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great example! so IR from my motion floodlights will help or interfere with the camera? I will have similar with two motion floodlights at either end of the yard and the camera in the middle. So the edges might be "illuminated" by motion floodlights and I may or may not need the flood...

thanks for the example! seems a bit too dark for what I want. Although it might be enough when used in connection with a floodlight.

you mean floodlight right? AFAIK a spotlight is narrow and wouldnt cover a yard. So a floodlight like this one would have wider coverage .

Ive never tried that.. I need to look up how to do that and how good of a picture it produces.. maybe that will be enough.

I have a side yard that is adjacent to woods with a chain link fence on the border. Next to the chain link fence in the middle section is an angle iron in the ground, with power and an electrical box that was used for tree lighting. That light was removed a while ago and its dark in that area...

okay i put the new sd card into one of the other cameras and it works. And I got the sd card form that other camera that is working fine and tried in the new camera and it still says no sd card. So the new camera is the problem. Time for me to contact empire andy

yeah I just tried it several times and the mechanism for seating the sd card seems pretty solid. Once it clicks in, you cant pull it out without pushin in first. There is no leeway left or right. It's like a perfect mechanism as far as I can tell.

yeah it clicks in fine, same as the other cameras. Clicks to get in and clicks to get out. It can only fit one way so I know thats the right way. I'll try again more gently/carefully but it seems idiot proof....

done, it didnt make a difference...still see this:

no I didnt do that for any of the cameras... Is that somethign i should have done?

I got a new dahua camera from empire andy on amazon and it's not reading the sd card. It says "no sd card." According the amazon page it's the Model IPC-T5442T-ZE ( Item Name IPC-T54IR-ZE ) Camera Image Sensor:1/1.8”4Megapixel progressive CMOS Max . System version is V2.820.15OG004.0.R, Build...

One of my main problems is that I don't use Blue Iris, and I am having trouble distinguishing BI advice from Dahua advice on this forum. I took the approach of just ignoring anything related to BI. But that didn't work, so I am going to try to assume that whatever works on BI will work on Dahua...

Thanks for the insight on continuous recording. One big thing I learned from reading BI info on the wiki is that you can have motion markers even during continuous recordings. If I can have those markers without BI, then I will do that. I started reading more of the wiki as you and @looney2ns...

Hi I all, I recently got three IPC-T5442T-ZE's from empiretech andy and am a bit lost on the settings. I looked around here a bit and didn't see any general tutorials on settings. The wiki on camera setup and choices is great, but I have some mroe questions and i didnt see a guide so I'll just...

Looking for a doorbell poe cam. I am familiar with their camera and app, is all the functionality youd expect there? Like I would expect the following: 1. get notified to reolink app when a person rings the doorbell and be able to talk to the person 2. have it upload recordings to ftp And also...

thanks that makes it easy then. I'll get a 5442. Just to make sure, if I put an sd card, I can view the latest recordings just like the reolink correct? Want to make sure its not just live view on the dahua app. Also, whats recommended, the dahua app or tiny cam pro? I'm guessing tiny cam pro...

I'm running a reolink poe bullet camera on a soffit and the night picture is a bit lacking so I wanted to see if I can replace it. Based on my reading here, it seems I should get a dahua? 5231 or B5442E-ZE for good night vision. Just wanted to confirm that before I ask empire andy for a quote...

Did you get the reolink yet? I see its out of stock on their website. Or does that mean its not for sale yet? I'm also looking for a poe doorbell camera. Seems like slim pickings. I am not interested in blue iris. Maybe I should be, but i run linux server, dont think I would get into windows...

So you have 5 bulbs on your front yard for a total of 1500 lumens? I only have room for two bulbs so I would need the 500 lumens. Thanks for sharing though, I love getting stuff from costco when I can. I'm planning to use a shelley 2.5 to drive them from dusk til dawn.

Thanks for sharing! That seems like a lot to me. I was looking at the 60 watt 500 lumens ones with 2700k. I did forget to mention that I have spotlights in the area so it should get much brighter when motion is detected. It sounds like I will need some trial an error to get the right setup.

I have an outdoor wall fixture with two candelabra bulbs. I want to replace the bulbs with LED ones since one of them burnt out. How many lumens and watts should I get? This ficture lights up my driveway and 2 car garage entrance. The road is about 50 ft away so it won't matter. But my...

Okay thanks for the info on electrician type.

thanks for sharing, that is a great idea. I might be able to get to the garage from the attic. It's attached and the garage attic is unfinished and next to a bedroom. That may mean if i drill a hole from attic down into garage I might hit its attic but not sure. Then I can drill a hole up from...

Ok so sounds like it would be a total waste of money for me. Maybe i'll just do a few door cams for now and toss them once I get the wiring done. That should be better than nothing I hope, atleast for now.

What is a repipe company? Do they do network conduit or something? Or is the network guys the ones that do it?

Yes its finished basement on half the house that has vaulted ceilings, except for small section of furnace room. Which is where I am goign to pull ethernet to the attic. Its in the middle of the house so no access to exterior walls. The other half of the house is concrete slab but has an attic...

I got a two floor split level house that is not wired for ethernet. I think I can get ethernet to some of the attic. And then hoping to use soffits for fishing cable to the rest of the house that has no attic (vaulted ceilings). This is already a big project for me. But the end result is going...

The one I picked has 775 lumens and its only 1 coach light on the entry from backyard which is pitch black. The camera will probably be at 18 ft high, while the light is around 7 ft high. Will it hurt to have an always on 775 lumens light there? I do have a floodlightI could shine there as well...

Another question, how much light do your dusk to dawn coach lights produce? Or what is needed for camera to be on color mode? I'm looking at these: https://www.costco.com/led-outdoor-9%22-wall-lantern-by-altair-lighting.product.100477192.html and am wondering if they light would be too weak from...

Just moved in and all the fixtures are like 30 years old and don't match. I guess I could just live with it and replace bulbs. But im on borrowed time as I've already had glass panes get moved by the wind and I've just put it back gently. So I think I'd rather replace everything and have them...