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    Blue Iris setup...my power usage...

    Blue Iris reports 15 FPS, which I set in Blue Iris and the cameras themselves. No overlays. I’m confused on why Blue Iris reports CPU at around 17-19 and Windows Task Manager reports it as 6-9.
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    Blue Iris setup...my power usage...

    You there?
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    Blue Iris setup...my power usage...

    I’ve enabled HW acceleration in BI, not sure if I need to do it somewhere else as well. I have entered the license key. I am viewing the cameras on a local monitor, but keep BI minimized. Is there a better way? If there is a better way to do it, how? And why? One thing I forgot to mention...
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    Blue Iris setup...my power usage...

    So, I setup my Blue Iris Rig using the below, which I understand is overkill: i7-7700 16GB Ram Win 10 Pro 250GB SSD 4TB WD Purple HD There's no video card installed, 550w Gold power supply, etc. All in a microATX case. I'm running 6 5231R ZE's, all at 15 frames a second. Direct to disk, all...
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    Review-Dahua Starlight IPC-HDW5231R-ZE 800 meter capable ePOE

    That looks great!!
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    Review-Dahua Starlight IPC-HDW5231R-ZE 800 meter capable ePOE

    yes! I want to see too.
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    Review-Dahua Starlight IPC-HDW5231R-ZE 800 meter capable ePOE

    Got it! I'm going to try it. :)
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    Review-Dahua Starlight IPC-HDW5231R-ZE 800 meter capable ePOE

    So aluminum..not steel? Thicker ones than what I linked above? Do you have any links? :)
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    Review-Dahua Starlight IPC-HDW5231R-ZE 800 meter capable ePOE

    Single gang, blue plastic. Looks like this: Shop CARLON 1-Gang Blue Plastic Interior New Work Standard Switch/Outlet Wall Electrical Box at Lowes.com I ordered a variety of wall plates, we'll just have to see what works. Here's what I ordered...
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    Review-Dahua Starlight IPC-HDW5231R-ZE 800 meter capable ePOE

    I think I can figure that out. Any suggestions on the cover plates?
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    Review-Dahua Starlight IPC-HDW5231R-ZE 800 meter capable ePOE

    Well..anyone know a way to mount this camera to a square junction box? Wherever I had them drop Cat6 when building the house...they dropped them in junction boxes and then bricked/drywalled around it...and then installed a plate over the front. So...good news is that there is plenty of room to...
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    Review-Dahua Starlight IPC-HDW5231R-ZE 800 meter capable ePOE

    Thanks Andy!
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    Review-Dahua Starlight IPC-HDW5231R-ZE 800 meter capable ePOE

    Got my ZE today. Nice Andy! One question...how do you remove the “ball” from the “socket”? Lol.
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    Review-Dahua Starlight IPC-HDW5231R-ZE 800 meter capable ePOE

    Yup, went with this one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0754P9KLN/ref=od_aui_detailpages00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Was also looking at this one...
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    Review-Dahua Starlight IPC-HDW5231R-ZE 800 meter capable ePOE

    I'm looking for one that's really low power, no fan, and unmanaged. I'm thinking this one maybe: https://www.amazon.com/BV-Tech-Gigabit-Switch-Ports-Uplink/dp/B0754P9KLN/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8
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    Review-Dahua Starlight IPC-HDW5231R-ZE 800 meter capable ePOE

    So basically if I'm running a max of 7 cams, and I round it to 10w...I need to find a decent 70ishw POE switch.
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    Review-Dahua Starlight IPC-HDW5231R-ZE 800 meter capable ePOE

    Hmm, that appears to be 10/100 on the POE ports? Is that right? I'd like a 10/100/1000 switch.
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    Review-Dahua Starlight IPC-HDW5231R-ZE 800 meter capable ePOE

    I'm planning on getting 6-7 of these cameras for around my house. I'll be running them to a POE switch...probably one of the BV ones on amazon/etc. Whats the power needed to operate the ZE? How many watts?
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    Review-Dahua Starlight IPC-HDW5231R-ZE 800 meter capable ePOE

    Ouch. That’s no good. Reading the thread that’s been happening a lot. Is there a good fix?
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    Review-Dahua Starlight IPC-HDW5231R-ZE 800 meter capable ePOE

    Gotcha. Good answer.
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    Review-Dahua Starlight IPC-HDW5231R-ZE 800 meter capable ePOE

    Thinking of picking one of these up for testing purposes. It appears Andy is sold out currently? Anywhere else I should source it from?
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    STARVIS vs Starlight ?

    3mp Starlights are out in turrent form? 4mp ones? Any ETA?
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    Dahua Starlight - Indoor?

    Thanks everyone!
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    Dahua Starlight - Indoor?

    I see the Z and ZE still mentioned a TON for the go-to Dahua Camera. All the shots I see of them are outdoors though. What about for a camera inside the house? Stands to reason they'd work just as good, correct? Or is there a better choice?
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    Blue Iris Connection Questions.....

    I'm working through setting up Blue Iris now. I'm running a box with pfSense 2.4.1 as my main firewall/router at the house, and have OpenVPN configured on it, as well as OpenVPN Connect on my iPhone. Turning wifi off on my phone so that I'm connecting remotely, I turn on OpenVPN connect, and...
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    VPN Primer for Noobs

    UPnP and NAT-PMP are off in pfSense by default, so none of my devices can do that currently.
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    VPN Primer for Noobs

    Got it, so....what is he referring to when simply "forwarding ports" to an NVR or Cameras? Just to be clear, with what I have setup, I am NOT doing that, correct?
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    VPN Primer for Noobs

    When you say "NEVER FORWARD PORTS" are you talking about doing that OUTSIDE of the VPN protocol? For example I've just setup VPN on my pfSense box, OpenVPN to be exact. I know that it's going to use UDP to "listen" on a specific port, for my VPN connection. Is this ok? Am I safe doing this?
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    Optiplex vs Thinkcentre vs EliteDesk?

    Got it. Why no Small Form Factor?
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    Optiplex vs Thinkcentre vs EliteDesk?

    Should I get an OptiPlex in the Small Form Factor or Mini Tower?
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