Cold-Lemonade
Pulling my weight
Anyone have a PTZ1A255-HNR-XA form EmpireTech? If so, how do you like it?
EmpireTech Model PTZ1A225-HNR-XA
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looney2ns
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Two of my neighbors each have one and they love them.
It is basically the great 49225 but in a different format factor and can look straight up with more movement range.
They are great for sky or plane watching.
It is basically the great 49225 but in a different format factor and can look straight up with more movement range.
They are great for sky or plane watching.
Cold-Lemonade
Pulling my weight
Sometimes late at night, people hangout in front of the vacant house across the street from mine. I think this camera would allow me to get a good recording of them.
Sky cam to track planes lol
Parley
Known around here
Yes, I have two of them. They are now in storage after having been replaced with this one. They were fine, but I upgraded to a PTZ with a larger sensor and better night time vision.
SD8A820WA-HNF_Datasheet.pdf (dahuasecurity.com)
bigredfish
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So just a tiny upgrade then 
SD8A820WA-HNF is probably the best ptz I've seen in this forum from the short video Parley posted a while back. Maybe only the newest 8MP 45x PTZ SD8C845FG-HNF (looney2ns review)today can match it. Although we haven't seen the night videos of the new camera yet.
Parley
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Looking at the specifications it looks like it could be a real contender. There has been a lot of progress made since my PTZ's came out. The cameras I have with the 1/1.2" sensor have damn good night vision.
Cold-Lemonade
Pulling my weight
Does anyone know if the PTZ1A225-HNR-XA camera has PTZ via ONVIF?
You mean for use in BI? Yes. Go to PTZ tab in BI and try the Dahua protocol. One of them will work.
Cold-Lemonade
Pulling my weight
I was thinking more generically, in the sense of will any ONVIF compatible software control the PTZ abilities of this camera.
Yes and no. PTZ and audio don't have a strict ONVIF protocol so as long as the software allows you to change a protocol to find a working one you should be ok.
Parley
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I have Hikvision NVR's running my system. With the Dahua cameras I use ONVIF with no problems including the PTZ you are using.