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    Soffit Mount Alternatives

    Alcohol may or may not work, depending on the type of possible contaminant (oily/greasy surfaces need a true solvent. I use lacquer thinner on everything myself} Sanding not necessary if you are working with clean, "raw" aluminum. Then just rattle and spray. Don't sand the etch primer; after it...
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    Mini Wedge in Corridor Mode

    Makes sense! Looks like it has to go all the way down to 1080P to work - oh, well, need to decide which is better for my situation. . . Thanks!
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    Soffit Mount Alternatives

    Painting aluminum isn't really that hard (I earn my shekels painting GA aircraft, most of those are aluminum). If you want it to last, dont use "automotive" type primers, and don't go straight paint without proper pre-treatment. As has been mentioned already, option 1 is: 1 - Use a self-etching...
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    Mini Wedge in Corridor Mode

    Well, after nearly two years reading, planning, studying, reading some more, and with a lot of dreaming mixed in, I have my first two cams up - front entry. Just about broke my arm patting myself on the back! Anyhoo, trying to get one of them set to corridor mode (an E3541F). Rotated the camera...
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    Dahua naming convention

    Understood and agreed. However, it seems that each character (or character set) in the International Decoding Chart represents a particular characteristic of any given device. For example, is there only one "5442"? It seems not, in that the other characters in the names are not identical across...
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    Dahua naming convention

    I've been reading and rereading forums/wiki/cliff notes, etc for a number of months, but guess I'm gonna have to ask for someone to point me in the right direction. It seems that this forum favors Dahua, but I'm having a heck of a time trying to make meaning of their many different models. In...
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