Recent content by LordDawkins

The kit is now all ordered from Andy. Will update here when I have anything to add. I guess I need to learn how to set it all up now!

Thanks for all the help guys, I have sent Andy an email and will see what he comes back with. I'll definitely be back to show off the install once its done and I am sure I will have loads of questions before and after that! Your knowledge and insight has been invaluable.:thumb:

Thanks, it looks like it will do the job, though I think I would be worried about it getting too hot in the loft as it is fanless? Nice that its 24 10/100 ports as that is all you need! I found this dumb switch which has fans and has a rated operating temp of 0C to 50C which sounds not quite...

I am not bound to the Ubiquiti stuff and likely won't gain anything by using it apart from easy firmware updates. Do you guys have any suggestions as to what to use? I went for a non-PoE NVR as the NVR will likely be in my office, whereas I would like to keep all the cabling in the loft/attic...

Sooo as way of hopefully summarising what I need to buy.... now that is has got totally out of hand! (You guys must have shared in Dahua or something!). In my basket I have: 1 x IPC-Color4k-T - Rear Garden Door 1 x IPC-Color4k-T180 - Front drive overview 2 x IPC-T54IR-ZE-S3 - Front door and...

Hi Ri22o, is that running at the native resolution of the camera? Looks excellent for the overview option as Wittaj says. That link I sent, the images are actually the 180 Dahua camera, just within that other cameras thread for comparison I believe. I think perhaps stick that 180 camera at the...

I hadn't noticed that camera before so did a bit of searching on the forum and found this - Good deal Annke 180 degree dual 1/1.8 for $220? It seems you have to crop down to effectively 1080p to get the correct aspect ratio? Am I likely going to be able to identify anyone at 1080p (2mp) in the...

Thanks, so just to make sure I understand you properly. Are you suggesting having 1 camera on the left downspout covering the whole drive and then 2 on the right downspout as you previously mentioned? People are going to start to wonder what I am doing in my house when it starts to look like...

So you are thinking more of have 2 cameras both pointing slightly the opposite way to each other, covering the whole drive, just not having overlapping fields? That may work quite well as I could likely grab a license plate or 2 if I was lucky from the camera pointing left (towards the street...

That is not a bad idea at all, especially on the left hand side of the drive in the photo. There the downpipe sits pretty much flush with the corner providing adequate coverage. It is more problematic on the right hand side due to the location of the pipe being slightly off central vs on the...

Is there any particular difference between the Color4k-X and the Color4k-T? I seem to remember reading somewhere that there originally wasnt a turret version due to the size of the control board but I can't for the life of me find it, or perhaps that was another camera... Also looking at...

Thanks for the response. Unfortunately, I think I will just have to live with the 11ft install height of the driveway cameras as mounting to the exposed brickwork is not only awkward, its also much harder to repair when/if removing the camera when I move house in a few years. It will just have...

So I have done some measuring today regarding heights of installs. The front drive cameras will be about 11ft if mounted just as the render starts. Reading the link that Ri22o sent it seems he had some success with this height so this will likely be fine with the color4k-x overlapping each...

Understood and that is why I am here to learn how to do this properly :) it seems like the only way to cover all the points is to go 'overkill'. Perhaps I will add an overview camera in the rear garden to ease my concern with the lower mounting of the cameras (either 5442 or 4k-X on that list...

Thanks for the recommendation, this does look like a very capable camera when there is no light available, I will keep it in mind depending on what I decide to go for re lighting.