Exposure mode/ shutter speed

Kutalon

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Hi,
I have generic Chinese camera, 1080p PTZ 18x zoom.
camera 1.PNG

I wanted to set it as LPR camera but changing exposure mode does not change anything!
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I was able to turn down AE so that I can read LP quite OK (with tape over IR sensor to force IR mode) but I have no idea how to actually turn down shutter speed to 1/2000 or 1/4000 or to check what is it set to right now.

Any tips?
 

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Are you accessing the camera settings directly, or is this through the NVR?
 

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Try changing your profile to day or night and then set the manual exposure setting.
Unfortunately still nothing, there is something going on during change ( a bit of focus change) but it's certainly not 1/4000
camera 3.PNG
AE changes were preety good in terms of make plates readable but I need shutter for higher car speeds.
Day
camera 5.jpg
Night
camera 4.jpg
 
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Have you tried resetting the camera to factory defaults and re-configuring it? I'm not sure what else to have you try.
 

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maybe try disabling the auto-iris? Cheaper cams don't even really have an adjustable iris, so such a setting may simply override the 'exposure' setting...
 
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I have a similar Chinese knock off. You're saying yours doesn't actually do anything when you change the exposure to one of the manual modes?
 

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I have a similar Chinese knock off. You're saying yours doesn't actually do anything when you change the exposure to one of the manual modes?
Nope, I can even set it to 1/10000, there is just a little bit of focus change for a second ant that's it.

After factory reset it looks like this
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but still no luck with exposure mode
 
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It's all about the actual camera that they put in the ptz. Just because there's a menu line item for a setting does not mean the camera they put in there can do it. This is probably the case.
 
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