hmjgriffon
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is it made up of just door/window sensors and motion sensors? is there any integration with anything else, and does it send you alerts when it trips or just the monitoring company?
Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)
woolfman72
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i know you were not talking to me and not to get totally off topic. but I have adt pulse which also has a camera inside . The adt camera records 30 second clips on motion off site. While i know the pulse is home automation on training wheels. It works for us . We can control and have schedules for the garage door , thermostat and the front porch, back porch , driveway, walkway and a few inside lights. House was prewired so every entry point is monitored by the alarm system.
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ChooChooman74
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GREAT NEWS ANDY! Matt...ChooChoo
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My Ali order looks like it will auto-cancel in 4 days. Do I need to press the "extend processing time" button in case you have any problems on Saturday?
nayr
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i would
triumph202
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Technical question (sorry for diverting from ordering issues!) :
In the set up under Camera-Conditions-Exposure-Mode there is an Auto and Manual setting. The only way to define the shutter speed appears to be using Manual, otherwise the camera will go down to the lowest exposure speed possible in low light? I thought it would work like my Hikvision cams where that set speed is the slowest the cam will use, but it will use faster speeds in bright light? That doesn't appear to be the case with Dahua, if I select Manual and then the slowest speed I want the cam to use ( 1/25th ) the picture in daylight appears to lose resolution/ focus?
Is there any way to set it up to use 1/25th and above automatically?
In the set up under Camera-Conditions-Exposure-Mode there is an Auto and Manual setting. The only way to define the shutter speed appears to be using Manual, otherwise the camera will go down to the lowest exposure speed possible in low light? I thought it would work like my Hikvision cams where that set speed is the slowest the cam will use, but it will use faster speeds in bright light? That doesn't appear to be the case with Dahua, if I select Manual and then the slowest speed I want the cam to use ( 1/25th ) the picture in daylight appears to lose resolution/ focus?
Is there any way to set it up to use 1/25th and above automatically?
nayr
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change to manual, set shutter to customized range
set the range to what you want, min and max
set the range to what you want, min and max
triumph202
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Thanks Nayr, I'll give it a go. I didn't even see the Customized Range option! 
I also found this site, but the camera web page is different to what is on mine (I'm missing options in the Exposure field) IPC/Camera Configuration - Dahua Wiki
I also found this site, but the camera web page is different to what is on mine (I'm missing options in the Exposure field) IPC/Camera Configuration - Dahua Wiki
triumph202
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Looks like I need to update the firmware as all I get under Manual is a range of shutter speeds from 1/100 to 1/4 . (I was trying to avoid doing that after locking myself out my NVR due to region locking/ incompatible firmware.)Thanks Nayr, I'll give it a go. I didn't even see the Customized Range option!
I also found this site, but the camera web page is different to what is on mine (I'm missing options in the Exposure field) IPC/Camera Configuration - Dahua Wiki
nayr
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reset exposures to defauts first, some settings can lock out others from being visible.. otherwise I like this firmware, seems to produce better image in the daytime
TommyR
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It's a logic board, backup battery, 4 motion/heat sensors, 2 sirens (indoor and outdoor), two key fobs, GPRS module with 2 sim cards (for back to base) and a touch pad. I didn't install doors/windows sensors and often leave windows open anyway. It will alert the monitoring company which will call me first and then send people out.
triumph202
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Thanks again! I reset everything back to default and now the Customized option appears with a range of 0 to 333.33ms (so 0 to 1/3 second) selectable. I've changed that to 0 to 40.0ms to give me the 1/25 second slowest speed. (I think that's right for what I'm trying to achieve?)
I checked your first post and compared to your initial firmware of
I've got :
2.400.0000.23.R, Build Date: 2016-07-05
3.2.1.358605
I'm debating how risky it will be updating the firmware to the one you linked to on the first post DH_IPC-HX5X3X-Rhea_Eng_P_Stream3_V2.460.0000.5.R.20170117.bin or the latest I found on the Dahua site (and had the link Emailed to me) which is DH_IPC-HX5X3X-Rhea_Eng_P_Stream3_V2.460.0000.3.R.20170105.bin (seemingly older?) The camera is from AliExpress, but not Andy's stores.
nayr
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recovery is usually possible; though not always easy.. Ive recovered a few and now have no worries.. if you wanna be really safe reset the entire thing to defaults first, havent had any firmware updating issues w/international cameras, only the Chinese domestic ones.. of course YMMV.
EMPIRETECANDY
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Yeah, add 3days on it. And this week can close most ali orders.
EMPIRETECANDY
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Get this small spycam. Not sure if good for installing at the front door .
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triumph202
Pulling my weight
I think I'll give that a miss for now- I've just spent the last couple of hours pulling my hair out with networking issues. When I put it back it to default it changed the ONVIF Auth setting back to "on", plus the HTTP Port somehow got changed- mega frustration with my Hik NVR saying "Network Unreachable" when I could hit the Dahua's webpage via the NVR's POE ports.
The additional Manual exposure settings that I was missing were from me selecting the "Normal" profile instead of "Day" (or "Night"?) So I've now got it locked in Day mode (colour) with a maximum of 40ms exposure (1/25th second) and did a lot of adjusting to get an image that now looks good. I had to bump the Gain up to 90 from the default 50- otherwise there was next to no night vision past the main spill from the LED flood lights (a lot less than my 4MP Hiks.) My Hik cameras are the opposite with the default gain too high, maxxed out at 100. So I think I'm finally starting to see what the 5231 is capable of at night.
Now I've got the exposure issue sorted out I'll be able to compare the daylight performance. (It looked worse than 720p previously, but improved at night.)
Thanks again Nayr.
hmjgriffon
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did you have to solder a jtag onto any of them to do it? lol.
hmjgriffon
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looks cool anyways, and you get a motion sensor with it haha.
Looks interesting! Is a data sheet available yet?