Dahua T/B5442 stuck in black and white mode even when it is bright enough

dimammx

Getting the hang of it
Apr 9, 2015
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Does anyone else seen an issue where 5442 cameras get stuck in night mode even when it is pretty bright for them to go to color day mode.
I do suspect it is some firmware/setting issue since i do have 2 same model (IPC-HFW5241E-Z12E) cams mounted 1 foot apart with almost identical settings but different firmware versions , pointing to the same road but in different directions.
Yet 1 cam switches to color 1-2 hours before the other.
Another data point is IPC-HDW5442TM-AS-LED sitting in the room with pretty good amount of light coming from the window yet it is still blasting the LED lights. While IPC-HFW5241E-Z12E next to it switches to color mode no problem .

Any ideas?
 
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U go into web GUI and look at conditions them profile management? Set to day/night
 
Yes Condition is set to switch between day/night and as far as i can tell it is on day mode, yet the led lights are on. But the the illuminator setting is on auto for all modes (general, day and night.)
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Room light level taken by smartphone for reference.

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Not really. I just let it do whatever it wants, when it is bright enough it is switching LED off.
Since I use it in color mode at night, it doesn't really affect functionality. But it is annoying