Dahua Starlight Varifocal Turret (IPC-HDW5231R-Z)

[RH-Atl]

Hi all,
Big THANKS to Nayr for all his great posts, reviews and support on questions!
U da Man, Nayr!
I certainely have learned a lot reading your posts!
I read where some are having trouble finding the IPC-HDW5231-R Z cams.
I've just ordered mine from Oscar @ Jimbu Security on AliExpress and he tells me he has several in stock and ready to ship. He now ships DHL for faster shipments, just message him and ask. Here is a current link for the cam and price with DHL shopping to US.
(incorrect link removed to prevent confussion, see correct link in post below)

 

[nayr]

there is a ethernet gpio device that works w/BlueIris out of the box; you should look in the BueIris forums.. Im not a user, just a fan.

 

[nayr]

Hi all,
Big THANKS to Nayr for all his great posts, reviews and support on questions!
U da Man, Nayr!
I certainely have learned a lot reading your posts!
I read where some are having trouble finding the IPC-HDW5231-R Z cams.
I've just ordered mine from Oscar @ Jimbo Security on AliExpress and he tells me he has several in stock and ready to ship. He now ships DHL for faster shipments, just message him and ask. Here is a current link for the cam and price with DHL shopping to US.
Aliexpress.com : Buy Dahua 4MP IPC HDW4431C A Support POE IR30M H.265 Full HD Network Mini IP Camera Built in MIC CCTV Dome Camera HDW4431C A from Reliable camera ptz suppliers on Shenzhen Jimbu Security Store

bro thats not the same camera, not by a fucking long shot.

 

[RH-Atl]

so sorry other link from oscar.
here is 5231
Aliexpress.com : Buy Dahua 2MP WDR IR Eyeball Network Camera 1/2.8" H.265&H.264 IP67, PoE Micro SD card memory ip camera IPC HDW5231R Z from Reliable h.264 card suppliers on Shenzhen Jimbu security Co.,Ltd 2016 Store

 

[fenderman]

Wasn't there a device, sealevel? That I can connect to my computer, and connect PIR sensors too? I'm thinking about playing with that as I prefer these turrets over the bullets now. Also does it connect to the PC via USB or ethernet?

there are both usb and ethernet versions...even a poe version...I would get ethernet...usb is to restraining...with ethernet you can put it anywhere.

 

[RH-Atl]

i also just odered this one for $494.00

SD59225U-HNI 2MP H.265 PoE IR 150m focal lens 4.8mm~120mm CCTV camera IP66 Auto-tracking and IVS smart

 

[wantafastz28]

i also just odered this one for $494.00

SD59225U-HNI 2MP H.265 PoE IR 150m focal lens 4.8mm~120mm CCTV camera IP66 Auto-tracking and IVS smart

Let us know when you receive it.

 

[hmjgriffon]

one last thing, I noticed the turret has h.264 and the max bitrate is like half what the h.264 is, is that because of compression and all? is there any downside to using the h.265?

 

[nayr]

yes h265 is higher compression for the same equivalent quality.. but hardware support is limited, its unlikely your phone or tv yet has decoding acceleration nor does BlueIris IIRC.

right now unless your pressed for space you'll find wider acceptance w/h264, but you have h265 there for when all your devices can decode it well.. its trickling out with 4k tech and its a chicken-egg thing still.

 

[hmjgriffon]

yes h265 is higher compression for the same equivalent quality.. but hardware support is limited, its unlikely your phone or tv yet has decoding acceleration nor does BlueIris IIRC.

right now unless your pressed for space you'll find wider acceptance w/h264, but you have h265 there for when all your devices can decode it well.. its trickling out with 4k tech and its a chicken-egg thing still.

Well my blue iris box is running at 5% CPU total including windows with 3 2mp cameras with all the settings jacked up so I def don't want to lose any hardware acceleration lol.

 

[nayr]

you can give it a try if you have enough horsepower to spare, configure your substreams for h264 and the'll still work fine with 3rd party apps, phones, tablets etc..

I was an early adopter of recording directly to h264; was kinda a pain in the ass to use at first but thats because everything was trying to encode/decode it all in CPU so it was crushing devices and draining batteries... slowly things started getting hardware support for it to save the cpu from torture and now its a piece of cake to work with in comparison to the early days.

The higher you compress video the harder it is to decompress in realtime w/out these graphics chips, we've grown dependent on them with HD video and now with UHD video spreading like wildfire its just going to get worse.

Were way beyond the days of big massive files that are just essentially individual jpeg files for each frame and any piece of crap can render.

Once I'm done with this upgrade I may consider running a few less important cameras on h265 just so they impact recording space less.. going to have a couple 4MP Dahua's that will find uninteresting things to watch.

 

[Tic]

Ive got a turbo diesel out of a 2001 Beetle sitting in my garage that im gathering all the components for a full on water cooled conversion in the upcoming years.. then it'll have a dirty diesel in the back, definitely a bus.

Lucky you. Back in our days there were no water-cooled variants. Only thing we did to improve performance
speedwise was to rebore the cylinders, upgrade the rings, and outfit them with Weber carbs.

 

[nayr]

Lucky you. Back in our days there were no water-cooled variants. Only thing we did to improve performance
speedwise was to rebore the cylinders, upgrade the rings, and outfit them with Weber carbs.

oh by conversion I mean I'm cutting a hole in the front and slapping a radiator in it heh; they did eventually make a Water Cooled Type2 in Brazil and I'mna use the grill cover from one of those to hide my mustang radiator and air to water intercooler but this thing was air cooled all the way; but it did come with the big porche engine that everyone wanted and even an EFI system.. however here in Colorado keeping that old engine running is a loosing battle at this point.. I'll do this conversion for far less money than just slapping a performance air cooled engine that'll output a quarter of the torque and still need a rebuild within 100k miles... love old cars but screw those old engines, slap a new one in em and the'll be like a whole new beast.

I'm sick of replacing heads and cylinders and leaking oil and toping out at 30mph going up a pass heh.. I'm not an AC guy, I'm a WetDubber.

 

[tangent]

I'm sick of replacing heads and cylinders and leaking oil and toping out at 30mph going up a pass heh..

I've been stuck behind a few of those on mountain roads lol. Check out Low Water Plants, Eco Friendly Landscapes: High Country Gardens for you xeriscape plants great plants and prices, they often ship from their greenhouse near DIA.

 

[nayr]

drove it up Pikes Peak once for the International Hill Climb; had to have 4-5k cars stuck behind me mwhahaha.. luckily I found a place to set it up, so the roads cleared out and races did start on time, barely

 

[mcx]

Nothing is going to happen before Monday

 

[j4co]

I mounted this turret to the PFB203W mount. Just for anyone who wonders how it will look

Imagine the red/purple colour is the wall. (it is my sofa)

It now is set up so it looks alongside the wall and slightly down.

On the left side there is a piece of the mount that detaches and you mount that to the wall. You can install the camera (here the bullet) to the orther larger part on your desk, and than walk to the outside, hook larger part with camera over the wall part and lock it with a small bolt.

If you need to have the cable inside of the mount you are forced to mount it outside (3 small bolts for this turret) to put the cable inside.

 

[nayr]

does that get it any further away from the wall than if you just mounted it flush? dont look like it

 

[j4co]

does that get it any further away from the wall than if you just mounted it flush? dont look like it

No it will be little farther away from the wall.

But for me: cannot decide if I want a mini ptz or such a turret, or a coming mini-ptz with starlight chip or ... it is nice to be able to mount them all the same way. I have to live with the fact there are cameras on the wall, if they stick out a bit but look decent my wife will not have issues with it.

 

[nayr]

I suppose it does look better than a junction box if you really need some place to hide the pigtail.. thanks!

I so hope they do a mini-ptz w/starlight chip, that would be the shit.. if it is coming I dont think we'll see any hints of it before summer 2017, let alone be able to get our hands on it.