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Hey, Just got through running some wire with a friend, and wanted to mention this tester I got that I absolutely love: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B07K8VWHZT It's my first one, so I didn't have anything to compare it to, until I tried my friend's today and man does it suck by...

Hey, My friend just bought 5 of the new Color4K-X-LEDs from Andy and we were wanting to mount either one or two on a really hefty 35-ft steel pole he has for the sign for his drive-through restaurant The 4K-X cameras look something like this: Info about these cameras: Worlds First Review -...

Just switched from Milestone to BI and looking for a decent iOS app for my girlfriend I've been using Tiny Cam Pro for Android, but I can't seem to find anything that works well for it for the iPhone So far I've tried Hik-Connect since I've gotten Hikvision's ivms-4500 to connect to individual...

Hey, I'm just curious if anyone who has the Dahua NVR has noticed if having an NVR gives the phone app better functionality/new features vs using it directly with cameras? Specifically - I've noticed Hikvision IVMS-4500 and Milestone phone apps both have multiple live feeds when you first open...

Hey, I have this IPC-HFW1831C-PIR mini-bullet. It's a nice little camera, I like its features as a front-door cam. But the picture at night really sucks for any distance further than the porch. A lot of that I think is because it's next to the porch light. The porch shows up well, but...

Hey, So I have this friend, he really likes his Wyze cameras, mainly because they're cheap, easy to stick up + move, and he really likes the software's features Problem is, he's got like 50 of them on his Wifi, and they're starting to cause issues with some of his portable credit card machines...

Hey, so I've never tried using a POE injector with VLANs before. Has anyone tried using POE injectors on a network using VLAN encapsulation? And if so, how'd that go? Have a friend with lots of streaming devices, network is starting to have latency issues. I'm pretty sure he'll have to get...

Someone asked me a question via message, and I wanted to post response in forum in case other people could benefit from it I've noticed large CPU use when viewing all feeds via mobile client (or web). This member was asking me about it, and we discuss what we've done to ameliorate the...

Having an issue upgrading my friend's HFW2831T-ZS, he bought 3 from Andy's Amazon store for his restaurant The reason I started asking about firmware updates is because my friend's HFW2831T-ZS have always acted funny. We have trouble connecting to camera recordings via DMSS app. Related...

Hello, I will be upgrading from Milestone Xprotect Essential+ for my home security system after becoming disillusioned by their licensing system - even the free version (Essential+) was complaining about camera licenses being in "grace period" from their licensing system thinking they were new...

Hi, I have a friend who bought 3x HFW2831T-ZS from Andy's Amazon store. I help him manage them since they're his first IP cams. He's got a ton of Wyze, Rings and an old Hikvision HVI 32ch DVR, so I was anxious to show him how great IP cameras are, but the HFW2831T-ZS have been super unstable...

Hey, So I installed these cameras at a restaurant for the parking lot - lotta prowlers. They're pretty important for the company, so I'm really upset that they're not more reliable Camera model: HFW2831T-ZS Purchased from Andy...

Hey, I have a friend who bought some Dahua IP cams. He already uses iVMS-4500 for his Hikvision DVR, which I've gotten to work with off-brand IP cameras but never a Dahua camera. I would rather not tell him he has to get a new app to view his new cameras, so I thought I'd ask to see if anyone...

Hi, So I'm helping a friend upgrade their system at their restaurant and get into some IP cameras. Right now they have an old Hikvision DVR but they will need an NVR for the IP cameras. He prefers hardware units, so BI, SmartPSS, Milestone, etc. not what we're looking at. I'm trying to...

@bp2008 What do you think of this new Asrock Ryzen mini as a system for running BI? https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16856158066 AMD Ryzen Embedded R1505G, DC, 2.4 GHz, 12-25W AMD Radeon Vega Graphics 2 x 260Pin SO-DIMM DDR4 2400, up to 32GB Dual GLAN 1 x HDMI, 2 x Displayport Supports Triple...

Hey, I've been wondering about this and would love to know if anyone's tried it I've updated an old DS-7332-HGHI DVR using the Hikvision TFTP tool with International firmware before just to try it because it was a newer version than the USA firmware. It seemed to work just fine Which makes...

OK, I know I shouldn't be doing this, but I'm doing it anyway I've been a Hikvision user, was thinking of switching to Dahua, but have never used one before All the "this vs that" forums are fairly old now, and was just wondering for Q4 2019: Which NVR mfg is better? Has anyone switched from...

Hey So I have never worked with Dahua NVR before but am looking into getting one for a client A few questions came to mind: 1) Am I correct in thinking 5xxx firmware covers anything NVR5000-NVR599? I don't see any firmware name more specific to the NVR I'm thinking of buying - NVR5832-4KS2...

Hey What's the deal with Lorax, are they just re-branding Dahua NVRs? The N881 in the Costco 4K package deal for $1299 looks quite a bit like the Dahua N54B3P Do Lorax products really suck as bad as everyone says? Am I right in thinking I should steer clear and get a genuine Dahua NVR? Am I...

Hey, so I'm intrigued by this 58xx line by Dahua like NVR5832-4KS2 NVR5832-16P-4KS2 etc.? (the 16P is the POE switch version But I don't see anything about 58xx on the USA website, only the international one I've seen some sellers on US stores sell them, but they ship direct from China -...

Hi, I've got a couple Hikvision DS-7332HGHIs at work. We'd been using 3.1.8 HC 180130 which we are used to. I tried to update one of them (our backup) to 4.2 and accidentally bricked the device, so I restored it using TFTP and Baseline Firmware_DVR(SH series)_ML_3.3.4_170220 What's the...

Choosing Hardware for Blue Iris | IP Cam Talk I came across this when looking for compatible hardware for Blue Iris - was actually looking for an HCL (list of compatible NVRs, DVRs, cameras, switches, etc.) But the information is so glaringly omissive I have to say something about it - Being...