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    Review-SD4A425DB-HNY 1/2.8" CMOS 4MP 25x Starlight Auto-tracking MiniPTZ

    Dang. Is it common with this specific camera or did I just get lucky with all my other ones? Is there anything you can do about it, aside from exchange?
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    Review-SD4A425DB-HNY 1/2.8" CMOS 4MP 25x Starlight Auto-tracking MiniPTZ

    Anyone seen a black blob on the images of their camera or other Dahua for that matter? I have 12 cameras from Andy, and this is the first one that has seemingly some sort of black speck inside the lens. I mounted the camera in late December after our daughter was born, and I just now noticed...
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    Review-SD4A425DB-HNY 1/2.8" CMOS 4MP 25x Starlight Auto-tracking MiniPTZ

    Yea, if I was going to replace it with anything, it was going to be a Noctua. Has anyone done a fan replacement for this camera or know the right fan size? Are they all fairly standard? I want to try and get all the information first before I go up and pull the camera down, as I want to know...
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    Review-SD4A425DB-HNY 1/2.8" CMOS 4MP 25x Starlight Auto-tracking MiniPTZ

    I enabled the overlay and mine is sitting at 131* F (55* C). While it's indoors, I am using the recessed mount, so it's half in the attic, although under 18" of blown in insulation. Looking at the Dahua datasheet, it says the operating temperature is up to 65* C, so I've got 10* of headroom...
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    Review-SD4A425DB-HNY 1/2.8" CMOS 4MP 25x Starlight Auto-tracking MiniPTZ

    Is there a way to modify the RPM via a resistor? Is there a way to check the temp inside? Would like to understand how hot it’s running first to see if disabling the fan (or reducing RPM) would actually be prudent. Have you done this? Any instructions / schematics / pictures? Anything would be...
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    Review-SD4A425DB-HNY 1/2.8" CMOS 4MP 25x Starlight Auto-tracking MiniPTZ

    For those that have one of these installed, how loud is yours? I had one that I had mounted outdoors (and love!), but we recently mounted another one indoors in a room that has 14' ceilings, as my wife wanted a PTZ that we could zoom extremely close, as we have a crib in the room and it's...
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    Day / Night profile switching

    These both are incredibly helpful. Thanks!
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    Day / Night profile switching

    Isn't "general" just another profile, just like "day" and "night"? The way you wrote it, you make it sound like "general" is equivalent to the "day/night" profile that the non-PTZ cameras have, but when configuring profiles you can actually select a "general" profile instead of a day or night...
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    Day / Night profile switching

    Tried both cameras via internet explorer (not edge) and the settings unfortunately are the same. No option to have an auto-changing profile:
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    Day / Night profile switching

    The camera has all the profiles, but how do you have it configured to actually switch profiles automatically based on luminance, NOT scheduling? Are you referring to this setting (screenshot below)? As this has nothing to do with profile changing based on my understanding and the documentation.
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    Day / Night profile switching

    I have 1x PTZ1A4M-4X-S2 and 2x PTZ425DB-AT. I'm using chrome to configure everything. To clarify, they all have profiles, it's just that none of these have a way to switch between profiles other than a basic schedule which is insufficient. At this point, I'm going to have to potentially use...
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    Day / Night profile switching

    On my 5442's the day/night functionality works flawlessly, both indoors and outdoors. I've never had an issue. So it definitely can be done, it just seems like Dahua is moving away from it, which is frustrating and will most likely cause me to start looking around. I had planned on moving one...
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    Day / Night profile switching

    I want to confirm my understanding here, as I've been struggling in trying to get my new PTZ cameras working in switching between day/night profiles. My 5442 cameras have a "Day/Night" profile under "Profile Management". This seemed like a very basic/obvious feature where I could configure...
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    PTZ1A4M-4X S2 - Firmware update invalid?

    I've never updated any of my Dahua cameras for fear of breaking them. However, I want to upgrade some of them, as some of the release notes do actually fix things. I am trying to update the firmware on my PTZ1A4M-4X S2 camera and have downloaded the firmware from Andy's site (all cameras were...
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    Does a 1/1.2” IR camera exist?

    I have a mixture of Dahua cameras, some being the newer S3 variants. There decent but I still find the night image to be pretty lacking. I see the newer cameras that have the 1/1.2” sensor, but it’s only the color ones that have the LEDs on all the time. Have there been any announcements...
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    EmpireTech 2023 Autumn Sales Sep.20th-30th

    So if we placed an order on Amazon, do we PM a screenshot of the order for the tickets? Or do only orders through the direct store qualify?
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    Do you really need a surge protector for POE cameras?

    So you’re just tying it to the existing structures electrical ground? You are NOT pounding in a ground rod and connecting the Ethernet surge protector to an EARTH ground? I’ve been trying to get this answer, and everyone just says grounding it, but that term is unfortunately too vague / broad...
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    Anyone used the Dahua pinhole camera(s)?

    Has anyone used the Dahua 4MP pinhole camera? I tried searching here for the model # for the older 2MP variant and this 4MP one but nothing came up. I didn’t see it for sale on Andy’s Ali store or Amazon store, and a few other random sellers on AliExpress...
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    More recent IR illuminator recommendations?

    Yea I was curious about that as well and one of the reasons I moved on. Not knowing how much it was actually using was frustrating as I wanted to see how it compared to others.
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    More recent IR illuminator recommendations?

    Thanks for all the feedback. Going to grab some of the CMVision ones and give those a go.
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    More recent IR illuminator recommendations?

    Thanks for the details / confirmation. Seems like it’s worth taking the plunge. One last question, do you know if you can override the photo sensor so it can be controlled externally? Planning on driving these based on home assistant.
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    More recent IR illuminator recommendations?

    Yea that was the exact one I was looking at (the blaster) and half the reviews said most of the LEDs burned out after a few months to a year. Have you had any issues like that? For the little spot one, half the reviews said it didn’t do anything past 15ft. Has that been your experience?
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    More recent IR illuminator recommendations?

    One of my outdoor cameras really needs some help with light. I’m looking to add an IR illuminator but I’m really struggling to find one that doesn’t have reviews that are trash, or is recommended within at least the last 3 years. The FAQs here are recommendations from 2018 and I have to imagine...
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    Review-OEM 4mp AI Cam IPC-T5442TM-AS Starlight+

    Shows as 170 for me? Link? Loryta IPC-T5442TM-AS 3.6mm Fixed Lens 4MP Starlight+ WDR IR Eyeball AI Network Camera English Version https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07S47VXGY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glc_fabc_KLKaGbCP2KFNA
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    5.3.5 - November 27, 2020

    Just got bit by this as well. None of my cameras were recording for the last 4 days. Downgraded to 5.4.3 and everything is now working as it should.
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    4 days ago, IVS triggers stopped working. No alerts/clips since

    Downgraded to 5.4.3 and disabled automatic updates and everything is now working again. Thanks for making me aware of that thread. I’ll keep following that to see what ends up happening and if they get the ONVIF issues sorted.
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    4 days ago, IVS triggers stopped working. No alerts/clips since

    Everything has been working fine for months. No blue iris updates, camera firmware updates, windows updates, settings changes. I noticed a few days ago that I hadn’t had an alert or a clip saved in 2 days. I logged in and everything looked fine, the triggers were all still there, ONVIF was...
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    Hikvision Vs Amcrest

    To the above poster, while I agree with you, this thread is specific to doorbells. Any other opinions? I am in the same boat and every thread seems to sum up to “it’s ok, not great” so they’re all full of compromises. So which one has the least compromises?
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    T5442 - Having IR Issues

    Thanks bigredfish. I've updated the FW and going to see if it continues to exhibit the behavior; if it does I'll try a different port on the switch or pull it down and use a POE injector and see if it still does it. One clarification to your statement above, the main problem here is under...
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    T5442 - Having IR Issues

    I have had an IPC-HDW5442TM-AS installed inside for 2 months now without issues and love the camera. Went to check the camera last night and it was pitch black and the IR wasn't on. I can still make out the light on the microwave and slight glare from the windows, but the IR was not on. I...
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