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    Z-wave bear alarm anyone?

    Have you seen this bear alarm (Amazon)? I was thinking I could connect it to a solenoid that I could operate using this z-wave microcontroller (Silicon Labs ZGM230-DK2603A). Use it with a 12ga blank. There's been a lot of gang activity need my rental property and I think something like this...
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    Looking For Floodlight Suggestions

    I'm not sure if anyone is still interested in this topic, but I have two HomeSeer HS-FLS100+. They work great.
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    Is ChatGPT right about IP camera settings?

    I asked ChatGPT what settings are best for an ip camera. Here's what it says about the choice of CBR versus VBR. Do you guys agree with the AI's advice?
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    Camera recommendations

    What's the purpose of the camera? Are you locked into the HikVision ecosystem?
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    What can I change to improve ability to identify teenage delinquents

    @mat200 -- I hear you on the 1/2.7" sensor. That's why I asked about whether people think I should replace it with the IPC-Color8M-TL from Andy at EmpireTech. The IPC-Color8M-TL has a 1/1.8" sensor and otherwise seems rather similar.
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    What can I change to improve ability to identify teenage delinquents

    Thank you all for such valuable feedback. To answer @bigredfish, the exposure setting was set to "auto". I'll try to adjust it to see if I can get less motion blur. The local police tell me that the videos from this property have been helpful in the past. I'm going to install two more cameras...
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    What can I change to improve ability to identify teenage delinquents

    The footage below was captured on a Dahua N43BU83 in ambient lighting conditions. The primary purpose of this camera is to watch the front facade of my rental property from the north side in case of property crime (I have a similar camera watching from the south). Because of the camera's...
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    API to turn on light for the IPC-HDW3849H-AS-PV

    @technick Getting the light to stay on for more than 10 seconds isn't something I've explored. However, if you're using Home Assistant, you could write an automation that would keep triggering the light for any duration. That's what I do with for the siren in my TiOC cameras. If my Frigate NVR...
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    Hacked? My cameras had access to the internet

    Here are the two ip addresses that my cameras contacted and were trying to connect to my router afterwards: 3.236.167.184 (This one is associated with Amazon Web Services) trying to connect from port 443 to port 39359. 208.67.75.242 (This one is associated with be OpenDNS) trying to connect on...
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    Hacked? My cameras had access to the internet

    While doing some maintenance on my network, I had forgotten to disconnect my cameras from the switch and, as a result, my ip cameras had access to the internet for about 30 minutes. When I checked the firewall logs after discovering this error, I could see that the private ip addresses...
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    50+ cam install. Ideal video settings?

    @wittaj Do you increase your bit rate for camera's with higher megapixel counts? How many megapixels do you have in mind for your starting point?
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    50+ cam install. Ideal video settings?

    Also, does anyone adjust their cameras' settings from the command line using curl to execute functions on the cameras' api? I have a luminescence sensor on the front and rear of my house and think I could adjust the shutter speed, etc., based on the what the sensor shows. That way, I can adjust...
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    50+ cam install. Ideal video settings?

    Thank you @wittaj for the detailed instruction on how to adjust the shutter speed, etc. Just so I understand, on ip cameras the effect of shutter speed is independent of fps? In other words, once I calibrate the shutter speed, gain, brightness, and contrast, the quality of the images in the...
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    50+ cam install. Ideal video settings?

    @wittaj and @bigredfish What shutter speeds do you recommend for day time and night time? Also, will higher shutter speeds have any negative impact on the cameras themselves?
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    50+ cam install. Ideal video settings?

    I found this table from Hikvision on their recommended bit rate based on resolution and fps (Hikvision pdf). There are separate tables for H.264 and H.265. For smoother video, I think you want to stay above 20 fps, preferably 25 fps (the standard for TV in Europe and Asia) or even 30 fps (the...
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    Cannot issue most basic ISAPI command through curl -- please help

    @trempa92 -- Unfortunately your code didn't work for me. It just ran and ran and nothing. Oh well.
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    Cannot issue most basic ISAPI command through curl -- please help

    @trempa92 -- I am sorry for accusing you of being a hacker. I misread the ip address in the code. I feel very embarrassed and hope you will accept my apology.
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    Cannot issue most basic ISAPI command through curl -- please help

    Sorry. I misread the ip address. I will apologize to @trempa92.
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    Cannot issue most basic ISAPI command through curl -- please help

    @trempa92 -- I think this code is bullshit. It's broadcasting out info 239.255.255.250. You're some hacker.
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    Cannot issue most basic ISAPI command through curl -- please help

    @trempa92 I have python3-prettytable installed in my ubuntu server now. I'm running the script now using python3. How long will this take? Also I don't see anything at the bash prompt.
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    Cannot issue most basic ISAPI command through curl -- please help

    Okay. I got it installed, but I think my python command is python3. and so pip is pip3.
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    Cannot issue most basic ISAPI command through curl -- please help

    Is it just "prettytable" now?
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    Cannot issue most basic ISAPI command through curl -- please help

    Weird. I am getting an error message when I try to install the package "E: Unable to locate package python-prettytable"
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    Cannot issue most basic ISAPI command through curl -- please help

    Thank you @trempa92 . I'll give it a try right now on my test rig that runs Ubuntu.
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    Cannot issue most basic ISAPI command through curl -- please help

    @trempa92 -- Thanks! This looks very promising. How do I adjust the code below that I grabbed from the post you pointed me to if I know the camera's ip address and just want to probe that? import socket import select def send_udp_broadcast(packet, port, broadcast_ip, local_ip): # Create a...
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    Cannot issue most basic ISAPI command through curl -- please help

    @SavaricTheSpear Thank you. I'm not sure I understand what you're suggesting. I'm much more of a newbie at this. I ran curl --digest -v "http://username:password@192.168.20.100/ISAPI/System/deviceInfo" And it spit out: * processing...
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    HTTP commands for Hikvision

    @sweet1 Can you please share the xml files that you use? I am having trouble getting this to work.
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    Cannot issue most basic ISAPI command through curl -- please help

    I am trying to determine the capabilities of my Anpviz camera which I believe is just a Hikvision clone. So it should have the ISAPI built into it. Hikvision's documentation on the ISAPI indicates that /ISAPI/System/deviceInfo should give me details about my camera. I have a headless server...
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    Drive-by shooting!

    I spent most of the evening trying to calibrate the camera to capture license plates. Here's a clip at 1/2500 shutter speed and sharpness at 1. I did not change sharpness CNT, gamma, or illuminator strength. I think I need to adjust those and also improve the focus.
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    Drive-by shooting!

    @samplenhold That's my project for this evening. Stay tuned.
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