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    Hikvision NVR recommendation for replacing dated Dahua system?

    i hate hikvision, hikvision used to be good 10 years ago, i had a hikvision system then and thought better than dahua, i got a new hikvision system 12 months ago, hated the crap out of it, couldnt configure cameras properly, too many settings and configs, got an ew dahua, setup same day and...
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    Hikvision NVR recommendation for replacing dated Dahua system?

    get a dahua DHI-NVR608H-16-XI with EmpireTech IPC-Color4K-T 8MP 1/1.2" CMOS Full-color Fixed-focal Warm LED Turret Security Camera if decent light or EmpireTech IPC-T54IR-AS-S3 1/1.8" CMOS 4MP IR Fixed-focal Turret Network Camera if light is lower. use dahua cams on dahua nvr you cant go wrong.
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    What is better? HDW3666TPZS or Color 4K-T

    why would you sell such a great camera?
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    What is better? HDW3666TPZS or Color 4K-T

    trying to work out what to do here and what camera to get. the place has nice lighting day and night and i know the color 4K-T will be ok but what is a better camera? i dont need IR HDW3666TPZS or Color 4K-T
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    recommend a microphone for line input on a camera

    but problem is i cant find any in australia or aliexpress or amazon, only microseven themselves and postage costs a fortune
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    recommend a microphone for line input on a camera

    Microseven M7WP-MIC waterproof outdoor Microphone it is then thanks.
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    recommend a microphone for line input on a camera

    i have a hikvision camera that has line input DS-2CD2387G2-LSU/SL and want to attach an external microphone, a half decent one, to pick up speech , anyone recommend one?
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    how to configure movement detection?

    perfect thanks, thats what i was looking for
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    how to configure movement detection?

    i have a NVR608H-32-XI, recently bricked it doing firmware update and unbricked it again. after unbrick it was defaulted and had to set it up again from scratch. prior i had it detecting movement and showing as yellow on the time line, but cannot work out how to bring this back again and make it...
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    dahua nvr require specific serial cable?

    NVR un bricked thanks to your help here and empiretecandy
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    dahua nvr require specific serial cable?

    thanks, fixed, working now.
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    dahua nvr require specific serial cable?

    yes confirmed it does not swap it. i will go see if i can find one of these adaptors.
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    dahua nvr require specific serial cable?

    so you saying get some wires out and make up some connectors and swap pins 2 and 3 and see what happens then?
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    dahua nvr require specific serial cable?

    its a NVR608H-32-XI i checked the adaptor and pins 2 and 3 and 5 all come out the other side how they should do. any other ideas?
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    dahua nvr require specific serial cable?

    yes db9 connector.i will check later, so maybe the tx and rx are around the wrong way??
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    dahua nvr require specific serial cable?

    what do you do then, tried on a working NVR and same thing, nothing, baud rate should be 115200
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    dahua nvr require specific serial cable?

    yes did that and it works fine.
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    dahua nvr require specific serial cable?

    i got a prolific serial cable with gender adaptor from local electronics shop, as that was all they had, to try and unbrick my nvr but it doesnt work, i tried with another known working nvr and nothing again, using securecrt and it displays nothing at all when i connect cable to it and laptop...
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    SPSS Lite, how to record cameras connected to it without NVR?

    have you tried any of this or just copying and pasting?? i cant find any of these settings anywhere
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    SPSS Lite, how to record cameras connected to it without NVR?

    did that and it records for about 15 minutes then stops recording again
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    SPSS Lite, how to record cameras connected to it without NVR?

    dont have an NVR but have dahua IP cameras, i have SPSS Lite set up and installed, i can see the cameras on it, how do i set them to record 24/7??
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    dahua choppy play back and live view, how to fix?

    fixed it, did a network speed test and came to 3Mb/s, restarted main poe switch and it is back to normal again now.
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    dahua choppy play back and live view, how to fix?

    got from empiretech a dahua NVR608H-32-XI with color4K-T cameras and lately they have been playing up and it has been quite frustrating, especially the other day when i needed to get some video footage of an event and it wasnt there due to the choppyness, it had skipped that 5 seconds of...
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    camera time different to nvr time

    looks like only way is to get computer hooked up. see what happens when day light savings goes soon.
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    camera time different to nvr time

    how can i change the camera time to match the nvr time? it is 1 hour out. can it be done through the NVR as i cant log into these cameras with a computer.
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    have dahua NVR, can you run second monitor 30m away?

    na no computer out there, go nothing except power points
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    have dahua NVR, can you run second monitor 30m away?

    ok cool, can always install cat6 cable
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    have dahua NVR, can you run second monitor 30m away?

    i have dahua NVR in the house with monitor connected, spend a lot of time in the shed 30m away and want a second monitor out in shed, is this possible or not?? if so how do i do this??
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    daily recording gap at 1am of 10 minutes

    i think it is actually the firmware update i have done to this thing. all my 3 NVR's are doing it after the last update.
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    anyone used dahua access controllers??

    im looking at these ASC2204B-S - Dahua Oceania and https://www.dahuasecurity.com/au/products/All-Products/Access-Control--Time-Attendance/Access-Control/Controllers/ASC2204C-D and wondering if anyone has used them and are they any good?