Recent content by Gimmons

You might think about getting a one or two watt led bulb for the lamp and just leaving it on all night. You would be able to keep the camera in color mode, and I’ve read, at least, that lights are a deterrent.

I shot this one and a bunch more in Italy in 2018.

There’s a HIK password reset tool somewhere on the Ipcamtalk site. I’m not familiar with Hik cameras, but if you can’t find the pw, you should be able to use the tool to do a hard reset.

Not at all. Just saying in the time we’ve taken to discuss it, he could have mounted it and seen if it’s an actual problem for his situation.

Might have to do a hard reset on the camera if you can’t recover the pw.

You can get a blank plate to fit that junction box at the hardware store. Mount the camera base to the plate and try it. One test is worth a thousand theories.

I bought a dji drone to get aerial shots on a trip a few years ago, and it really ups the look of home movies when you can open with a wide aerial shot. I think the regulation has gone too far, especially for small ones that can’t do much damage if they fall.

If you try the camera in both spots and aren’t happy, think about using it somewhere else and putting a wide angle camera on the corner between the doors. Dahua 4k-t color, or IPC-HDBW5441F-AS-E2 boobie cam, perhaps. The 4k-t color would be my first choice.

Let us wish them well. How cool would it be if some cutting edge tech thing were actually manufactured in the US?

People / cars should not normally be coming within 10 feet or so of your entrance gate. I’m presuming authorized cars stop at a key pad or something and wait while the gate opens. So if your camera allows a trip wire zone between the normal place cars stop and the gate, you should be able to...

OBS studio would work. Kind of overkill. One of my favorite programs. Works on any of the big 3 operating systems. You didn’t mention what operating system, or perhaps I missed it. If linux, this is a pretty good viewing program: https://snapcraft.io/cctv-viewer If windows, get Blue Iris.

I went through this process a year ago, and wrote up my results. You might find them helpful. https://ipcamtalk.com/threads/lessons-learned-setting-up-ivs-june-2023.70696/#post-776020

Plenty of info here. Welcome.

I’ve noticed several of these in commercial use since I started paying attention. The fact that they’re inexpensive and generic isn’t necessarily a disqualification.

Yes, these are definitely on the simple/cheap end. I mention them more for future readers than the OP. They are controlling a fairly low security area, where the ups guy can drop packages, and they are effective at keeping riff-raff and porch pirates out. They’re sturdy and made for exterior...