Recent content by agarb

There is already a single 3" piece of corregated stubbed through the foundation. I'm going to extend that as it will be big enough for both the water line and network cables. I doubt anything is going to chew through it when it is 20-24" underground.

Funny you mention TrueCables. I ended up ordering from them last night. I may also look for some fiber like another poster suggested.

I'm planning to bury it in a 3" corrugated single-wall drain pipe. The main item in the drain pipe is a 1" plastic water line. I thought while I was running the water line into my other building, it also may be good idea to pull some ethernet cables at the same time. So while the drain pipe...

Any recommendations for a quality but cost effective bulk cable that can be buried? Which is preferable; gel filled or water block tape variety?

No, the porch light is not being used. There is a dusk-to-dawn light across the driveway that provides enough illumination so that we don't need the porch light under normal circumstances. I just went back and watched some video from the timeline. Both cameras "went dark" this morning when...

I'm not sure but I can check tonight. Is there a resource that explains the difference between the two and which one is preferred?

I figured I'd post this networking-type question here since it is not strictly related to cameras. I have my cameras on a private network to a BI PC that has two network cards. One card is for the cameras and one is for a network connection for remote access. So the cameras can never directly...

I have two cameras (EmpireTech 4MP 2.7mm-12mm turret) mounted on either side of my front door where their fields of view cross each other. Here are 2 sets of images takes about 30 minutes apart. I am trying to figure out why the first set of images are so dark as compared to the second. It...

I have a loader tractor that I sometimes put either pallet forks or a bale spear on the front. But the hood of the tractor makes it impossible to see the tip of the forks or spear. I'd like to mount a camera on the front to make it easier to pick up pallets or spear hay bales. Initially I was...

Thanks for the advice everybody. I've got it working better but I suspect that I will continue to make adjustments for a while yet.

What is the best method to get the camera to switch between day & night settings?

wittaj - Thanks for the long post. I will read it and try to implement it later.

On the video tab, it was already set for CBR. I've increased this from 1024 to 6144 Kb/s. AFter changing exposure mode from Auto to Manual, I set shutter speed to 1/500+ and I get attached where it looks like there are no legs. I noticed camera firmware is V2.820.15OG004.0.R, Build Date...

This is an image from my first camera, IPC-T5442T-ZE. Currently running factory settings. The object's face is about 10 feet from the camera. Is there a guide or recommendations on how to adjust the settings for a better image?

So I tried zerotier and failed. It was odd because from the Blue Iris PC to my phone or the Blue Iris PC to a 2nd PC, the pings would fail about 25% of the time. But when I tried the 2nd PC to my phone, it never failed to ping. My experience with tailscale, however, was flawless. Connected...