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    Think I need a better camera. Car prowl

    Had a visit from a scumbag last night. Accidentally left my door unlocked so that is on me. Have a Amcrest IP8M-2496E running Dahua firmware. I use the Sunrise Sunset script to set it to BW at night. Light in driveway is LED on a motion sensor. Need to figure out a better camera for night...
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    Anyone know where I can pick up the dome cover for a DS-2CD2532F-IS?

    The screw mounts on mine are breaking down from exposure to the elements. Wondering if anyone knows where to obtain parts. Thanks, Roger
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    Issue with Amcrest IP8M-2496EB after BI5 upgrade

    I have a IP8M-2496EB that is exhibiting strange behavior after BI5 upgrade. It was working reasonably well on BI4. Behavior is that is doesn't seem to stream. I get a picture, the clock is stopped and eventually (5 seconds or so) if gives me a no signal message and then the page gets refreshed...
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    Check for Updates Now is greyed out on my install.

    I have not been able to check for updates for the last week or so. Any ideas why? Thanks, Roger
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    Camera's showing in display even when active in profile is not checked

    Hello, Trying to set up a privacy mode to keep the wife happy. Have my home automation controller switch to profile 5 when she wants the camera's off. (She says it is so she can bring gifts for me into the house). Anyway, I had some older cameras set that way and they work. Some cameras I just...
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    Strange network behavior

    This is the most interesting thing I have seen in my many years of working on computers. I have a Hikvision cube camera in my kitchen. I was connecting over Wi-Fi but was having issues with dropped connections, so I grabbed a powerline adapter I had laying around and connected it to that as...
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    Active during profiles: not working

    Hello, Trying to set profile 5 to have all the camera's off to improve WAF. have changed it in all of my cam's but when I switch to profile 5, only one camera behaves as expected. Roger
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    Upgrading to V5.4.5 Build 170123 from V5.1.2 build 140116

    Hello, I have a DS-2CD2532F-IS S/N DS-2CD2532F-IS20XXXXXXCCWRXXXXXXXXX that I would like to upgrade. According to the readme file: ****** IMPORTANT - MUST READ and FOLLOW ****** Please check your current device firmware version before upgrade: Scenario 1- If the version falls into the range...
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