, the version is the same as before. But worse I'm not getting any...

I have some QSee cameras that are rebranded Dahua IPC-HFW3200S cameras. I'm trying to find the most recent firmware, at least version 2.212. Both QSee and Dahua have nothing for these cameras and I can't find any download for the version. What I'm looking for is the so called "location overlay"...

So I have a number of the 5231's installed but I also have some QSee cameras that were rebranded from Dahua and are ID'd as IPC-HFW3200S. These cameras don't have the custom text overlay in the GUI that the 5231 does. But the parameters do show up in the VideoWidget. Can I set the parameters...

Thanks. I assume the ...CustomTitle[1].Text refers to the second line of the five available? And if I want to update all five lines I can just append them to the end, each starting with an ampersand?

Ok, let me try again.... Is there a way to update the text overlay besides the web GUI interface, such as an SDK or json or something else? I want to update the overlay with weather data periodically so need an way to do this programmatically from the computer the camera is connected to. Thanks

Upload text file? The camera has the ability to display up to 5 lines of text. I'd like to upload the text to the camera. Is there a way of doing that? I have a personal weather stations and the cameras are recorded using Blue Iris. With the direct to disk recording, the overlays that are set...

This is probably not the best place to ask this. If anyone knows of a better place, I'd like to know. I have an area probably 60x60 feet that I need to monitor with a camera. Stills are fine but movies are good too. I do not have power or internet at the location. I'm considering some sort of...

Auto reboot? Is there any reason to have the camera reboot daily or weekly? I have my cams set up to reboot weekly.

NPT not working on one camera. I have 11 cameras - 8 are from an old Qsee install (which are Dahua under the covers) and 3 are new 5231's. I have set up timesynctool on the BI server to update the clocks via NTP. I found that one of the 5321 cameras will not update the time via NTP. The log...

The purple drives are designed for surveillance systems, optimized for high write rates. They have been recommended here and other places for theses system. So far I haven't run into a problem. Make sure your DVR can handle the drives. Since my system is a standard PC, I just spanned the two...

I started with a 6 TB purple and wanted more storage time with 8 cameras. I recently added 3 more cameras for a total of 11 and at the same time added another 8 TB purple. Nine cameras of the 11 do continuous recording to disk at 1080P, and 10 FPS. My videos go back to Dec 17. I use a system...

This is off topic but it might be useful for some people here. I found this 8 channel TTL GPIO, 6 of which can be analog to digital input for input voltage 0-5V. It costs on $20 but takes a couple of weeks to ship from India. You can use any language that reads/writes from the serial port - I...

Are you using Blue Iris. I found that if I use that and Google Remote Desktop I can view the computer desktop running Blue Iris without having to add a forwarding port in my router. That scares me but it does work. I can then use BI to view the individual cameras as well as clips and videos...

I'm having curious behavior with my 5231 cameras. Even though it is night, on the Camera->Conditions tab, it insists on using the Day profile. If I set it to Normal or Night and save, when I switch away from that tab or log out, it switches back to Day. This is happening on all 3 of my 5231...

Not using HLC. Using WDR @ 55

Backlight is set to WDR @ 55. Not using BLC. White balance is set to Outdoor, Day/Night is set to Auto, Middle, 6S,

I have this issue when the sun comes out full. The image gets washed out. Not sure what the issue is. These photos were taken 15 second apart. The exposure is normal profile, Ant-flicker outdoor, Mode auto, Auto Iris on, 3D NR on, grade 50. What's the issue here? Thanks and 15 seconds later

I used a PFA135 made by Dahua I got from Andy. It mounts to the wall, the camera base mounts to that and the camera ring mounts over the camera to fix the position. Worked fine for me. You can get them on Amazon but you actually might get them faster from Andy but hurry as they are about to go...

I used the Windows time server and had trouble getting the cameras to sync. I had port 123/UDP allowed in the firewall but it still would not sync. I turned off the firewall for the camera network (x.y.1.z) and it all started to work. The camera network is different than the WAN network...

Mounting PFA137 on wood wall. I'm replacing a camera with a 5231 camera and using an PFA137 junction box. The current camera is just screwed into the wood with the pigtail going into a hole behind the mount. There doesn't appear to be anything sealing the mount against water except for some...

Andy responds faster if you go AliExpress. It should show Empire Technology in the upper left corner. Sign up for AliExpress - it's easy. Then under your My AliExpress on the right under your log in info, click on Message Center. You can get a message to Andy there. Note that he's in Hong Cong...

Thanks for the info. I found this one on Amazon with 15 large LED, wide angle and distance range I need. Only bad comment was that it wasn't very uniform but the review was 2+ years old and might have been fixed by now. Also the description says it works at 850 NM - does the 5231 respond to that...

This is probably covered elsewhere but... What IR illuminator would people recommend. I live in the country and there are no street lights. The area I want to light up is large - at least 150' away from the camera location and 150 feet wide. I used this one for the front of my house. It's ok...

My cameras arrived a few minutes ago. Thanks @EMPIRETECANDY for fast shipping. Picked up on 1/4 at 11:31 Hong Cong time, arrived today, 1/5 at 14:52 North Carolina time. Can't wait to get them out.

Ordered on 12/20 US and just got tracking number. Used PayPal for payment. Easy to do. Just ask Andy. He'll ask for PayPal user id (not password) and other into and send you an invoice thru PayPal.

Can you use the Custom HTTP to set up the zoom/focus?

I haven't tried anything yet. I'm in the Andy's cue for shipping. Should be soon since I placed the order on 12/20 and he's up to that date. Just want to see if anyone's got it working in BI. My Dahua rebranded as Qsee cameras use the above just fine. Thanks