Changing one of my camera to DS-2CD2347G2-LSU/SL for alarm and strobe

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Afranze

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Hi all. Hope you are all doing every well !

We are having alot of low life's trying to steal cars and break into our homes lately in our estate which CCTV doesnt deter at all so I am thinking of upgrading one of my cameras ( which points to our gate and fence which is easy to jump over to our backyard) to something like Hikvision DS-2CD2347G2-LSU/SL 4MP Gen2 ColorVu Turret Camera Acusense Speaker Strobe Mic 30m White LED 2.8mm – Security Wholesalers . Something that would have a loud alarm that would hopefully wake us up and or scare them off if it were to happen. I run my CCTv Camera's using Blue Iris 5. Would I be able to configure this camera to sound an alarm and light at scheduled night hours?

Can BI5 be configured to sound the light and alarm? and I mean like strobe like flashing ( as we already have motion sensor flood light in that same area)

or if anyone has a better suggestion or better camera in mind I would like to know to thanks
My current setup is a mix of Hikvision and Dahua cameras ( which are a little older models now ) running off BI5
 
Just be advised that camera needs either ample ambient, visible light or its built-in white LED to see, it has no IR and it cannot see IR even if supplied by external IR emitters.

A motion-acivated light can cause temporary blindness to any CCTV camera when it first comes on and it may take several seconds for the camera to adjust; you may miss an important event (like what triggered the motion-activated light) during those seconds.

If you allowed the light to be controlled instead by a dusk-to-dawn photo-control, that full-color camera could likely see OK and you'd avoid the blindness issue.
 
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+1 above.

If you know the API, you can have BI send commands to the camera to do various functions.

Most here find that cameras and motion activated floodlights ends up causing problems with image exposure and are bad for surveillance cameras.. What happens is then the camera is momentarily blinded and you lose the ideal capture when the lights kick on and the camera adjusts from basically no light to a lot of light.

Motion activated lights are not a deterrent. There are enough videos here showing that perps do not flinch when a floodlight turns on. They avoid homes all lit up, so go with floodlights on all night as the best deterrent.

Watch this video someone posted and how the floodlight comes on and they don't even flinch. But then the audio comes on and they don't know which way to run LOL.



Either keep the lights on all night or not at all to ensure the best chance of capture.

Here is usually what happens when a motion activated floodlight comes on - it just about completely blinds the camera right at the moment of optimal opportunity to get the picture. There are 3 deer in this picture and two of them are lost in the blinded white while the camera's exposure adjusts to the rapid change in available light:

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Or this example that completely missed the perp:

wittaj

Post in thread 'The Typical picture of a Perp on Nextdoor-type Apps with Consumer Grade Cameras like Ring, Nest, Arlo, Canary, Wyze, etc.'

Here is a perv that spent 25 minutes at their front door banging on the door and stripped his clothes off at some point but the police showed up hours after he finally left.

But there are several takeaways from these images:

  • Camera is obviously a cheap wifi based on the pixel mess quality
  • Camera is too high to IDENTIFY. He is looking right at the camera but still poor quality (although someone that knows him may be able to recognize him)
  • Camera sees too much wall so a lot of IR bounce messing with the exposure
  • We know motion-activated floodlight will cause trouble...
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Join this kickstarter campaign.
It combines a paint ball gun with a security camera.
Deterrence is a paintball to the face!

 
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DanDenver said:
Join this kickstarter campaign.
It combines a paint ball gun with a security camera.
Deterrence is a paintball to the face!

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If this is for real I smell a lawsuit or 2 from a paintball to an eye.....:rolleyes:
 
TonyR said:
Just be advised that camera needs either ample ambient, visible light or its built-in white LED to see, it has no IR and it cannot see IR even if supplied by external IR emitters.

A motion-acivated light can cause temporary blindness to any CCTV camera when it first comes on and it may take several seconds for the camera to adjust; you may miss an important event (like what triggered the motion-activated light) during those seconds.

If you allowed the light to be controlled instead by a dusk-to-dawn photo-control, that full-color camera could likely see OK and you'd avoid the blindness issue.
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TonyR said:
Just be advised that camera needs either ample ambient, visible light or its built-in white LED to see, it has no IR and it cannot see IR even if supplied by external IR emitters.

A motion-acivated light can cause temporary blindness to any CCTV camera when it first comes on and it may take several seconds for the camera to adjust; you may miss an important event (like what triggered the motion-activated light) during those seconds.

If you allowed the light to be controlled instead by a dusk-to-dawn photo-control, that full-color camera could likely see OK and you'd avoid the blindness issue.
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Thanks for that info and yes I do know what you mean when the flood light turns on it is blinded for about 1-2 seconds
It happens on my driveway But I never noticed it missing a motion capture

With the above camera I mention. Can you suggest another one with the features I want that has IR ?
 
TonyR said:
Just be advised that camera needs either ample ambient, visible light or its built-in white LED to see, it has no IR and it cannot see IR even if supplied by external IR emitters.

A motion-acivated light can cause temporary blindness to any CCTV camera when it first comes on and it may take several seconds for the camera to adjust; you may miss an important event (like what triggered the motion-activated light) during those seconds.

If you allowed the light to be controlled instead by a dusk-to-dawn photo-control, that full-color camera could likely see OK and you'd avoid the blindness issue.
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Hi tony

Would this model be better with my flood light near it ?

I spoke to a security camera shop and they suggested this:

Hikvision DS-2CD2387G2H-LISU/SL 8MP 4K Smart Hybrid Light ColorVu Turret Camera With Strobe / Speaker – Security Wholesalers

www.securitywholesalers.com.au www.securitywholesalers.com.au
 
Hi Afranze, just curious (because we are looking for the same sort of solution as you) did you end up with that camera (or if not, which did you go with) ? Thanks Andrew
 
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