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  1. bjornhallberg

    Possible heap corruption - what does it mean

    I noticed this error as well on a couple of different v5 builds. Currently running 5.5.4.5 as that is when my support plan ended but I had it on older builds as well. A reboot fixes things for a couple of weeks maybe. I also have been getting recurring crashes on v5 but the windows service is...
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    Microphone noise

    Hey So I have a couple of cameras (Dahua 4431, real cheap stuff) in an extremely dusty workshop type environment. One of them has started sounding really flaky. Can hardly make out the captured audio. I am of course running without noise cancellation and the audio used to be better at some...
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    Blue Iris behind firewall / NAT?

    I tried Hamachi and it worked great, but the free version seems limited to 5 clients in the mesh network. Also, the Android app cost a boatload of money as I soon found out. My ultimate goal here is to have a local server with Hamachi or similar fetch images / streams dynamically and have it...
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    Blue Iris behind firewall / NAT?

    So I have another instance of BI behind a firewall that I have no control over. Many computers share the same IP. The only way to access the system is Teamviewer / AnyDesk etc. Any easy and preferably free method to open a tunnel or some such that will let me access the Web UI remotely? I've...
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    Blue Iris Memory Leak? (Intel Graphics Driver problem?)

    Ok! I had version 22.20.16.4771 installed. Downgrading to 21.20.16.4664 per this thread. We'll see what happens. Windows Update must have forced the update on me some time during the last week. I'm also disabling driver updates under control panel -> system -> hardware -> device installation...
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    Blue Iris Memory Leak? (Intel Graphics Driver problem?)

    So having run BI for a few months with no issues I started experiencing a string of warnings from Blue Iris Tools the other day. At first it was BI not being available for several days in a row and strangely enough this always happened around 4PM. Could have been some automated update, and I...
  7. bjornhallberg

    Camera for garage. Cheap, wide-angle, POE, good night vision.

    Yeah, that is what I thought. But I've seen some complaints about these cheap cams and that they are very often focused a bit too closely, so I thought that the blurring that is evident from the images might be improved somewhat by opening the casing and manually changing the focus.
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    Camera for garage. Cheap, wide-angle, POE, good night vision.

    I did some quick crops from the garage. Both cameras are at default settings and have IR active. It sure does seem like the IR settings on the 4233 does cast quite the shadow. Seems to have no problem on its own though if I disable the IR lights on the 5231. Details are obviously poorer on the...
  9. bjornhallberg

    Camera for garage. Cheap, wide-angle, POE, good night vision.

    Preliminary results for the IPC-HDW4233C-A-V2 would indicate that it is ok. At least in my situation where the lack of auto focus (?) isn't a major factor. One thing that confuses me is that the webplugin.exe file that the camera offers is not the same as for the 5231. I'm running Pale Moon and...
  10. bjornhallberg

    WD RED vs PURPLE

    Not a bad idea. I'll do that. But in the meantime I bought another PURPLE elsewhere and created a return/refund process with Amazon and will send the drive back next week.
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    WD RED vs PURPLE

    Yeah, no, since they consider Warehouse Deals a one-off you can't get a replacement. Return and refund! Also, upon examining the WD RED I got, I realized it didn't have the nice RED logo like it is supposed to. It's entirely ... monochrome. Looking closer I see it says "recertified". Looked up...
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    WD RED vs PURPLE

    I'll email them and see what happens. The default action is always a return slip and a refund. I know from experience that Amazon (.de) usually can be quite accommodating, when items are incomplete etc. But adding insult to injury it seems the Purple is on back order so saving those $30 will...
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    WD RED vs PURPLE

    I know this has been done to death already but the thing is I got a good deal on a WD Purple 4TB on Amazon Prime Day. It was a Warehouse Deal on top of that. And yes I know, hard drives don't like being manhandled so shipping them back and forth and whatnot is a gamble. Anyhow, the package...
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    Camera for garage. Cheap, wide-angle, POE, good night vision.

    Thanks for the input. I took a chance on a IPC-HDW4233C-A 2.8mm. We'll see. I saw that there were in fact a couple of people on the forum who had tested the camera already. The only think that confuses me a bit is auto focus, which seems non-existant on these cheaper cams? Shouldn't be that much...
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    Camera for garage. Cheap, wide-angle, POE, good night vision.

    So I have two (soon three) 5231 mounted around the house on the outside. But I wanted to replace my crappy Xiaoyi cameras indoors, specifically in the garage. Looking for something on the cheaper side, but I'm a bit confused about my AliExpress options. There is a 2MP turret model around $50...
  16. bjornhallberg

    TP-Link TL-POE200

    Hello everyone, So I have the injector from the kit (Power over Ethernet Adapter Kit - TP-Link) and I have a temporary situation where I need to provide POE to a Dahua camera while I wait for another POE switch. Despite many attempts I was unable to wire the house and fish ethernet cable in...
  17. bjornhallberg

    Dahua Starlight IPC-HDW5231RN-Z not working :(

    So good news I suppose, I managed to restore the camera to life using the unbricking thread (Dahua IPC unbricking / recovery over serial UART and TFTP) and files I extracted from the same file that previously bricked the camera (despite flashing from a direct PC-Camera connection). I have now...
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    Dahua Starlight IPC-HDW5231RN-Z not working :(

    For the record I only have one IP camera. Every other device on my network has its own IP and those addresses haven't changed for years. A conflict is very unlikely. The outside attacker scenario sounds more plausible even if that too is a stretch. Now I hesitate buying more of these cameras...
  19. bjornhallberg

    Dahua Starlight IPC-HDW5231RN-Z not working :(

    So, I managed to hook the camera up by serial using a standard FTDI USB to TTL adapter. The same sort I use for all my arduino programming. Anyhow, this is what I got from the console, slightly edited to remove some excessive spamming of the same messages over and over again. U-Boot...
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    Dahua Starlight IPC-HDW5231RN-Z not working :(

    Here is the info I got from the camera while it was still working: odrive | Your magic folder to everything
  21. bjornhallberg

    Dahua Starlight IPC-HDW5231RN-Z not working :(

    Turns out I got the exact same firmware that is linked in the other thread: DH_IPC-HX5X3X-Rhea_Eng_P_Stream3_V2.460.0000.7.R.20170306.bin. I do recall looking at the progress bar which basically froze at around one and a half bar or whatever, until it suddenly said rebooting. And died. So I...
  22. bjornhallberg

    Dahua Starlight IPC-HDW5231RN-Z not working :(

    Don't think that is possible. The camera is dead. No response on any port. Unresponsive to pings. Tried config tool to connect to 3800 but no result. Like I said, the green LED on the PCB doesn't light up anymore, just a faint blip. I can only guess that the firmware flashing went wrong or that...
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    Dahua Starlight IPC-HDW5231RN-Z not working :(

    Are these the serial connection pads underneath the power board? odrive | Your magic folder to everything
  24. bjornhallberg

    Dahua Starlight IPC-HDW5231RN-Z not working :(

    Crap. I did the flash, it said rebooting, and now the green light doesn't come on. It just blips on every so slightly before going off again. Camera seems dead. Can't ping the camera IP anymore.
  25. bjornhallberg

    Dahua Starlight IPC-HDW5231RN-Z not working :(

    Seems you guys may have been correct. Connecting it directly to a computer seems to allow me to use the web interface without any hickups. Of course on that particular computer I'm using chrome so I can't see the camera preview. Maybe that's helping. I guess I should reflash at the very least...
  26. bjornhallberg

    Dahua Starlight IPC-HDW5231RN-Z not working :(

    Same here. Tried the long reset. Haven't bothered to connect it directly to the PC yet, without the switch inbetween. But I can't see how that would stop the crashing / bootlooping. Like I said, I tried powering it using both 12V and using the POE switch.
  27. bjornhallberg

    Dahua Starlight IPC-HDW5231RN-Z not working :(

    Does inserting a memory card change anything then?
  28. bjornhallberg

    Dahua Starlight IPC-HDW5231RN-Z not working :(

    Could it just be a very buggy firmware that we all have (you guys seem to have fairly new models as well)?
  29. bjornhallberg

    Dahua Starlight IPC-HDW5231RN-Z not working :(

    Also never been outside. Been connected via PoE maybe four times, perhaps a day in total as I left it with Blue Iris to see how the OptiPlex would fare. Did not portforward. Are you supposed to do some sort of shutdown procedure or is it safe to just pull the plug? In retrospect I kind of...
  30. bjornhallberg

    Dahua Starlight IPC-HDW5231RN-Z not working :(

    Tried several cables as well. Plus direct 12V. Not that I think it's relevant, but I do recall that the last thing a did while the camera was working a few days ago, was loading the camera into a trial version of Blue Iris and trying to view (and operate the zoom) via tinyCam Monitor. Can't...
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